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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 11,2007 Page 18 was unfortunate that there was only a short period of time to work on it. Ms. Schaffer urged the City Council to consider broadening the study further with or without a moratorium in place, opining that the issue for a suburb such as Roseville was of paramount importance in maintaining interest in the community and providing affordable hous- ing. Ms. Schaffer encouraged the City Council to broaden community input by seeking involvement from those not already part of the gov- ernment system to gain their perspective; and while expressing appre- ciation to the Planning Commission for their willingness to take on additional assignments, noted that the Study Group had been domi- nated by Planning Commission members. Ms. Schaffer again encour- aged the City Council to continue to do the other half of the study to determine what it told and to broaden the input base. Mayor Klausing sought clarification from Ms. Schaffer on what spe- cifically should be studied further and what factual background in- formation was not included in the report. Ms. Schaffer questioned whether "factual information" was a factual statement; and advised the need for the Council to consider a policy on how subdivisions and/or recombinations should work, as they weren't addressed in the current report. Tim Callaghan, 3062 Shorewood Lane Mr. Callaghan opined that statements in the report seemed awfully simplistic, and noted that CAG started their report by stating that more time was needed. Mr. Callaghan further opined that there was no comparable city information and no alternative options. Mr. Cal- laghan provided his personal perspective on why he lived in Rose- ville, and his appreciation of his large lot and neighborhood character- istics; and questioned the apparent report recommendations that neighborhood character didn't need to be preserved, and whether the CAG was represented by any property owner having been impacted by a lot split in their neighborhood. Councilmember Kough noted the map provided by the Community Development Department identifying 100 lots that could potentially be split, and his concerns that developers will purchase multiple lots with the intent to subdivide them.