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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 23, 2019 Page 2 injury, severe injury to his left arm, internal injuries, and was taken to the hospital. He commended the city police, fire department and emergency personnel. He explained he has pictures of the intersection which is clearly marked, there are no obstructions leading to the intersection, and anybody paying reasonable attention to the road would have stopped. Mr. Sley indicated his point is that the driver was an 86-year-old woman named Frances Williams who has numerous restrictions on her driver's license. He called Lieutenant Scott Williams who is handling the case and it is his understanding that Assistant City Attorney Melissa Lunan declined to prosecute charges in the case against this woman. He found to not pursue cases and say it is closed, is a travesty of justice and this woman is still on the road with numerous driving restrictions. Mr. Sley indicated he was at the meeting to plead that the Council, City Attorney and City Manager to look further into this case involving David Sley, Report No. 19029082, to proceed further with that and see that this woman, whom he believes is a driving haz- ard, should not be on the roads. Mayor Roe noted pedestrian safety is very important to the Council and thought that city staff and the City Attorney will look at the case and get back to Mr. Sley with any out- come of the process. Ms. Priscilla Morton, 2593 Western Ms. Morton explained she was at the meeting because the city is looking at next year's budget and she had sent an email comment about providing more emphasis and funding for analysis on how to reduce the city's carbon footprint. She noted last Friday was an International Strike March for Youth of the World saying that we are not moving fast enough, and it is going to affect them primarily. Her impression is that here in Roseville, even though we all care about the youth, the city may not have the information that would lead us to think this is an emergency and imperative that we act quickly. She read several quotes from Greta Thunberg who spoke before the United Nations. Ms. Morton noted there are now 134 governmental entities that have declared climate emergencies and we all wish the federal government would do it for them along with the state and county, but Roseville also has a role to play in this. She asked the city move with urgency to do its role to stop additional damage. 5. Recognitions, Donations, and Communications 6. Items Removed from Consent Agenda 7. Business Items a. Police Civil Service Commission Joint Meeting with Council