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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 13, 2024 Page 3 equity impact summary on each and wished that there was a bit more input from a certain commission, that they would have somehow taken their voices with that intent of looking at that and truly, not just kind of generically saying "no equity concerns" and applied equity concerns to these policies. She appreciates when those are there and wants them to be meaningful parts of the City policies, things the Council considers, and that these have had thoughtful consideration from the equity point of view. She knows it has not always worked that way but she thought if things were working well, they would have had some kind of voice to that piece and offered, especially things that are potentially looking for reflective voices of more than just one or two City staff, not to diminish,but the more voices the better the relationship. Mayor Roe indicated he was thinking about some of the same things. From a practical view perhaps, it would be a challenge for every single request for Council action to be pre-reviewed by a commission that meets monthly. It probably makes sense to be a feedback loop mechanism as the commission. On the flip side, if it is a new policy that the City is putting in place, he thought it did make sense to have the pre-review of what the impacts are, figure out how that works, and is that an extra step in the decision-making process that is built in or what does that look like. He could see where it could be both. Councilmember Etten thought in having discussion with current and previous HRIEC members and other folks in the community, this, and hearing from the HRIEC, people are currently saying this is a much more focused thing that allows more depth.This allows depth on something that he felt was important and multiple people agree that is what should be focused on. He thought it cleared away some of the clutter and confusion of what is currently before the HRIEC and provides a real focus on something that is critical to the future. Councilmember Schroeder indicated she was going to say something very similar to that where it is very clear but still broad at the same time. She thought that was one thing the Council was hearing very clearly from the different people. They wanted it to be much clearer as to what they were going to be working on. She also liked what was said about making sure this is something that is going to be, will be some passion around it, but then also get a lot of work done, which she thought was another piece. She noted this would help to show the direction better but broad enough for when things come up it will still be under this umbrella. She noted she has been working with the group on this for a while, so she has had an opportunity to look at it a number of times and she does like it. Mayor Roe felt this was very reflective of what the Council heard back through this process. Mr. Montez indicated to the Council's point of where the specifics will come, he thought that looking at some of the scope and duties,at least on the beginning piece,