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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes June 7, 2018 —Draft Minutes Page 2 of 4 47 48 Commissioner Beltmann suggested the following: 49 • Look at demographics of the City (which is already included in the 2040 50 Comp Plan); 51 • Survey City departments and key staff members to ask what they are 52 already doing in terms of engagement, where they see a need for 53 assistance/input, who they feel is missing from the conversation; 54 • Create a matrix, or plan that can be used by the City that can be used in the 55 planning process; 56 • Assessment tools —Nexus Community Partners has a tool that focuses on 57 engagement, specifically the Impacts of Community Engagement Model; 58 • Resources —specifically, webinar for inclusive engagement. 59 60 Commissioner Djevi gave an overview of his proposal for the joint Council meeting: 61 • Clarify the HRIEC is not trying to take over the function the City Council 62 has; the Commission is here to serve, help City departments to do better 63 with their goal of reaching out to those who have not been reached. 64 • The HRIEC is not going to do anything the Council is not in agreement 65 with. 66 • The goal is to establish a definition of community engagement and think 67 about how the City gets in the community, receives input from the 68 community, so that their input is at the forefront of anything that is done. 69 He asked how to ensure the HRIEC serves as a liaison between what the 70 community wants and what the City government wants. 71 • Benefit to engagement—if people buy in, they are more likely to 72 cooperate. Resolving and minimizing conflict is a benefit of engagement 73 also. 74 • Proposal: 75 o Look at specific programs the City has that they want to 76 implement. The HRIEC can be the liaison prior to the 77 implementation (for major projects) and reach out to the 78 community. The HRIEC can do the ground work, work with 79 volunteer services, and if there are subjects that need to be 80 discussed, they assist with arranging that dialogue. Immigrant 81 communities require more time to understand what is at stake 82 when faced with a specific project. There needs to be enough time 83 for the preparatory work prior to the City moving forward. 84 o He suggested going in to the community and trying to figure out 85 what issues they have that the City is not aware of and coming up 86 with strategies and new programs/strategies to propose to Council. 87 88 Commissioner Beltmann suggested a handbook or guide would be very helpful to help 89 the City in engagement going forward. She stated the building community relationships