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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, January 29,2018 Page 22 ture decision. He noted that right now, no tenants have to be kicked out to have additional storage space. Councilmember Willmus commented one of the biggest drivers in this process is the location of this parcel and its proximity to the property that the City already owns: City Hall campus as well as Veterans Park. The acquisition of this parcel will give future Councils a much easier time when they have questions that are brought before them with regard to additional Public Works and additional parks, and perhaps down the road an opportunity to have an in-depth conversation about the community center. The City has not defined how or where it would go. This is a large parcel that would be controlled by the City and would have an easier time with some of those conversations. He does not see the cost of land decreas- ing significantly, so this is a unique opportunity before the Council. Councilmember McGehee stated the driver for this is a desire to have space for a proposed Community Center but there is no support for such a concept unless it is self-supporting by revenue. She noted the City of Roseville has burdened the res- idents over $20 million of debt and that is yet to be sustained in the CIP program. These are policy discussions to be had going forward and are reasonable questions policy issues to be discussed as a group. She stated there is a disagreement about the amount of debt the City has incurred without any referendums and the over- riding of the policy by 3 votes that required a referendum for certain levels of ex- penditures. The City changed that by 3-2 vote. As a policy, she felt it was not good to have major purchases happen on a 3-2 vote. She stated it is clear how this will go down, and that is fine, but there are policy things that need to be dis- cussed. Councilmember Laliberte commented she has agreed with much of what the Councilmembers have laid out, and so this is not an easy "nay" vote. She asked that the Finance Commission becomes involved as soon as possible, and stated she thinks that is what should have been done prior to what is happening today. Councilmember Etten disagreed with Councilmember McGehee's comments about the City not having a plan in place for Public Works. This Council and re- cent Councils have put plans in place and have put plans in place for funding. The Council is not being negligent. There is a plan; it is not fully carried out yet. There is real money and real action behind the plan. He wants the community to understand that. Mayor Roe agreed the concept of this purchase is, as Councilmember Willmus stated, an opportunity that presents itself and comes out of the fact that significant investment is needed in the License Center. It does not make sense to the resi- dents and others in Roseville who support the City to put hundreds of thousands of dollars of renovation costs into a property that the City is already into a 5-year lease period, and there are unknowns about what will happen then. He noted this