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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes April 17, 2019 – Draft Minutes Page 6of 13 223 Chair Beltmann thought the Commission should finalize what has been done and tie it 224 into the Council directive that was given to them and bring it to the Council in June to 225 discuss the next steps. 226 227 Commissioner Peterson thought the Commission should think about suggestions of 228 what the Commission wants to do because the Council might be a little overwhelmed 229 with all of this information. She thought for the next meeting the Commission should 230 discuss where each Commissioner sees the Commission going with this project and 231 would be helpful to the Council. 232 233 Ms. Olson thought that was an excellent point. She thought the Commission should 234 take the conversation the Commission has and do a draft mock/staff report for the 235 main meeting so the Commission can discuss what exactly to talk about. She stated 236 she would like to get clarification on a couple of points that were brought up. The 237 first is the two-prong approach document Chair Beltmann brought up earlier. 238 239 Chair Beltmann stated she would email the documents to Ms. Olson. 240 241 Ms. Olson summarized the discussion points for the next meeting. 242 243 Commissioner Peterson thought the question to the Council is does the Council want 244 the Commission to compile a list of engagement items and what does that look like 245 because it is a lot of work and outreach on the Commission end. 246 247 Chair Beltmann thought the Council direction was for the Commission to compile a 248 list but the sticking point was who is making the connections and who is facilitating 249 it. She thought clarification was needed on who would handle the work. She thought 250 if the Commission could provide a recommendation that the Council could react to 251 would be best. 252 253 Commissioner Peterson recommended making a recommendation to the City Council 254 in order to get their feedback. 255 256 Ms. Olson stated the Census seems to be an interesting topic the Commission could 257 leverage to start some of those conversations in different communities and that might 258 be an opportunity to start some of that outreach and engagement. 259 260 Commissioner Bolinger stated people will understand the need for the Census but the 261 education on top of that will start to give some end roads for relationship building and 262 trust building that can then go to people wanting to participate. 263 264 Ms. Olson thought one of the keys things she has observed in discussions with staff is 265 to be aware of the capacity of staff. These may be fantastic ideas but was not sure 266 staff could do all of the work so the Commission needed to understand where there 267 might be limitations or need for additional resources or volunteers.