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Special City Cauneii Meetir�g Mon:day, August 06, 2007 Page 4 � City reacts to the s��uation was �nos� important. Ms. Boseh furthe�r 2 que�tipned how the media had been made awa�e o� the routine �raffic 3 stop; and opined that with the rcceni community visioning pz-ocess, 4 �hzs was a very seriaus issue, and spoke vo�umes about Rosevzlle's 5 quality of life and div�rsity of community and communi�y relation- 6 sh�ps. 7 8 1V�ayor Klausing thanked Ms. Bosch for her comments; and suggested 9 that additional follow-up conversations be held outside of the meeting 10 contex�. 11 12 Councz�member Pus� noted the respec� thai Ms. Bosch had exhibited 13 in h�r commen�s, and �hanked her for that. Councilmember Pust ex- � 4 pressed her fervent support o� the Ci�y's Police off cers and ihe wo�k ].5 they do, and expressed hope that a�� cztzzens recagnized the impor- 16 tance o� thea�r work, C4uncilmember Pust opined that thcze appeared 17 ta be two issues as the community and sta�� grapp�ed wi�h a topic ripe 18 �or pub�ie discussion: 19 1) Halding people accauntable �or iheir actions as reparesentatives o�' 20 the community; and opined t�at the Police Department wo�1d w�l� 21 come discussion o�' their work, diversity t�azn�ng and community 22 relationship-bu��d�ng. 23 2) Given what happened last week with the co�iapse of the I-35W 24 bridge, it was imperative that o�'fice�rs be allowed �o do their jobs 25 without b��ng put in more dangerous situations; and the need to de- 26 fine th� role of a citizen-obsexve�, and someone inter�'ering wiih 27 per�'az�mance of the o�ficer's du�ie�. 28 29 Ms. Bosch concuz-�red w�th Counci�member Pust's summary of issu�s. 30 3� Counci�member Kough �hanked Ms. Bosch for speaking at the meet- 32 �ng; expressed his appreczation £o�r ihe wo�rk perfo�-med by �he City's 33 Po�ice Department; and expr�ssed his persanal frust�atzon with h�ar- 34 ing about the situation through the media �ath�x than tl�ough �he City 35 N�anager's office. 36 37 Couneilmember �h�an echoed concerns that sh�' d leaz-�ed o� the situa- 38 tion in tne newspape�. Councilmember Ih1an opined that �he City 39 Council shou�d, priar to embarking on discussions; deterznzne what �n-