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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January O5, 2009 Page 10 c. Discuss City Council Strategic Planning City Manager Malinen sought discussion from the City Council as to their interest in scheduling a special strategic planning session to map out the best way to con- duct City business in the upcoming year, recognizing the challenges before the City Council. City Manager Malinen advocated for such an informal meeting as a valuable exercise between Councilmembers and staff in establishing and updating annual priorities, allowing for a four to eight hour session specifically designated for such discussion. Mayor Klausing opined that it would be an excellent idea; however, questioned the availability of Councilmembers for a full eight hour session. Mayor Klausing, while expressing his support of a strategic planning meeting, noted the difficulties in the logistics, structure, facilitation, and organization of such a meeting. Mayor Klausing opined that, from his experience, a Saturday morning worked well and provided a more informal setting. Mayor Klausing noted that the Council, at a minimum as identified in his discussions with Councilmember Roe, needed to discuss the timing and process for the Comprehensive Plan and incorporating re- quired zoning and land use changes, as well as determining which Master Plans should be included. Councilmember Roe opined that there was definite value in such a planning ses- sion; and further opined that the discussion needed to start on the City Council level before staff became involved, to establish the City Council's priorities and then determine how to fit staff and their time allocations into those priorities. Councilmember Roe noted past discussion establishing Roseville priorities as a base line, and what had been done and what remained to be accomplished. Councilmember Pust spoke in support of such a planning session, noting that a starting point for discussions would be a list of priorities established last year. Councilmember Pust noted that, as part of that process, the City Council told the community that they would return on an annual basis, and suggested staying ac- countable to that framework. Mayor Klausing opined that he would like to have staff involved from the incep- tion in City Council discussions to provide their perspectives and priorities based on overall city-wide operations. Councilmember Roe reiterated his preference for the City Council to meet sepa- rately, then with staff for both points of view and to provide a thorough, deep dis- cussion on the City Council level to allow their focus to remain. Discussion included budgetary constraints with potential loss of state funds in 2008 and 2009.