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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 30, 2015 Page 33 Councilmember Laliberte stated, at this point, she thought the CEC was finding its way as a new CEC; and noted the City Council's original intent was clearly de- fined in the CEC's charge in their enabling ordinance. While considering that sta- tus, Councilmember Laliberte did not that the one thing the City Council had spe- cifically asked the CEC to work on was the comprehensive plan update process and to bring specific recommendations back for that process, a very important piece for them to provide advice on. Councilmember Laliberte stated she was looking forward to the CEC completing some of their preliminary worlc and ad- dress that important issue. From her observation of the CEC meetings to-date, Councilmember Laliberte noted some conversations about planning or hosting some events to make recommendation to the City Council on how they should be done; and advised that was an area of concern that there may be some overlap oc- curring between the HRC and commission, with planning events or programs part of the same group or an off-shoot and not yet taking place. Councilmember Laliberte noted the importance to check-in and make sure those efforts were not being duplicated. Mayor Roe agreed that made sense. Councilmember McGehee agreed with Councilmember Laliberte and specific as- sigmnents, such as the process of engagement or the comprehensive plan update process as something the City Council could use help with, noting that was a big topic coming up in the very near future, with many options of how best to do han- dle the process. Councilmember McGehee stated the need to be clear that the City Council expected a periodic check-in for at least those two very speci�'ic charged when first enabling the CEC. While agreeing with Councilmember Laliberte that the CEC is still finding its way, Councilmember McGehee stated the City Council needed to mark the pathway more clearly to facilitate their ef- forts. Mayor Roe agreed that was well-stated by Councilmember McGehee, and noted the CEC had also been charged with observing the SE Roseville process and how to engage people in that. Mayor Roe suggested perhaps an early 2016 joint lneet- ing and presentation by the CEC of their respective work plan was needed to pro- vide that check-in. Councilmember McGehee noted part of the human rights is the diverse communi- ty piece, not just community engagement. Mayor Roe opined that the difference was human rights not looking specifically to engage people in city activities, but viewing the broader communiry. Mayor Roe reiterated the next step to schedule a joint meeting early in 2016.