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Special City Council Meeting Minutes of 10/01/07 Page 8 Mayor Klausing identified nothing specific; however, noted that his top two pri- orities were related to housing, and opined that he was receptive to further brain- storming ideas and overall goals to make the community a desirable place to work, live and play. Councilmember Roe concurred with comments of Councilmembers Kough and Pust; and identified Item 6.A.1 (page 26) related to funding options for affordable housing, and updated plans from the HRA; expressed his support as a proponent of a rental registration program from its initiation; Item 6.C.2.a (page 28) related to stringent code enforcement of smaller rental properties; and Item 6.C.4.a re- lated to an emergency loan fund to facilitate code compliance. Councilmember Ihlan identified Item 6.D.e (page 30) related to encouraging al- ternative transportation; and both Councihnember Pust and Mayor Klausing en- thusiastically concurred. Environment 7) Roseville is an environmentally healthy community (page 33 - 35) Councilmember Kough, generally speaking, expressed disappointment in deter- minations that the courts found unsatisfactory introductory environmental re- quirements for proposed projects, causing the City to lose projects as a result. Mayor Klausing identified nothing specific in this category; other than noting that many of the items overlapped with other areas in the document. Councilmember Pust concurred with Mayor Klausing, noting that code enforce- ment was identified in this section as well. Councilmember Roe concurred with Councilmember Ihlan, and identified Item 7.A.l.c related to tree preservation; and opined his support to expanding this statement to read "and/or replacement." Councilmember Roe further identified Item 7.A.2.b, Item 7.A.2.c, and Item 7.A.3.b (page 34) related to providing incen- tives for conserving and reducing water volume use; and Item 7.A.S.a and 7.A.S.b related to increasing options for rain garden programs and rain barrels. Councihnember Ihlan identified Item 7.A.1, protecting and preserving existing lakes, wetlands, ponds, aquifers and other natural environments and habitats (page 33); Item 7.A.l.c, adopt a tree preservation ordinance (page 33); and Item 7.A.4 (page 34) protect and enhance urban forests. Councihnember Ihlan noted that, while not being in her top five, she supported Item 7.b.3 (page 35) related to loans for assisting people with green design, and represented a policy that the City Council should consider.