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Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission Minutes December 18, 2019 Draft Minutes Page 5 of 9 Ms. Olson volunteered to update the 2019 accomplishments discussed. Chair Beltmann thought the Hispanic Heritage Month event should probably be put into its own box because even though it got rained out there was a lot of work done by Commissioners and should be recognized. The Commission concurred. commissioners. Ms. Olson noted Youth Commissioner Xie received the job description in her folder and talks about the time commitment and projects. leaving out the quotes. Commissioner Peterson asked in the Rosefest Parade if her name could be removed because she did not want to be pointed out and thought the entire Commission should be recognized. Chair Beltmann thought it should also be noted in that section that representatives from other Commissions in the city attended the parade as well. Mr. Warren Wolf, 1999 Snelling Avenue North, explained under discussions it states, ndered if some detail should be included. Commissioner Bolinger thought the Commission could address discussions based on community comments left on the website along with events that were in the news. Chair Beltmann suggested taking the Discussions piece off because she did not think discussions was a part of the Commission and necessarily an accomplishment. She thought Project Outreach Recommendation could be revised to be Community Engagement Advisory and focus on this as an advisory commission that has worked with different city departments to provide advice on engagement projects. She felt discussions will be a distraction at the joint meeting with Council. The Commission was comfortable with removing Discussions from the year end review. Ms. Olson suggested changing Project Outreach Recommendation to Engage and Advise.