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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes June 21, 2017 Draft Minutes Page4 of10 Ms. Olson reported the Community Workshop for the Rice and Larpenteur Gateway Vision Plan was held on June 14 and tonight attheWashington Technology Magnet School. Ms. Laliberte provided the history on this meeting and stated there is a community advisory group represented by each of the communities that meets on a regular basis regarding this process. She directed people to the website for more information. Ms. Olson reported there are two parks that were approved by the City Council to begin the park planning process, with a goal to have a master plan by the end of the year. She will provide the public engagement information when it becomes available. Councilmember Laliberte suggested more detailed information on community engagement efforts be tracked and included on a process spreadsheet. Commissioner Holub stated not everything is relevant to their Commission, and it would be more helpful to know what the City is thinking about doing and working together in defining goals. Councilmember Laliberte suggested they try using a process spreadsheet for a couple of meetings, and if it is not helpful, they do not have to use it. Commissioner Djevi inquired if there was a way for the City to assess how goals are being achieved. Ms. Olson suggested theycreate some type of tracking and remind the City as to why they are doing engagement efforts. Councilmember Laliberte suggested they develop a checklist, and follow through on providing results and next steps with engagement efforts. Also, they will consider holding a workshop on IAP2 Spectrum, which is a tool to help in this process. Commissioner Dailey inquired if each department does an evaluation of its events and suggested they develop some simple forms. Ms. Olson suggested they track their analytics with social media. She is not aware of a standardized process to track community engagement as some events are easier to track than others. Commissioner Holub suggested they discuss next steps regarding tracking with the community engagement list in their work plan. Youth Commissioner Report Youth Commissioner Hansel reported with school ending, the Teens for Human Rights Club completed their final project. On May 4, they taught ninth graders on topics that included human rights basics, Syrian refugee crisis, freedom of speech, and womens rights, and surveyed the kids for future topic ideas. Overall, they taught over 450 students, and hope to expand their teaching to tenth graders next year. Councilmember Laliberte inquired about continuing the book series over the summer. Youth Commissioner Hansel stated she spoke to Youth Commissioner Cederberg, but at the time with confusion on her role with HRIE Commission, she told him it would not continue. Commissioner Groff stated it would be more reasonable to continue next year if there were more Youth Commissioners.