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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes March 20, 2019 –Draft Minutes Page 9of 18 356 Commissioner Bolinger stated it will change the language and how the City 357 approaches this if the Commission is not actually the ones creating the relationships 358 or if the Commission is, then what is the Commission’s role. Is the Commission the 359 go between the City Council and the contacts or is the Commission just an 360 introduction. 361 362 Commissioner Eck stated she did not want to step on the toes of City employees who 363 maybe have a lot of same ideas on their own plans within the scope of their job. 364 365 Chair Beltmann asked if anyone had any thoughts on what the ideal would like in 366 terms of the how because if the Commission goes to the City Council to find out 367 where the Council wants the Commission to take this,she did not think it would be a 368 very fruitful conversation based on the few conversations the Commission has had 369 with the City Council. If someone could bring an update to the City Council on 370 where the Commission is at and indicate the Commission is ready to move onto the 371 next steps, describing what the Commission would like to do and ask if it was what 372 the City Council wanted.She thought this was something the Commission could 373 think about and bring backfor further discussion. 374 375 Commissioner Eck asked if it would reasonable to consult with City Staff, some 376 people who have some primary responsibility in this area. 377 378 Mr. Trudgeon did not think this needed to be an either/or situations, either HRIEC or 379 Staff,it could be a partnership. He stated the Staff does have contacts but does not 380 know enough people in certain parts of the community for a partnership.He thought 381 it was a very important interval to try to use the resources, knowledge and contacts 382 that the Commission knows in conjunction with Staff’s to try to make those 383 connections. He thought it would be reasonable to suggest that this is a partnership 384 working with the key staff that are involved with people, including the City 385 Manager’s office to worktogether andreach out to people and collectively go 386 together and have conversations to begin those relationships. 387 388 Commissioner Eck liked the idea of a partnership because it is an important piece. 389 She thought if the City can get a mutual understanding with those people the 390 Commission is partnering with in the City, that would be really helpful because she 391 thought there were a lot of people on this Commission that are willing to go out and 392 make some contacts but the Commission wants to do that with a little firmer footing 393 underneath them and a mutual understanding with the partners. 394 395 Chair Beltmann thought the one thing the Commission has struggled with is that the 396 City Council has been pretty clear about the Commission being advisory versus doing 397 the work so this would be a potential deviation from that. 398 399 Mr. Trudgeon stated it is being in partnership with the City and staff and rolls really 400 nicely into some of the things staff is bringing forward as far as the Racial Equity