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City Council Regular Meeting Minute' `` August 8, 2000 • Page 7 1 try hard to negotiate with this developer and make the project work. Currently, Mr. Wagner said 2 that Apache Plaza is a wasted property as it stands now. 3 Scott Jahner, 3909 Pentad Lane, stated that he worked in the Apache Building for many years 4 and lives close to the building. He encouraged the Council to work as a team and to think about 5 long-term effects and work together on getting this project to work successfully. He stated that 6 the community would not ostracize the Council for decisions made, but the renovation needed to 7 move ahead. 8 B. Presentation of the Proposed 2001 Ci1y Budget. 9 City Manager Michael Morrison stated that there were four changes to the budget: 10 * There is a new calendar. This moved up the budget process for the public input. 11 * The goals have been listed in the budget as much as possible. 12 * A budget has been proposed that is based more on the actual expenditures from 1999. 13 * The general fund reserve of$250,000 will be taken out of the budget and will be 14 available for use at the Council's discretion. 15 Morrison reviewed important dates for the City with regard to the 2001 budget process, which 16 was depicted on page 109 of the Council's packages. Morrison then directed the Council's attention to page 110 of the Council packages which set forth the eight key goals for the City for 2000-2001. 19 Morrison reviewed for the audience and the Council, the General Fund accounts for resources 20 devoted to financing general services. These include General Government, Police, Fire, Public 21 Works and Parks. It is the largest budget and is the main operating fund of the City. 22 Morrison reviewed in detail the general fund revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund 23 balance. These figures were-depicted on page 114 of the Council's agenda packages. 24 Morrison directed the Council's attention to page 124 of the agenda package where the 2001 25 Levy Review was depicted. Additionally,page 124 was reviewed wherein a 3-year levy in 26 comparison was shown. 27 Morrison then reviewed the Capital Equipment 2001 Budget which was provided on page 123 of 28 the Council's packets. 29 Horst inquired if the expenditures allocated for parks refurbishing were a normal cost. Morrison 30 stated that in the past, the funds are used to maintain the existing equipment already in the parks. 31 The figure of$25,000 for refurbishing park equipment is a figure that has typically been 32 designated for maintenance of equipment. Various discussion ensued regarding the proposed budget being taken from actual figures or