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KEITH HELART CONT'D Mr. Helart stated he had discussed this proposal with Mr. Wurl and staff, and if Ordinance #527 was withdrawn for 1977, Parks & Rec. would allow $25,000 of the service expansion fund to be used for a street overlay project. Federal Grants are anticipated to take care of 50% of Parks projects - this has been cleared with the B.O.R. with the City acting as con- tractor as long as the time schedule is met. Page 6 deals with long term planning for Parks. At the present time, Mr. Helart commented, Parks & Rec. was operating almost entirely off development money, when development drops off the City would be expected to pick up the tab. As a solution in the future recreation must be from 93-95% self supporting. Parks maintenance is allowable by law to levy taxes , even though Council has never considered this. Mr. Helart recommended this action be taken. The Park & Rec. Board had considered a use fee for County residents who use City facilities and it is difficult to set-up a collection agency, therefore, he suggested a method of taxation by the County to compensate for this situation. He believes that the expansion fee should be maintained as is on a current distribu- tion, and recommended that the new Conservation Trust Fund be included in future planning. He also recommended that the General Fund be reimbursed from their Capital Improve- ments for services rendered by the City Engineer, and Planner. The Five Year Financial Plan was explained by Mr. Helart by line item. He again emphasized that a mill levy should be considered regarding parks maintenance. He then requested that Ordinance #527 be withdrawn and his alternative proposal be accepted. Councilman McDonald asked if Council could be guaranteed 50% of the recreation fees would be collected with the balance to come from the General Fund. Mr. Helart stated that it would. -2-