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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 18, 2018 Page 9 Councilmember Laliberte noted that Representative Alice Hausman is a lead rep- resentative on the capital expenditures committee, and she has been a great advo- cate for Roseville. She noted that Senator Issacson has also pledged support for helping Roseville work on this bonding. Commissioner Baggenstoss noted the Commission is researching partnering with a group that will bring legislator tours to the facility. Councilmember Laliberte noted that tours were done to many sites across the State, but when it came time for hearings at the Capitol, they decided to not do hearings for anyone they had toured. Rather, they gave deference to anyone who was requesting money who had not gotten a tour. That could happen again. Chair O'Brien summarized that the Commission has had a very busy last 3 — 5 years. The Commissions is seeing that one of the main themes for the long-term is maintaining what is in the City and that what is already in existence is in good shape. The Commission wants to continue to work on things. Pathways and sidewalks and connecting the community remains a priority. Providing better Parks and Rec services to SW Roseville remains a priority. Acquiring new par- cels of land that might become available close to current parks is another area of interest. Residents continue to bring up the idea of a community center. It would be important to create a process to look at that decision.. Before moving to those new ideas, it is important to stabilize what the City has. Mayor Roe stated he had a conversation with representatives of the Nepalese and Bhutanese communities, and they talked about the sport of cricket. Another common theme he has heard is the desire for more pickleball in the community. Councilmember McGehee applauded the idea to take a breath and figure out how to sustain what has been done. She would like to put one more item on the list of things to think about, which is an accessible playground. There are only two in the Metro area that are fully accessible. Councilmember Etten commented on the need to know what diverse communities are looking for and how to provide those opportunities. Maybe there are some things being done less and less, and there are ways to repurpose those spaces. Regarding natural resources, there is a fervent group of volunteers, but it does not have the breadth of volunteers the City had hoped for. It is hard to stay ahead of the number of invasive species in areas where money has been spent to remove them. Discussion around expanding volunteer efforts needs to happen. Councilmember Willmus noted that the idea of a community center has long been on the forefront of this community's mind. One thing in relation to that is gather- ing spaces and meeting spaces. Over the last few years, the City has taken steps