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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday, September 24, 2018 <br /> Page 6 <br /> Councilmember Laliberte assumed the businesses along Long Lake Road will be <br /> pulled into notification in the future of any public meetings. <br /> McGehee moved, Etten seconded, approving the layout for the Ramsey County <br /> Road C Project from Highway 88 and Long Lake Road and direct staff to develop <br /> a solution to the railroad crossing queue issue on Long Lake Road South. <br /> Council Discussion <br /> Councilmember Willmus was supportive of the motion but would like to note that <br /> he thought it was critical on what the City is trying to do with the queueing of <br /> southbound Long Lake Road with left turns onto County Road C. He stated the <br /> City needs to take some steps to alleviate because that does back up now all the <br /> way to the ramps on 35W. <br /> Roll Call <br /> Ayes: Willmus, Laliberte, Etten, McGehee and Roe. <br /> Nays: None. <br /> 7. Business Items <br /> a. Sheriff Serier, Ramsey County Sheriff <br /> Sheriff Serier briefly updated the City on happenings at the Sheriffs office this <br /> past year. He discussed the issue of opioids in the County, partnership of Rose- <br /> ville with Ramsey County SWAT, threat assessments and safety of buildings, and <br /> changes in the Sheriff Organization. <br /> Councilmember Willmus thanked Sheriff Serier for giving the Council the update. <br /> He stated he saw on Facebook an incident at Arden Hills McDonalds regarding <br /> sex trafficking. He thought he saw an update regarding this and wondered what <br /> the City can do to be more proactive at the municipal level and let people know <br /> what sex trafficking looks like in order to report an incident. <br /> Sheriff Serier stated human trafficking involves predators in society who look to <br /> prey on people who are typically runaways or people who spend an inordinate <br /> amount of time away from home and hang out in places to try to disconnect from <br /> the social system such as family, close friends, and school. Sometimes the person <br /> is using or introduced to narcotics by people that are predatory. The predator will <br /> also try to establish a relationship with the person and is not typically a kidnap- <br /> ping type of situation. Rather, it is a grooming behavior relationship and very <br /> perverse. The predator is trying to get the person to break down the objections to <br /> participating in those types of behaviors and trying to reduce their own self-worth <br /> to the point where the person thinks it is the way their life is. <br />