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Charter Commission April 8, 2004 Page 3 APPROVED Community Development Director Grochala stated he would prefer putting together a Management Plan and modify the Charter to fund those projects. Financing requirements and petitions within the Charter don't allow for the City to do that. Commissioner Warren suggested the use of surveys to see what citizens really want and how to accomplish those goals. She stated the surveys would also be used as a planning tool. Commissioner Vacha stated the City has had one successful project and one failed project. He suggested the City move on with another project and see what happens. Councilmember Reinert stated he believes the City should try another referendum in 2004. In the meantime,the City needs to put a plan in place to get roads fixed. Councilmember Carlson stated she is in favor of surveying the residents. Community Development Director Grochala stated feasibility studies and surveys cost a lot of money. Staff can look at as many projects as the City would like, but a funding source needs to be found to pay for the expenses. Commissioner Carlson stated the City could take dollars from the general fund for roads. However, the spending of those dollars has to be approved by the voters. He indicated he believes residents would be more willing to approve the expenditure if the City already had the funds. Community Development Director Grochala stated he does not believe the City can get a fund built up enough to cover costs for major road improvements. The City needs to put together a plan. Staff will continue to work on the Pavement Ratings but needs direction from the Council on how to implement the plan. Going forward with another referendum this year would be premature. The City could utilize public information and surveys for a project on the 2005 ballot. Mayor Bergeson stated road reconstruction is a major problem in the City and a solution is needed. Five-Year Plan—Gordon Heitke—City Administrator Heitke stated two components of the Five-Year Plan include a Capital Improvement Plan and a Capital Budget Plan. The Pavement Management Plan is part of the Capital Improvement Plan. The Capital Budget Plan is dollars allocated to fund the Capital Improvement Plan. City Administrator Heitke stated the City does have a Five-Year Plan in place. The plan will be updated every year. Preliminary work on the Five-Year Plan leads into the budget process. Staff will be working on those updates in the next few months. It is very difficult to revise the Five- Year Plan where there are so many unanswered questions in regard to funding sources. The 3