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City Council Meeting Minutes December 16, 2014 Page 5 of 14 out of the General Fund. Council member Stolzmann felt very strongly the funding should be out of the General Fund and requested staff provide recommendations for reductions in the 2015 General Fund Budget. Council member Lipton did not feel strongly about taking the funding out of the General Fund. He stated ultimately he would like to see which fund it is taken from. He stated he would prefer to look at these items on a quarterly basis and then determine where the money should come from. City Manager Fleming stated staff will bring back some options for Council consideration. He stated because it is a Capital expenditure, it should be taken out of the Capital Project Fund. Finance Director Watson concurred with City Manager Fleming. If it is the City Council's intent to reduce expenditures out of the General Fund to pay for the lighting, staff can do so and bring back recommendations for Council's consideration. MOTION: Council member Stolzmann moved to approve the additional costs for US 36 /McCaslin Interchange for LED and Street Pedestrian Lighting with direction to staff to bring back a budget amendment with recommended reductions and changes, seconded by Council member Loo. Roll call vote was taken. The motion carried by a vote of 6 -0. Absent: Mayor Pro Tem Dalton. COMCAST UPDATE Mayor Muckle requested an update of the Comcast negotiations. Public Relations Manager Muth reported the City staff continues negotiations with Comcast for the City's cable television franchise renewal. The following three outstanding elements of the Franchise Agreement are still pending: 1. The amount of the letter of credit to be posted by Comcast in the event of an uncured breach. The agreed upon amount is $50,000. 2. Comcast's reporting of customer complaints. Comcast's system is not able to provide the information. The City interest is in trending the information rather than focusing on individual complaints in these reports. Staff will continue with the reports as provided and track and report the number and types of complaints coming to the City and then referred to Comcast's escalations team. 3 The City continues to discuss with Comcast the density requirement (how residences are included in their service area without additional build out costs). The City hopes to capture Louisville residences not currently on service lines. There are three remaining elements on the Customer Service Standards: