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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 19, 2015 Page 20 For reformatting purposes, Councilmember Etten suggested talcing the "target" cohunn and revising it as "Smart Goals" with various pieces listed below, and having each smart goal within a certain time frame. Related to the housing and redevelopment priority, Councilmember Etten questioned if that priority was too narrow under the current situation and whether a separate strategic priority was needed or if it should siinply be renamed "Redevelopment and Economic Growth" to include businesses and not only housing. Councilmeinbers Laliberte and Willmus agreed things have changed since this strategic planning effort was begin earlier in 2015; with Councilmember Etten opining that just a"Housing and Redevelopinent" strategic priority no longer inade sense. Mayor Roe asked which focus areas Councilmember Etten would put into those two categories. Councihnember Etten responded that he considered a larger strategic priority cat- egory under "Business/Economic Developinent," noting that SE Roseville fit un- der housing as well as business. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that this area needed further revision; opining that it may come down to whether or not to keep everything in the inix for 2016 or lost the housing priority and replace it with economic development. Coun- cilinember Laliberte suggested the need for the City Council to reconfirm their corporate support of the four KOI's listed for that category, whether tonight or at a future meeting in the near future. Mayor Roe stated it needed to be tonight; ancl admitted he was seriously consider- ing whether or not the "move up housing" and "residential housing values" should be removed for focus on "SE Roseville" and "Twin Lakes" in 2016. Councilmember McGehee agreed that the top two KOI's as noted by Mayor Roe included a heavy economic development piece and opportunity to grow business there. However, Councilmember McGehee opined that in terms of the economic aspect for the broader community, both "move up housing" and "residential hous- ing value" also had a significant impact on the cominunity's bottom line going forward, and questioned any willingness to downgrade or defer their importance. Councilmember Etten stated that the target for "twenty increased units at $350K" continued to trouble him compared to other targets and for him was a smaller goal that happened automatically versus others iri lower valued homes or units seeking an assistance prograin to build value into their existing hoine. Councilmember Etten opined that it was not the role of the City Council to address increasing those higher value housing units, and expressed his support to remove that target.