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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, March 21,2011 Page 16 Councilmember Pust suggested that the language be changed to broaden it from the Roseville to Ramsey County area. Mayor Roe spoke in support of the resolution language as presented, opining that the"Roseville area" sufficiently stated the intent. City Manager Malinen clarified that the actual resolution component would sup- port efforts of partnerships in the Roseville area, not exclusive to Roseville. Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Willmus; Johnson; and Roe. Nays: McGehee. Further discussion included future reports to be included in the "Council Commu- nications, Reports and Announcements" portion of upcoming agendas; pursuing advertising as suggested by Councilmember McGehee; City staff continuing to serve as the City's contact as long as it continued to reflect the City's pledge of support,but not becoming staff-intensive with hard costs associated with it. a. Consider a Resolution Removing Parking Restrictions on the East Side of Prior Avenue Public Works Director Duane Schwartz briefly reviewed the RCA dated March 21, 2011, and the request submitted by Roseville School District No. 623 to con- sider removing the parking restriction on the east side of Prior Avenue from Shryer Avenue to Eldridge Avenue to allow for the increased number of visitors to the Fairview fields associated with newly-constructed girls softball facility. Councilmember Willmus noted that, when Fairview was a functioning Junior High School, efforts were made to minimize impacts on that neighborhood; and expressed concern that the addition of ball fields did not diminish that concern. Bob Rygh, School District No. 623 Mr. Rygh provided the School District's perspective in making this request to make parking available on both sides of the street for those attending functions at the fields, following their recent renovation. Mr. Rygh reviewed other areas on the site for parking, and potential conflicts in parking space availability based on other activities at the building, including senior citizen activities and classes. Mr. Rygh opined that the School District felt they paid their fair share of infrastructure and roadway assessments, and felt their request was reasonable in seeking to ac- commodate families attending various events, in addition to those attending City Parks and Recreation events, a co-user of the facilities during the summer months. Discussion among Councilmembers and Mr. Rygh included whether the School District had made any commitments when building the field as to whether that i