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Attachment C Debrief from Joint Meeting Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of the annual Essay Contest and the current rubric in place for that process; and spoke in support of the High School 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 regarding "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 elimination. Specific to the photo project planning, Councilmember Laliberte stated her support for it to show the diverse and broad humanity in Roseville, but as her colleagues 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 ceremony 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 discussion 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 education 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 recognizing 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 could make a huge contribution to several of these projects, and return to the City Council with their realistic priorities based on feedback tonight. Mayor Roe concluded that the one message heard tonight was the need for prioritization; and also suggested that since it was the consensus that this action plan was very ambitious suggested that it be adopted to a two-year plan with specific focus on year one and year two, including the potential to move "parking lot items" during that timeframe as well. Based on tonight's feedback, Mayor Roe suggested that the HRIEC put less emphasis on issue monitoring and commission engagement, but to provide more support for idea-sharing and cooperative efforts. Mayor Roe clarified that it was not the intent of the City Council for the HRIEC to draft the welcome packet or facilitate or staff a Town Hall/Open House, but to simply advise on what the city should undertake. Specific to Councilmember McGehee's last comment about many groups involved in many things within the city, Mayor Roe suggested that the HRIEC needed to review what the city needed to be involved in or