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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 10 older and most development involving redevelopment, meaning change. Coun- cilmember McGehee opined that she thought one failure of the existing plan was that the former process didn’t involve specific neighborhoods that could see im- mediate impacts and make them part of the process and solution. Councilmember McGehee stated her preference to hear how this team would identify areas where people will experience change or are likely to; and then engage them to see what that change might look like, and assist the City Council in involving those resi- dents accordingly. Mr. Dresdner noted that a comprehensive plan was typically high level and long- term and some had difficulty understanding that, but in some cases, he noted big plans may happen in the first five years of the ten year cycle. Mr. Dresdner rec- ognized that some areas of Roseville would change more than other areas; and admitted change was hard for all regardless of their age. As a result, Mr. Dresdner stated his preference in showing how change will con- tribute to the overall well-being of the community, and if that can be articulated to that neighborhood, they will want to contribute to the community. Mr. Dresdner noted the team’s preference to turn language around and engage people about how change can contribute positively, providing answers for the development commu- nity who usually built the city whether or not those developers actually lived in that community. By focusing on that language change, Mr. Dresdner opined that it put people more at ease with change versus pushing them away; and allowed them to see how they could improve their lives and get them engaged if they have a difficulty with overall city policy issues and long-term viewpoints. Using another example in the City of Edina, Mr. Cornejo noted while updating their 2008 comprehensive plan, their mayor was aware of several people who had lived in Edina for a long time, but had recently moved out. As part of the plan process, MR. Cornejo advised that those former residents were invited back to tell why they had moved away from Edina. Mr. Cornejo advised that this allowed the city to know why they lost those residents and what the city needed to do to change and entice people to stay, or choices they had made that were not produc- tive. Mr. Cornejo noted this opened people’s minds up to future needs and who the community wanted to cater to in the next 10-year period. Mr. Cornejo opined that not only current, but former residents were an untapped resource. While finding those ideas for engagement intriguing, Councilmember McGehee asked how the city could get the community to buy in and feel those ideas origi- nated from residents and their individual neighborhoods as part of those engage- ment opportunities and tools. Ms. Lee noted in their proposal they briefly touched on introducing a totally dif- ferent voice in the comprehensive plan. Ms. Lee opined that there was already a lot of great policy language that may carry forward in the next iteration, but sug-