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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 9, 2018 Page 9 Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:04 p.m., and reconvened at approximately 8:11 p.m. e. Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Engagement Plan Proposal Check-In Outgoing Chair Holub, Commissioner Djevi, and Incoming Chair Beltmann in- troduced themselves. Chair Beltmann noted that the HRIEC has developed a document that will help guide the City on engagement. The first strategy of that process is for Commis- sioners to meet with department heads and ask about current engagement practic- es and what could be improved. Subsequently, best practices can be developed that are specifically tailored towards Roseville. Additionally, an engagement ma- trix can be created that will help guide staff in thinking about how they should shape or form their engagement strategy. A second strategy would be building re- lationships with traditionally marginalized communities. The 2040 Comp Plan data would be utilized. This would be a complement to the work staff is already doing with Government Alliance on Racial Equity(GARE). Councilmember Etten stated he would like to see a feedback loop from the second strategy to the first strategy, as they dovetail together in the long term. He also suggested including a question to department heads along the lines of: "where do you feel the engagement missed the mark or did not get a preferred engagement outcome?" Councilmember McGehee noted the rest of the community needs to be open and welcoming and see the marginalized members as part of the whole Roseville community. That is the ultimate goal. The demographics are changing, and they are changing rapidly. Councilmember Laliberte commended the strategies, noting this document re- groups and gets towards the work the Council wanted the HRIEC to get into. She suggested "propose or recommend" rather than "establish." She asked about the phrase of "build relationships with community members." She also suggested HRIEC look into what staff is already doing with the GARE program. She also suggested HRIEC look at best practices in other communities. Chair Beltmann noted the HRIEC has a longer document with additional re- sources, and a great resource is Nexus Community Partners. They have an en- gagement matrix and a best practices document. That is something that would be either brought to the Council for adoption or worked into the document the HRIEC has created.