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Special City Council Meeting Minutes of 10/01/07 Page 2 Councilmember Ihlan spoke in support of combining the visioning discussion with Com- prehensive Plan Update discussions; however, was not sure whether a facilitator was needed for the City Council to do their work. Councilmember Pust concurred with Councilmember Ihlan, opining that until it was de- termined tonight whether there were any areas of consensus, a decision on whether a fa- cilitator was needed in the future was premature. Councilmember Pust, with discussion and concurrence among Councilmembers, suggested that to begin the process tonight, the City Council go through each of the fifteen (15) goals to determine if and where there was consensus, rather than each Councilmember identifying their top five (5) priorities. Councilmembers discussed their individual techniques and processes for completing their "homework" for this evening's meeting; and their comments, without ranking and with some goals and strategies mixed. 2. Reports -Imagine Roseville 2025 Strategic Planning Council Comments are based on the September 12, 2007 version of the visioning docu- ment that incorporates citizen, staff, and advisory commission comments and priorities. Goals Community 1) Roseville is a welcoming community that appreciates differences and fosters diversity (pages 2 - 7) Councilmember Kough, speaking in general, opined that the City Council needed to start the process by reviewing and updating their ordinances (i.e., increasing building height for commercial and residential buildings; allowing a commercial building for the proposed FBI facility that could be 10-15 stories high; ordinances friendly to smaller developers wanting to build smaller projects in the commu- nity); and reiterated his support for pursuing "Welcome to Roseville" signs. Councilmember Pust spoke in support of Item 1.A.3 (p. 2), to establish a City Help Desk to provide communications within the community, noting that this item was repeated throughout the document, in conjunction with coordinating volunteers; and encouraging the City to do a better job in providing community information in multiple languages for the diverse community. Councilmember Pust noted that in several areas of the document, beginning with 1.A.6 (page 3), there was an overall emphasis, and based on community discus- sions, that youth could be better-served in the community. Councilmember Pust advised that she would like further discussion and exploration, and expanded ideas in addition to those listed. Councilmember Pust used, as an example, the recent appointment of a youth commissioner to the Parks and Recreation Com- mission; and questioned why not include youth representatives on other commis- sions as well to engage and grow leadership in the community; and allow the City Council to hear more actively from this segment of the population.