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Date: 03/27/06 Item: 9. MEMORANDUM Community Visioning TO: ROSEVILLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM: '�A�VIMY L. PUST DATE: MARCH 2O,2006 RE: COMMUNITY VISIONING PROPOSAL — Version 4[Updates in Bold] Back.°ground: The City of Roseville last coinpleted a community-wide visioning process in 1992. The Vista 2000 Project brought together nearly four hundred Roseville citizens organized in six subgroups "to discuss problems, identify opportunities and formulate plans to guide Roseville into the 215` Century." "Creating Roseville's Tomorrow Today" was the stated theme of the project. For over 15 years, the Vista 2000 Report has guided the City in its development of its Comprehensive Plan, its Capital Improvement Plan and the policy decisions made by its elected officials. The Problem: The Vista 2000 Report is outdated. �'i£teen years have passed since its adoption, and Roseville like other first-ring suburbs is now in the midst of responding to challenges only foreseen dimly in 1992 — including rapidly changing demographics, aging housing stock and ever-shrinking public resources being stretched to cover increased demands for services. In order for Roseville's elected officials to accurately reflect the will of its citizens, we need to know what the citizens think and how they want their resources spent. To know that, we need to ask them. A Proposed Solution: The Roseville City Council should engage the citizens in an organized process of community visioning. By inviting residents to participate, listening respectfully to their input, and responding to their identified needs, the Council will be assured that it is well- advised and on track to effectively and efficiently guide the accomplishment of the City's business Update: On March 13, 2006, the Council appointed three members (Pust, Ihlan and Maschka) to work together for the purpose of refining the proposal and identifying the next action steps for the Council to consider. The work group has further refined the proposal for the Community Visioning process and seeks the following action from the Council: 1. Discussion of budget implications, including direction regarding source and amount of funding currently available, if any, to support community visioning proposal. If sufficient funding is not currently available, Council should discuss moving the Visioning process back to 2007 in order to identify funding sources in the 2006 budget process. ?, If sufficient funding is available, consideration and approval of the March 22,2006 process proposal, with specific discussion of proposed timeframe in light of summer schedules, ete, and direction to further proceed as proposedlchanged. ,�, If sufficient funding is available, suggestions made to the work group regarding names of individuals interested in serving on the Steering Committee. The work group will consider, verify interest and availability, and report recommendations back to the Council for appointment on April I[h"' . �, If sufficient funding is available, discussion of possible dates for brainstorming sessions.