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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 16 regard to some of the recreational facilities going forward. He would like the city to continue to focus on that item. Councilmember Etten indicated he would not disagree with that but wondered if Councilmember Willmus wanted a different process for the city to be focusing on pursuing the processes in place right now. Councilmember Willmus thought it was for the city to determine whether or not the Council is committed to having staff go forward with that direction. He did not think there was necessarily a flaw in the process of the Legislature. It is something that slid off the Council's to-do list and he would like to see it back on the list and fairly high up. Mr. Trudgeon indicated the Legislature did change the process. He explained the previous process and the new process. He agreed that this is an important priority and something the Council should be considering. Councilmember Groff thought this would be something to add to the toolbox and would be an option, not something that would have to be used. He thought it sounded like a good idea. Councilmember Laliberte indicated she was interested in putting it back on the priority list and thought it would be helpful for Mr. Trudgeon to bring back the deadline dates and how defined the projects need to be because she was not sure there would be time to define all of those pieces. Mayor Roe agreed that it would be helpful information and may put the city in the position where it might not be something to consider for this session but could be done at the next session. He indicated he would be interested to hear staff's thoughts and perspectives. Councilmember Laliberte explained she was happy the city was able to get three of the items through last year and really did not have anything new. She knew that when meeting with the lobbyist, there are certain things that are prioritized higher than others. She wondered if Mr. Trudgeon had some thought about that and if so, she would like to have conversations about pushing Municipal Hotel Li- censing up as high as possible and maybe putting that on the radar of the lobbyist. Mr. Trudgeon explained that last session, the focus was on the OVAL, Cedarholm liquor license, and TIF. Also supported was taproom/cocktail licensing as well as motel licensing. There were some bills introduced very late in the session that had no chance for consideration. The other ones on high priority, massage thera- pists, no formal priority was taken and the MNLARS was already on a separate track as far as other groups asking for it. He thought the city should recalibrate its work on that. He noted the OVAL continues to be very important, the Cedarholm