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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,April 8, 2024 <br /> Page 7 <br /> c. Discuss Feedback Regarding the Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement <br /> Commission Scope and Duties <br /> Assistant City Manager Rebecca Olson briefly highlighted this item as detailed in <br /> the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated April 8, 2024. <br /> Mayor Roe thanked Ms. Olson for the presentation on the HRIEC feedback to the <br /> Council. He expressed his thanks to the Commission for their discussion and <br /> feedback and was impressed with the frankness of the conversation,the willingness <br /> to discuss, and answer questions the Council was seeking answers to. He wanted <br /> the Commission to know how much he appreciated and hoped the Councilmembers <br /> appreciate the fact that the Commission had that conversation, it was not an easy <br /> conversation, and the outcome does help the process. <br /> Councilmember Groff indicated he also watched the meeting and thought it was a <br /> very frank, open, and helpful discussion. He also thought it was helpful to <br /> understand where the Commission is coming from. He wanted to express <br /> appreciation for Ms. Olson's guidance because it is not an easy task to work with <br /> that number of opinions and try to pull it together. He liked where this landed, <br /> where this is headed, and the recommendation of Ms. Olson and administration. He <br /> also liked the ideas proposed and looks forward to the meeting in May. <br /> Councilmember Schroeder thanked staff and the Commission for all of the work <br /> done. She wanted to give thanks to the people who were frank,the people who were <br /> leading, and those who said good,positive things about ways to make things better. <br /> She thought the high level list Ms. Olson went over was exactly what the Council <br /> was looking for. Her view is that the Council would take this, because it aligns <br /> well with what the Council was thinking in many ways. To her, she wants to get <br /> many of these meetings to continue to narrow down to where the City is going to <br /> end up. She thought if the Council was going to do this workshop, this might be a <br /> good spot to start. There does need to be more work on this list. She wondered if <br /> it is not a bad idea to take some of this and take a stab at a purpose statement based <br /> on some of this. She thought the purpose was what the Council needed to agree on. <br /> With regard to the purpose of this group, she thought the Council had confusion on <br /> that as well so if they can come up with an actual purpose of the group, she thought <br /> that would go far. <br /> Councilmember Etten agreed with the comments. In watching the meeting,he noted <br /> the commitment of the Commission, even in their last meeting, to have a rigorous <br /> and thoughtful discussion and a commitment to make improvements for the City in <br /> how it moves forward. He thanked the Commission for all of that and Ms. Olson <br /> for helping facilitate that discussion. He stated a lot of what the Commission came <br /> back with are things that fit his general concept and are a great starting point.Things <br /> like the SREAP is there but getting back to some of the data and things that have <br /> been lost in the last year as the Commission has gone through transitions. The idea <br /> of expanding beyond SREAP and talking about equity and inclusion in general,the <br />