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City Council Meeting Minutes September 17 2019 Page 5 of 8 Deputy City Manager Davis stated this aligns with the Council's legislative agenda by supporting a new funding source for transportation, supporting investments in the maintenance and expansion of regional transportation, and the TABOR position The Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), of which Louisville is a member, will discuss the ballot measure at its September 18, 2019 Board meeting Councilmember Stolzmann serves as the Louisville representative on the DRCOG Board Deputy City Manager Davis noted Council can take a position or not on the issue to give Councilmember Stolzmann direction for the DRCOG meeting Councilmember Stolzmann stated DRCOG discusses transportation regularly and there is a consistent theme of not enough money to fund all the needs She noted the TABOR spending cap and how this would allow keeping the tax rate She stated she feels it is important for DRCOG to take a position She recommended a position of support as it would keep some funding without raising taxes She noted this does not solve the funding gap, but does keep it from getting worse Councilmember Stolzmann noted for DRCOG to take a position it requires a majority vote of the members and to abstain is really an opposition vote Councilmember Leh asked Councilmember Stolzmann if she knows which DRCOG regions may be opposed Councilmember Stolzmann stated some south end metro communities may oppose but she doesn't know for sure Public Comments — None Councilmember Loo stated she would like the Council to oppose the measure She stated she prefers the Council not take partisan positions and she feels Proposition CC is purely a Democratic Party move She would like Louisville to stay out of this issue Also, she felt Proposition CC does not tell people what the money will be spent on, it is too vague She also did not support it as there is no sunset on the measure, it goes on indefinitely Councilmember Maloney felt this is a question of do we support this being on the ballot. We may not agree on the specifics on this measure as written, but it is worth giving the citizens a vote on it. He stated we should support DRCOG that this be on the ballot. Councilmember Loo stated she didn't think it appropriate to tell people to vote yes Mayor Muckle stated money for transportation funding is a huge problem so he supports this as a way to get more funding without new taxes It is incumbent on us to find a way to fix transportation He is confident CDOT would try to fund as many highest priority statewide projects as they can Also, he supports the funding for education Councilmember Loo stated there are so many needs there is no way to know if this funding will help us locally We likely are not a priority