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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 20,2012 Page 7 Regarding the Administration goal of volunteer coordination, Councilmember McGehee questioned how this would be coordinated with the Parks and Recreation Department since they had a significant number of volunteers. Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke noted that their department did not have a Volunteer Coordinator yet,but it was included in their future action plans. Councilmember McGehee encouraged coordination of those two efforts to achieve maximum savings. Community Development Department Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon reviewed the various func- tions of this department, including the Roseville Housing and Redevelopment Au- thority, as well as Planning/Zoning, Economic Development, Code Compliance and GIS Services. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the Department, funded primarily through revenue from fees and permits, remained stable at this time following several years of diminished revenue. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the goals of the Department, highlighting those items iden- tified and similar to the City Council's Strategic Planning related to pursuing eco- nomic development and regional and local transportation (e.g. Northeast Diagonal) efforts. Councilmember Johnson noted that Goal #8 identified as "Partner with Roseville business community and external entities to promote a Diverse Local Economy through expansion of existing businesses and attraction of desirable and needed businesses;"was also an HRA priority. Mr. Trudgeon concurred, noting that there was some overlap since there was some uncertainty under whose purview the responsibility fell; but allowing the HRA to step into any void and include potential funding through the HRA levy as applicable through partnership at a minimum, since some of the staff worked in both separate entities. Mr. Trudgeon advised that finding how best to leverage resources to make the best possible arrangement was still pending. Councilmember McGehee expressed appreciation for the mention of a newsletter, since everything to-date was geared toward digital efforts. When talking about the website, Councilmember McGehee encouraged that a really good search engine was available, rather than the current one she found frustrating. Councilmember McGehee provided Mr. Trudgeon and Public Works Director Schwartz a copy of her research on the shoreland ordinance issue, following her personal contact with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and their status on the impermeability of swimming pools.