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With consensus of the Commission, Chair DeBenedet reordered tonight's agenda to hear the Park Master Plan referendum first, then the update from the Roseville Citizen League. 4. Park Master Planning Presentation Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Mr. Brokke advised that a 28- member Citizen Advisory Team (CAT) had been convened in September of 2009 for a ten (10) month review of the Roseville Parks and Recreation System to process situational discussions, receive community input, and facilitate professional findings; and was a direct outcome of the Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process to facilitate serving vital community functions, framing future investments and community-defined goals, and shaping the City's Parks and Recreation System over the next twenty (20) years. Mr. Brokke presented an update to the Commission on the status of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan planning process to-date, including a history of the original Master Planning dated in 1960, in addition to several updates since them specific to particular facilities. Mr. Brokke reviewed the purpose of the Master Plan process in ensuring the future investment by the community in its parks and facilities, as well as meeting current and future community needs and priorities. Mr. Brokke reviewed goals of the Master Plan process to engage the community to frame the plan and establish standards or reinforce existing standards to perpetuate ahigh-quality system, which took in to account societal and community changes, allowing the City to be responsive, and to provide an intergenerationalpark system. Mr. Brokke reviewed other avenues being undertaken Community Advisory Team (CAT) that would continue through mid-2010 with a recommendation to the City Council. Mr. Brokke noted distribution of questionnaires and briefly summarized comments received to-date; use of "meetings in a box" to engage residents at meetings already scheduled by other groups and organizations within the community, including affiliated meetings; and sector listening sessions, and community workshops. Mr. Brokke reviewed community meetings held to-date, and those scheduled in the coming months, with the next meeting scheduled at the Fairview Community Center on February 2, 2010 at 6:30 p.m., and a second Community Meeting scheduled on February 10, 2010 at the Roseville Skating Center from 7:00 - 9:30 p.m., and encouraged public attendance and participation. Mr. Brokke advised that more detailed information was available on the City's website at www.cityofroseville.com and encouraged everyone's attendance at public Page 2 of 11