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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 23,2017 Page 6 At the request of Councilmember Etten, Chair Holub clarified that the HRIEC does not currently have a representative on the Southeast Roseville Working Group since they're not currently meeting, but that former Human Rights Com- mission(HRC) Chair Wayne Groff had served in that capacity in the past. Regarding the HRIEC monitoring other commissions, Councilmember Etten not- ed the City Council's reliance on the future agenda reports provided by admin- istration, typically 1-2 months out, as a way for them to keep aware of upcoming items on the City Council's agenda. Councilmember Etten suggested that the City Manager or his staff could send a copy of that to the Chair or Vice Chair of the HRIEC as a tool for long-term planning. While not all agenda items went through that process, Councilmember Etten suggested that may help in their monitoring of issues coming before the city. However, as far as the HRIEC ob- serving or monitoring other commissions, Councilmember Etten stated that he was uncomfortable in reading that as part of the work plan and also how the HRIEC could realistically achieve that objective. Councilmember Etten asked how things were moved off the "parking lot" or how their status was reviewed; with Chair Holub responding that those items were grouped and would be moved forward if and when feasible or removed depending on feedback tonight, as well as how things evolved over time. Speaking for the "parking lot" items identified as "RAHS and Teens for Human Rights Club Partnership, Councilmember Etten referenced his knowledge of some of the great work to-date with those efforts, and suggested the HRIEC youth commissioners provide a natural connection and multi-generational look at issues the HRIEC was dealing with and different points of life. Councilmember Etten stated his interest in advocating that this specific item be moved to another of the active objectives. Councilmember Willmus also welcomed HRIEC commissioners and thanked them for their work in drafting this work plan to facilitate tonight's discussion. However, Councilmember Willmus stated that his first impression had been simi- lar to that of Councilmember McGehee: that it was too ambitious, causing him to question how the HRIEC could accomplish these things. Therefore, Coun- cilmember Willmus stated that he wanted to highlight areas he thought the HRIEC should focus on, but also offered to listen to further priority items on the list or items that would be realistically attainable by the HRIEC in a given year. For the "engage" objective, Councilmember Willmus stated the importance to him of this goal as part of the former HRC when it ultimately started to spin off to the then newly-created Community Engagement Commission (CEC). Coun- cilmember Willmus offered his agreement with the first three engagement items, and even though he was initially supportive of the photo project when it was first put forward, when considering it deeper, he was concerned about how it would work logistically. If it can still work, Councilmember Willmus stated that he was