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218 Commission meeting as a part of the public meeting and agenda setting process, 219 which is a way to engage them or try to co-partner again with the Watershed District 220 and sit in that environment and co -host both meetings for greater engagement. He 221 noted another option would be for the Commission to change the calendar structure 222 so one month is more environmental focused, one month is transportation focused, 223 one month is Public Works focused so people will have a better sense of when 224 topics of their concern come up which might encourage more public conversation. 225 226 Member Misra asked what staff saw as an advantage to putting another group of 227 citizens between staff and City Council. 228 229 Mr. Culver did not know if he saw it that way ould see it as working with a 230 group of engaged citizens that are not necessarily appointed and are not an official 231 committee or subcommittee of the city. The group ould not necessarily get 232 assigned a staff liaison or have staff time but w iv some additional 233 perspective, ideas and maybe have done some additional r h for staff that staff 234 does not necessarily have time to do. Maybe bring some ne deas to staff and the 235 Commission. He would not place the group be taff and the ncil he would 236 say staff is still betweenOtreobare and the Council. 237 238 Member Misra asked if examples of citizen groups that work with some 239 staff that is completely separate from the Commissions. 240 241 Mr. Culver stated he was trying to think of a group and the one he thought came 242 close to that is Friends of Roseville Parks.,,This is a very organized group of citizens 243 that are separate from the city and have several events raising money for parks and 244 also bring ideas and lists of improvements the group would like to see in the parks. 245 thou ht there were a couple of differe t groups that do that for parks. 246 247 ember k ke ublic pa tion meetings could be held without the 248 Commission. 249 250 Mr. Culver indicated a group could. The Commission is an official body because 251 of appointment as representatives of the city. With that appointment comes rules 252 as to how the members can meet and when the meetings can occur, public notice 253 and quorums. A different group that has interest in sustainability efforts within the 254 City of Roseville that have ideas and meet on their own with their own structure 255 but were not appointed by the city can certainly work offline and research ideas to 256 bring forward to the city in an organized meeting format. 257 258 Chair Cihacek asked if staff develop a calendar with all of the mandatory topics the 259 Commission must do and see if there is a natural clustering of these areas, things 260 that are reappearing each year and how those items are currently scheduled to see 261 if that would build itself into a natural calendar. 262 Page 6 of 9