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Drainage Way D detention pond design is being reviewed and should be out for bid by the end of the month. Street chip sealing and a water line to the cemetery area being planned. DISCUSSION - CONTINUATION OF LOUISVILLE FUTLfRES CONFERENCE SERIES Hundley stated that: in 1986, the Louisville City Council supported t:he Louisville Futures Conference Series which proved to be very successful in promoting citizen involvement on key issues facing the City. As a follow-up to the last Futures Conference, a planning group was organized to direct: the next phase of the Louis- ville Futures ConfE~rence. Their initial meeting was held Wednesday„ January 14th. Three key issues were raised regarding the next phase: 1) Was there support too proceed, 2) Are key actors willing to make a financial commitment to support the next phase, andl 3) How should the coordination/ facilitation of they next phase be handled. The next meeting of the Planning Group is scheduled for Wednesday, January 28th. At that time, Council representatives (Mike Mohr and Terry Hundley) must be able to convey whether the City supports the conce~-t and whether it is willing to participate financially in the continuation of the Louisville Futures Conference. Hundley recommended that based upon the success of last years Futures Conference, Council express support for the cor.~tinuation and allocate up to $3,000, however, if' fundraising activities are successful, the City would not need to incur all of that $3,000. Mohr stated that there was some misunderstanding after the last Planning Group meeting on January 14th as to what really transpired. To clarify the idea of of this consensus building group, Mohr stated that it is t:o involve as many as can be identified of the k.ey players in Louisville who might have input into various issues, priorities and discussions. Mohr felt that some of the reporting of this rneeting made it sound as if this "was an attempt for this group to come to some special agreement with a couple of other groups who had been behind initiatives and such as that. I think those people live in town, too, and are certainly welcome Ito participate in this. But I don't think, in fact I'm sure, that is not the priority. Those wYio participated in the Futures Conference in November know that and those people who were at the meE~ting the other night know that, but I don't think it was reported too clearly and I'd like to clear that up. The idea of this is to 7