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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, Apri111, 2016 Page 38 � is more expensive it resulted in a more inclusive process and end product of inore substance. Councilmember Laliberte agreed with the comments of her colleagues related to worlcing with other partners. However, Councilmember Laliberte noted that there were things the city could do in the meantime and not wait for them on areas ap- plicable to acting along. Since it affects all three cities, Councilmember Laliberte noted that the City of Roseville could make all the greatest improvements in the world and if those adjacent communities didn't pay attention to those same areas, it would malce no difference. Councilmember Laliberte noted that there were no jurisdictional boundaries for those living or working along that corridor, and while continuing to work with those agencies, supported working on things far- ther off the corridor that were Roseville-specific and could be done sooner rather than later. As to the process component, Councilmember Willmus agreed with Coun- cilmember McGehee on the CDI process, with the possibility of incorporating a Design Charrette later in the process, or use a hybrid approach of the two. Before stating her preference for a process, Councilmember Laliberte stated that she was interested in the partners for that process since some planning discussions were already held and coordinated in that area with Chambers of Commerce and the three communities; and questioned the status of that planning. Ms. Collins reviewed the primary content of those collaborative and preliminary ineetings to-date, and their one common denominator indicating conversations needed to continue. While all parties want to work together, Ms. Collins reported that each jurisdiction was coming at it from a different angle, with Roseville lead- ing the charge from the community engagement position and Maplewood's chal- lenges coming from the public safety standpoint and seeking collaborative police and public safety efforts. Ms. Collins further reported that the City of St. Paul was looking at it froin a. market analysis perspective keyed up to addressing larger scale collaborative zoning efforts to guide properties together for future redevel- opment. While each one was looking through a different lens, Ms. Collins noted that the City of Roseville was doing so with the most momentum; and while there was soine interest coming out of those initial discussions, there was no robust momentum to get going. Following the Chamber of Commerce opportunity, Ms. Collins noted there was significant interest, but mostly to continue conversations since each community has their own challenges; and while all agree that reinvestment is needed, the City of Roseville was more interested in what that vision would look like, while the other parties also had some level of interest, but basically she considered them to be at the preliminary stages at this point.