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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 9, 2018 Page 5 Rice and Larpenteur and SE Roseville are a priority. She suggested that the City could hire students to distribute the flyers. The City could also do a mailing to the housing complex with translated flyers. She noted that pastors could have dis- tributed flyers to their church members. Ms. Sanders concluded that she does not accept that this route is the best that can be done, given the resources available. If service is duplicated for ones who al- ready have service and those who need it are left out, this is not a good start. She noted the Karen are moving out of these apartments to St. Paul and Maplewood, and the Poly-Bhutanese people have filled the apartments in their place. Pastor Dana Nelson, Galilee Lutheran Church,Roseville Pastor Nelson noted she spends most of her life in Galilee Lutheran Church and around the surrounding community. Five congregations worship at her church lo- cation, and it is walkable from their apartments. There is a lot of need on Rice Street for transportation. People spend hours trying to get places. She thanked the City Council for considering this bus loop, in collaboration with NewTrax and CHAT, as the need is great. Janet McNalley,Deacon at St. Christopher's Episcopal Church,Roseville Ms. McNalley stated this kind of bus transportation will be incredible and is needed. The question is why the original bus route, which incorporated the SE area of Roseville, and includes a high concentration of non-English speaking folks, was ultimately left out of the route. For the time being, this vital service is being denied to people who need it the most. These people need transportation to a satellite office of a food shelf; they could take advantage of ESL classes at Fair- view; they need socialization and need to practice their English. She stated that the Council seems to be unaware of the proposed changes to the route, and she suggested therefore that the Council should revisit the route and include the SE loop. She concluded by saying that this is a wonderful project and she would like it to help the people who need it the most. Etienne Djevi, 851 Sextant Avenue West,HRIEC member Mr. Djevi asked about the plan of leaving SE Roseville out of this loop. The cur- rent proposal intentionally or unintentionally leaves people out of a service that is critical for them. He recalled that a few years ago, as a new immigrant, he took buses to adult daycare centers in order to learn English. He knows how critical that was for him when he was a new immigrant. He asked the Council to take that into account when trying to serve the people of SE Roseville. He knows the con- cept of inclusion is important to the Council. Leaving this area un-serviced for a critical service makes them feel they are not welcome and being pushed out of the City. He also noted that the HRIEC could have been called on to help engage folks in this area. He asked the Council to look into this proposal. Diane Hilden,466 Bayview Drive,Roseville