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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION L�p�i�mr.ni .��r rc�ti�:�L: ��ia�ya��r ��pprov�l: n r�� 1�� DATE: OS/08/06 ITEM NO: 3.e �i�elida� ��c:kiail, �'�T��F.�1T Item Description: Request to allow the Roseville Planning Commission to complete background study #4 of Roseville Comprehensive Planning with John Sl�ardlavv (PF3692). 1.0 REQUESTED ACTION: The Roseville Planning Commission has been setting the stage for the mandatory 2007-2008 Comprehensive Plan changes by doing preparatory work with the City's consulting planner, John Shardlow. The Council is asked to approve the next {#4, July Sth) presentation in the series. The cost of this educational series is being borne by the Community Development professional services approved 2006 budget and by DSU as a contribution to the local planning effort. (These presentations are always public and are on cable, on tape, and CD disc of the Power Point, as well as in paper hand out format.) 2.0 BACKGROUND: The staff asked Mr. Shardlow and DSU in the spring of 2005 to provide an introduction to Roseville Planning — Past, Present and Future. Since his firm, DSU, has spent over 30 years working with Roseville, Mr. Shardlow agreed to do background research and presentation work as well as spend an evening with the Commission on topics which would inform the Commission and the public on the role of planning in the city. Members of the Council questioned the expenditure, content, and asked to be informed (and approve) of future requests and presentations. 2.1 Workshop Number One (Au�usi 3,20051 The first workshop focused on the origins and growth of the City of Roseville. DSU documentedthe physical growth of the city fro�n its early years as Rose Township and followed Roseville's development through the decades. This was done with maps, photographs and documents. 2.2 Workshop Number Two (October 10,20051 The second workshop looked at the growth and development of the broader northeast suburban area and the Twin Cities MetropolitanArea during the saine time periods as Workshop Number One. The purpose was to understandwhat was going on around Roseville during its growth and development and to understand the interconnectedness of the community with its surroundings and the broader market place. 2.3 Workshop Number Three (Aqril 5, 200G) Workshop number three looks at Roseville and the surroundingcommunities today, utilizing all of the �T�� maps and resources that the city has developed, as well as the demographic researchthat has previously been completed by John Carpenter. An objective of this presentation is to provide a RCA �'F3G92(p5a&476).dac - Page 1 of 2