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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 8, 2010 Page 13 usefulness, and was usually delayed since the vehicles were driven - shorter dis tances and with less miles that a typical police vehicle. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the Imagine Roseville 2025 goals and strategies and how they had been comprehensively incorporated into the department's internal review and focus and day-to-day operations, while tailoring them to fit available re- sources. Mr. Trudgeon noted that a number of the department's overall work, and more specifically code enforcement, were very relevant to those goals and strate- gies. Councilmember Roe noted, in Strategy C (Housing), Section 6.C.1, that the report indicated hiring a consultant to evaluate policies and practices for code enforce- ment had been done; and questioned who that consultant had been. Mr. Trudgeon advised that this had been accomplished in-house by staff, along with support from the City Council in enforcing abatement of violations. Councilmember Roe sought additional information for Strategy B (Community) under Section 2.B.2 for participation in regional and intergovernmental collabora- tions for planning development. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed several areas where this collaboration is occurring, in- cluding the NE Corridor, the Housing Corridor Initiative (formerly the I-35W Corridor Coalition), and other planning along major comdors within and sur- rounding the community. Councilmember Johnson noted the mandates of the Metropolitan Council in de- veloping higher-density community, and asked for comments and a vision to ac- complish that in Roseville. Councilmember Johnson expressed concern in turno- ver of Roseville's housing stock in the next 10-15 years. Mr. Trudgeon noted that Roseville's housing density is quite high at this point, and noted that while this mantra is provided by the Metropolitan Council to all metropolitan communities, it was more applicable to 2nd and 3rd ring suburbs. Mr. Trudgeon advised that his perception that the City of Roseville should promote higher density where it made sense in the community, or where it served a specif- ic niche, as indicated by the recently-completed Multi-family Housing Study where gaps were evidenced, rather than an overall goal. Mr. Trudgeon noted the need to provide seniors with options for maintenance-free housing to free up sin- gle-family homes for first-time homebuyers. Mayor Klausing opined that it was his understanding that projected trends in the greater metropolitan area indicated that the needs exceeded existing housing stock; and that the Metropolitan Council was concerned with meeting that need, rather than advocating for density; and noted that the Metropolitan Urban Service