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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 7, 2014 Page 2 set for Roseville when the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) was completed down Snelling Ave- nue with service every ten minutes to tie into the Green Line. 5. Recognitions, Donations and Communications 6. Approve Minutes Comments and corrections to draft minutes had been submitted by the City Council prior to tonight's meeting and those revisions were incorporated into the draft present- ed in the Council packet a. Minutes of June 23,2014 Regular Meeting Corrections: Page 5,Line 38 (Laliberte) • Typographical correction from"Country"to "County" Page 31, Line 37 (McGehee) • Typographical correction: reference should be County Road B only, striking l J Page 28, Lines 26—27 (Roe) • Mayor Roe asked the desire of the Council majority whether or not Mr. Le- Tendre's referenced bench handout should be part of the actual meeting minutes, noting that the information provided in that handout was basically in- formation on past litigation with the applicant, Mr. Mueller, and not men- tioned by Mr. LeTendre during his verbal comments at the meeting during Public Comment; and therefore not relevant as part of the meeting minutes and City Council deliberation. Councilmember Willmus opined that he did not find the handout relevant to that evening's discussion. Councilmembers McGehee and Etten concurred with Councilmember Willmus. Councilmember Etten questioned if this was consistent with any broader poli- cy beyond this particular instance related to bench handouts and the perma- nent meeting record. Mayor Roe advised that when written and verbal testimony was provided, the written comments were usually included as part of the Public Comment rec- ord; however, he noted there can be exceptions at the discretion of the coun- cil. Councilmember McGehee stated that she agreed with the policy to include written comment in meeting minute records; however, in this particular case, she would urge an exception as the written comments went to a more personal matter than general testimony, and as Councilmember Willmus pointed out, it