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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 17, 2008 Page 24 As a bench handout, Mr. Miller provided an update on estimated 2009 property values, just received from Ramsey County, after Council packet distribution. Discussion included aggregate information; reduced or stagnant, or minimally in- creased values in residential properties at or under 3% in Roseville; significant growth on the commercial side, with an aggregate increase of over 11%; Rosedale coming on line in full for the 2009 taxable year following their improvements; an- ticipated 4-5% tax base growth for the City due to the increased commercial/retail market values; and shifting of tax burden from residential to commercial/retail properties, representing a role reversal from past years. Mr. Miller anticipated a potential $500,000 increase in available tax revenues in 2009 without increasing the Roseville portion of residential property taxes. Mr. Mille further reviewed legislative impacts (i.e., bonding bill; sizable redevel- opment monies for grants to communities in redevelopment phases; and levy lim- its discussions); the new transportation bill; and state budget forecasts. d. Council Discussion on Budget Goals and Priorities City Manager Malinen noted the Council-adopted budget calendar calling for dis- cussion on the 2009 Budget goals and priorities at tonight's meeting. Mr. Ma- linen reviewed those short-term goals determined by the City Council as high, medium and low priority, by department, as developed from the Imagine Rose- ville 2025 community visioning process. Mr. Malinen requested further Council direction to staff in preparing fiscal and operational analyses as part of the 2009 budget process and determining funding priorities, recognizing impacts or chal- lenges that may result. Discussion included priorities for items requiring major staff time costs, as well as those without that major staff time component; need for the Council to receive from staff a more refined cost range based on realistic assumptions on the listed consensus items; those items already anticipated in the budget (i.e., Parks Master Plans); and identification of those items (i.e., tree preservation ordinance; encour- aging neighborhood groups) that may not have significant fiscal impacts. 14. City Manager Future Agenda Review City Manager Malinen briefly reviewed upcoming agendas. Mayor Klausing reminded individual Councilmembers to submit their rankings to staff prior to the next meeting to facilitate discussions on vacancies to advisory commissions. Councilmember Ihlan took issue with the ranking process; suggesting that rankings could be discussed and shared between Councilmembers prior to a full Council discussion.