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Roseville Visioning Process Background The City of Roseville last completed a community -wide visioning process in 1992. The Vista 2000 Project brought together nearly 400 Roseville community members organized in six subgroups "to discuss problems, identify opportunities and formulate plans to guide Roseville into the 21 Century." "Creating Roseville's Tomorrow Today" was the stated theme of the project. For over 15 years, the Vista 2000 Report has guided the City in its development of its Comprehensive Plan, its Capital Improvement Plan and the policy decisions made by its elected officials. The Problem The Vista 2000 Report is outdated. Over 15 years have passed since its adoption, and Roseville is now facing challenges foreseen only dimly in 1992 including rapidly changing demographics, aging housing stock, and ever shrinking public resources being stretched to cover increased demands for services. For Roseville's elected officials to accurately reflect the community's will, we need to know what you think and how resources should be spent and to know that, we need to ask you. The Solution To answer questions about how Roseville will change in the coming years and to begin shaping our community's future, the City Council is spearheading a Community Visioning Process in 2006. The Council began by hiring a consultant and then on April 24 selecting the following Steering Committee members to guide and oversee the process on behalf of the Council: Ann Berry Stephen Burwell Lisa Edstrom Karl Keel Bill Majerus Jim Mulder Mark Traynor or Mary Bakeman The Steering Committee will meet regularly throughout the summer. All meetings will be open to the public, but will not be televised. As part of the Community Visioning process, Roseville community members and other stakeholders will be invited to participate in brainstorming sessions early this summer. Other resources within and outside the City will also be tapped to provide additional information and context. At the brainstorming sessions people will identify topics for the visioning process and submit their names to serve on subcommittees. Over the summer and fall, these subcommittees will study the issues and recommend goals and strategies for consideration by the City Council. Everyone who has a stake in Roseville's future is urged to participate in this visioning process. Meeting notices and additional information will be posted on the website and at City Hall as they become available. If you want to share your ideas about Roseville's future, email members of the Steering Committee at vision@ci.roseville.mn.us ci.roseville.mn.us or call the Visioning Hotline at 651- 792 -7028.