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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,August 27, 2012 <br /> Page 31 <br /> Councilmember Johnson advised that he originally had thought that this issue <br /> would be a two-part process, with the first step to receive the HRC recommen- <br /> dation and then determination of a City Council position; but stated that he <br /> would personally vote "no"in the voter's booth. <br /> As the next phase of his decision-making, Councilmember Johnson questioned <br /> if this was the pulpit or bench from which an issue like this should go forward, <br /> and whether in his role as a Councilmember, he should say aye or nay, or just <br /> stand by. Councilmember Johnson opined that it would be easy for him to <br /> simply stand by; and recognized that this was where he needed to thank the <br /> hundreds of people who had talked to him; and shared their passion and their <br /> pain, helping him to understand the community of Roseville better. While door- <br /> knocking during his campaign for City Council, Councilmember Johnson noted <br /> that the community was very diverse; and offered his desire to support all of <br /> those groups. Councilmember Johnson noted that, right now at this time and <br /> place, one of those diverse groups was before the City Council, and while he <br /> originally held a dissenting position, after hearing how Councilmember Pust had <br /> framed the issue, he had decided that he will vote along with the popular opin- <br /> ion heard tonight because he thought it was the right thing to do. <br /> Mayor Roe stated that he didn't struggle much about whether to support or op- <br /> pose the amendment, since from the beginning he personally felt it was appro- <br /> priate to oppose the amendment, opining that it was the right thing to do and <br /> urging friends and neighbors to also not support the amendment. <br /> Mayor Roe stated that the question he struggled with, as previously shared by <br /> with HRC Chair Grefenberg, and was also asked by many tonight: whether it <br /> was appropriate for the City Council to take action on the issue. Mayor Roe <br /> noted that his initial reaction was that it was not; comparing it to other City <br /> Council actions in the early 2000's when it became popular for them to take a <br /> position and pass a resolution in opposition to the War in Iraq. Mayor Roe clar- <br /> ified that, no matter his personal opinion, he felt such a position was outside his <br /> role as a Councilmember. Mayor Roe noted that this was his thought process <br /> and background coming into this issue. <br /> Noting this was a very important issue affecting the rights of people and a de- <br /> termination of whether the State Constitution encouraged or enhanced the rights <br /> of a minority group of people, Mayor Roe noted that this then took him to a dif- <br /> ferent level, and as a result, found himself supporting the resolution moved to- <br /> night. Mayor Roe stated that he maintained his skepticism as to whether the <br /> City Council should take a position on political issues, for those reasons previ- <br /> ously stated, Mayor Roe noted that a City Council can do so, with that authority <br /> supported by the State's Attorney General as well as other authorities in the <br /> state supporting that position. As leaders in the community, Mayor Roe opined <br />
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