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City Council Meeting Minutes September 1, 2015 Page 5 of 18 REGULAR BUSINESS RESOLUTION No. 61, SERIES 2015 — A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A RECREATION / SENIOR CENTER AND AQUATICS EXPANSION TASK FORCE Mayor Muckle requested a staff presentation. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens reviewed Council's discussion relative to the creation of a Task Force. Staff recommended a 9 tol 1 member Task Force to evaluate the current Recreation /Senior Center and aquatic facilities expansion and improvements for a bond referendum in November of 2016. Voters would be asked to bond for improvements, which were included in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Resolution No. 61, Series 2015 establishes the task force and sets the goals and responsibilities of the task force. Staff will take letters of interest from interested residents and retum to City Council on October 6 so Council can appoint members to the task force. The task force will include two members of City Council. The task force will work with the design team and staff. Staff recommended Council adopt Resolution No. 61, Series 2015 to create a Recreation /Senior Center and Aquatics Expansion Task Force. COUNCIL COMMENT Mayor Muckle explained the recreation and aquatic expansion is a citizen driven initiative. The Louisville Recreation /Senior Center and Memory Square Swimming Pool are outdated and overtaxed. Because of citizen concerns, the Council has discussed a possible ballot issue for bonding for the rec /aquatic center after the Library Bonds are paid off. Council member Loo commented on the recommendation for the number of members for the Task Force and suggested two City Council members and the rest be at -large depending on the representation from the various interest groups. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens explained staff is recommending 9 to 11 members, but Council may appoint as many members as they wish. Staff is looking for representatives from a cross section of the community, who would represent the various interest groups. Council member Lipton agreed with Council member Loo on the designation of the specific interest groups. He preferred to keep it open ended to see the quality of the applications, without specifying it in the resolution.