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Planning Commission –Comprehensive Plan Update <br />Minutes –Wednesday, January 25, 2017 <br /> <br />Page 18 <br />Tax Base <br />656 <br />In the category of “encouraging renovation and redevelopment,” Member Kimble <br />657 <br />referenced the previous discussion about encouraging diversity of business types <br />658 <br />that the city was trying to attract, and establishing a diverse tax base beyond retail <br />659 <br />and encompassing a whole complement of types. <br />660 <br />Member Bull stated that he didn’t like how that motivation sounded: that the city <br />661 <br />wanted diversity so it could increase its tax base. <br />662 <br />Member Kimble clarified that she wasn’t aware of a category talking about jobs; <br />663 <br />but noted the need to include jobs as a goal. <br />664 <br />Mr. Lloyd suggested incorporating “jobs’ into the “Making Roseville a good <br />665 <br />place to live, work and play” category. <br />666 <br />Ms. Perduagreed this was not specific to a separate “job” category. <br />667 <br />Ms. Collins noted that some of that was articulated within the objectives of the <br />668 <br />recently City Council adopted Public Financing Policy, defining when the city <br />669 <br />was going to provide a subsidy and financing. Ms. Collins advised that she would <br />670 <br />provide a copy of that to Ms. Perdufor incorporation in the comprehensive plan if <br />671 <br />and as applicable. <br />672 <br />Chair Boguszewski noted that “job growth” was the key phrase; with Member <br />673 <br />Kimble adding “quality” as another key. <br />674 <br />Specific to the business diversity question, Chair Boguszewski noted the need to <br />675 <br />consider whether or not to enable someone at either end of the job spectrum to <br />676 <br />make Roseville their home; and the kinds of jobs that needed to develop to suit <br />677 <br />either of those levels of profession, indicating multiple levels of job types to <br />678 <br />support. <br />679 <br />Ms. Collins responded that the city could easily promote diverse jobs in the <br />680 <br />community while encouraging high wage jobs as well; opining it involved two <br />681 <br />separate priorities. As an example, Ms. Collins noted the large amount of retail <br />682 <br />and low wage jobs while seeking higher wage jobs and having those two <br />683 <br />components work together across a broad spectrum. <br />684 <br />Member Daire suggested language such as “to encourage diverse, high wage <br />685 <br />jobs.” <br />686 <br />Ms. Collins disagreed with that language, opining the two were not the same, and <br />687 <br />that both goals could be accomplished: enabling a diverse array of jobswhile also <br />688 <br />encouraging livable wage jobs. <br />689 <br />Ms. Perduthanked the commission and staff for their comments, and agreed to <br />690 <br />work on that language. <br />691 <br />In an effort to think outside the box, Member Gitzen suggested another question <br />692 <br />for tomorrow’s meeting with middle school students to determine what those <br />693 <br /> <br />