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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 3, 2019 Page 38 Commissioner Djevi stated the group he met with met in January but has not met since then. Part of it was probably a lack of communications. That meeting went about 45 minutes and the Commission phrased the question the following way, Proclamations have been read at City Hall and two Proclamations have been cho- sen for Pilot Programs with Hispanic Heritage Month being one of them and the question was from the Hispanic community standpoint, what kind of activity could the City do to make that community special and feel that that community is welcome. There was discussion and an idea was to have a movie watching ses- sion and the movie "Cocoa" came up. Another idea was to put together activity games at a park where the kids could play during that month duration. The group was supposed to meet again but that never happened. Councilmember Etten thought those were great ideas but as it gets closer, he sug- gested bringing it back to the Council sooner than later so the Council can review the plans and approve or change as needed before further commitments are made. Mayor Roe asked if it is activities, is its educational presentations or panel discus- sions, what are the things that the City should be doing. The Commission might want to focus on two or three different things. Commissioner Djevi reported at that group meeting there was discussion about bringing the Proclamation forward and putting together an educational program so people can be aware of that being something that has been done and activities for kids. Commissioner Bolinger suggested bringing in a couple of different types of activ- ities. One that might be really family oriented but also if the City is bringing in a panel discussion or doing a round table discussion that the City also bring in child care or some people to assist with that as well knowing that the community is very entrenched with the family and providing those types of services as well at events like that to make it easier for them to participate. Councilmember Willmus said there has been a lot of discussion thrown out there about Roseville U but one of things that he thought where the conversation ulti- mately went was more focused on an open house and very similar to bringing folks in or going out to the community and hosting an open house or something along those lines blends in well with what is being discussed. He is hearing what another department already does with outreach and does really well and that, for example, is Discover Your Parks events. Perhaps something modeled along those lines, but a different theme might work well and something to look into. Mayor Roe indicated if the Commission uses Parks and Recreation resources for something like that there is already a built-in workforce to get it done.