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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 19, 2017 Page 7 may want to provide the City Council with a reprioritization of a portion of those available CIP funds accordingly. Councilmember McGehee suggested the need in the natural resources budget to address the current excess amount of burdock and thistles that she had observed in Oasis Park and on the south end of Langton Lake, noting their negative impact on birds and bats. City Council Direction/Comments Councilmember McGehee urged the commission to take time to address program sustainability issues of facilities for the CIP and bring forward recommendations for consideration and their perspective on various issues. Councilmember McGe- hee stated that she didn't find the commission's financial information as transpar- ent as she'd like in showing how things are funded. Also, moving forward, Councilmember McGehee asked the commission to pay special attention to meet- ing disability and accessibility needs beyond the American Disability Act (ADA) for residents when rehabilitating areas, When he served on the commission several years ago, Councilmember Etten not- ed that the city was about to undertake the Park Master Plan process and subse- quently had implemented the Park Renewal Program, culminating in a unique time for planning for the overall system and a positive for the community. With the considerable monies reinvested in the city's park and recreation system, Councilmember Etten asked that the commission take up the charge presented by Councilmember McGehee and recommend the "new next steps" including bigger and smaller ways to continue improving the current system. Councilmember Et- ten noted his interest in ideas from the commission on what they planned to do to connect with the city's diverse communities, noting the work of numerous city departments in addressing those same issues; as well as the commission's consid- eration of improved types of playing surfaces or opportunities, and possible game that would address other cultures and that diverse population. In other words, Councilmember Etten asked what the commission considered as their role in mak- ing the overall park and recreation system work for Roseville's growing diverse community. Councilmember Laliberte noted that the newly-created Human Rights, Inclusion and Engagement Commission would be talking later this week on how to reach out to other advisory commissions for joint programs or initiatives that they could cooperatively pursue. Councilmember Laliberte suggested that the commission work with them on that idea in order to expand its own resources. While progress is being made in the Parks Department for CIP rehabilitation and/or replacement needs, Mayor Roe noted that diligence was still needed, espe- cially the need to plan and prepare now for next year's legislative session and the OVAL funding for this facility's major needs, including the need for advocacy as- sistance from the commission for those efforts. Also, Mayor Roe asked that the