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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, October 17, 2016 Page 8 grating businesses in many of those projects for core cities and inner ring suburbs. Mr. Cornejo advised that the team had consciously selected where they wanted to work, specifically in urbanized inner ring suburbs such as Roseville, which they considered the best fit for their talents. Councilmember Laliberte asked for the team’s justification in making the case for using outside consultants versus an in-house staff approach as the basis for their proposal and selection of their team members. Mr. Dresdner noted those at the table had addressed that in their comments and areas of expertise, notably that Cuningham Group didn’t have in-house expertise with engineering, but relied on their various areas of expertise with inner ring communities to best meet the needs of those communities throughout the compre- hensive plan update process. Mr. Leighton concurred, noting the depth of expertise available with this team in different areas that were beyond what was available from his firm in –house. Mr. Leighton suggested that the City Council focus on the assembled team, not only their strong expertise, but how well they work together to integrate those skills in a cohesive group. Mr. Leighton stated he could say that the team integrated well together and enjoyed working together, respecting clear lines of authority making a clear and uncomplicated process for the community as they had enjoyed in past projects. Councilmember Willmus clarified with Mr. Dresdner that Cuningham Group’s work in Roseville and Twin Lakes had been on the regulating plan. Councilmember Willmus asked what the team envisioned for a starting point for the update, from the ground up or taking existing aspects of the plan and improv- ing on them. Also, Councilmember Willmus asked when discussing outreach to typically underrepresented groups, what model the team would use to engage them in the process. Regarding a starting point, Mr. Dresdner responded that they already understood that this update was not intended as a complete overall; and therefore advised they would start with the existing plan through an individual and group audit of that plan with the City Council and staff to determine what was missing, what needed a simple update and where there were gaps. Mr. Dresdner further advised that the team would bring their knowledge of regional and national trends and recommend how fill those gaps with regular or non-regular market input. Mr. Dresdner stated that the team’s first step would be for the team itself to audit the current plan without involving staff to form their opinion of the plan going forward, then in- volve staff as most frequent users of the plan as a guiding document.