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Meeting Minutes October 15, 2013 Page 13 of 23 year, if an infestationis identified in Louisville. City Manager Fleming stated the Borer is not currently in Louisville, but if there is an infestation it could kill 30% of the urban forest in Louisville.He suggested taking a wait and see attitude and be prepared for the kind of expenditures identified by the City Forester. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Loo stated according to the packet materials, there are 1,000 publicly owned Ash trees in Louisville. If there was an infestation, the cost of mitigation would be $400,000 over a five year period. She stated it was a lot of money and a lot of trees. City Manager Fleming explained the money would be for chemical treatments to slow the progression of the insects and tree removal and chipping. Council member Loo stated if the City disposes trees it would be under the federal guidelines. Restrooms at Harper Lake/ Aquarius and the Arboretum: Parks and Recreation Director Stevens requested the City Council direct staff on the order of placement of restrooms in City Parks.He explained the Horticultural & Forestry Advisory Board have recommended full service restrooms at the Arboretum as part of the improvements to the area. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Loo inquired why the Arboretum restrooms were moved to 2018. She suggested moving the other parks restrooms out a few years, such as Joe Carnival Park, in order to put the Arboretum restrooms first.She stated there would be a lot more use from the Arboretum and the skate park and would be a greater public benefit. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens explained the restrooms at Joe Carnival Park were a public process and because of the needed upgrades it was moved up in the budget process. Council member Loo noted there was $30,000 in the 2013 budget for Joe Carnival Park. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens explained the $30,000 was for irrigation expansion, which did not occur because of the drought conditions. Road Index: Public Works Director Kowar addressed Council questions relative to the conditions rterials and the impacts if the arterial work is done first, within the five-year plan, versus doing residential streets. Another question was what the long- term impacts to the program are when the funding levels change. He presented aslide, which illustrated how the arterial streets deteriorate; the estimated age and improvement condition of the arterial streets and the required maintenance to extend the life of pavement. The primary candidate roads targeted are South Boulder Road and th Via Appia, but noted it is a case-by-case analysis. Cherry and 88 do not carry the same volume of traffic as South Boulder Road and McCaslin. He explained rearranging the pavement index within a five-year period would not make much difference. 46