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Sustainability Specialist Noel Bakken summarized the city's sustainability work and described the funding and scope for the new plan. \"We received $76,000 in formula funding in 2023 as part of the Inflation Reduction Act to do some kind of climate change or resiliency project,\" Bakken said, noting that the U.S. Department of Energy technical-assistance voucher tied to that funding was still uncertain. Separately, Roseville was awarded an MPCA local climate-action planning grant of $49,975; the city must provide a 50% match ($24,987.50) from its environmental budget.

Bakken said Ramsey County applied for the same MPCA grant and will provide technical assistance and a county-level template; Roseville's grant will be used primarily for robust community engagement and local storytelling to root the plan in Roseville priorities. Proposed activities include a community-wide survey, workshops, internal staff planning sessions, a storytelling consultancy to capture residents' climate experiences and youth art engagement, and creation of a small climate-justice advisory group (\"a core group of 12 to 15 people,\" Bakken said) to guide equity-centered outreach.

Bakken presented a draft schedule that aims to complete engagement and plan drafting by June 2026, consistent with MPCA reporting requirements: \"This process will be wrapped up by June of 2026 because that's the requirement from the MPCA grant,\" he said. Staff said they plan targeted summer engagement events, tabling at community festivals (Juneteenth, Community in Bloom, Taste of Rose Fest), and to return to council with consultant awards (anticipated May 19) and a draft plan for council review in mid-2026.

Council members supported the planning effort and emphasized using prior Roseville vulnerability studies and existing comp-plan goals to inform the work. Bakken said the plan will align with county and state climate frameworks to increase opportunities for future grant funding and implementation partnerships. There was no council vote required at this session; staff will bring consultant agreements and formal plan documents to the council for future action.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","May 6, 2025 Roseville City Council Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","City staff outlined a yearlong planning effort to produce a Climate Equity Action Plan, backed by a $49,975 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency planning grant and existing federal formula funds; the plan will include a community engagement program and a climate-justice advisory group.","taxTitle","Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota","taxId",50859,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6249568,"Roseville council updates special-assessment deferral policy to add military service",660,2301000,2961000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3205072-7ed3550de80035f55003bfad26497e89&start=2301&end=2961","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3205072-7ed3550de80035f55003bfad26497e89/thumbnail_2301000.jpg","/articles/6249568/Roseville/Ramsey-County/Minnesota/Roseville-council-updates-special-assessment-deferral-policy-to-add-military-service","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6249568-4197a82e1b1bdd4ab03634780b32998d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437906&Signature=AarPuz9T4-Xr00w8~zGhS2TwJs7bBbmwUOIXH~aR0o6hZz0c8-2pvdChK3dnT-DvxzOt9c2cHrgm9FkMEAa1zMocKOqVERZuaJADSl7s2DYrL0NveBVHZAxxFw1mXnP8Sn9WYuqEcPXB02kVAv3g-Zda4FSxCUPE8MZlE0G2JXOz3O5ZheZpgSVS0we8tSMJLya7jkdrir2pMB6GaM6vbDxJkjFwnLt0o2K6zQ4ne~i56CmsyN3AJe7Sr2ns~lelhkyj~5MulJcsnL3bv8Qo8rAr0UpqffEbNWc-o5nPl-y~TzqJiJRuHxaRmrSdHHPnWL-qDRetDOdAoXylkFUtvA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Roseville City Council on May 5 unanimously approved a resolution updating the city's special-assessment deferral policy, adding active military service as an eligible category and modernizing how the city determines disability and records deferred assessments.

Assistant Public Works Director and City Engineer Jennifer Lowery told the council the city reviewed a 1981 deferral resolution and state law, noting that \"in 02/2008, the state did, add military service, active military service to their list of, possible qualifiers for deferral. So, wanted to bring kind of the policy as a whole back to the council just to ask if we want to add that item, and also, just some cleaning up of it and modernizing.\" Lowery said other changes propose deferring to established federal determinations or a physician affidavit for defining permanent and total disability rather than creating a city-administered test.

Lowery stressed that deferral delays payment; it does not cancel the assessment. \"It just defers it and that deferment continues to accrue interest,\" she said, and staff noted deferred amounts are filed with the county and recorded on the property so the obligation remains attached to the parcel.

Council members asked clarifying questions about process and collection in cases of transfer, foreclosure or tax forfeiture. Lowery and other staff explained the city records the assessment with Ramsey County and the county tracks deferred status; when a property ceases to be homesteaded, the deferred amount becomes due and will be collected when payment triggers occur. Councilmember McGrath asked specifically whether the deferred amount is \"held in trust\" and staff answered that the assessment is filed with the county and recorded on the property.

Councilmember Graff moved to adopt the resolution in the packet (attachment 1) revising and amending the special-assessment deferral policy; Councilmember Strachan seconded. The motion passed unanimously. Council discussion stressed public notice and that the deferral route is voluntary and accrues interest; it is not a reduction of the obligation.","The council adopted a resolution May 5 modernizing the city's special-assessment deferral policy to add active military service as a qualifying category and to clarify disability determinations and record-keeping.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6249573,"Roseville council adopts strategic-plan goals and success indicators",1259,825000,2084000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3205072-7ed3550de80035f55003bfad26497e89&start=825&end=2084","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3205072-7ed3550de80035f55003bfad26497e89/thumbnail_825000.jpg","/articles/6249573/Roseville/Ramsey-County/Minnesota/Roseville-council-adopts-strategic-plan-goals-and-success-indicators","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6249573-fe15479b1ba345964a67dbcd8c88a2f2/orig.mp4?Expires=1770437906&Signature=WDqL6~p4mhLba-~toa9Fu1k3eHE22rRWOmL6bJyyBdPcxShDSOb8jker015svFznk0vlC~kx6yvG8nd3g6s3zDA~ZOlNHxvzRXzr3QrFh32TBChDb1h8zjErDg4-dKGsCz-3W-AjRy9d8fLk0dIy~JFqip5A05Bkje9KWTnV0P93M2sOtde5lMcE-can8JFfs4B6yPvhs7pbZTj2ThyyYp4enqaPL3svCqf4YL42xlI6wvcjtKpQIJYyBXS8MgenkMjq7YyhVAF2~BYIOeqohQO~7IlQshKlXSffC2dLBe8sMFJAjW0xAKMElMrRocRNaXMVAP6EDLc5O52nHhVawg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Roseville City Council voted unanimously May 5 to adopt revised strategic-plan goals and associated success indicators and directed staff to bring implementation objectives forward for integration into the 2026 budget process.

City Manager Pat Tredgen, filling in for an absent assistant city manager, told the council the document reflects months of work by staff and department heads: \"This has really been a team effort throughout the process, as you know.\" The council repeatedly suggested small wording changes before approving the final draft.

The adopted document groups goals under headings such as economic vitality, reliable and sustainable infrastructure, community and civic engagement, responsive services and safety, and city operations. Among the changes the council discussed and approved at the meeting were wording to clarify how commissions serve as pathways for residents \"that represent the voice of the community to shape city decisions and become better informed,\" and adding \"training\" to a success indicator under responsive services and safety.

Council members emphasized that the listed success indicators are examples and that staff will now work with subject-matter employees to draft specific, measurable objectives. Tredgen told the council the city will assemble a core team of supervisors and frontline staff, provide orientation sessions, and aim to complete objective development by the end of 2025 so those objectives can feed into the 2027 budget process. \"We're really shooting to be done by the end of the year so we can have that in, for the '27 budget,\" he said.

Councilmember Strong moved approval of the goals and success indicators as amended; the motion was seconded by Councilmember Graf and passed unanimously. As the council and staff refine objectives, they said they expect to return with periodic reports and that not meeting every success indicator in a single year would not alone indicate failure of the overall plan.

The council asked staff to produce a public-facing version of the goals that includes the aspiration language from earlier public engagement, and staff agreed to return with more detailed objectives and implementation priorities for council review later this year.","The Roseville City Council on May 5 approved a set of strategic-plan goals and success indicators, directing staff to develop measurable objectives and align them with the 2026 budget process.","actionData","errors"]

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Roseville council adopts strategic-plan goals and success indicators