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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 9, 2014 Page 20 and inadequate space in Roseville for that area. However, Councilmember McGehee noted that Roseville residents had no way to access that building, and it may be nice to be able to do so to provide a meeting space for residents in south- west Roseville. Chair Holt wanted to ensure that the tone of joint meetings of the Commission and City Council were not intended to be "us" against "you," and stated his intent to change that perspective, since the Commission saw itself as an extension of and working for the City Council, given the City Council's limited time and busy agendas dissuading their ability to delve into major issues to any great depth. Chair Holt noted that the City Council tasked the Commission to research this, which they did at length, and as Councilmember McGehee stated, considered it- self to be an essential service to the community and would like to be positioned as such and strongly valued throughout the community, and expressed the Commis- sion's interest in promoting that going forward. Commissioner Stoner stated that one of his concerns in the current system was about transparency. From his perspective, and using the community center as an example, Commissioner Stoner noted that the City Council had asked the Com- mission to survey the community for what they wanted, and they wanted many things, which had been reported back to the City Council; and based on the other financial needs of the City, the City Council said "No, it costs too much money." At that point, the Commission went back to the drawing board to streamline the proposal and determine what could be eliminated. However, then the taxpayer doesn't like spending money on a community center and tells the City Council that, while the other side talks to the Commission with their desire to have a cen- ter. Under that scenario, Commissioner Stoner questioned where the transparency was in that process, opining that it would be better to have all those discussions contained in one place where both sides were engaged versus a back and forth dialogue. Also, Commissioner Stoner also noted the many issues covered on a City Council agenda that limited dialogue, in addition to half of the year being devoted to the annual budget and levy process, further eliminating timely discus- sions and creating more problems with transparency. Commissioner Stoner spoke in support of a "one stop shop," that allow all voices to be heard and identify a specific pool of money to be spend on Parks & Recreation programs and services, and the need to then pare things back with public comment on what was kept or what was out, which would serve to keep the community happy to know that eve- ryone wouldn't get everything they wanted. With additional comments regarding transparency, Chair Holt concurred that it was key, and the desire of the Commission was to make the process even more transparent to the public, and that transparency was a big issue that he felt a Park Board could address from that perspective versus the current Commission, allow- ing the public to see annually what was being appropriated to the Park Board. Chair Holt assured Councilmembers that their recommendation was not intended