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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes December 19, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 9of 14 359 Commissioner Djevi stated if there are areas of people in the community that the City 360 wants to reach out to then the City has a duty to reach out to them and get input from 361 them. He thought the Commission has been doing a lot of talking but not a lot of 362 doing for a Community Engagement Commission and that is getting to be boring. 363 364 Vice Chair Peterson stated going back to the goal, the Commission did discuss prior, 365 what the overall goal of this project was and from what she understood, it was to 366 create an engagement tool kit that could be distributed to the Departments within the 367 City to really make sure the engagement is being done in the best way possible. 368 369 Ms. Olson agreed. She stated this was a two-prong approach for the Commission to 370 bring the community voice to the Council. She thought what staff is currently doing 371 doesn’t always hit the mark,so the Commission needs to know what staff is doing 372 which is what the City Department survey was about, and the next piece is to talk to 373 the community to find out how to get the community engaged and does the 374 community want to be engaged on. She did not think the intent of the survey given to 375 City Staff were the questions that were intended to ask the community. She thought 376 Commissioner Hassan’s suggestions were fantastic on different ways and then going 377 back to the piece on how to do the engagement. The Commission needs to start with 378 what is the goal and what is the aim. She thought the Commission’s next step is 379 finding out how to get the questions and information out to the community for their 380 feedback on engagement. She thought the Commission was on the right path. 381 382 Commissioner Djevi stated in order to get community engagement started the City 383 needs to find activities that interest the different areas within the community which 384 will attract them to the process and in turn will create engagement. He stated when 385 he suggested to the Commission to have a diversity group walk in a parade, the City 386 will need to go into the community and engage them such as using traditional outfits, 387 something that excites the community to be a part of something that is a little bigger 388 than their own little world. As this is done over time the community will start to 389 becomemore engaged.The City needs to be creative and find things that excites 390 different people and use them to the City’s advantage. 391 392 Vice Chair Peterson agreed. 393 394 Commissioner Djevi stated last year there were four or five different diverse groups 395 that wanted to be a part of the parade. He stated this is an idea of having people 396 coming and joining in because it excites them and hopefully this will advance the 397 City’s agenda of inclusion. 398 399 Ms. Olson stated discussing parade planning will be at the January 2019 meeting so 400 she thought the Commission could discuss how to include the diverse groups. 401 402 Commissioner Eck stated she would like to combine a couple of points she has heard 403 discussed. Maybe the Commission could do some work at the meeting,but she was