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Attachment F Are there areas of the seem to be compelling reasons against the chief's request, given budget that you would the documented need for these officers stated in the police like to see the city chief's request: increasing number of calls for service, allocate more or fewer decreasing case clearance rate, increasing complexity of calls for resources? What service, increasing crime rate, increasing training demands, changes would you increasing population and development. While I strongly support suggest for the city the city's ongoing efforts to diversity its police force, if you were budget? able to dedicate $110K for the new inclusion/diversity manager position, I feel you should have also dedicated money for at least one or two new officers. (I realize the "commitment to diversity" officer position was recommended to be funded.) I would also like to see more enforcement of traffic laws. I love to walk around my neighborhood, but have been avoiding arterial streets (Dale, County Rd B) this year due to what seems to be a big increase in the number of loud vehicles (modified exhaust systems, failing mufflers), speeding, and drivers blowing through stop signs. Dale Street by my house has seemed like a raceway at times. I'm hopeful things will quiet down as winter approaches, but please keep in mind that hope is usually not a viable strategy for change. My last comments are regarding engagement and communication. I appreciate the city's newsletter, both weekly email updates and the hard copy, but I think more could be done to connect with residents. For one, when a property is sold, maybe the city could mail a simple, brightly-colored postcard to the residence, with links and a QR code to the city's "new resident info" web page (and also redesign that page to put the content in the main part of the page, not just in links on the left- hand sidebar.) Perhaps colorful single-topic postcards could be used to drum up interest in other topics, such as volunteering, boulevard trees, neighborhood groups/block clubs, crime trends, etc. Don't rely on people to come to you - come directly to them instead, and U.S. Mail is still a very good way to do this. Plus, the USPS could use more business. Thank you for requesting and being receptive to citizen feedback. NOTE: If you submit this form, please DO NOT mail the Roseville Resident Budget Priorities Form included in the September/October City News. Thank you! Unless restricted by law, all correspondence to and from Roseville City government offices, including information submitted through electronic forms such as this one, may be public data subject to the Minnesota Data Practices Act and/or may be disclosed to third parties. Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. 10