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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 11, 2024 Page 19 structure could be. He appreciates the feedback in terms of that as well. He suggested this item be on the agenda for the next HRIEC meeting to have that conversation about what has been talked about at this meeting and provide reflection and feedback to the Council for subsequent discussion. Mayor Roe indicated speaking for himself, he does try to follow all of the minutes of the meetings and to watch the videos as well. Councilmember Groff asked how the Council feels about attending HRIEC meetings. Mayor Roe thought if there are three or more Councilmembers at the meeting,there needs to be separation without any conversations. He did not know if that was prohibited or not, but the meeting could be posted as well. He explained he does not try to influence meetings he attends and is very conscious of that. Councilmember Strahan indicated she has encountered that as well and has absented herself from being at the meetings so that her presence does not impact on the meeting. She noted the Council is following and knows what is going on in the Commissions but certainly could know more. Councilmember Etten agreed with Mayor Roe that where the Commission goes after April is an important topic. He indicated this would not be a long-term plan, but he wondered where the Council was at for its own next steps. Councilmember Strahan felt like the Council has been asked if it is encouraging this group to continue meeting as an entity since as of April 1, the Commission is no longer in the City Code as one of its groups. Mayor Roe indicated the Commission is still in the City Code and that has not changed. Councilmember Strahan asked if the Commission continues with five members going forward while the Council continues to assess. Councilmember Etten thought that was correct. Mayor Roe concurred and hoped that all of the work done on the workplan so far does not go away. Hopefully, there is a way to not get active in doing a lot of it, necessarily,just if there is a sense that may or may not match with where things have been going in this conversation. He certainly wants to be respectful of the Commissioners' time and efforts too in the sense that if there is something the Commission is not sure the Council is on board with, maybe that is not an area to focus on. If there are other areas that seem more in line with what the Council has been talking about, then he did not want to discourage people from being involved in those.