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Planning Commission –Comprehensive Plan Update Minutes –Wednesday, January 25, 2017 Page 16 performance goals or a year-end review of that aspect. Other than something like 577 the Roseville Circulator, Member Murphy questioned how to address the broader 578 transit system beyond ensuring potholes were fixed on city roadways. 579 Member Gitzen suggested this took into consideration partnering opportunities 580 with Ramsey County and the State and alternate funding; recognizing that those 581 roads were maintained via a partnership and were not the city’s sole 582 responsibility. 583 Member Murphy stated that he thought that had been included in the “public 584 transit system” goal; with Chair Boguszewski agreeing with that interpretation as 585 well. 586 From that perspective, Chair Boguszewski suggested not having a goal to “fund” 587 through the city’s tax base but to clarify above that and allow access but not 588 ensuring it, but only enabling it, especially those areas beyond the city’s 589 jurisdiction. 590 Based on the Roseville Facebookpage, and Roseville being equidistant from both 591 downtowns, Member Daire suggested encouraging the Metropolitan Council’s 592 extension of public traffic connections, including feeder bus systems that in turn 593 fed employment centers and encouraged people working there to consider 594 Roseville as their home. Member Daire opined that this may provide a significant 595 and attractive feature especially given the high cost of parking in either 596 downtown; if public transit such as the signature light rail –could be made 597 attractive. Member Daire opined that the city would then have a significant role in 598 encouraging those types of facilities, whether or not they required city funding 599 participation or not. 600 Member Kimble suggested “advocating” as the term versus “funding (e.g. BRT 601 and Park & Ride facilities). 602 Mr. Paschke noted they could be accomplished through different means of 603 taxation outside the city’s tax base. 604 Chair Boguszewski noted the Roseville City Council’s lobbying efforts to 605 facilitate doing the BRT in the right way; suggesting that type of activity could be 606 encouraged on the part of staff, the City Council, and its advisory commissions; 607 with funding often being the hardest part. 608 Member Bull noted the MnDOT survey on biking released last week; and asked 609 that staff make sure the commission received a copy of that. 610 Mr. Paschke advised that he would alert the Public Works Director and City 611 Engineer to provide a copy. 612 Infrastructure 613 Ms. Perdunoted the consensus of comments to reword this section regarding 614 funding and whether it should be part of the actual goal or simply an 615 implementation strategy; and recognizing that “environmentally sensitive” was 616