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Regular city Council Meeting Monday,July 22, 2019 Page 4 Mayor Roe reminded the audience that this is public comment and the opportunity to bring information to the Council. He indicated this is not going to be the opportunity to have answers to all of those questions this evening. There are two things that are happen- ing in the coming weeks in the City of Roseville. One is that there will be a meeting, as he understands it, between the investigators, members of Ralph's family, and other inter- ested persons to update them on the status of the investigation. That meeting will include whatever the latest information is that the investigators might have. He thought there will be an opportunity as well to have representation from the medical examiner's office and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to fill in the details of information that those departments have been involved in gathering or the conclusions those departments have been coming to. He believed as part of that, after those discussions, the intent is to finish the investigation to the point where that information can be released more broadly to the public by the department as to what was involved in the investigation, the conclu- sions, and why those were come to. That would be an opportunity to perhaps have more engagement with the investigators as to what is actually in the investigation. He noted there is a lot that the Council does not know this evening. Ms. Terra Nordenson, St. Paul, stated Ralph's car was found in Roseville and when it was found, the police called her uncle because it was in his name, as Ralph was in the process of buying the car from her uncle and had not transferred the title. When her uncle received the phone call from the Roseville Police Department telling him his car had been abandoned, her uncle was trying to find a way to get this car out of the impound. She ex- plained there was a lot of back and forth with the impound lot and the police. The police told her uncle he could come and get it and at that time, her uncle indicated he was not going to get the car because he believed this was bigger than just an abandonment of the car. She stated Roseville put a hold on the car and now her family is responsible for pay- ing over $3,000 to get this car out of the impound. She wondered what effect, what pow- er, or what say, the Council and business owners that are running kind of a scam and re- victimizing people that are victims of crimes. This car is in impound as a result of a crime that happened and linked to a missing person. Ralph did not just dump the car and leave it there. She was wondering how or what resources people in this position can have given to them to get this car out of impound. The family is at a loss and it is not just about a car, it is the fact that the police put a hold on it and the family should not be responsible for any time that the police were investigating the car and should not be held accountable for this. She recognized this is not the City Council's fault, but business owners need to be held accountable for that role. Mayor Roe thought those were good points and good questions raised, and Mr. Trudgeon should follow up on that with the family. Mr. Trudgeon indicated he would follow up on that issue. King JT stated he would not give his address and does not feel safe in Roseville, but asked at the age he is right now, had he gone missing would the City Council have gone looking for him.