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Regular City Council Meeting AND Board of Adjustments and Appeals Monday,July 23,2012 Page 40 Mathwig advised that the only staff time involved, and subsequent costs, would be for negotiation and approval processes related to the Security Plan itself. Councilmember Pust, noted that Chief Mathwig, in past presentations, had talked about recouping costs from larger commercial developments, an ongoing discussion in her eight (8) years serving on the City Council, supporting evi- dence that new commercial development is directly tied to new crime along with the other positive benefits it provided. However, Councilmember Pust opined that she was now hearing a different tone from Chief Mathwig of what he thought was appropriate for a larger commercial retailer. Councilmember Pust sought specifics as to Wal-Mart's typical design of their stores (e.g. light- ing, full-time security staffing), and opined that the City may be attempting to take credit for things already in place by Wal-Mart in their typical business model. Chief Mathwig advised that development of a Security Plan was intended to re- duce the number of calls; and noted that most of the Roseville Police Detec- tives' work to-date with Wal-Mart was through their University Avenue store, and that data transfer and technology did not meet his expectations for this store. Councilmember Pust opined that many of the suggestions were already done by Wal-Mart in their own self-interest; however, they did not address City costs. Councilmember Pust asked for language in the Security Plan seeking contribu- tion by Wal-Mart to the City for extra time needed from law enforcement staff; and expressed her confidence in Chief Mathwig to pursue that in the best inter- est to the City. Councilmember Pust stated that she was not happy to simply see infrastructure development addressed, since her expectations were that Wal- Mart would be doing that anyway. Chief Mathwig advised that such an option for cost reimbursement was present- ed to Wal-Mart,but not found acceptable. Councilmember Pust expressed her lack of interest in whether or not Wal-Mart found a condition acceptable; opining that every new condition added at the previous meeting was now being stripped away, and based on discussion to- night, she might be able to agree to those actions. However, Councilmember Pust opined that this Security Plan had not been talked about previously, and if it was intended to address the additional costs for the City of Roseville, she strongly suggested that staff come up with language to address that cost, and for the overall benefit of Roseville citizens. Chief Mathwig opined that he thought this proposed Security Plan was a better recommendation than the previous cap of 300 calls, as it provided an incentive