05-07-2018 Council Work Session Minutes

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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 7, 2018 APPROVED 216 other websites where the improvements have been made. Administrator Karlson 217 concurred to send information. 218 219 Council Member Maher asked to see specifics on numbers of users of the City website 220 and information from cities that have changed. 221 9. Park Board Recommendation of 2018 Parks and Trails Capital Projects — 222 Public Services Director DeGardner and Park Board Chair Huelman and Park Board 223 Member Jensen reported. Director DeGardner recalled the funds available in this year's 224 budget for parks and trails improvements. The park board has worked for several 225 months on developing recommendations for use of those funds. 226 227 Park Board Chair Heulman presented the board's recommendation. They have identified 228 the types of funding needs and those that received the board's focus. The larger projects 229 seemed like they would eat up the funds quickly with less impact. Mr. Heulman 230 reviewed the process used by the board to bring forward the recommendations (as 231 outlined in the written report). 232 233 The mayor expressed the desire to have the overall Parks and Trails Management Plan in 234 place as projects are funded. He wants to see the whole plan before funds are actually 235 spent. Director DeGardner suggested that the Park Board could deal with the 236 comprehensive plan and report back. The mayor said that the plan should provide a 237 snapshot of everything and provide the necessary vision and a path for implementation 238 such as provided by the City's Pavement Management Plan. 239 24o Council Member Manthey remarked that this is an all new process so it takes some 241 working through. He understands having a plan because that can direct the full course of 2 an enti 24re process but he also understands the recommendation that these are the biggest 243 bang for the buck items right now. 244 245 Park Board Chair Heulman remarked that this process isn't quite the same as for paving 246 roads since in most cases the roads are in place; for these projects much is new so it may 247 be somewhat different in developing that plan. He continued to review the 248 recommendations brought forward by the Park Board. 249 250 Finance Director Cotton noted a budget work session discussion of last December and 251 figures that give some of the information that is being requested by the mayor. She 252 suggested that the funding recommendations brought forward now could be plugged into 253 that information to shed light on progress. Mayor Reinert said that wouldn't be all the 254 data he is looking for. 255 256 Council Member Manthey remarked on all the elements that would be included in a plan. 257 He sees this as more complicated than just a road or a trail system. It may have to be 258 layered. A map with layers, a time frame and the amount of money. Mayor Reinert 259 suggested that staff work with WSB & Associates to put together a plan if necessary. 3