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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April ll, 2016 Page 37 spective was closer to the Rice Street/Larpenteur intersection even though as oth- er data points were reviewed, there were greater needs within the entire "box." Councilmember Laliberte agreed with Councilmember Etten's comments, but al- so with comments focusing from the arinory parcel down the corridor and up to the Margolis area. Councilmember Laliberte noted that this was a big geograph- ical area and questioned if the city could bit off that entire census tract at once, or if it would be better to make significant strides by working with other agencies on smaller bites allowing bigger successes in the end. For those opportunities deeper into Roseville proper, Councilmember Laliberte suggested the city could respond as those situations arose, but reiterated her preference to start off by finding suc- cesses along the Rice Street/Larpenteur corridor. Definin� the Scope/Collaborators for SE Roseville Redevelopment/Reinvestment Mayor Roe opined that collaborators had already been addressed in previous dis- cussions, with the consensus to engage adjacent coinmunities and residents and businesses in those communities as well. Councilmember Willmus agreed, opining that the immediate next step was to chart a path for Roseville and to get started, since people in Roseville had been waiting for generations to revitalize this area, and it needed to be addressed now. Councilmember McGehee agreed, and from the choices, agreed with corridor de- velopment initiative as part of this process. Councihnember McGehee opined that perhaps the planning didn't need to be as expensive as a design Charrette, noting that the Dale Street Process using corridor Development Initiatives (CDI) had proven very effective and resulted in good feedback from the neighborhood. Councilmember Etten agreed with his colleagues, and opined that the process must include the Cities of St. Paul and Maplewood noting that whatever they did iinpacted us and therefore, a great partnership was needed for all. However, Councilmember Etten opined that the City of Roseville needed to be the leaders for any process moving forward, and actively encourage, engage and push those neighborhood coinmunities. Mayor Roe concurred, also noting that whatever Roseville did also affected those neighboring communities. Mayor Roe opined that the key was that Roseville should be the leaders since it was in the position to begin, but also cautioned that Roseville not leave those other communities behind, but involve them in the pro- cess to any extent possible, while still being proactive in Roseville but not too much in the lead that those other communities are left out of the process. Mayor Roe agreed that the process in those communities may take longer or look differ- ent, but suggested in these early phases in identifying the problems, their input was a vital part of the dialogues. As to the process itself, Mayor Roe stated his leaning toward an approach similar to the Charrette Design option; even though it