City Council Minutes 2018 07 12 & 08 02 BUDGET

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City Council Budget. Retreat Meeting Minutes July 12 & August 2, 2018 Page 3 of 13 2019 — 2024 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) Councilmember Maloney stated for the open space requests the ongoing maintenance costs seem too low. He noted that for the enterprise funds it is hard to put the requests in context not knowing the rates. Councilmember Loo asked how the recreation items are divided from general CIP vs being paid for with the new tax. Director Watson stated everything in this CI,P is not part of the upgrade. The Finance Committee have discussed that the capital projects fund will continue to fund capital projects for the recreation center. The new tax funds will not be comingled with CIP funds. Director Stevens stated these CIP requests are based on previous needs from before the expansion. Page #30 Open Space & Parks Trails & Directional Signs — Councilmember Loo asked how this combines with #44 (new trails). She feels it is too much to spend on signs. She would like details on how much is for signs and how much is for trails. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked that staff be clear on the CIPs to show the long-term maintenance costs of projects. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked why some of these are CIPs, not operational. If a project is committed to be done every year and is under 10K, it should be in operating. Page #33 Fishing Pond Dredging & Master Plan — Councilmember Stolzmann asked if we understand the long-term ways to solve or treat this. Director Stevens stated staff is working with experts to get better information. Council suggested completing the master plan and creating a good scope of work in year 1 before implementing dredging. Page #34 Coyote Run Slope Mitigation — members discussed how to split the costs among the funds. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton thinks it should be paid entirely from Open Space. Mayor Muckle disagreed stating it about protecting infrastructure uphill from the slump; fixing it is of no value to the open space. Councilmember Stolzmann supports funding from CIP. Councilmember Leh agreed. Councilmember Loo disagreed, the open space has risks and people need to understand there are downsides to living on open space and it costs money so people should know there are expenses. She suggested 50/50. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated he would like to allocate it to Open Space for transparency and accuracy but it will require a transfer from General Fund. Mayor. Muckle stated he supports this if it is a transfer from General Fund but not if it takes away from operation and maintenance of parks and open space. The consensus was a 50/50 split of Coyote Run costs.