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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,March 12,2018 Page 14 ward. He summarized that this plan is a useful document and that relationships have been built with Maplewood and St. Paul, which is a good thing going for- ward. With a potential overlay district, there is the ability to work together and move forward. Ramsey County Parks and Roseville Parks will have combined programming in McCarron's park this summer, which is the first time that has happened, and Marion Park is underway. Everything from burying power lines to reducing curb cuts to creating medians are all wonderful ideas and discussions to have. This plan allows the City to lead on these topics. St. Paul already has North End banners up on some power poles; Roseville has taken action on the north side of Larpenteur, so things are starting to happen. As far as adopting the plan, it is important to keep the momentum. Because this is a vision document, he would be ready to move forward with this, knowing that at all points the City will be adjusting and making this as successful as possible. Mayor Roe expressed thanks and appreciation. He noted and confirmed that Mar- ion Park as a short-term implementation is underway. He agreed with the notion of not adopting this vision into the Comp Plan. That is not the way to go, because then it requires a 4/5 vote to require anything slightly different. He would defer to the consultant to elaborate on the engagement process. In terms of adopting, it does not need to be adopted this evening. One topic at the last GPC meeting was trying to have a reconnection with the neighborhoods, to allow people to have an- other check-in before it is formally adopted. He does not think it has to be adopt- ed this evening. Mayor Roe added that when he first saw the Community School of Excellence on the south side of Larpenteur, he began contacting staff to figure out how to get kids safely across the street to that location. Additionally, he emphasized the eq- uity component of this vision. More specifically, everything will not be changed by throwing everyone out and bringing in new people. Rather, this should be a place where people who live there already want to stay, and others want to join them. In terms of implementation, Roseville has $800,000 previously pooled TIF money that has been identified to be possibly used on this project. This might help with the purchase of some site or assembly of sites for redevelopment or with streetscaping. St. Paul is also seeking funding that they have available on an an- nual basis of approximately$300,000, and Maplewood is looking for ways to par- ticipate as well. Undergrounding of utilities is a priority and an ongoing discus- sion. Councilmember McGehee added that in terms of funding, it is good that the City is doing additional programming in the park. She asked what the other communi- ties have done, other than the banners. Mr. Slack responded that Maplewood has not adopted the vision plan, but some- time next month the Council will have that conversation. He has presented this to the Planning Commission in St. Paul, and staff is working on a couple things re-