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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,May 12, 2014 Page 2 Mayor Roe announced that the Roseville Human Rights Commission was seeking student members to serve on the Commission for two student vacancies through the 2014/2015 school year, open to students in I.S.D. No. 621 of 623, or those under the age of 21, with an application deadline of May 23, 2014. Additional information is available by calling 651/792-7001 or at the City's website. Mayor Roe noted a request for volunteers to build playgrounds at Howard Johnson Park on June 7, 2014 and Materion Park on June 14, 2014. Additional information available by calling Rick Schultz at 651/792-7104. City Manager Trudgeon introduced the City of Roseville's new Community Develop- ment Director Paul Bilotta who began today, May 12, 2014. Mr. Trudgeon provided a brief biography of Mr. Bilotta and his past expertise and welcomed him to make com- ment. Mr. Bilotta expressed his happiness to be in Roseville, and looked forward to working with the City Council and staff moving forward. As a resident of Arden Hills, Mr. Bilot- ta noted his familiarity with the area. Mayor Roe and Councilmembers welcomed Mr. Bilotta. City Manager Trudgeon advised that earlier today, he had attended the Suburban Ramsey County Law Enforcement Memorial Service in No. St. Paul, noting that it was a mean- ingful and memorable service. Mr. Trudgeon noted that the memorial recognition in- cluded former Roseville Police Officers Howard Johnson and Bruce Russell, who had been lost in the line of duty. Mayor Roe provided an update on the Cable Franchise Renewal Process and Public Hear- ing held on April 17, 2014 at the City of Shoreview and continued on May 1 at the CTV studios in Roseville for residents in the ten city area. Mayor Roe advised that a follow- up special meeting of the Cable Commission was scheduled for May 15, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. at the CTV offices, and would be broadcast live on CTV channels 14, 15 and/or 16. Once the Commission had a recommendation for cities as to whether they should approve or preliminarily deny the Comcast proposal, Mayor Roe advised that a final action item would come before the City Council for their consideration by the June 20, 2014 renewal extension deadline. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mayor Roe advised that citizen comments regarding the potential merger of Comcast and Time-Warner should be directed to their national legislative delegates, advising that there were significant issues that may result from such a merger, such as the potential devolving and spin off of Twin Cities area communities to other entities. Also at the request of Councilmember McGe- hee, Mayor Roe advised that during the formal and informal franchise process, the pro- posed franchise fee remained at 5%, so funding to the cities would remain essentially the same as currently realized. The primary funding issue with the franchise proposal from Comcast relates to the funding of CTV's local access operations.