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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 12, 2018 Page 5 d. Receive Recommendations from Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission regarding City Proclamation and Park Planning Assistant City Manager Olson introduced members of the HRIEC, noting the Commission has been reviewing the City's Proclamation policy and has devel- oped some recommendations based upon that review. They have also attended some of the park planning outreach efforts and have made some recommendations based on upon those events as well. Councilmember Etten arrived and took his place at the dais at approximately 7:00 p.m. HRIEC Chair Chelsea Holub and Vice-Chair Nicole Dailey were welcomed by the Council. Ms. Dailey noted the impetus to study the City's Proclamations came about as a result of the comments from two concerned citizens. First, the HRIEC recom- mends review of the proclamations themselves; the HRIEC volunteers themselves for that task. Second, they recommend raising awareness amongst residents. Third, they suggest a pilot program that goes along with the Proclamation and demonstrates the importance of the Proclamation, such as proving the City is committed to improving equity. Fourth, they recommend an LGBTQ and/or dis- ability awareness month. Congress recognizes national disability employment and also developmental disabilities, and those are narrow categories that could be expanded. Mayor Roe stated all the recommendations make sense. Councilmember McGehee concurred. She would like the proclamations to be more robust and community centered. She asked whether it is okay to do LGBTQ with the June event that is already listed on the sheet. She also concurred the dis- ability parameters should not be so narrow. Mayor Roe suggested an initial form of research might be reviewing the list of Congressionally recognized months. As many Councilmembers may note, there are a number of advocacy groups who ask the City Council to pass Proclamations about various things. That is part of the reason for the Council's existing policy, to help vet the many requests. Perhaps those advocacy groups are a good re- source. There are dozens of different diseases that the City gets requests for, but the City is trying to find those things that have a lot of relevance to people in the community. He encouraged the Commission to look for some broader disability groups that the commission can use as resources. Councilmember Etten concurred the City should look for more ways to make the Proclamations impactful. He asked if the Proclamations are already in the news- letter roundup.