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Speeial City Council Meeting Monday, February 20, 2008 Page 6 Cowlcilmember Pust noted that such a policy would be consistent with objectives of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) in supporting green design; and opined that it would be nice for Roseville to be a leader in this field for businesses, as well as residences. Public Works Director Duane Schwartz noted that the City was taking a leadership role with the geothermal process at the skating center. Ftiuther discussion was held on the need to implement a tree replacement/preservation policy, with Council consensus that this is a very high priority to develop. Additional discussion related to the HRA's interest in the rain ban-el program, with Council- member Roe noting that Ramsey County already had a program in process. Mr. Schwartz noted that staff was already working with area Watershed Districts to coordinate Rain Garden Workshops. Unassigned It had previously been determined that this item was similar to that in the Parks and Recreation section; and once the groups began to formulate, that could serve as the basis to define specific neighborhoods; that it should be a grass roots issue, with the City providing resources and assis- tance as requested. Mr. Trudgeon concurred that the neighborhoods needed to coalesce themselves into neighbor- hoods, rather than the current system of establishing boundary areas based on streets or areas. Service Form on website It was determined that this form is already on the website, and no further prioritization or action was necessary. Concluding discussion of the short-term goals was to determine a more concise priority level, by combining the first two (2) items under Community Development; determining that implement- ing arental registration program, and updating the Park Master Plans, and city energy policy, and tree preservation replacement policy were the highest priorities; removal of "a system to track recreational trends," as it was covered elsewhere; and removal of the rain barrel workshops as they were in process.