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City Council Study Session - 08/15/05 Minutes - Page 8 more information as to what had been done within the scope of this particular area; was the park the only relevant location needing to be addressed; and how other municipalities had addressed similar concerns (i.e., New Brighton and Little Canada). Councilmember Ihlan requested that staff look at other community ordinance, and whether such action would apply to other housing complexes; opining she didn't support making changes only for one area, when similar problems seemed apparent in other areas (i.e., multi-family housing complexes, town homes with private roads). 5. Presentation of Public Works and Parks and Recreation Budgets Public Works Department Public Works Director Duane Schwartz reviewed VarIOUS components of the Public Works proposed 2006 Budget. Public Works Administration and Engineering Public Works Director Schwartz advised that his department was requesting a basic "maintenance-level budget for 2006; and proceeded to review various components of the department and highlights of each, including Public Works Administration; Streets; Street Lighting; Building Maintenance; Central Garage and Utilities, including Sanitary Sewer, Water and Storm Drainage. Mr. Schwartz outlined costs for in-house versus outsourced engineering services; 2006 goals and objectives; anticipated TranStop Bus Shelter advertising and other revenue offsets. Budget worksheets were reviewed for line-item specifics. Mr. Schwartz further reviewed expenditure request for a city- wide traffic model to determine traffic impacts from new developments in an effort to determine if and when requests for additional state and federal funding would be appropriate based on those impacts, and with anticipated cost recovery through fees assigned to specific development projects. Public Works and Parks and Recreation Budgets