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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 21,2011 Page 22 Mayor Roe stated that, from his perspective, he wasn't sure if he could talk about re-instituting the PIP until he better understood how it related to implementation of the Master Plan, recognizing that the Master Plan implementation took on a lot of what the PIP used to encompass. Councilmember Johnson opined that it was a good idea to carry over the CIP Task Force into next year to address the parks and fire station decisions since it was not done previously due to their pending situations. Councilmember Johnson sug- gested that future CIP needs include both of those departments if it was the City Council's intent to carry through with the CIP rather than doing so in a piecemeal fashion and not have those two areas be separated. Councilmember Johnson rec- ommended that they be covered under the overall CIP, necessitating a much broader discussion beyond available time tonight or yet this year. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Mr. Miller referred her to Attach- ment B of the staff report to the Budget Fact Sheet, showing monthly rates when bonds come due in 2014. In her personal review of the budget package as presented, Councilmember McGehee noted the CIP improvements for the parks and fire station and associat- ed bond costs; in addition to the other infrastructure improvements proposed through additional utility fees for the water, sewer and storm sewer systems. Councilmember McGehee provided her calculations and estimated impacts on av- erage households; in addition to impacts of loss of homestead credits for home- owners. Councilmember McGehee opined that the cumulative impact could be a 55% tax increase for Roseville citizens; and cautioned the City Council to pay close attention when discussing whether or not to spend additional monies when considering the overall potential impact. Councilmember McGehee questioned, related to utility rate increases, why single family homes would typically pay 32% more, with seniors paying almost 40% more, while commercial properties only pad an additional 21%. Regarding the listed items on page 1 of the staff memorandum, Mayor Roe stated that he was not willing to go further than considering a look at COLA and theother smaller amounts, but not the PIP. Councilmember Willmus questioned if the calculations presented by Coun- cilmember McGehee were based on an assumed 4% levy increase, with Coun- cilmember McGehee responding affirmatively, at $25.00 annually. Councilmember Pust opined that the public gets confused every year with the per- centages tossed about; and suggested that the public would be well-advised to read Attachment B to the staff report (page 2 of 3), showing that if everything was voted on and approved, including the proposed utility rate increase, the City Council would have cumulatively adopted a 25% increase for average homeown-