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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 16, 2016 Page 20 areas of concern and identifying ways for the City of Roseville to push back about unmet needs by the Metropolitan Council to at least get on their radar. Public Works Director Culver noted that the Metropolitan Council would ulti- mately review the city's comprehensive plan, allowing Roseville residents and the City Council to make specific comments on current transit services and the desire for improvements. However, Mr. Culver advised that he couldn't guarantee their receptiveness with no available -rnechanism to force improvements; but opined having that public voice and subsequent coinment from the Metropolitan Council on those public comrnents would at least get things out in front of them. Mayor Roe noted with the last update, the System Plan that came forward re- moved a transit corridor through Roseville, and as specified by Roseville in their comprehensive plan update, the corridor had been inserted again. Mayor Roe suggested a broader voice from several jurisdictions may be an example of influ- encing outcomes; noting that the Rice Street corridor had been identified in the not too distant past as a main north/south corridor in the region. Councilmember McGehee noted the need for cross connections for residents as well as those public transportation offerings on major roadways. As an example, Councilmember McGehee advised that the School District had to provide trans- portation for elderly residents and program participants to recreational and/or ed- ucational facilities at the Fairview Community Center due to the lack of public transportation. Mayor Roe, with concurrence from Councilmember McGehee, also noted, from conversations at new immigrant forums, opportunities to train people to use the public transportation system were not feasible as that public transportation didn't exist where they lived, therefore they couldn't get to the site and learn to use it. If opportunities present themselves during the process to get areas of importance for Roseville to the attention of the Metropolitan Council, Councilmember Laliberte encouraged taking advantage of those opportunities. As an example, Councilmember Laliberte referenced the new housing development on Dale Street that was reliant on a bus stop being there, with there currently being no stop nor one planned as an option for those residents. Councilmember Etten spoke in support of strengthening collective efforts with the Cities of St. Paul and Maplewood, and Ramsey County to approach transit needs and getting that information back to the Metropolitan Council, since this impacts a broader area than just the City of Roseville. Mayor Roe noted that the SE area under discussion and involving those various jurisdictions involved three different Ramsey County Commissioner seats; and agreed with the point of Councilmembers Etten and Laliberte that this created a