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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes December 19, 2018 – Draft Minutes Page 7of 14 271 is a community design center. She thought there were pieces in the booklet the 272 Commission could look at to see if there was anything that could be used in 273 Roseville. 274 275 Commissioner Eck stated the U of M Extension Center is another resource she is 276 familiar with because she used to work for them and there is a link in the packet. She 277 stated there is an entire division at the U of M called “The Center for Community 278 Vitality” and within that division there are a lot of articles and other resources that 279 can be used, tacked on and purchased to help foster community engagement. 280 281 Commissioner Eck stated Dr. Leona Durdan, Education Equity Office at Roseville 282 Schools may have some community contacts that the Commission could use. She 283 noted she will contact Dr. Durdan and try to meet with her. 284 285 Vice Chair Peterson stated the document from North St. Paul is something the 286 Commission could create for Roseville. She liked that it included the data; who lives 287 in Roseville, what languages are spoken, population. A lot of demographic data 288 discussed already. She also liked the community organizations included in the 289 document as well.She thought the model was nice and something to look towards 290 when the Commission is developing Roseville’s engagement tool kit. 291 292 Commissioner Hassan asked why the Commission is doing the survey and what is the 293 aim. He thought there was a perceived barrier than a real barrier. 294 295 Ms. Olson stated that some of the ways the City does engagement and outreach are 296 methods and processes that historically have not reached certain populations, and the 297 City is working to fix that. The City needs to fix how outreach is done and why 298 outreach needs to be done. Services need to be provided to everybody and right now 299 some of those services may or may not be working for everybody. She thought the 300 purpose of wanting to get that other perspective is so the City can be more equitable 301 in what the City does. 302 303 Commissioner Hassan thought the broken link was in communication. The City 304 needs to learn how to communicate better with the residents of all types. He 305 suggested the Commission move ahead and brainstorm with different communities 306 within the City, bring them to the Commission meeting and ask them questions. 307 308 Vice Chair Peterson thought the Commission wanted to do both. She thought the 309 Commission was going to ask the staff what is currently being done, which the 310 Commission has already done with the survey. 311 312 CommissionerHassan did not think surveying the staff was going to reach the people 313 that needed to be reached. 314