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REQUEST FOR CITY C�UNCIL ACTION DATE: 02/27/06 ITEM N�: 3•� Departn�ent Approval: Mai�ager Approval: Agenda Section: DW - -- CONSENT item Descripiion: Request to allow Planning Cornmission to complete background study #3 of Roseville Comprel�ensive PIanning v�vith John Shardlow (PF3692). 1.0 REQUESTED ACTIDN: The Roseville Planning Cammission has been setiing the stage for the mandatory 2007-2a08 Camprehensive Plan changes by doing preparatory wo�� with the City's consultil�g planner, 3ohn Shardlow. The Council is asked to approve the next {#3, April Sth) presentation in the scri�s. Th� cost of this educatianal series is being borne by the Cornmunity Development professional services approved 2006 budget and by DSU as a contribution to the local planning effort. (These pr�sentations are always public and are on cable, on tape, and Cll disc of the Power Point, as well as in paper hand out format.) 2.0 BACKGROUND: The staff asked Mr. Shardlow and DSU in t�e spring of 2005 to provide an introduction �o Rose�ille Planning — Past, Present and Futur�. Since his firm, DSU, ha� spent over 30 years warking with RoseviIle, Mr. Shardlow agreed to do backgraund research and presentation work as well as spend an evening with the Commission on topics which would inform �he Cornmission and ihe p�iblic oi� the rale of planning in the city. Members of the Cou�cil questianed the expenditure, coi�tent, and asked to be infornled (and approve) o�' �uture requests a��d presentations. 21 Wurksho Nucnl�ear One Au ust 3 2005 The first workshop focused on the origins and growth of the City of Roseville. DSU docume�ated the physical gr-owth of the city fra�n its early years as Rose Township and follawed Roseville's developxnent through the decac�es. This was done with rnaps, photographs and dac�ments. 2,2 Workshop Number Tr�vo (October l�, 20Q5) The second war�shop looked at the growth and developmez�t of the broader northeast suburban area and the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area during the same time periods as Workshap Number One. Th.e purpose was to understand what was gaing on around Roseville during its growth ax�d develapinent and to understand the inierconnec�edness of the cammunity with iis sur��oundings and the broader marlcet place. 2.3 Workshop Number Three (tentafiveiv April 5, 2Q061 Workshop n�znber three looks at Rose�ille and the surrounding communities today, uiilizing all of t�e GIS maps and resources that the city has developed, as well as the demographic research t�at has previously been completed by John Carpenter. An objective of this presentation is to provide a RCA PP3692(022706).doc - Page 1 of 2