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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 22,2011 Page 24 Prior to making her comments related to this request, Councilmember Pust pro- vided her personal disclaimer: noting that she continued to be impressed with entire Master Plan process and that is should serve as a model in effectively pro- volving the community; this ty; as well as the various groups involved in the process, in- cluding staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission, in bein alert t Council direction and tweaking their process from its initiation. g ° City Related to tonight's request, Councilmember Pust questioned if the Im le - tion Team had costed out what the ongoing increased maintenance costs be, or potential savings, for Step One; and whether those costs had p menta rated into the Parks and Recreation Department's upcoming b ad budgets currently een incorpo- rated in uld process. Councilmember Pust further questioned why, when this group and the process to-date she has found to be so dedicated to seeking the phenomenal work done in reaching out to the community, thewill,e not ask- ing k- ing that Step One was being recommended without having a referendum for ask- community to vote on. Councilmember Pust asked that the Team provide their ra- tionale for taking this approach; for the pproach; whether it was based on their insecurity that such a referendum would actually pass; and if that was their rationale, what it was based upon. Mr. Brokke noted that the majority of Implementation Step One was estimated approximately 80% infrastructure improvements to the existing facilities nd r systems that would essentially provide for more and better programming options and/or that would normally have been addressed through the annual operating b Mr. Brokke noted that the 80% would also include additional park ground equipment, maintenance (e.g. g udget. ( g. mowin p keepers, play- ground the remaining g and trimming) and general upkeep. g portion of the proposed Step One, Mr. Brokke advised that ap- proximate 20% would be for a timely land acquisition, with a potential purchase price generally anticipated at approximately$1,500 acre in the current mark base Councilmember Pust opined that it seemed more prudent to feed et. if not all, of those numbers into the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) disc at least a portion, and annual budget discussions currently in process, since they will have discussions direct relationship to those numbers. direct Chair Etten concurred with Mr. Brokke that most of the requested monies be to take care of existing facilities parks, creating the rationale to seek b would bonds to address the needs of these community assets and what was existing, with the exception of the small portion allotted for land acquisition. Chair Etten the community's high interest in trails and community xisting, with noted con- sensus of the Implementation Team that at some point it was the City's charge, y connections; and the con- with the City Council serving as their representatives, to take care of existing fa- cilities. Chair Etten noted that the community had already spoken through g ' community and 64% fa- park surveys, with 64% indicating they would support the Pport$8 for such