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City Council Meeting Minutes October 12, 2016 Page 5 of 7 Councilmember Stolzmann stated if we require the Golf Fund to pay the debt service it will not be able to afford its capital maintenance costs. The only way to set up the Golf Fund as a successful enterprise fund is to relieve it of the debt service. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton stated the only real option is to pay the loan from the General Fund so the Golf Fund can become self-sustaining. Councilmember Maloney stated the only way to make this a successful enterprise is to get rid of the debt. If that happens the golf course would be able to cover all of its short term capital costs. Longer-term, bigger items will be a point of discussion for future city councils about whether that will be at the cost of the Golf Fund, the Capital Fund or the General Fund. Councilmember Loo stated as policy she would like to see the Golf Fund be self- sustaining sooner rather than later. Mayor Muckle stated he supports paying off the loan to help the Golf Fund and also to help clean up the balances of the Utility Fund. Mayor Pro Tem Lipton asked what are we giving up by paying off this loan from the General Fund. City Manager Fleming stated it would be a one-time transfer from the General Fund so it would be taking funds away from future projects to be paid from the General Fund. Councilmember Maloney stated the City needs to have a strategy for paying for the larger capital costs the golf course will face over time. Items such as new greens, or clubhouse updates are costly. Mayor Muckle asked for public comment. Helen Moshak, 493 Eisenhower Drive, chair of the Open Space Advisory Board (OSAB), stated the Board is fully supportive of the natural resources manager position and the proposed capital budget expenditures for open space. She asked Council to consider prioritizing this position for 2018 if it can't be funded in 2017. Mike Schantz, 623 West Hickory Court, a member of OSAB but speaking for himself, agreed with Councilmember Stolzmann that the open space tax revenue should be prioritized for open space and not used broadly for other projects. That funding should be used for the resources manager position. Linda Smith, 632 Columbine Court, a member of OSAB, asked that the Council prioritize the open space wayfinding funding. Deb Fahey, 1118 West Enclave Circle, stated she would very much like to see more funding devoted to, and discussion of, sustainability initiatives. There has been no