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6b. Attachment A Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 18, 2016 Page 24 Councilmember Willmus stated his interest in seeking a realistic strategy versus simply a wish list. Councilmember McGehee expressed her interest in developing policies. With that knowledge in hand, Ms. King advised that she would lay out a plan to accomplish those goals. Based on her experience, Councilmember McGehee asked if Ms. King had any cities she’d recommend within the metropolitan area that had policies and strate- gies that may be useful to Roseville. rd Ms. King offered to provide that information as well when she returned May 23, including examples from other communities, and specific tensions, challenges and/or opportunities they had experienced in the long-term. As an example, Ms. King advised that she had worked with the City of New Brighton and their initial vision for the Old Highway 8 Corridor. Strategy Categories Councilmember Laliberte noted some of categories listed had been shared earlier during this discussion, but reiterated her interest in corporate headquarters and small business recruitment, and revitalizing or re-visioning existing buildings. Related to façade replacement program incentives noted by Ms. Collins, Coun- cilmember Laliberte used the Bent Brewstillery as an example of a use in a build- ing or area that may not be aesthetically pleasing and how their space could be re- habilitated to not look like another dock door. Ms. King noted one of the challenges was similar to that expressed by the mayor or Burnsville, MN in recognizing an aging industrial area with lower ceiling heights and facades in disrepair; and how those buildings may end up attracting charter schools, antique auto storage, churches or other uses common to that type of property. In places where you formerly had Head of Household jobs that are no longer happening, Ms. King noted now with other uses, it created disconnects or areas with disparate uses, where truckers didn’t want to travel where children were present for safety concerns, or other situations created in multi-tenant build- ings with differing uses. Ms. King noted that the City of Minneapolis was also concerned enough to per- form a considerable inventory to identify how much of their industrial property had switched to non-employment-oriented. While some of those buildings may be becoming obsolete, Ms. King referenced the economic downturn in 2008 that created such a high vacancy rate in metropolitan area industrial properties, that property owners/landlords were forced to find uses that they could fulfill. Ms. King advised that this topic was one she intended to share with brokers and de-