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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 Ethics Commission Meeting Minutes Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Page 3 to be interested in looking at ways to review those ideas going forward, Ms. McCormick stated she didn't feel at liberty to repeat their ideas, while both Mayor Roe and Councilmember Laliberte acicnowledged it would be of value. Ms. Ramundt reported that she had also received an email from Councilmember McGehee indicating her support for such a policy. b. Diane Hilden , Bayview Drive Ms. Hilden reiterated the comments made by Ms. Ramundt during her presenta- tion for a number of reasons. As a long-time and well-known resident of Rose- ville, Ms. Hilden noted this issue had been talked about for a long time, but no procedure had yet to be put in place. Based on her recent experience with vai-ious people and difficult situations at advisory commission meetings in the City of Ro- seville, Ms. Hilden reported that she and others also in similar positions had found they had nowhere else to go to seek resolution. Based on those results, Ms. Hil- den expressed her appreciation that the City Council was taking this up, opining she knew there was sincere interest in them doing so; as well as basing that on di- rectly speaking to council members and being aware of their interest in this occur- ring. Ms. Hilden opined that this was a logical issue for the Ethics Commission to talce up and from her perspective seemed to fit with their charge as she understood it, in additional to other issues under their purview. Ms. Hilden cautioned the Com- mission on going too far in its research since she had found volumes of infor- mation available. However, Ms. Hilden encouraged the Ethics Commission to look into this and expressed her hope that the City Council would approach the Commission in the near future with such a charge, anticipating it would be forth- coming. Based on her research to-date, Chair Lehman asked Ms. Hilden if she had found a model code of conduct beyond that available for a City Council of advisory com- mission. Ms. Hilden noted she had found Codes of Conduct for the Cities of St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Arden Hills, and Shoreview and expected there may be oth- ers and inany varieties. Ms. Hilden opined that such a code certainly didn't need to be of epic Biblical proportions in length or content, but simply broad enough to be put out to the community so they understood a procedure was in place. Ms. Hilden further opined that such a code and process fit eXtremely well with the community engagement concept and efforts encouraging residents to be involved in their community, while also protecting their interests and own points of view and diversity of those views by encouraging people to feel safe with what they say and do. Ms. Hilden opined that anything done in that regard is a good step for- ward.