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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 18, 2023 Page 4 The problem the City has is that people try to drive the road like it is a freeway. He also reviewed the issues with the acceleration lanes onto Highway 36. Ms. Lowry referenced the Snelling and County Road B study by Har Mar that is going on concurrently indicating Roseville is leading with funding from the County and the State. There has been engagement over the past couple of weeks and there is currently a survey out for that, which will tie together and communicate with each other. Mayor Roe thanked Mr. Elvin for the presentation. 8. Council Direction on Councilmember Initiated Agenda Items a. School Resource Officers City Manager Patrick Trudgeon briefly highlighted this item as detailed in the Request for Council Action and related attachments dated September 18, 2023. Mr. Trudgeon noted this item was brought up by Councilmember Strahan requesting discussion on this. Mayor Roe noted the item before them was for the Council to decide if this item should be placed on an upcoming agenda and if so, in what manner and what does the Council want from staff Councilmember Strahan explained as the Council learned via email on August 17, 2023, there was consternation and concern about the changes in the law and there was the possibility that the SRO contract would not be pursued. In checking with City Manager Trudgeon, he indicated the contract was approved by Independent School District 623 and ready to go but it was the decision of the City Manager,the Police Chief, and the City Attorney not to bring that forward. Usually that would be added to the Consent Agenda for approval for 2023-2024. There is still funding remaining for the 2023 year in the City budget. She indicated on August 30, 2023, the Council was told that they did not pursue that contract. Her understanding of their arrangement with the City is that the Council allows the City Manager to make decisions on contracts that are less than$10,000 so she was curious about how this all came about. She noted she was out of town at the time but in checking, there is funding in the budget for 2024 available for their one-third of the cost sharing arrangement with the school district. Her concern is that the City moves closer to that time without having an arrangement made that then, the budget money should probably not be set aside if there is not a plan to move forward with the SRO's as indicated and once the City removes the budget line item,it is unlikely that the City will get it back in the future. Councilmember Strahan explained the Council has had conflicting information based on many things happening and she thought they are all in that situation but her concern was that the decision was not made by the Council and was not on the