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35 • Amend State Building Code Chapter 1306 to Allow Municipalities to Require Sprinkler 36 Systems in R-2 (Multi-Family) Occupancy Groups. 37 • Continue to fund the DEED Redevelopment Grant Program and the Demolition Loan 38 Program 39 • Create presumptive coverage for Firefighters diagnosed with cancer 40 • Improve transparency of information property tax notices sent by counties 41 • Allow for the use of city website or other technology-based methods for official notices 42 In order to be ready for the 2023 Legislative Session, which begins on January 3, 2023, staff is 43 bringing forward a discussion about Roseville’s Legislative Priorities in order to be better prepared 44 to advocate for the issues that are important for the City of Roseville. 45 46 To create Roseville’s 2023 Legislative Priorities, staff would like the City Council to review the 47 2022 Legislative Priorities and make a determination if any of them should be changed or removed. 48 Additionally, the City Council should identify other topics that should be added to Roseville’s 49 Legislative Priorities. 50 Staff is recommending that the following items should be discussed for possible inclusion to the 51 2021 Legislative Priorities: 52 53 Review the effectiveness of state law with the regulation of emergency medical services 54 In the late 1970s, Minnesota created Primary Service Area (PSAs) that created exclusive 55 operating territories for emergency medical and ambulance providers without local control. 56 As a result, there is very little ability for a city to dictate service levels and response time 57 these companies provide. In Roseville’s case, while we are able now to provide advanced 58 life support treatment, we have to rely on our PSA provider (Allina) to provide transport for 59 the patient. Under the current law, there is not a meaningful ability for the city to set 60 standards for level of care and response time. In addition, it is extremely difficult to have a 61 PSA provider changed under state law. Staff believes it is in Roseville’s interest, along with 62 other cities, to have the Legislature create a working group to study the current PSA law and 63 consider changes to provide for more opportunities for local control over the PSA providers. 64 Police Officer Recruitment and Retention 65 As the City Council is well aware, recruiting and retaining police officers remain a huge 66 issue for Roseville and other law enforcement agencies. So far in 2022, the City has hired 67 eight new officers and still have three vacancies. Since 2020, we have hired 27 new officers. 68 Previously, the City would typically hire 3-4 police officers a year. (In 2017, the City did not 69 have any new police officer hires). Since 2020, the City has had had 21 officers leave. Many 70 of those who have left said the stress/demands of the job contributed to their decision to 71 leave. Some left for small agencies that are not as busy (less risk/liability), some were early 72 retirements from policing, and many left law enforcement all together. Half of the City’s 73 patrol officers have less than five years’ experience. The City offers incentives such as hiring 74 bonuses in recruiting police officers. While this helped in the short-term, more and more 75 agencies are also using hiring bonuses to attract officers. In the last legislative session, there 76 were efforts to pass legislation that would, among other things, expedite training programs, 77 provide signing and retention bonuses, and provide tuition resources. Staff believes the City 78 should support legislation that will provide resources to help build new and support existing 79 pathways in becoming a become a police officer. 80 81 Page 2 of 3