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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 22,2011 Page 11 Councilmember Johnson opined that this demonstrated the exact mentality that got the City into the need for abatement bonds; something that a healthy PIP would have accomplished all along and would have been funded less expensively if done in the past. While recognizing the mentality behind such a concept, Councilmember Johnson opined that he could not agree with it. Mayor Roe opined that this was a legitimate question: whether the PIP was set up as a maintenance program or a CIP program. Councilmember Johnson opined that it evolved into a maintenance program, but was never intended to be that. Mayor Roe noted the need to pay attention going forward, whether something should be funded under park maintenance in the recreation area; and further noted that if a lot of capital improvements were done to the park system, it would natu- rally require more maintenance. In responding the Councilmember Johnson's comments related to the PIP, Coun- cilmember McGhee opined that the PIP was originally established as a way to maintain parks and equipment; and if so, should be used for those improvements. Councilmember McGehee reiterated her intent to not fund parks at all if the fund was going from $185,000 to $45,000; and based on her tour of the park system with Mr. Brokke, opined that the PIP should be funded at $250,000 annually. Mr. Brokke and Mayor Roe clarified that the Recreation Maintenance Fund, un- der Attachment C, actually added up to considerably more than that. Councilmember McGehee questioned what the community mentality was to sug- gest that the PIP fund be reduced to $185,000; and questioned the realities of needing to bond for the funding now, in addition to interest; and questioned how to annually fund the Master Plan program at a range of $500,000 to $600,000, saving Roseville residents interest on the proposed bonds. Councilmember Johnson opined that this would be through a specific sales tax. Councilmember McGehee opined that, instead of borrowing more money than could be afforded, that the City "pay as you go" and commit to bringing the quali- ty of the parks up to standard; allowing room for debate as to whether the City have warming houses versus fancier and larger buildings requiring more staff; or bringing courts, trails and pathways back up to speed. Mayor Roe noted that the figures related to the Park Master Plan Implementation were not included in the City Manager-recommended or revised City Manager- recommended budgets; and suggested that Councilmember McGehee's comments