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that comply with policies, rules or ordinances already adopted by the City Council. She asked Mr. Hollimon <br />what he would do if he disagreed with a policy or ordinance already in place. <br />Mr. Hollimon commented he would get data in and then the group would discuss this data in order to reach a <br />decision that should be brought forward to the City Council. He believed this was the best way to provide a <br />solution from the Commission. <br />Councilmember Dunsworth requested Mr. Hollimon to speak to the City's biggest opportunity and biggest <br />challenge in addressing inclusion in New Brighton. <br />Mr. Hollimon stated this was a big question. He believed the Commission was addressing this through traffic <br />stop data, what was it telling the City. He noted the system was designed to provide data that addressed <br />inclusion. He explained from a Public Safety standpoint it was important to treat everyone the same and make <br />everyone feel welcome in the community. He stated this was one of the goals of the Public Safety Department. <br />He commented this was a difficult situation because not all viewpoints may have been considered. <br />Mayor Niedfeldt-Thomas thanked Mr. Hollimon for coming in and applying for this position. She noted City <br />Clerk Spangrud would be in touch with further information on how the Council was moving forward. She <br />explained the next person to be interviewed was Brian Raver. <br />Councilmember Abdulle asked Mr. Raver to provide the Council with a brief history on his background and <br />community involvement. <br />Brian Raver stated he has lived in New Brighton for 10 years with his family of four. He explained he has one <br />college aged child and one that is in second grade. He indicated he works in solution management at a software <br />company. He stated he would like to become more involved in the community, especially parks and recreation. <br />He reported he has not been very involved in the community other than volunteering to coach youth sports and <br />volunteered on the Mounds View Curriculum Committee for the past three years. <br />Councilmember Allen asked what motivated Mr. Raver to serve on a City Commission. <br />Mr. Raver stated for years he traveled 70% of the time and couldn't volunteer to do youth sports coaching. He <br />commented over the past couple of years, he has tried to become more engaged in the community. He noted <br />he saw the posting for the Commission positions on Facebook and thought this would be a good way to get <br />engaged. He explained he wanted to be involved and help in the community. <br />Councilmember Axberg stated each Commission is tasked with making recommendations to the City Council <br />that comply with policies, rules or ordinances already adopted by the City Council. She asked Mr. Raver what <br />he would do if he disagreed with a policy or ordinance already in place. <br />Mr. Raver indicated he was not afraid of conflict. He noted he has worked in large corporate environments for <br />a number of years and he has seen corporate bureaucracy and policies that weren't right. He stated he would <br />not be afraid to address things heads on. He commented he also understood you can't just bring problems to <br />people, but you have to come with alternatives and potential solutions. He noted he was a results oriented <br />person so he would approach every obstacle looking for ideas and solutions on how to solve a problem. <br />Councilmember Dunsworth requested Mr. Raver to speak to the City's biggest opportunity and biggest <br />challenge in addressing inclusion in New Brighton. <br />Mr. Raver stated he believed the community did a great job addressing inclusion in New Brighton. He <br />