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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 27, 2012 Page 12 ent segments of the community, whether youth or senior citizens. Coun- cilmember McGehee further noted the importance of matching volunteers to needs. Councilmember Johnson noted the advantages in pursuing an e-mail contact for a vast majority of volunteers, not currently being taken advantage of; al- lowing more volunteers to be contacted within various sectors of the commu- nity; as well as by communicating needs and coordinating through existing advisory commissions. Consensus was to keep this item as a long-term strategy, with a short-term plan for how best to coordinate that volunteer base as well as determining re- sources and financing issues. Since the item was already listed in the existing work plan (line 264), Mayor Roe directed staff to strike it from the January 30 list; with the short-term need being to reallocate resources to facilitate development. • Line 278—Improve Communication with Residents... After some discussion, it was the consensus that progress continued to be made; with social media another option to improve that communication; with citizen complaints continuing about the timing of agenda packet materials or discussion topics to allow the public time to response and/or comment (e.g. land use issues). Mayor Roe noted the distinction between when land use or development ap- plications are received and under staff review, but yet to become public in- formation, versus when they become public information and available for public comment or a formal Public Hearing depending on the type of applica- tion. From a strategic point of view, Mayor Roe noted the need to continue improving communication; and suggested retaining that as a short- and long- term strategy; however, he noted the need for further City Council discussion regarding further analysis for resource allocation. • Line 280—Increase Civic Engagement It was the consensus that this item was already listed in another category in the existing work plan; with the HRC Task Force coming forward shortly with a recommendation • Line 293 - Discuss/Implement ongoing, community-driven visioning process (page 12) Councilmember Johnson stated that his rationale in including this item, was his desire to continue updating the Imagine Roseville 2025 community vision- ing process, to ensure it didn't become stagnant or outdated. Councilmember Johnson suggested that one option would be to have advisory commissions review the document annually, as he'd previously suggested without result.