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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 19th day of June, 2017, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: McGehee, Willmus, Laliberte, Etten and Roe and the following members were absent: None Councilmember Laliberte introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION No. 11423 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATEWIDE LICENSING OF MASSAGE THERAPISTS WHEREAS, the State of Minnesota does not currently license or register massage therapists; and WHEREAS, in the absence of any required statewide standards and regulations, cities, including Roseville, have entered into the traditional state domain of health-care licensure by requiring all massage therapists operating in the city to obtain a local license; and WHEREAS, as a result of local licensing for massage therapists, city staff and law enforcement has spent numerous hours conducting criminal background checks, researching massage therapist accreditation programs to ensure legitimacy and credibility, and monitoring the massage therapy establishments due to citizen complaints and concerns regarding activities of massage therapists; and WHEREAS, massage therapists often work in multiple establishments in multiple cities; and WHEREAS, due to the lack of a statewide database of massage therapists, problems occurring in one city may not be known by staff and law enforcement of other cities despite their best efforts to conduct criminal background checks. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE, MINNESOTA,that the City of Roseville supports legislation that requires statewide licensure or registration of massage therapists by the State of Minnesota that would not pre-empt the ability of cities to regulate massage therapy establishments.