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City Council Strategic Planning Meeting Monday,January 30,2012 Page 12 thought process was of importance to him, further opining that, as a community, it couldn't be great at everything or be all for everyone. Regarding Mr. Trudgeon's comments on fostering redevelopment on undervalued properties, Mr. Miller offered a friendly reminder for the City Council to stay the course and not become complacent about problem properties, but to fix the prob- lems. Mr. Miller spoke in support of engaging more industry experts, such as the recent Urban Land Institute work shop, to address future demands of the City, and how to not only make Roseville successful, but how to keep it vibrant. As indi- cated by several other metro-area suburbs, Mr. Miller noted how quickly things could go wrong, and reach a point of no return where they were unable to stop the tide. g. Police (Attachment Item 8.f,dated January 30,2012) Police Chief Mathwig noted that the bulk of the Police organization was its patrol unit, requiring a majority of the Department's time and resources. Chief Mathwig noted that the majority of short-term accomplishments could be done with exist- ing officers, through enforcement and community education. Chief Mathwig not- ed the need to address, on a consistent basis, traffic concerns of citizens as they were brought forward and to ensure their voices were heard. Regarding increased safety, Chief Mathwig opined that a lot was based on percep- tion; and suggested the goal to become more bonded with neighbors and for the department to become a more visible element of the community. With trespass- ing notices initiated in 2011, Chief Mathwig advised that those coming into Rose- ville with the intent to create problems were being successful in creating penalties significant enough as building blocks to make Roseville a safer place. Chief Mathwig noted the challenges in providing sufficient training for a depart- ment operating 24/7 without impacting overtime; and the long-term goal in devel- oping additional commercial patrol units to make better use of officer time and community policing efforts in working with the community's diverse population to ensure they felt welcome and safe. While taking a lot of resources, Chief Mathwig noted its importance and the need in specific areas of Roseville for more police resources that were not in current resource plans. 9. Short and Long Term City Council Goals Councilmember Pust noted that Councilmembers had also submitted their written goals, referenced below, but asked that Councilmembers reflect on the statements and goals highlighted verbally by Department Heads,not specifically their lists. a. Councilmember Johnson (Attachment Item 9.c, dated January 30,2012) Councilmember Johnson addressed comments of Community Development Di- rector Trudgeon related to multi-family properties and problem areas, and what