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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, December 2, 2019 Page 17 is also important and should be pursued because it was very close to getting passed but fell apart in the Senate. He thought hotel/motel licensing is a great op- portunity to build a coalition with other cities that have the same problems so staff can work on that. Taproom/cocktail room licenses might have some other fixes in the legislative process and staff is working with Mr. Blume on potentially some licenses that the city may be able to issue. He could provide some additional in- formation at the January 6th meeting. Councilmember Etten indicated he starred two priority items, one was the OVAL and the other was hotel/motel licensing. Hotel/motel licensing is certainly some- thing that has taken up a lot of staff and community time and had a lot of negative influences on some folks so he would like to find a way forward. He hoped that can be moved to the top and have some of these other pieces cleared off or maybe with a clearer direction. He was also wondering about two things on the other priority lists; transportation funding and sprinkler system requirements and where the Council felt like those fit. Councilmember Laliberte thought the Council had them in that list because the Council figured there would be other people taking the lead on that and the City of Roseville can be supportive. Whereas the items on the top part of the list were what the city might actually have to take the lead on. Mayor Roe stated that still made sense from his perspective. He thought many of the items on the top of the list were updated policy documents and should include some of the latest developments, especially in the hotel/motel licensing where the city sees partnerships. If there is other legislation being proposed, references to that should be included and up-to-date. He thought that applied to many of these priorities. Mayor Roe asked if there was anything that came forward on the massage therapy licensing at the State level or any other identified partners that might be interested in that. Mr. Trudgeon explained there was no specific legislation introduced and more of the higher priority issues were the focus. But that can be pursued if the Council wants staff to spend time on it. Mayor Roe indicated he would like to be a little more informed on it and did not know if that was something the lobbyist would be able to tell them or what might be a strategy or thoughts on that one at some point. Mayor Roe noted on taproom/cocktail room priority was worthwhile to make sure the Council has the latest legislation that is being proposed by Mr. Blume. On the Cedarholm community building, staff may want to look at wording its policy flex- ibly so not only would the city be supportive of getting its own ability to license