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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 3, 2024 Page 12 Ms. Olson reviewed the Scope and Duties of the Commission and indicated the equity impact information would still be a part of this. She asked for feedback from the City Council. Mayor Roe thanked Ms. Olson for the clarification of equity impact because he had questions earlier while going through this information. He knew there was some discussion about the equity impact statements in the Request for Council Action but if that is envisioned to be captured through the Establishment and Purpose with a reference to Policies, Procedures, Projects, and Programs, it does not then need to be listed under the Duties and Functions. He thought as long as the Council was clear on that, he was supportive. Ms. Olson reviewed the membership of the Commission,noting there will be seven members and the language about the desired diversity of the membership make-up is different than other Commissions. Councilmember Groff asked why that language is not in other Commissions in the Code. Ms. Olson indicated that could be included and staff could bring back an ordinance amendment if that is the direction of the Council. Mayor Roe thought it made sense to put that language in the general Commission Code for all Commissions. The City Council concurred. Ms. Olson reviewed the recommended and optional changes to the application. Mayor Roe indicated he wanted to clarify question seven and what the question was trying to get at. Ms. Olson reviewed how question seven relates to question six. She explained the intent behind the question was to say everybody has different experiences throughout their life and some people have a lot of experiences that impact how they approach equity and inclusion. Wanting to know what are those experiences that are impacting their view of it. The second part of that is how those experiences reflect the diverse makeup that is getting at some of the different experiences. She noted this is a starting point but staff is open to Council changes. Mayor Roe indicated he did not have an opinion on that yet and was not clear what staff is trying to get. Councilmember Schroeder thought the question was very confusing and recommended the question be removed.