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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April ll, 2016 Page 39 Jeanne Kelsey, Housing and Economic Development Ms. Kelsey advised that funds were available should the City be interested in property acquisition. Regarding the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce and their in- terest in this corridor, Ms. Kelsey noted that the reality was that they had a num- ber of things on their plate, and agreed with Mayor Roe that the City of Roseville may need to take the lead. With other cities involved in the independent conveners of those preliminary planning meetings, Councilmember Laliberte asked that to avoid looking like someone was pushing someone else, she would like answers given to those partic- ipants if the Chamber and Smart Growth America efforts were not going to take a lead; and to ensure that Roseville wasn't trying to recreate the wheel. Ms. Collins suggested expanding on those initial efforts, and agreed that the St. Paul Chainber of Commerce was very interested in what was being done, as indi- cated on those materials included in tonight's meeting materials, suggesting that the City of Roseville could serve as a catalyst and rebirth that intent. To that point, Councilmember Etten referenced Attachment C and summary re- port froin Smart Growth America that suggests initiatives be iinplemented but without specific ideas or coinmunity-specific information. Therefare, Coun- cilmember Etten opined that follow-through requires the city to move on, espe- cially since the city's motivation is stronger at this point. Specific to a promise he made to bring this issue up at tonight's meeting, Coun- cilmember Etten addressed who had or should have control of the former ICO gas station on the corner, apining that while he didn't thinlc it was possible, the site was actually now uglier than it had been a year ago. Councilmember Etten stated that he had encouraged city staff to facilitate getting the current structure demol- ished immediately and to assist the current owners however possible. Coun- cilmember Etten noted that staff had attempted to get clarity of the situation and permitting as applicable; however, he opined that it was now time to use the city's enforcement tools to get the job done now. Regarding the design process, Ms. Collins asked for staff guidance on boundaries for the project area and the style of visioning/redevelopment plan desired. Mayor Roe stated that he had no problem with a hybrid between the CDI and De- sign Charrette process. Mayor Roe stated that his concern with only using the CDI approach was a limited number of ineetings (4), and therefore supported a more hybrid approach. Councilmember McGehee agreed with the hybrid approach.