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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 7, 2019 Page 11 Ms. Gundlach showed an example to the Council and noted what was included in the example was as many city costs that could be allocated on a new home. Councilmember Groff asked how the city's park dedication fee compared to other cities. Ms. Gundlach indicated she was not sure but thought the Parks and Rec Depart- ment had a full analysis of what other communities are doing. Mayor Roe offered an opportunity for public comment, with no one coming for- ward. f. Government Alliance On Race And Equity Update Assistant City Manager Rebecca Olson briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated October 7, 2019. Councilmember Etten thought this presentation was very thorough and he appre- ciated it. He stated it is a lot of work looking at how a city works and moving be- yond what has been done before. He noted when looking at the areas that are shown in pinkish/mauve, it sounds to him like a fair number of them have been implemented and he wondered if that was fairly accurate. Ms. Olson indicated that was correct. Councilmember Etten thought another thing to do would be applications for Commissions and how the city can help increase the diversity of the members of the Commissions and something the Council has talked a lot about. He would like to see this move forward sooner than later. Ms. Olson noted that is one of the things the HRIEC is contemplating as part of their 2020 Workplan and will be coming forward to the Council. She indicated at a staff level, there has been some research done and an intern is working a little bit on that as well along with the HRIEC. Mayor Roe indicated that was the sense he got going into 2020. Councilmember Groff stated the city was heading in the right direction, noting one thing that is difficult for people who don't see themselves in city hall or on the Commissions, is that those people do not think of themselves as being able to be in those places and was one of the goals he thought the city was moving to- wards. He thought staff was doing the right foundational work for that. He found that mentoring really helps and was something for staff to think about. He also thought there might be some pushback from existing employees and those em- ployees need to know that this is not threatening their job.