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