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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, July ll, 2016 Page 20 Specific to the HDR/MDR discussion, Councilmember Willmus noted a consider- able amount of this discussion had been initially undertaken by former Communi- ty Development Director Paul Bilotta prior to his departure; and suggested the Commission review those materials and his presentation. Councilmember Willmus stated opined it was good information for the Commission's review and should set in place the City Council discussion to-date regarding balancing HDR and MDR community-wide. Regarding the comprehensive plan update process itself, Mayor Roe indicated one area of discussion for the City Council had been the public involvement in that update; and a check-in with the previous community visioning of Roseville to de- termine if those goals and objectives were still relevant. Mayar Roe noted the need to review those community aspirations with the community to make sure they remained in line, or if there were additions or changes needed. Mayor Roe noted this should be a significant part of the public process for staff as directed by the City Council; and serve to point in the right direction in reviewing the existing plan and any new topics that haven't yet come up or ideas from the public that hadn't been considered. Commissioner Bull noted some of the initial information provided by staff that raised concerns with the Commission prompting significant conversations in- volved quality of life issues that were suggested as goals for the new comprehen- sive plan, without the Commission being aware of where those ideas had come from (e.g. having fresh food in the vicinity of senior living, community health ini- tiatives, etc.). Commissioner Bull stated the Commission saw that as well as the apparent exclusion of several departments (e.g. Parks and Recreation Department relying on their Parks Master Plan work to-date without further update). As a re- sult, Commissioner Bull advised the Commission questioned how this compre- hensive plan could be comprehensive by excluding various components from the update. Therefore, Commissioner Bull opined the Commission needed guidance on how that worked. Commissioner Bull further questioned how the short RFP process time and vendor selection could work without the Commission knowing the scope for the update; and concerns with having a contract in place and poten- tial changes of the scope that could impact costs for the update. Mayor Roe assured the Commission that the timeline had since been changed based on the most recent City Council discussions. Also, while some of the topics mentioned had been suggested by third parties as a consideration in updating comprehensive plans, Mayor Roe noted they were not mandates, but offered as suggestions for communities choosing to include them. Mayor Roe opined many of those ideas may come into the process that way, but overall the intent was that the update be informed through public input on past aspirations. Mayor Roe fur- ther assured the Commission that the City Council didn't consider any of those