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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 9th day of May, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: McGehee, Johnson, Willmus, Pust and Roe and the following were absent: none. Member Pust introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION No. 10896 RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REQUEST BY THE REGIONAL COUNCIL OF MAYORS FOR TRANSPORTATION FUNDING WHEREAS, the Regional Council of Mayors ("RCM"), is composed of the mayors of Minneapolis, St. Paul and approximately 45 municipalities in the developed and developing suburbs. The collaborative partnership provides a non-partisan platform focused on building action strategies to raise overall economic competitiveness, accelerate innovation and improve the quality of life in the MSP region; and WHEREAS, our present levels of congestion and our unsafe roads hinder our economic prosperity, erode our quality of life, and complicate numerous aspects of living and doing business in Minnesota; and WHEREAS, one million additional people are expected to move to the MSP metropolitan region in the next two decades, further exacerbating our already unacceptable traffic congestion; and WHEREAS, solving our region's transportation problem is a complex and long-term challenge that will require various strategies; and WHEREAS, Minnesota needs to adequately and strategically expand both its transit and road systems with predictable, adequate, and long-term sources of funding; and WHEREAS, transportation funding must prioritize public transit within a comprehensive, multi-modal, interconnected transportation system that serves the 11-county metro area; and that our planned light rail and commuter rail lines, along with expanded bus service,