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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 23,2017 Page 4 equity issues and projects are is defined and unified, or a subsequent policy creat- ed by the City Council and staff, Councilmember McGehee opined that then that would be carried forward to other commissions through their respective staff liai- sons. Councilmember McGehee stated that she wasn't interested in setting up one commission as more important than or overseeing other commissions, opining that such a structure would set a bad precedent, and she wanted to see a more co- operative effort. Recognizing that the HRIEC had done a lot of work on their action plan, Coun- cilmember McGehee stated that she would like to see more cohesion in their ef- forts rather than breaking into subcommittees (e.g. 1-2 commissioners reading es- says as a duty or task versus the entire commission), especially based on her expe- rience in having previously served as a Human Rights Commissioner. In his read of comprehensive plan for equity component of the "advise" objective, Mayor Roe stated that was a suitable objective of the commission and City. However, additionally Mayor Roe suggested that the HRIEC look at a compre- hensive engagement plan for the city by starting off with some commission mem- ber training and the science or theory behind engagement. Mayor Roe recognized that staff needs to be brought up to speed as well as when engagement opportuni- ties come along, something foremost in everyone's mind as an organization. Mayor Roe noted the mention of the HRIEC helping with the engagement portion of the comprehensive plan effort that was well underway as well as the work of the Southeast Roseville Working Group and other efforts already underway. Mayor Roe admitted that one shortcoming in the past up to this point was in not getting engagement efforts to the HRIEC for feedback early in the process to al- low them to help design it, or serve as a sounding board, for proposed drafts and to provide their input as to the stakeholders to be included and other aspects that were important parts for the HRIEC to be involved with. Specific to "issue monitoring and input," as well as commission engagement and "representation on city work groups," Mayor Roe cautioned the HRIEC that they not bite off more than they were able to process, pay attention to, and follow- through on. With City Council meetings, Mayor Roe noted the numerous things that came before the body, and how unfair it would be to task the HRIEC with monitoring those initiatives, opining that he didn't expect that type of work from the HRIEC. Specific to "proactive equity recommendations," Mayor Roe stated that he'd ap- preciate the HRIEC alerting the City Council to issues in the area and bring policy proposals and weigh in accordingly, whether anticipated or not, but not for all things coming before the city and/or advisory commissions. Chair Holub stated that she appreciated that comment, but noted that the intent of the HRIEC was how to realistically have those conversations, beyond submitting