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6b. Attachment A Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 18, 2016 Page 18 tap into resources for citizens, creating a continuous cycle of updating and up- keep of Roseville housing stock. Mayor Roe Mayor Roe identified his three most important issues as follows: 1)Remain focused on the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area as a prime oppor- tunity area over the next eighteen months. 2)How we look at business expansion and relocation within the Roseville com- munity and opportunities to make connections with those looking at other sites. 3)Marketing Roseville as a great place to relocate; or dealing with the city’s past image with developers and negative perceptions that had developed over the last few years. Councilmember McGehee Councilmember McGehee stated that she had used a different approach, and her focus was on Head of Household jobs, and as part of that increasing the city’s in- dustrial or commercial tax base. Councilmember McGehee stated that she would also like to see a focus on devel- opments going forward, and if that involved service/retail, ensure that they served the residents of our community and based on a human scale with viable and easy connections for the Roseville resident demographic allowing them to shop and participate in their comfort zone. With elder residents, Councilmember McGehee noted that larger format retail was not user-friendly for them; and to-date the city had not focused transportation efforts so its own residents feel safe as pedestrians and in vehicles, to access those things they need in their own community. Councilmember Laliberte Councilmember Laliberte agreed that there were corridors lagging other than Twin Lakes, but was unsure where that fell within the list of priorities. Mayor Roe clarified that the focus of his response was based on the questions de- fining the next eighteen months. 1)Councilmember Laliberte expressed agreement Mayor Roe about the need to address businesses or companies that may feel the need to leave Roseville be- cause they were running out of space or needed different access to or for their business. Councilmember Laliberte stated that she had held conversations with Roseville businesses owners who, because of employee growth and/or the need for larger meeting spaces for those employee connections, were look- ing outside Roseville. 2)Councilmember Laliberte agreed that a bad reputation in the developer com- munity had followed Roseville over the last decade, or the reputation of being