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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 18, 2019 Page 2 4. Public Comment Mayor Roe called for public comment by members of the audience on any non-agenda items. No one appeared to speak. 5. Recognitions, Donations, and Communications 6. Items Removed from Consent Agenda 7. Business Items a. Receive Presentation Regarding the Implementation Phase of the Rice and Larpenteur Gateway Alliance Community Development Director Gundlach briefly highlighted this item as de- tailed in the RCA and related attachments dated March 18, 2019. Kim O'Brien, from the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce (SPACC) presented the scope of services that will be engaged in with regard to implementation of the Alliance. Mayor Roe noted the Chamber and different entities are currently working on specific contract language that will come back to all of the entities for the formal approval of this award with the Chamber. He reminded the Council that the total commitment for the City of Roseville was $50,000 for this phase of the project. Councilmember Willmus thanked Ms. O'Brien for the presentation. He stated with respect to partners, one of the things from his perspective that is missing for the commercial property owners, is what effort will be coming forward to engage those individuals. He thought the Chamber had a great marketing piece but with- out the commercial property owners, that is all it is. Ms. O'Brien stated Councilmember Willmus had an excellent point and thought the commercial property owners can be easily identified and reached out to direct- ly. She indicated she would be happy to do that. She thought as the interim alli- ance gets through its first six months of work and starts to develop an infrastruc- ture for the permanent alliance, the partners need to be thinking clearly as who needs to be at that table. She thought this was a very good point and appreciated the feedback. Councilmember Etten agreed and stated if the private investment was looked at and the private landowners are not on board, then the alliance will be in trouble. He stated the other piece that is important and needs nurturing is to work with Ramsey County because they will be doing almost all of the public infrastructure. The two groups with all of the control here are the County and the larger property owners so making sure those two entities are at the table regularly and early is key to any success.