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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 5, 2015 Page 8 Mayor Roe further clarified that this strategic planning retreat would not be gen- erating new community vision, but simply responding to things and refocusing thoughts as an organization, and sought to provide that clarity for the benefit of residents in their understanding of the process. From his personal perspective, Mayor Roe opined that this process could be done in any number of ways through any number of facilitators; however, he expressed his comfort level in the approach proposed by Mr. Rapp, while also recognizing the validity of the approaches of other facilitators as well. Mayor Roe further opined that the approach of Mr. Rapp to gather and organize preliminary infor- mation from staff and individual Councilmembers made sense to allow a response at the corporate meeting, with brainstorming already done in advance and orga- nized to provide for more effective discussions. Once that part of the process is completed, Mayor Roe opined that the ultimate product, planned by the City Council and staff would be the Roseville plan and not something dreamed up by Mr. Rapp or any other facilitator. If his colleagues were not willing to work with Mr. Rapp or did not appreciate his approach, Mayor Roe sought their suggestions for another approach. However, Mayor Roe stated that he would not volunteer to be the meeting's facilitator to allow him the ability to fully participate in discus- sions. Councilmember McGehee stated that she would not comment on Mr. Rapp as she had not been privy to meeting with him personally to review his qualifications beyond the written materials provided in the RCA. However, Councilmember McGehee stated that her personal view was similar to that expressed by Mayor Roe, with major community visioning documents to-date having delivered the same message to the City Council: the values of residents and what they wanted to see from their local government. Councilmember McGehee opined that the City Council's failure was in not taking those goals and aspirations and putting them into an overarching evaluation of all policies or ideas brought forward within that theoretical framework. Councilmember McGehee stated that she wanted to see a strategic plan and poli- cies for implementation of these community goals and if it remained important for residents to maintain existing amenities, that the Council made sure either every- one was willing to pay more taxes or provide a guaranteed plan and work diligent- ly to expand the City's tax base. Once developed, Councilmember McGehee stat- ed that she then wanted an annual review and update of that strategic plan. If this process achieved these concerns, Councilmember McGehee stated that she could then be on board with this proposal. Councilmember Willmus opined that if the intent was to look at strategic plan- ning, a broader dialogue was needed with the community. Councilmember Willmus stated that his concern was that when first talking about this retreat, it