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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 27, 2017 Page 21 McGehee moved to reconsider tonight's action; with Mayor Roe declaring the motion failed due to lack of a second. Mayor Roe thanked staff for the work they had done so far, recognizing that the information would remain available to the city to be built off in making future de- cisions. Mayor Roe recognized that the license center was an important operation of the city, assuring staff and the public that the City Council was trying to find the best opportunity. Councilmember Laliberte stated that the license center was important to her, the community and customers not even living in Roseville but using the license cen- ter. Therefore, Councilmember Laliberte opined that the city couldn't embark on yet another 19-month process without doing something to improve that experi- ence, with the aesthetics being brought up to Roseville standards. Councilmem- ber Laliberte asked that when discussion future agenda items late tonight, consid- eration be given to what could be done in the interim. Councilmember McGehee agreed and added to Councilmember Laliberte's com- ments to consider the empty space available to the city to see if it could be utilized as part of the interim process to take off some of the pressure while the city fig- ures out the next step. d. Discuss Roseville's 2018 Legislative Priorities As detailed in the RCA, City Manager Trudgeon reviewed staff's identification of topics of importance to Roseville in the 2018 legislative session; seeking com- ment and future priorities from the City Council to this draft(Attachment A). Regional Guidant John Rose Minnesota OVAL in 2020 State Bonding Bill (page 2) Without objection, Councilmembers asked staff to emphasize this facility as a re- gional asset; reminding the state of their initial commitment when the facility was built and their promise of support. City Manager Trudgeon noted that the draft "potential support statement" was in- tended to be provided to legislators, once approve in final form by the City Coun- cil, and outline the city's priorities as a request from Roseville, including a para- graph in context with Metro Cities' policies. If there were promises made or statements provided in the past by the state related to their support of this regional facility, Councilmember Laliberte asked that staff research them, and include those written statements from the record into this nar- rative, since many are new players, in the executive and legislative branches, and not aware of those past promises made. Also, since the legislature tended to veer off their biennial schedule for bonding with annual debates, Councilmember