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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 26 City Manager Trudgeon noted that the program was not offered this year, based on the desire to get the Community Engagement Commission in the process and their recommendation as to whether it should be kept or presented in a better way. City Manager Trudgeon advised that it had served as a good way to do outreach for 20-30 people attending each session, but the eight-week program was time- consuming and required a commitment of staff, and advised that he wanted the Community Engagement C omission to make a recommendation on the future of the program and its content and presentation. Councilmember Laliberte opined that she found it a valuable program that served to set the City of Roseville apart from other communities. Regarding the review by the Community Engagement Commission, Councilmember Laliberte ex- pressed concern that they would be able to address this topic in a timely fashion in light of the other tasks; and questioned if that review would be sooner or later to meet future scheduling needs and timing for Roseville University. City Manager Trudgeon advised that there was no exact time table for either the Commission's review or Roseville University, even though the University had been held in the spring in past years, there was no set time other than to consider the best time to have warmer weather and ensure a good attendance based on summer activities and/or snow birds leaving the community for the winter. Mayor Roe asked that the Subcommittee tweak language and return with the doc- ument for action at next week's meeting; and directed staff to include it on that agenda. Recess Mayor Roe recessed the meeting at approximately 8:20 p.m. and reconvened at approximately 8:28 p.m. k. Business Items—Presentations/Discussions a. Request for Approval of a Zoning Text Amendment to Section 1004.05.A One—and Two-Family Design Standards of the Roseville Zoning Ordinance Community Development Director Paul Bilotta summarized information detailed in the RCA dated July 7, 2014; with staff seeking City Council direction. When this discussion originated several years ago, Councilmember Willmus ad- vised that he was firmly entrenched in the camp to leave things alone and let peo- ple do what they wanted on their private lots; and noted subsequent discussion in how to mitigate garages and aesthetic features of porches. By reference, Coun- cilmember Willmus used a home on South Owasso Boulevard, recently featured in the Parade of Homes, built on a legal, but narrow lot, and turned sideways to avoid placement of the garage in the front of the home, per current code. How- ever, in practice for narrow lots, Councilmember Willmus noted that this left little