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Special City Council Meeting Minutes of 10/01/07 Page 6 their ability to bring small areas of the community together. Councilmember Pust identified Item 3.A.4.a, expressing her interest in coordinating and networking volunteers, while not supporting all brainstorming ideas defined; opining that a lot could be done at the neighborhood level, including defining and educating citi- zens on a neighborhood basis, providing rationale for people pulling together (i.e., park maintenance, activities, emergency preparedness, senior programs, such as "Are you OK?," and repurposing neighborhood watch systems) as an effective fo- rum to address and make sense of strengths from diversity within the community. Councilmember Pust concurred that Item 3.B.2.a (community center) needed fur- ther discussion, driven by community need and a thoroughly informed citizenry informed with the economics of those choices. Councihmember Pust further iden- tified Items 3.D.l.b (page 16); Item 3.D.l.d (page 17); and Item 3.D.l.n (page 17) as highlighted items on her list. Councilmember Kough expressed interest in Item 3.A.2.d, not so much from a community center perspective, but as a way to encourage performing arts and showing off talent in the community. Mayor Klausing, noting time constraints, suggesting that individual Councilmem- bers focus on identifying their highlighted items, with less explanation, allowing more extensive discussion on consensus items at a future meeting. Councilmem- bers concurred. 4) Roseville residents are invested in their community (pages 18 - 21) Councilmember Roe identified Item 4.B.3.b (page 20) related to website service. Councilmember Ihlan identified Item 4.A.1 (page 18) related to community-based planning and civic involvement. Councilmember Pust identified Item 4.A.6.a (page 19) related to community re- source volunteer networks; Item 4.B.4.6 (page 20) related to the website; and asked that staff provide additional information regarding whether billing for the leaf pick-up program could be provided electronically onto utility bills, as she`d previously requested staff to research. Councilmember Kough identified pathway extensions (i.e., Fairview Avenue from County Road B to Roselawn) as a priority item; with Mayor Klausing con- curring and noting that this item was identified as Item 11.3.6.a (page 47). Safe 5) Roseville is a safe community (pages 21-26) Councilmember Ihlan identified Item S.A.S (page 24), noting that it overlapped with Item 11 as well.