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Roseville Human Rights Commission Meeting Minutes – April 14, 2009 Page 4 of 7 Commissioner Grefenburg suggested including “and responsive,” in the Purpose Statement language (last sentence, Section 204.03), to avoi d instances from the past when citizens didn’t perceive that local government wa s being responsive; and opined that this language would more fully reflect comments from the Imagine Roseville 2025 , and would provide a sense of action . Motion - Member Grefenberg moved, seconded by Member Kennedy to recommend to the City Council revised language of the last sentence in Section 204.03: Purpose, as follows: “Additionally the Commission will work to in crease the sense of community by reaching out to all members of the community and ensuring that our city government and its activities, programs servi ces are accessible, and understandable, [and responsive] by all.” Motion carried: 7/0/0. Additional discussion was in proposed revisions to Section 204.05: Duties, F, related to monitoring demographics. Discussion included monitoring and sharing dem ographics to provide more understanding of diversity issues and community make-up; per ception of long-term Roseville residents and demographic changes with the 2010 Cens us; changing language of #F.2 to “[co-]sponsoring or [facilitating] events;” other community groups that the HRC could al ign with for such events; and that the HRC not consider any events without partners . Commissioners concurred. Commissioner Grefenberg opined hi s disagreement with the first three sentences in Section F, based on his concerns that “demographics” was perc eived as isolated to the U.S. Census, which now planned to exclude domestic partner qu estions in the 2010 census data. Commissioner Grefenberg distributed a handout, re lated to this intent and pote ntial for further exclusionary statements. Commissioner Grefenberg requested th at the language in Section F be revised to include “Monitor demographic [and other diversity] trends… Commissioner Kennedy, as a demographer, spoke to the value of broad sources to establish demographic trends and the need to retain the demographic term as a wa y to identify diversity from numerous sources. Discussion ensued regarding the intent of the language and interpreta tion of that language. Motion - Member Grefenberg moved, to recomm end to the City Council revised language in Section 204.04: Duties, subd. F, line 55, to delete the word “d emographic” from “… increasing demographic diversity through, but not limited to…:” The Chair declared the motion failed for lack of a second. Motion - Member Oftelie moved, seconded by Member Grefenberg to recommend to the City Council revised language of the last sentence in Section 204.04: Duties, to remove “other” so the sentence reads as follows: “Monitor demographic and other trends…”