City Council Minutes 2016 01 26 SP

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City Council Retreat Meeting Minutes January 26, 2016 Page 6 of 8 Council determines top priorities and the work plan to address those priorities. To facilitate that, the staff prepared a spreadsheet listing all the issues Council members submitted for consideration. Staff also prepared a second spreadsheet listing all the currently scheduled Regular Meetings and Study Sessions and a preliminary listing of the key Budget related meetings and some of the work items already scheduled for Council action. These spreadsheets could be used interactively during the retreat to both prioritize issues and allocate the amount of meeting time Council members want to spend on each issue and then schedule items on the calendar. City Council was asked to discuss the work items, determine which were Council's highest priorities for 2016, allocate time and develop a schedule for Council to effectively address the highest priorities during Council's 2016 meeting schedule. Programs Transportation Utilities Public Safety & Justice Parks Open Space & Trails Recreation Cultural Services Community Design Economic Prosperity Administrative & Support Services COUNCIL COMMENTS Council discussed modifying the priorities. It was noted many items were left off the list and some items were not funded, but still remained on the list. City Manager Fleming explained this will be a discussion item later on during the budget discussions. PUBLIC COMMENT Gordon Madonna, 733 Garfield Avenue, Louisville, Co addressed the condition of the City's streets and alleys in Old Town. He presented several photographs exhibiting the conditions of the streets and alleys. He estimated the streets have not been paved since the 1960's. He requested the Council consider budgeting for the reconstruction of the streets and alleys in Old Town. John Leary, 1116 LaFarge Avenue, Louisville, CO addressed the issue of Council micro - managing previously discussed by Council. He explained 35 years ago, he and two others adopted the City's first ethics code. He stated information requests are not micro - managing and no one should be denied information. With respect to the fee schedule, he felt it had to be reviewed annually and if there is a biennial budget, it should be reviewed every two years in order to cover the City's costs and workload. He suggested Council go online and read about "but for" argument.