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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 14, 2011 Page 6 cy, with officer training made available by the City every three (3) years, even though the State only mandated every five (5) years. Chief Mathwig assured Councilmembers and the public that officers were always cognizant of safety is- sues for all parties, while still enforcing the law. Councilmember Pust questioned how this compared with the cameras installed by the City of Minneapolis in the recent past that had created such concern. Chief Mathwig advised that those cameras were "red light" cameras installed at intersections in Minneapolis; and advised that the MN Supreme Court interpreted constitutional rights differently than in other states, and the right to personally talk to your accuser. At the request of Councilmember Pust, Chief Mathwig reviewed the process when the squad mounted camera/scanner identified a vehicle with an outstanding war- rant or other alert, with the officer then stopping the vehicle to personally verify the vehicle's ownership and driver, with driver's license currently available on the vehicle's laptop computers in Minnesota, with the officer required to determine that the driver closely resembled the owner's driver's license photo. Mayor Roe, having ridden along with an officer, confirmed that officers are con- tinually doing manual checks of vehicle license plates when on patrol; and opined that this would allow the officer to pay attention to other things until alerted by the audible message of any hits. Chief Mathwig concurred that this would keep the officer's attention forward; and advised that few such issues involved high speed chases, with most simply ran- dom traffic stops. McGehee moved, Johnson seconded, authorized the Mayor and City Manager to execute the State of MN Grant Contract, as presented, allowing the City of Rose- ville to accept the grand funding and proceed with the purchase of two (2) auto- mated license plate readers. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Pust; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. h. Approve the Preliminary Concurrent Letter for DeMinimis Request for Pur- chase of Right-of-Way for the Twin Lakes parkway Twin Lakes AUAR Sub- area I Infrastructure Improvements At the request of Mayor Roe, City Manager Malinen provided a brief summary of the request detailed in the RCA dated November 14, 2011. Mr. Malinen noted that several of the parcels in Twin Lakes had been designated as parks, one part of the City's storm water system and a portion of Langton Lake Park; and that they