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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 10, 2014 Page 16 However, Councilmember McGehee suggested breaking out some of the items lumped together by Mayor Roe to receive feedback on each individual one. As an example, Councilmember McGehee addressed bikeways, noting that the issue had come before the City Council previously during pathway discussions, and her need to know whether residents are looking at those pedestrian and bicycle ameni- ties as part of the parks and recreation program or within neighborhoods or con- necting neighborhoods to shopping, and other ways to delineate those preferences, as addressed in her handout. Pathways/Trails/Sidewalks (#27) Councilmember Willmus expressed interest in seeing how Roseville stacked up with other communities regarding this, such as with the City of Shoreview, which had asked a similar question in their survey. Councilmember Willmus opined that that was a factor he'd find beneficial; and suggested more in-depth questions wouldn't hurt, even though it would also be nice to maintain consistency with other community surveys and the City of Roseville's. Specific to Councilmember McGehee's recommended language, Mayor Roe ex- pressed his preference to use "interconnection use" and "recreational use" in de- fining those citizen preferences. Councilmember McGehee responded that she often heard comments from resi- dents that it was most important for them to get from Point A to Point B using pathways and trails; and if that was the case, she was unsure if the proposed lan- guage made that clear and sufficiently focused it. Councilmember McGehee not- ed that bike paths are a big deal, and she wanted them to be safe and useful; and not being a bike commuter herself, expressed her interest in hearing from users whether on-street bike lanes were as safe as off-street facilities. Mayor Roe opined that the responses may be different from recreational versus commuter bikers. Councilmember Etten clarified that the Parks and Recreation Master Plan process and related survey had found that the big thing residents wanted was an intercon- nection within the City as well as loops within the parks. Councilmember Etten opined that this question was vitally important to sort out where best to put those dollars, with that framework perhaps targeting some dollars. Councilmember Et- ten opined that the four distinct questions or areas proposed in Councilmember McGehee's draft may create more confusion. Mayor Roe concurred, opining that such detail in another subsequent survey is not helpful; and sought consensus to keeping the question more simplistic and fo- cused.