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City Council Meeting Minutes April 7, 2015 Page 16 of 26 be higher than budgeted, additional resources should be added to the budget in order to get the paving done. As an alternative, McCaslin and Cherry Street could be put out to bid to see what it would cost to do the major arterials. Council member Loo stated McCaslin, Via Appia and Washington are all in very bad shape, but she advocated for McCaslin Boulevard because it has more traffic and is a gateway street. She would like to see a way to do all the streets. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council member Stolzmann stated what is posted on the City's Web site as the 2015 Pavement Plan is different than what is being proposed this evening. She stated McCaslin Boulevard is in terrible shape and suggested focusing on a plan and doing the right treatment rather than patchwork and then re- milling the street at a later time. She felt there is an equity issue with doing both streets in Ward II. She noted some Ward III streets, which were scheduled for resurfacing in 2015 were pushed back to 2019. Public Works Director Kowar explained they are looking at switching McCaslin and Via Appia based on a recommendation from the City's operations staff. The operations staff was confident McCaslin was a safe travel road, however they did not have the same confidence in Via Appia. Council member Keany arrived at 9:02 p.m. Mayor Muckle inquired when the downtown patios are removed. City Manager Fleming stated they will be removed around October 15th Mayor Muckle inquired whether another downtown street should be paved in lieu of Main Street. Public Works Director Kowar confirmed another downtown street could be resurfaced, but could not guarantee the street would be resurfaced this year. Council member Stolzmann was not in favor of delaying any of the booster paving projects this year in the downtown area. She suggested looking at putting money into the infrastructure. Council member Lipton was inclined to do as much repaving as possible this year. He asked when the Council would see the first quarter financial results and projections on revenues. City Manager Fleming stated they are reviewed quarterly by the Finance Committee and they will be presented at the Budget Retreat on June 9. Council member Lipton felt June 9th would be a time to look to surpluses for funding paving projects. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton asked if the revenue projections will not be available until June, how it would affect the bidding process. Public Works Director Kowar stated they are trying to bid out projects in chunks to present those bids to Council in June. 44