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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 23,2017 Page 9 Summer Book Read program as well as the RAHS Club. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she continued to be interested in pursuing the Events/Films/Discussions that were co-sponsored with other commissions or community groups, but questioned what the HRIEC would do differently and what could be done by the city. Specific to the last statement in that category re- garding"evaluating methods used by the city to promote events," Councilmember Laliberte suggested instead that the HRIEC solicit feedback from staff and other advisory commissions or departments about what they already did, ultimately providing an inventory for the City Council that had been assessed or vetted by the HRIEC with their subsequent suggestions for additions, revamping, or elimi- nation. Specific to the photo project planning, Councilmember Laliberte stated her sup- port for it to show the diverse and broad humanity in Roseville, but as her col- leagues had stated, she needed to see more detail and what the city's support in time and resources would look like. Councilmember Laliberte questioned how and why the annual naturalization cer- emony had ended up in the "evaluate" objective, or if the intent was to change it up or do it differently, or provide an analysis as to what is or isn't working; with confirmation of that intent provided by Chair Holub. Councilmember Laliberte suggested, as a first step for the HRIEC, to connect with the city's volunteer coordinator on volunteer efforts prior to working on a volunteer fair partnership concept. In conclusion, Councilmember McGehee reiterated that based on tonight's discus- sion among council members, the draft HRIEC action plan was too aggressive without enough prioritization. However, Councilmember McGehee opined that she had observed several themes, including that the HRIEC was in the community and better able to observe engagement efforts, including the need to understand equity and bring together issues from G.A.R.E. and Imagine Roseville, and other issues in the community and to bring other organizations (e.g. League of Women Voters and churches) together to address those gaps. Councilmember McGehee opined that she saw the HRIEC's role as one of educa- tion and awareness and to identify areas for improvement or ideas on how the community, staff and City Council can work cooperatively. Specific to those parking lot items on page 4 (Attachment A), Councilmember McGehee opined that diverse stories were of more value than diverse photos, by sharing narratives and experiences of people with perhaps a small photo involved. While recogniz- ing that all of these objectives are good, and not being concerned that the HRIEC knows how to engage, Councilmember McGehee suggested that they not require their members to work extensively on issues, but instead make collaborative con- tributions to several of these projects and return to the City Council with more re- alistic priorities based on feedback tonight.