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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 13 more about attitude in an authentic and real way to engage people. Ms. Major opined that community engagement should be “fun” and not considered painful to imagine the future of one’s community, but if it was a fun process for their firm and the city and its residents, it made the end product that much better (e.g. meet- ing in a box tool); with relationship build during the process lasting and people involved owning those decisions that served to continue building momentum. While a comprehensive plan might be nice, Ms. Major opined that vision should come to life in a community. Ms. Purdu addressed the housing element of their proposal that looked at the changing people and fabric of the community and Roseville demographics. Mr. Gromberg addressed economic development components of the plan update, including how and when they worked, based on the four pillars of economic de- velopment: infrastructure, workforce, finance and governance. Ms. Purdu noted the importance of implementable and realistic measureables of a plan, and the unique aspect of WSB in providing funding analyses for those im- plementation strategies. In conclusion, Ms. Major noted the need for the plan to allow decision-makers and staff to carry those strategies forward to make good decisions later rather than the plan carrying forward some aura of mystique that it was guaranteed to answer every question for the next ten years. Council Questions As a starting point for the update process, Councilmember Willmus asked where their team saw the existing plan entering in. Ms. Purdu responded that she had reviewed the existing plan, opining that it pointed the city in a very good direction as a starting point, and didn’t suggest tossing it out, since it provided good goals and objectives (e.g. redevelopment of Twin Lakes area). Ms. Purdu noted the document provided a lot of focus that would inform how those strategies ended up working, with the overall goals pointing in the right direction with a few updates needed. As part of her conver- sation starters in working with other communities, Ms. Purdu advised that she typically provided homework assignments for the Planning Commission and City Council taking the basic goals and objectives for review if they’re still relevant, if they’ve already been accomplished, or if they need revising. In community engagement outside Roseville and beyond the Park Master Plan ef- forts, Councilmember Willmus asked the team about their experience in other communities and their logistic approach to drill down more on groups not typical- ly involved.