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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 22, 2015 Page 14 12. Public Hearings 13. Budget Items 14. Business Items (Action Items) a. Consider Policy Priority Planning Document As Councilmember Laliberte had been unable to attend the initial discussion of Councilmembers in May when this document was discussed, Mayor Roe invited her to share her feedback at this time. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, the "City of Roseville-Strategic Plan Summary for 2015-17 (part of Attachment C, page 3) was displayed for reference during her comments. In general, and as she previously shared with her col- leagues and City Manager Trudgeon, Councilmember Laliberte stated she was not in favor of adopting the strategic initiatives as presented. Councilmember Laliberte reviewed each of the five strategic priorities listed and provided her comments specific to each. Civic Engagement Councilmember Laliberte questioned how or whether to include this as part of the strategic plan, especially her differing view of proposed strategic initiatives laid out by staff. Recognizing that increased engagement was an overarching priority of this City Council, and recent creation of the new Community Engagement Commission (CEC), and regular requests of and a desire by staff and the commu- nity to improve those engagement efforts, Councilmember Laliberte questioned the need to included it as part of the strategic plan when it was already a given. Councilmember Laliberte opined that the use of "civic" and "community" en- gagement meant different things, and while the City Council values that area of focus, she found a gap in understanding how best to achieve it. Until that became a common understanding among all stakeholders, Councilmember Laliberte sug- gested it not be included as a new goal; and not be a checklist, but an ongoing process and culture shift that the City Council and staff had already made a com- mitment to. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her confidence in allowing the newly-formed CEC, and her expectations of staff to engage the community, would suffice with- out defining additional strategic initiatives. In consideration of those initiatives proposed by staff, Councilmember Laliberte noted the Key Outcome Indicator (KOI) for community satisfaction was already being addressed in surveys with commitment by the City Council to perform them every other year.