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City Council Special Meeting Minutes October 26, 2015 Page 7 of 17 Council member Stolzmann stated when the discussion began earlier this month it was known the street paving project was not going to adequately address all of the Council's concerns She thanked the Public Works Director for his efforts At a previous meeting, she heard Council agreement on addressing the paving problem This year$1 5 Million was budgeted for paving and it came in at $1 95 Million. Council decided to put a down payment on pavement for 2016 She did not feel the Council and the staff are on the same page and voiced her support for Council going on a field trip to look at the conditions of the streets She felt Council should look at the CIP projects and see what can be delayed into the future. She did not agree with the revenue assumptions and stated bringing down the reserves is not the way it should be approached Council member Leh agreed it would be helpful for Council to take a field trip to look at the conditions of the streets He was fine with 55 OCI for a start, to help solve some of the street problems He voiced his support Council member Lipton stated Council did not aspire for the streets to have an OCI rating of 55 and that the number came from staff It was not Council's aspirational goal to puts the streets in poor condition A lot of the conversations were based on data collected in early 2015 Because of a harsh winter and a very wet spring, the streets have deteriorated significantly He felt it was a policy issue starting in 2016 The City is living off investments made in the 1980's, 1990's and 2000's Now the Council has to decide how to reinvest He said it appears the reinvestment cost is being funded by the fund reserves, revenue increases that may or may not happen and by the water funds He did not want to focus on the streets that had to be totally rebuilt or those in good shape He felt there are a lot of streets in between He felt Council should reprioritize projects and reallocate to concentrate on the streets He stated the $50 Million budget could be readjusted and reallocated Council member Keany clarified an OCI rating of 0—35 is failing; 35 —55 is poor and 55 to 70 is fair; 70 -85 is good and above 85 is excellent Mayor Muckle stated the community wants good roads and the OCI numbers are what staff works with. Council's aspiration is to have no streets be worse than fair and most streets to be 80% or above and that is what the staff presented Council member Stolzmann stated Council received a presentation stating staff was not going to spend a lot of time understanding paving tonight. The whole budget cycle has been spent on the paving program and the Public Works Director has stated he is not ready with the paving program. She felt Council should focus on the budget discussion Mayor Muckle was willing to move forward with the staffs recommendation on paving and was prepared to focus on the budget discussion. Mayor Pro Tem Dalton agreed and stated the Mayor has put it into context that the Council wants better streets He supported a field trip and felt the Council should look at budget cuts to get$1 Million down payment for paving