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City Council Meeting Retreat Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Page 16 suggested making subcategories of that challenge to include City Council decision- making, determining priorities and areas of greatness. Mr. Rapp cautioned that there was a fine line between targeting too many challenges at a task or solution level, even though they were all valid. From staff's perspective, Mr. Schwartz suggested that effective government should be a separate item on the list of challenges as it affected the amount of time staff invested in bringing things forward to the City Council and public. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that "governance" should remain on the list of chal- lenges for now, whether or not it fell off after further refinement tomorrow. Coun- cilmember Laliberte opined that"determining priorities/greatness"would eventually edge out"governance"or they could be combined. Mayor Roe agreed, opining that it better matched the organization with what participants wanted it to be. Therefore, Mr. Rapp reclassified the final five as follows: • Civic Engagement • Housing& Redevelopment • Public Safety/Implications • Aging Infrastructure • Determining Priorities/Greatness • Effective Governance At the request of Finance Director Miller, Mayor Roe and Councilmembers Laliberte and Willmus clarified that"aging infrastructure"was intended to incorporate city-owned in- frastructure and its fleet. 6. Public Comment At 5:45 p.m., Mr. Rapp turned the meeting over to Mayor Roe who opened it to hear pub- lic comment. Public Comment Gary Grefenberg, 91 Mid Oaks Lane Mr. Grefenberg clarified that he was speaking personally and based on his eight years ob- serving Roseville government and community engagement experiences. Mr. Grefenberg advised that he had asked for an opportunity for public comment at this retreat; however, at that time he hadn't realized it was intended for televising. Based on his past communication dialogue with Mayor Roe and City Manager Trudgeon, Mr. Gre- fenberg stated that he had received both of their assurances that there would be an oppor- tunity for community engagement, and residents would be welcome at the table, not just City Councilmembers and Department Heads. Mr. Grefenberg opined that he was much more comfortable with this retreat and its intent than he had initially been.