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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 27, 2010 Page 7 consideration of possible locations, with a strong community interest in locating a community center in the vicinity of the City Campus. Mr. Schroeder noted that the park and recreation system is seen by residents as an essential service in the Roseville community. Mr. Schroeder briefly reviewed implementation directions; referendum proposals; cost estimates; implantation strategy with final cost estimates and projections from small to large scale; and the interest of the existing CAT in seeing a similar process move forward as implementation strategies are imposed, including a community survey. Mr. Schroeder reviewed the next steps, with the CAT unanimously agreeing that the next steps are critical to their goals of improving the system, and urged a thoughtful and comprehensive assessment of implementation methods; with many members of the CAT expressing interest in continuing their efforts as implemen- tation strategies are formulated; with that process scheduled to begin this fall with recommendations proposed by the spring of 2011. Mr. Schroeder advised that a statistically -valid survey is likely to be a component of the next phase of planning Mayor Klausing thanked all participants involved in the process of this compre- hensive look at the City's park and recreation system; opining that the report was a lot to digest. Discussion among Mr. Schroeder, Mr. Brokke and Councilmembers included specifics and practicalities of linking various facilities and their functions in con- cern with the City's Public Works Department to create a circuit, possibly as sim- ple as signage or sidewalks, or other public improvements, evidenced by each park's planning worksheet, an example of which was included in the Appendix. Further discussion included potential future referendum; statistically valid survey proposed for February of 2011, not currently included in the proposed 2011 budg- et; potential costs for implementation; and sector worksheets included in the Ap- pendix identifying components anticipated in each sector and constellation. Mayor Klausing requested that page numbers be incorporated into the next draft; and Councilmember Roe requested that the color code keys be included on each page for easier navigation in future drafts. Additional discussion included how involved adjacent neighbors were in the process depending on their location and the multiple opportunities provided for receiving their input; and repeated comments that the City maintains existing fa- cilities.