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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, June 7, 2010 Page 13 Mayor Klausing noted the need for staff to make Councilmembers aware of the .requests and their rationale for recognition or lack thereof. Councilmember Ihlan requested that the above-referenced a-mails and responses be included for the record. Councilmember Ihlan discussed potential examples of requests and the need to clarify the policy itself; speaking in opposition to any action on such a policy at tonight's meeting without allowing for additional consideration. Councilmember Ihlan expressed concern that resolutions were included in such a proposed policy since their intent varied; and questioned the ability of Councilmembers to bring forward recommended recognitions. Councilmember Roe opined that having a policy in place did -not preclude anyone from the public or City Council bringing a request forward; but in fact provided bullet points for arguing for or against a specific request and allowing for City Council discussion. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of having a written policy in place, tied to the Imagine Roseville 2025 community visioning process. Mayor Klausing clarified that the intent of the policy is not to control what Coun- cilmembers can bring forward, noting that as an elected official, they could bring forward any request; but the intent was to have a more formal policy in place, bet- ter articulating why a request is relevant for action by the City Council, and pro- viding aframework for evaluation. Councilmember Ihlan opined that she was not opposed to having policy guide- lines, but that it should be ultimately up to the City Council to make those deci- sion; as long as such a policy was to frame discussions and not provide rationale for denying requests. Councilmember Pust advised that when she had brought a recent request forward, she was not aware that there was an unwritten policy; however, she expressed her appreciation of tonight's discussion; and clarified that it was not her intent through this discussion that any pending requests be restricted or put on hold; and expressed her anticipation that the pending request be brought forward at a future meeting. Councilmember Pust expressed her interest in going on record that she was not attempting to restrict anything. Councilmember Johnson opined that this policy would be a great step, and con- curred with Councilmember Roe in the need to recognize that the health of the community was based on its volunteers, diversity and ethnic groups; and that the policy should provide an opportunity to recognize as many of those people as possible to make them feel comfortable as part of the Roseville community. City Manager Malinen offered that staff draft some policy guidelines for City