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lA au4 c O 1 Extract from the March 3, 2010 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 2 Other Business 3 a) Review of Imagine Roseville 2025 Priorities 4 Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon advised that the City Council was in the 5 process of setting priorities as part of the 2011 City Budget process; and was seeking a review 6 and ranking by all City Advisory Commissions on the action steps generated from the Imagine 7 Roseville 2025 Community visioning process. Mr. Trudgeon noted that their were four (4) 8 categories to indicate the current status of the original strategies and action steps, including 9 "done," "ongoing," "in process," and "not yet," detailed in Attachment E to the staff report dated 10 March 3, 2010. 11 Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the previously identified action steps that related to the Planning 12 Commission; challenges in some areas based on budget constraints. 13 Mr. Trudgeon reviewed each of the categories, seeking feedback from Commissioners, with that 14 feedback to be presented to the City Council to assist in their budget deliberations. 15 Discussion included clarifying the creation of Special Assessment Districts to fund aesthetic and/ 16 or infrastructure improvements for benefitting properties versus City -wide Surcharges being 17 considered as part of the undergrounding of utilities along the Rice Street Corridor. 18 A majority of the Commissioners spoke in support of undergrounding utilities along the Rice 19 Street Corridor as a great aesthetic benefit to the entire community. 20 Chair Doherty questioned the intent of Strategy A.2.A.5 in supporting businesses that serve 21 Roseville's diverse population; questioning if quality of those businesses being supported was 22 another consideration; with the overall goal to recognize diversity in the community. 23 Commissioner Boerigter concurred with the lack of clarity in encouraging business with family- 24 sustainable jobs, and whether that indicated office rather than retail jobs. 25 Commissioner Gisselquist noted that it was subjective, based on how many people in the family 26 needed to work to sustain a family, depending on the size of that family unit. 27 Commissioner Wozniak questioned why the City should provide financial support for creation of 28 a Chamber of Commerce (Strategy A.2.A.6.a), rather than allowing the free market to work. 29 Mr. Trudgeon advised that this was more of a policy perspective on the role of government, with 30 many of the Action Steps identified as broader goals in support of businesses, family- sustaining 31 jobs, and other items to encourage those broader goals to be achieved. Mr. Trudgeon noted that 32 Roseville was unique in the amount of employment options available in the community versus the 33 marketing required of many communities to incent businesses and/or residents to move into the 34 community, with a minimum of vacant buildings and the market place handling that turnover, 35 even during the difficult economic conditions. Mr. Trudgeon noted that Roseville did not have an 36 active recruitment program, with a minimal number of areas that could receive additional focus 37 (e.g., biotech) and was part of a more Economic Development- focused promotion; with 38 additional emphasis perhaps appropriate to nurture existing businesses for their health, growth 39 and expansion. Mr. Trudgeon noted that a number of items in the "not yet" category were there 40 due to a lack of resources, or lack of clear policy direction from the City Council at this time.