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<br />Regular City Council Meeting <br />Monday, June 3, 2024 <br />Page 2 <br />Councilmember Groff asked why that language is not in other Commissions in the Code. <br />Ms. Olson indicated that could be included and staff could bring back an ordinance <br />amendment if that is the direction of the Council. <br />Mayor Roe thought it made sense to put that language in the general Commission Code for <br />all Commissions. <br />The City Council concurred. <br />Ms. Olson reviewed the recommended and optional changes to the application. <br />Mayor Roe indicated he wanted to clarify question seven and what the question was trying <br />to get at. <br />Ms. Olson reviewed how question seven relates to question six. She explained the intent <br />behind the question was to say everybody has different experiences throughout their life <br />and some people have a lot of experiences that impact how they approach equity and <br />inclusion. Wanting to know what are those experiences that are impacting their view of it. <br />The second part of that is how those experiences reflect the diverse makeup that is getting <br />at some of the different experiences. She noted this is a starting point but staff is open to <br />Council changes. <br />Mayor Roe indicated he did not have an opinion on that yet and was not clear what staff is <br />trying to get. <br />Councilmember Schroeder thought the question was very confusing and recommended the <br />question be removed. <br />Councilmember Strahan concurred and did not think question seven got at what the Council <br />wanted to know. She did want to make sure that one of the other questions, describing <br />skills or services the applicant feels they bring to this Commission, did not get left out <br />because she thought it was very important. <br />Councilmember Schroeder was not sure if there should be two different applications. She <br />thought maybe there should be one for every Commission. <br />Councilmember Etten made a proposal for a question to replace question six and he agreed <br />he did not like question seven. Taking some of what was in the main application process <br /> and asking, “How do you see your lived experiences contributing to the work of this <br /> Commission and the City’s Equity and Inclusion initiatives”. He thought this combined a <br />few of the questions. <br />Councilmember Groff concurred with the question change. <br />Qbhf!216!pg!354 <br /> <br />