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City Council Meeting Minutes June 28, 2011 Page 5 of 7 Public Works Director Phare noted many of the Public Works Projects require design consultants. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council members voiced support for increasing the annual street reconstruction program; for funding the Pine and Front Streets Intersection improvements in 2012 and for the Downtown Gateway underpass. City Manager Fleming reviewed the Capital Improvement Projects requests for improvements to City Facilities including energy efficient replacements of operational equipment and evaluation of the roof at the Recreation Center. He reviewed requests for the Golf Course and Club House improvements. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council was comfortable with the direction of the Golf Course Fund and looking forward to results of the feasibility study and the RFP and most agreed the Golf Course would require General Fund assistance. There was discussion relative to whether Open Space Tax dollars could be used for the Golf Course; what year the voters would be asked to extend the tax and whether it would compete with a FasTracks Ballot question. Parks and Recreation Director Stevens explained the Golf Course Advisory Board and City Staff have reviewed the RFP's received for a consulting firm and noted the expansion of the club house would be a long -range plan. City Manager Fleming explained Staff is exploring options with Fairway Suites and determining whether the expansion of the club house would require voter approval. Council members voiced concern over reductions to the equipment fund for the City's Fleet and the Technology Management Fund. PUBLIC COMMENTS Michael Menaker, 1827 Choke Cherry Drive, Louisville, CO addressed the C -I -P budget and voiced his concern with the $220,000 downtown parking and pedestrian improvement requests and recommended making a donation of $30,000 to the DBA annually. He opposed re- landscaping the Police Station and new fumiture for the Police Station; solar panels at the Recreation Center, the underpass at the Steel Ranch, and the outside exercise stations. He supported using open space tax dollars at the golf course, funding repairs to the Memory Square Swimming Pool and the Gateway signage to the community. He supported the Downtown Gateway underpass, but felt it was under budgeted.