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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 8, 2010 Page 14 • Area (MUSA) sought to take advantage of existing infrastructure versus (such as infill density housing) rather than extending further from the inner cities. Ivlr. Trudgeon concurred with the observations of Mayor Klausing, noting that the Metropolitan Council is not focusing specifically on Roseville for increased den- sity in housing, but noted that one way to accomplish increased density was in turning aone-person household where an older adult lived into a new household for a family of 3-4, rather than another high density development, with that strate- gy providing for well-maintained and revitalized neighborhoods. Councilmember Roe noted that increasing density did have atie-in with Imagine Roseville 2025, noting that strategies discuss it in terms of looking at affordability and less cost per unit if higher density buildings were involved. Mr. Trudgeon provided, as a bench handout, staff and several Planning Commis- sioners' rankings of "not yet" action steps based on the department's and Com- mission's priorities. Mr. Trudgeon clarified that this was meant in the spirit of feedback and only as an informational item. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed staff's perspective on priorities to address Brownfield cleanup, encourage transit and walkability alternatives in redevelopment, and en- • courage redevelopment and renovation; and some of the Commissioners' perspec- tives in eliminating visible pollution by undergrounding utilities, meet broader housing goals, and reducing redevelopment fees (i.e., waiving park dedication, WAC or SAC fees), and encourage renovation and redevelopment to increase the City's tax base. Further discussion included incentives (i.e., bonding bill) for a remodeling pro- gram to bring neighborhoods into conformity or to revitalize them; marketing campaign pending as approved in the 2010 budget to expound on the amenities of Roseville and it's location to both the Minneapolis and St. Paul downtowns, with staff at the beginning stages of drafting a Request for Proposals (RFP) via tradi- tional and/or social media; and the 2009 Realtor's Day held in Roseville to edu- cate realtors why Roseville is a good choice, with 40 realtors in attendance ex- pressing positive comments, and some unaware of the many amenities. Councilmember Roe requested additional discussion for possible tax funding of code enforcement. Mr. Trudgeon noted the overall need to fund department operations, to-date pro- vided by user and/or permit fees, with no funding by General Fund tax dollars, but no longer sustainable in the future, as the department had been utilizing surplus funds over several years, and seeing those funds quickly evaporate. Mr. Trudge- . on noted that one of the costs contributing to that challenge and a solution to di- minishing revenues and reserves was code enforcement. Mr. Trudgeon noted that