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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 13,2013 Page 17 that the City Council consider those seniors in infrastructure planning to meet the tremendous challenges ahead as a community. Councilmember McGehee sought Mr. Toogood's perspective for not only housing stock design to accommodate this demographic, but also in planning roads (e.g. turn lanes) and safe pathways to ensure seniors could get around easily and have services readily available to them. Given the City Council's desire to allow sufficient time for public comment, Mayor Roe asked that Councilmember McGehee follow-up with Mr. Toogood of- fline on other issues of interest, with the possibility of bringing that information back to the City Council at a later date. Mr. Toogood expressed the NSCC's gratitude to the City for its annual $6,000.00 gift to improve the life of its seniors. Mr. Toogood also asked that, while prepar- ing for the needs of this senior population, that the City Council also recognize the considerable and extensive talent of those seniors as a resource to tap and pro- vide assistance to the City. Zoe Jenkins,2030 Fernwood Street Ms. Jenkins echoed the comments of Mr. Toogood, and asked that the City Coun- cil's budget considerations included needed services related to its aging popula- tion and the rest of the community, and specifically in the area of safety addressed by the Police Department. Ms. Jenkins, as a member of the Police Civil Service Commission and a member of the Park Patrol, opined that the City's Police De- partment was absolutely fabulous, but as the population continued to increase, so did their budget in terms of police staffing through additional officers. As a resi- dent living on the edge of the new Josephine Woods development, Ms. Jenkins noted the number of young people and little children, and additional vehicle traf- fic from that development and while it added to the tax base and was a wonderful addition to the community, it also created a need to ensure police services were sufficient to grow with the community. Bruce Branigan,2082 Cohanssey Blvd. Mr. Branigan, as a long-time resident of Roseville, along with extended family, expressed his pride in living in Roseville. As a citizen involved in his Neighbor- hood Watch, Mr. Branigan expressed his support for the addition of two (2) full- time officer positions to the Police Department. Mr. Branigan noted that one of the basic aspects of neighborhood infrastructure is police support and the safety of its citizens; and opined that the Roseville Police Department was very profession- al, well-trained, and supportive of neighborhoods and their watch programs, espe- cially under the leadership of Chief Rick Mathwig. Mr. Branigan opined that citi- zens valued their safety, their ability to safely walk in parks, while shopping, and other activities. Specific to commercial and retail services provided by the Police Department, Mr. Branigan suggested that it created a complex aspect for policing