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Commission meeting as a part of the public meeting and agenda setting process, which is a way to engage them or try to co-partner again with the Watershed District and sit in that environment and co-host both meetings for greater engagement. He noted another option would be for the Commission to change the calendar structure so one month is more environmental focused, one month is transportation focused, one month is Public Works focused so people will have a better sense of when topics of their concern come up which might encourage more public conversation. Member Misra asked what staff saw as an advantage to putting another group of citizens between staff and City Council. Mr. Culver did not know if he saw it that way, he would see it as working with a group of engaged citizens that are not necessarily appointed and are not an official committee or subcommittee of the city. The group would not necessarily get assigned a staff liaison or have staff time but would give some additional perspective, ideas and maybe have done some additional research for staff that staff does not necessarily have time to do. Maybe bring some new ideas to staff and the Commission. He would not place the group between staff and the Council he would say staff is still between them and the Council. Member Misra asked if there are examples of citizen groups that work with some staff that is completely separate from the Commissions. Mr. Culver stated he was trying to think of a group and the one he thought came close to that is Friends of Roseville Parks. This is a very organized group of citizens that are separate from the city and have several events raising money for parks and also bring ideas and lists of improvements the group would like to see in the parks. He thought there were a couple of different groups that do that for parks. Member Misra asked if public participation meetings could be held without the Commission. Mr. Culver indicated a group could. The Commission is an official body because of appointment as representatives of the city. With that appointment comes rules as to how the members can meet and when the meetings can occur, public notice and quorums. A different group that has interest in sustainability efforts within the City of Roseville that have ideas and meet on their own with their own structure but were not appointed by the city can certainly work offline and research ideas to bring forward to the city in an organized meeting format. Chair Cihacek asked if staff develop a calendar with all of the mandatory topics the Commission must do and see if there is a natural clustering of these areas, things that are reappearing each year and how those items are currently scheduled to see if that would build itself into a natural calendar. Page 6 of 9