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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 3,2019 Page 39 Chair Beltmann noted there are specific examples on the two Proclamations the City is piloting this year, but she thought more broadly the thought is between the document and then having some conversations with the Community is a start to figuring out what those programs might be to draw people in. She did not think the Commission has gotten to that point in conversations yet but is something briefly brought up at part of what the Commission sees this work doing is helping to define some new program ideas or concepts or reviving past programs but put- ting a new twist on them. Councilmember Laliberte said while she appreciated what was being described as putting something on to bring people in that don't already interact with the City, she also wants to be sure that the City is also including the people that are already engaged with the City all of the time but needing to know more about their neigh- bors of a different background or different story. It is kind of two prong because then an understanding is being built that right now something may or may not be missing but the City, at this point, doesn't even know. Councilmember Laliberte noted there has been a lot of conversation about the Phase One and Phase Two the Commission brought forward and she really appre- ciated Councilmember Etten question about the September program. She also wanted to mention is when the two Commissions were originally merged togeth- er, the Council had some ideas that were put forth to the Commission. She want- ed to revive those ideas to see if that is still what the City wants. There was talk about wanting to do something like Roseville U or Citizenship Academy and communities all over the State do that, but Roseville has kind of stopped doing that. There was talk about doing an open house for the community that would be a replacement for the Home and Garden Fair but would be more interactive and open door to learn what the local Government does for its residents, which has not been done. She believed there was a presentation or recommendation from a pre- vious Commission on the Welcome Packet that maybe went to staff but never got to the Council so maybe that could be revived for the Commission to look at and put the Commission's own touch on it for the Council to review and react to those ideas. Another idea the Council originally put out there was some kind of event or opportunity to celebrate all of the different people in the community, whether it is music or story telling or food and dance, whatever it might be, she thought the City could do more and better highlight and showcase the people of Roseville community. Councilmember Groff commented having been on the Commission, that is a lot of work and when on a Commission, it meets once a month and he thought what the Commission is trying to do is form a platform and a basis for going forward. Just any one of those things could be a half a year project. He knew previous Com- missioner did some of the work, but those Commissioners are gone, and that work does not continue on unless there is someone carrying it forward. He thought it was more important that the Commission finds what their strengths are and what