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4 <br />t <br />B. REVITALIZATION - As a community ages, a city must decide what role they <br />are going to play in this process: lead and anficipate these changes, or to allow the <br />private market to guide these changes. <br />1. Neighborhood Reinvestment -Does the Council agree that neighborhoods <br />create the foundation of the community? As the City ages, does the Council view <br />it necessary to play a role in supporting our neighborhoods in their efforts to <br />maintain themselves in relation to safety, reinvestment, and overall sustainability? <br />2. Marginalized Uses -Does the CitS~ feel that marginalized or inconsistent uses <br />have an impact on the community at lazge in addition to their understood impacts <br />on the immediate area? Does the Council agree that the sum total of every <br />decision (code enforcement, land use, signage, variances, eta), establishes the <br />ultimate image for our community? If yes, what should be the City's role to <br />ensure that our collective actions move us toward our desired image? <br />C. ENVIRONMENT -Environmental character is unique to our community and <br />we have an opportunity to fully protect, and/or enhance these features. Every <br />action the City takes affects these environmental features in some fashion and it is <br />critical that the City establishes for itself the level of importance of the environment. <br />1. What level of importance does the Council place on preserving and/ or <br />enhancing the natural environment? In halancing the interaction between the <br />environment and private market demands, how aggressive should the City be in <br />it's role as a steward of the environment in the face of this development pressure? <br />D. ENFORCEMENT - As a city ages, the necessity of code enforcement becomes <br />more identi£~able. Issues that surround this question include overall property <br />maintenance and value, building and personal safety & the community image this <br />reflects. <br />1. Does the City Council f el that as its' commercial, residential, and retail <br />neighborhoods age, increased code enforcement (property and building inventory) <br />becomes both necessazy and unavoidable? Assuming that the level of <br />enforcement will need to increase, and that a highly aggressive level of <br />enforcement is neither desired nor effective, does the Council agree that the City <br />should start a gradual level of enforcement and programs to prevent the need for <br />drastic enforcement efforts at a future date? <br />E. RELATIONSHIPS - Traditionally, the function of a city's boards and <br />commissions is to serve a variety of functions including development review, idea <br />generation, resident interaction and participation, and partnering with the City <br />Council to achieve the community's overall vision. <br />S:1Community DevelopmenLScott Clark12007 staff memos\04 02 07 Retreat Questions.doc Page 2 <br />