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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 9, 2018 Page 8 Councilmember McGehee continued by saying that as a Councilmember, she is particularly irritated to have something come before the Council in January and return the night before it is supposed to be kicked off, asking for funding. That is a process problem, and she does not appreciate it. She would like more infor- mation, such as why the Roseville circulator that used to run failed or stopped running. She would also like to know how committed Roseville is to get food, medical and educational resources to the people in the community who really need it. To be supportive of this, she needs to have more information from some of the other parts of this. She would like a fuller understanding of all the possible options. There was not enough lead time on how the route was going to end up. Councilmember Laliberte commented that a number of comments have been made regarding who made what decision on the staff, etc. She clarified that no- body from the City level made a conscious decision to change the map. The peo- ple in this room have given their time over the years as volunteers. The volunteer efforts of CHAT did a lot of work to investigate the options, with support from the Council back in January. The next step, however, should have been an update on the forums and the results of the surveys. No one is at fault for being excited and wanting to get started. She agreed with taking a pause to ensure the buses are going to the right place at the right times. There are some details to figure out, and everyone in the room wants to support SE Roseville. Everyone came in with the right intentions. Councilmember Etten agreed this is important work, and this is a net positive for the community. He was pleased to see Rice/Larpenteur and Sienna Green were included on the map back in January. He would like to see more outreach efforts, and City staff can contribute to that. He would include in that effort outreach to the Roseville School District. He would like to see some efforts to collect dona- tions from these businesses that are being served, as has already happened in White Bear Lake. The timing was not the best, but he advocates for moving for- ward and suggests that a report comes back in 4 to 6 weeks regarding the circula- tor bus connecting with SE Roseville and the School District. Mr. Olson apologized if assumptions were made after the January Council meet- ing. Meetings were subsequently held with Mr. Trudgeon, and his belief had been that information was being passed along and that the process was continuing. He clarified that NewTrax is a service provider, and if Roseville does not need NewTrax in the area, that is fine. The intention has always been to have more communication along the way and modification as the process went along. He took responsibility for communication gap. Mayor Roe commented that a lot of folks need to be attending the forum on Sat- urday, April 14th, to find out more about other transportation service providers in the community and what they are doing and what is not currently being done. He suggested that an outreach to SE Roseville,perhaps an event just like this Council