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Attachment B <br />(2)%# 7®±ª¨­¦ 3³± ³¤¦¸ 0±®¯®² « <br />Introduction: <br />The Council of the City of Roseville, MN formed the Human Rights, Inclusion and <br />Engagement Commission (HRIEC). The commission has three duties: to evaluate the City’s <br />outreach efforts, to advise the City Council on strategies to improve outreach and <br />communication and increase engagement, and lastly to engage residents and businesses <br />through City Council-approved programs, events and projects that support the <br />commission’s purpose. <br /> <br />Over the past year, since the formation of this new commission, a lot of effort and work <br />have been done to make the commission function effectively and efficiently. The reality, <br />however, is that the commission still needs to put in place its working strategies to fulfill its <br />duties. <br /> <br />This proposal intends to summarize a working strategy pending full commission discussion <br />followed by approval by the City Council. <br /> <br />This proposal is not an attempt to run the commission in any way that is contrary to the <br />City Council’s vision and norms. It is not an attempt to take over the functions of vital <br />services that different departments of the city government provide to the community. This <br />proposal intends to improve the quality of already existent outreach efforts and to design <br />new engagement and inclusion programs. <br /> <br />A. " ¢ª¦±®´­£ ®­ #®¬¬´­¨³¸ %­¦ ¦¤¬¤­³ <br /> <br />Definition: The process of working collaboratively with and through groups of people <br />affiliated by geographic proximity, special interest, or similar situations to address issues <br />affecting the well-being of those people (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). <br /> <br />Community Engagement has some roots in the 1600’s Central European Slogan of “.®³§¨­¦ <br />!¡®´³ 5² 7¨³§®´³ 5²” used to communicate the idea that no policy should be decided by any <br />representative without the full and direct participation of members of the group (s) <br />affected by that policy. <br /> <br />It was also the basis of the American Revolutionary War’s saying “.® 4 · ³¨®­ 7¨³§®´³ <br />Representation.” <br /> <br />B. "¤­¤¥¨³² ®¥ ¢®¬¬´­¨³¸ ¤­¦ ¦¤¬¤­³Ȁ <br /> <br /> Collective intelligence and working together more accurately identify problems <br />and develop more elegant and effective solutions. <br /> Minimization of conflict if community “buys into the process.” <br /> Building of trust between government and community. <br /> Development of new leaders. <br /> <br /> <br />