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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 8, 2016 Page 24 1when the public comes forward with issues or concerns; but opined those issues 2will not be solved by a commission since they were the City Council’s concern. 3During her five-year tenure, Councilmember McGehee noted many requests by 4large groups of citizens that had not been addressed, while special interests of 5smaller groups seemed to get quicker responses from the City Council. Coun- 6cilmember McGehee cautioned that this did not go unnoticed in the community. 7 8Specific to neighborhood associations, Councilmember McGehee opined that coa- 9lescence was needed, not a check list; and expressed her confusion as to what 10happened to the task force and why it was dissolved. Councilmember McGehee 11further opined that when community visioning is started, if there were any previ- 12ous problems it was too much was directed by the City Council and their desire 13for control. Whether vetting of the steering committee or those participating, 14Councilmember McGehee stated it would be nice to get something advising what 15should and should not be done and providing particularly broad direction while 16establishing a process in place allowing engagement of the public in ways not cur- 17rently being done. Councilmember McGehee stated she hadn’t seen that coming 18forward from the CEC to-date. 19 20Specific to her perception of the SE Roseville issue, Councilmember McGehee 21noted lots of stuff going on (e.g. community gardens) with long-term residents 22living in that area wanting to be involved, and committed to those efforts without 23the need of an association. Councilmember McGehee opined that there were 24many natural communities in Roseville and groups continually forming without 25attempting to put them into some structure. 26 27Specific to involving renters, youth and senior citizens, Councilmember McGehee 28stated that the Business Retention Program was addressing outreach needs, while 29she was most interested in involving renters in the process since renters were re- 30maining in the community longer versus their former transient nature. Therefore, 31Councilmember McGehee opined that it would now be timely to see if there was a 32way to reach renters to determine their interest in being involved in their commu- 33nity. 34 35As heard earlier tonight about the action or inaction of the City Council, Coun- 36cilmember McGehee stated her disappointment in the availability of a broader list 37of jobs for the CEC to undertake; and opined that she didn’t support the targeted 38ideas presented by the CEC. Specific to the neighborhood association bullet 39point, Councilmember McGehee agreed with the comments of Councilmember 40Laliberte, opining that she didn’t see it. 41 42Chair Becker advised that, while unable to address Councilmember McGehee’s 43five-year tenure and those experiences, he clarified that the task force did not dis- 44solve in July of 2015 when presenting their recommendation to the City Council, 45nor had their work been in vain. Chair Becker further clarified that remaining