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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,January 23,2017 Page 15 Councilmember Laliberte stated her support of those interactions and topics to be covered. Councilmember Etten suggested adding other agencies, including but not limited to Northeast Youth and Family Services (NYFS) and Karen Organization of Min- nesota (KOM) that were not currently on the list, but potential Roseville partners as well. Councilmember Etten also noted other organizations, such as the Rose- ville Community Resource Center housed at the Roseville Covenant Church on Hamline Avenue, and coordinated social service work shared by several Roseville churches at that location for families in crisis or need in the community. Coun- cilmember Etten suggested further research on other groups working with various diversity groups. Geography-based neighborhood"walkabout"meetings Mayor Roe suggested consideration of larger multi-family areas (e.g. Rosedale Estates and/or smaller units around Lake McCarron's) especially since one of the main under-represented groups is apartment dwellers. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Ms. Major clarified that the intent with the four geography-based neighborhood meetings was to initiate key input in a timely fashion scheduled for wrap-up in April, but if they proved very success- ful, this effort could be ongoing or expanded, with flexibility to discuss that fur- ther. Councilmember Willmus noted the community's huge draw during summer's "Discover Your Parks" series, suggesting the "meeting-in-a-box" approach may fit well with those activities. Councilmember Laliberte expressed her interest in this coming back to the City Council after staff identified which areas of the community were being considered for this community engagement component, allowing the City Council to weigh in on those specifics. Having just come off door-knocking during her reelection campaign, Councilmember Laliberte stated her interest in knowing which areas were being considered. Mr. Lloyd advised that the next step would be to get input from the Planning Commission as well; at which time staff and the consultant could come back to the City Council for that feedback as well. Councilmember McGehee opined that, as this comes together more and areas of development and/or significant change were identified, those specific neighbor- hoods and residents and businesses that will be most impacted needed to be part of the follow-up meetings to address those specifics. Councilmember McGehee noted from her perspective that had been a missing piece with past comprehensive plan updates.