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City Council Meeting Minutes October 13, 2015 Page 5 of 18 Mayor Muckle noted $415,000 was determined as reasonable by Public Works for 2016. Council member Lipton suggested a second booster program to get to collector and residential streets so as to take care of the damage needing immediate attention. He would like to see more than a half million dollars added for 2016. Council member Stolzmann noted the $415,000 suggested by Public Works was for the booster program. She agreed not letting streets fall into the poor categories and supported Council member Lipton's proposal for cuts from the current budget to add money for paving. Mayor Muckle asked if staff would be ready to address the streets if money was budgeted. Public Works Director Kowar noted the short answer was yes, however, staff would need some time to put the plan together as there was no shortage of places to pave streets. Mayor Muckle wanted a rational plan laid out when determining the order of paving streets. Council member Loo remarked it now looked like Council was looking at a million dollars for paving in 2016 and asked how to proceed to secure the million dollars. PUBLIC COMMENTS Michael Menaker,1827 W. Choke Cherry Drive, Louisville, CO while generally in favor of Council member Lipton's suggestions and paving goals, asked Public Works Director Kowar to be cautious about over working staff to get this paving done. It is more than concrete and asphalt, it is also about people. He noted he had not heard many comments about roads during Council meetings, however, had heard many other things requested by residents. COUNCIL COMMENT Mayor Muckle noted there are many other things to provide and was reluctant to put aside things such as the Downtown Neighborhood Plan to pave streets. Council member Lipton said there is risk in being the first one to suggest cuts in favor of other projects such as the paving. He was flexible about the list he had provided and noted City Manager Fleming had ideas for cuts as well. Mayor Muckle asked staff to come back with a list of items to take out of the 2016 budget to provide another million dollars for paving. Council member Loo asked if the staff recommendations were for 2016. Mayor Muckle replied, yes, one million dollars for 2016, then 2017 would be a better year to achieve the objective by spending time really looking at the paving issue.