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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 28, 1998 Page 6 also be the meeting center of town. This plan captures what the community was looking for. He 2 noted the flood relief issue had more specific matters.in regard to funding that could be carried 3 out. The parks are not so clear. Marks stated he would like the City to have an overall plan to 4 send to the Park Commission that the Council would like to implement the proposed plan for 5 Central Park and would like it to be completed in 3 -4 years. The Parks Commission can then 6 develop a phasing plan and determine means of funding. 7 Mr. Kost stated the project could be completed in approximately 2 years if the City had the 8 necessary funds. 9 Faust stated that$1.5 million is being raised for the water issue by increasing the Storm Water 10 contribution to $13 per quarter. He noted that$750,000 could be raised by increasing the fee by 11 $6.50. 12 Cavanaugh stated that$750,000 is not a lot of money. He would like to see the plan broken into 13 three phases with a specific agenda. 14 Faust stated the Task Force had not been charged with developing a specific agenda and 15 determining the funding. Mayor Ranallo stated the Task Force had done exactly what it was asked to do. It is the City's 17 responsibility to determine funding sources. He-questioned where the children would play if all 18 three parks were under construction at the same time. 19 Ms. Jindra stated she agreed that the flooding issue had been more important than the parks. She 20 asked the Council to move forward on some part of the plan to show the community they are 21 serious and help the community to get excited. Some type of City action would also help with 22 the grant process. She stated there are a number of corporations that would match City money 23 for the parks. 24 Mayor Ranallo expressed his support of involving the community. Fund-raising could be 25 investigated and possibly some of the cost would need to be put on the tax roll. 26 Ms. Jindra expressed concern with fanding the park improvements with taxation. She stated the 27 young people who can really use this park may not be able to afford additional taxes. 28 Cavanaugh noted that all the feasibility work has been completed and asked if the Council could 29 authorize funds to progress to the next design stage. 30 Mr. Kost stated it would be beneficial to obtain a physical survey of Central Park. A plan could then be drafted of how this project would progress from beginning to.end. The physical survey could be completed within 2 weeks and a map created within 24 days. Physical boring data