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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 16, 2017 Page 7 Mayor Roe noted that even with a strategic plan, there would still be some reactionary is- sues that may become part of the HRIEC's annual work plan as well. City Manager Trudgeon recognized the preference for a separate joint meeting at some point in the future specific to the HRIEC and overall city goals and active pieces already in place, needed or desired. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that this addressed the broad- er goal in addressing that diversity and equity, with those goals not yet written down. Councilmember Laliberte stated her appreciation of this discussion and in agreement. However, Councilmember Laliberte noted that she had raised similar concerns over the last month or two at the City Council level when formal action had been taken without benefit of a recommendation from the HRIEC. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was supportive of the actions taken, but was concerned with the need to meet with the HRIEC to hear their 2018 work plan and acknowledge their priorities before prioritizing additional things that may be too many or too big to accomplish in a timely manner. Mayor Roe suggested that be part of the upcoming joint discussion with the HRIEC and determine how best to work together on that, and whether they already have an element of this in their 2018 work plan or if it could be worked into it. Mayor Roe suggested that this joint meeting may be at the start of the process or provide an opportunity for the HRIEC to talk about more global, citywide issues and flesh out some statements already out there and stated objectives that have been put into place in order for them to evolve in to a more systemized product. Mayor Roe agreed that it could be a major undertaking, but stated his interest in deferring to some extent to the HRIEC for their recommenda- tions to the City Council. Mayor Roe noted the value of being informed through other processes and having those discussions to garner other perspectives, and allowing time to discuss them. Related to other equity and diversity issues before the community, Mayor Roe clarified that part of that was to have conversations about the process itself various roles and levels of participation as part of that process (e.g. City Council and advisory commission roles). From his personal perspective on past actions to-date specific to equity and diversity in the community, Mayor Roe opined that he found decisions made to-date by the City Council to be appropriate at that time. Mayor Roe noted that this didn't mean that every- one's level of expectation was the same in either case, but opined that the onus for the City Council was to communicate better and develop a better working relationship with advisory commissions. Therefore, since that had been a topic of the last meeting of the HRIEC, Mayor Roe opined that everyone was well aware of the process needed for that interaction and the conversations needed. Councilmember McGehee clarified that she wasn't proposing an immediate turnaround by the HRIEC, but since only two, not three, members of the City Council were actively involved with the HRIEC, there were things that were not being brought back for the en- tire City Council's review. Personally, Councilmember McGehee opined that getting this process understood and how to coordinate the comprehensive plan update, GARE, Imag-