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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 23, 2018 Page 7 recommendations in the plan were tangible and in line with each commu- nity's goals. Community Development Director Collins continued that additionally, three pub- lic workshops were held. And on March 12, 2018, the City Council received a presentation of the final Rice Street-Larpenteur Avenue Visioning Plan. It was determined at that meeting to wait to adopt the plan until the community could have more time to review the visioning plan and provide feedback. Community Development Director Collins added that on June 7, 2018, the three cities held a celebration of the corridor at the intersection of Rice St. and Larpen- teur Ave, and it was very well attended. Much of the feedback that was received included continued concerns of crime in the area, and streetscaping improve- ments, particularly to make it a more walkable area. An alliance is being built in this area with various stakeholders. She noted it is important to have a formal adoption of this plan by the Council, as it is referenced in the 2040 Comp Plan. Councilmember Willmus inquired whether the vision plan is merely a reference in the Comp Plan or whether it is adopted as part of the Comp Plan. Community Development Director Collins explained it is referenced in the Comp Plan. The goal was to have more fluidity with the visioning plan. Councilmember Etten concurred it is more flexible and is a better to not be adopt- ed officially as part of the Comp Plan. He wants Roseville to be cognizant of the authority of the Alliance over the City of Roseville. He wondered whether the Alliance would have veto power when reviewing a plan. Those details will be worked out, as the Alliance forms. He visited with one of the business owners in the area a few weeks ago, who is looking to expand his business, so Councilmem- ber Etten handed him the executive summary and encouraged him to bring it to his broker to see what the vision is. Mayor Roe commented that it is recognized that the staffs of each of the 3 Cities and the County don't have a lot of time to do these tasks in addition to their regu- lar jobs. There is some expertise in the community who can help execute some of these tasks, like folks in the Urban Landscape Institute and other granting organi- zations. That is part of the reason why Roseville is looking at providing financial assistance for additional staffing related to this. He also commented this is not a top-down effort, and he would like to be not as involved as an elected official, so that the stakeholders can really take over. The idea was to have the businesses in the area pool their resources to accomplish goals. If, for example, there are de- sign standards they want to enforce, and they can use funds --not government funds -- and it will stimulate activity at the same time. And the Alliance can shepherd that. That said, there are fiduciary matters that are unknown and will