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City Council Meeting Retreat Tuesday, February 17, 2015 Page 17 Mr. Grefenberg advised that his only thing to add was to ask that when the final report is given by Mr. Rapp, another opportunity for public comment be given, with sufficient no- tice of that opportunity for community engagement. Mr. Grefenberg opined that it may take a minimum of a few weeks to digest things being discussed and brought out by Mr. Rapp; and recognizing the numerous discussion points needing community engagement. Mr. Grefenberg further opined that, when looking at Roseville's past compared to community engagement today, remarkable progress had been made, especially with other communication improvements, including the City's website and future efforts to make it more interactive and get citizen responses to the many issues being discussed at this retreat. For the benefit of all of those present and listening, Mr. Grefenberg expressed concern in his perception of growing politization and polarization of Roseville, noting his under- standing that the DFL party was looking at an endorsement program for the City Council. Mr. Grefenberg opined that disagreement didn't mean one side was wrong, but suggested this may be something else the City Council wished to address. Mr. Grefenberg distributed copies of the City of Edina's budget process and their five performance standards and guidelines, of which one included communica- tions/engagement. Mr. Grefenberg noted their community's pride in the key performance indicators and inclusion of those in budget goals, and suggested a similar approach would be applicable to the City of Roseville in the future. Mr. Grefenberg noted that communi- cation drove engagement and suggested the City continue to reinforce efforts already tak- en to improve community engagement. Mr. Grefenberg further suggested that, depending on the format of the final report, copies be transmitted to the City's various advisory commissions for their review, as well as al- lowing the community time to review the final report and make comments about those findings. Mr. Grefenberg suggested including the final report on the City's website as well as in the newsletter, in addition to an open discussion at a future City Council meet- ing in the near future. Sherry Sanders Ms. Sanders expressed her favorable impressions with how everyone has come together to work as a group today to improve her City, and expressed her respect for the time and efforts taken by participants. Ms. Sanders further thanked the City for allowing residents to observe the process. With no one else appearing to speak, Mayor Roe concluded public comment at approxi- mately 5:54 p.m.,thanking citizens for observing this process. 5. Wrap Up Meeting and Preview Wednesday Items