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City Council Meeting Minutes September 26, 2017 Page 5 of 11 Michael Menaker, 1827 West Choke Cherry Drive, agreed with Ms Norgard As a member of the Recreation Center Task Force, he urged Council to make sure to build what was promised the voters Consensus was built around the plan presented and he wants to deliver that plan Staffs budget recommendations are a good starting point Many people voted on this and there is a need to deliver what was promised. Council Questions Councilmember Maloney stated he would like to see enterprise budgets for the enterprise funds He asked about the assessment numbers and the mil levy and how much of an increase in funding will actually be for the City He wanted to know what the impact is for the City with such a large assessment. Director Watson stated the increase will be roughly 6-7% on a residential unit with the mil levy as projected Councilmember Maloney asked if the new operational additions are continuing or one- time expenses. He would like those differentiated. Councilmember Maloney asked if the golf course expenses do not include water costs for 2017. Director Watson said yes, that is not included for this year as the golf course is only using raw water. That cost is included in the projections for 2018 Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked about the recreation center sales tax The projection for its full implementation looks much higher than anticipated. What are the plans for the money not used for operations and maintenance Can it be used in other ways such as making up for the shortfall? Director Watson noted we cannot exceed the amount in the TABOR notice so either have to ask voters to allow us to keep it or refund it for the first year After that all the funds will be restricted to recreation operations and maintenance. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton noted for 2019 this should be discussed so we don't just increase costs to use it Mayor Pro Tem Lipton would like to discuss the open space funding to get to the targeted reserves Councilmember Stolzmann noted the key indicators and appreciated the Development Review Subprogram shows a reduction in average review time She would like to see targets in the key indicators She noted the Historic Preservation efficiency measure of ratio of grant funds awarded to administrative costs and was concerned about not using funding for increasing grants and reducing administrative costs She noted the Code Enforcement effectiveness measures, cases brought into voluntary compliance out of all the cases initiated, and the numbers seem too identical. There are a lot of comments from the public on code issues and there is a need to communicate more with the public.