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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 9, 2019 Page 5 sources of funding that would come into play. He would like to know if there is a dollar amount that the city would have interest to be involved with the continua- tion of the Loop. NewTrax has reached out and set up a phone call with Mr. John Connelly with Roseville North Chamber of Commerce who is interested hearing what NewTrax has to talk about, knowing that there could be some businesses that would have interest to step up a little. He noted NewTrax understands the decision by the city that has to be made but feels as a company it is important enough to continue until the funds that are out there have been expended. Mr. Olson explained where the funding for this service has come from and indi- cated the businesses thought the funding would be annual. Mr. Mark Nichols, Roseville Community Health Awareness Team (CHAT), shared with the Council research that was done with other counties and cities in the area. Mr. Olson noted Washington County and Dakota County have a mobility manag- er within their government operations and Ramsey County does not. He ex- plained he was on two different transportation committees within Washington County and there are projects building circulator services within Washington County and within Dakota County as well. There is nothing in Ramsey County that would perpetuate and continue a program such as this, that is why it is diffi- cult not being represented by the county. Councilmember Willmus explained depending on what happens at the meeting, he would be willing to keep the door open and see what NewTrax would be able to bring forth in the future. He encouraged Mr. Olson to have conversations with Ramsey County and be as proactive on that front as possible. There is definitely a connection there that needs to occur. Councilmember Laliberte indicated she was open to continuing to learn. She was unaware of mobility managers that are in other counties and thought that the number of people not being able to get around in the community are only going to increase. If this is not the solution, the city is still going to be talking about this. She indicated she was very open to continuing to hear from NewTrax. Councilmember Etten agreed he was open to future discussion. He asked where people are currently getting picked up as part of the current circulator route. Mr. Olson thought eighty to ninety percent of riders are coming from Lygblom- sten and the Heritage apartments. He thought it was important to note that while on a given week where there may be twenty riders, it is not always the same rid- ers. He thought the pool of riders was more than a week and over the course of a month or quarter, there are probably thirty to thirty-five different people who have