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121Commissioner Lenhart agreed with Commissioner Baggenstoss and added that she feels this is an 122opportunity to help create a place to remind the residents of Roseville of the important history of 123 those who came before European settlers, as well as creating current day connections for Indigenous 124 residents or visitors. Also, Commission Lenhart added that she would like to understand the history 125 of the land. 126 127 Youth Commissioner Kim agreed with Commissioner Baggenstoss stating that he feels the problem 128 would be if the name did not come from the Native American community. 129 130 Commissioner Arneson clarified that his original thought or question came about in thinking of the 131 Washington football team and how they may move forward with their renaming. He added that the 132 Commission in no way needs to follow what they do with their renaming. 133 134 The Commission discussed how to move forward with the process. 135 136 Commissioner O’Brien stated that she personally favors honoring the Indigenous community with 137 the renaming. However, she noted that the Commission needs to be prepared for a different answer if 138 the whole community is asked or to even believe that the Indigenous community will only have one 139 answer when asked. Therefore, the Commission will need to decide the Indigenous community’s 140 voice by determining who you ask, how you ask and who you listen to. 141 142 Commissioner Arneson suggested that the Commission create a set of questions that a few 143 Commission representatives can use to reach out to Indigenous community members to ask them for 144 their responses in order to gain additional insight for the Commission. 145 146 Staff agreed to pull together questions that Commissioners submit for a subsequent meeting. Also, 147 staff asked for suggestions or feedback on a short article on the work the Commission has been 148 doing with the Pocahontas Park name for the May Roseville Newsletter. The Commission did not 149 have any suggested adjustments to the newsletter article. 150 151 The Commission worked to clarify what type of questions should be sent to staff and next steps in 152 the process. 153 154 The Commission agreed to send questions to staff that will be asked to local Native American 155 Agencies for compilation before the next meeting. Once the questions are agreed upon they will be 156 sent to the local Native American Agencies via staff. Also, a community listening session will be 157 scheduled in the future. 158 159 160 4