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City Council Regular Meeting - 09/13/04 Minutes - Page 29 taxpayers. Mayor Klausing asked for further discussion of several of City Manager Beets' original recommendations, one of which was "Council Action Recommendation # 17 [17.a] entitled, "Council lTIotion authorizing [not authorizing] staff to prepare a report for Council consideration regarding a potential 2005 voter bond referendum for parks improvements (PIP), and in the meantilTIe authorizing a $150,000 tax levy for park improvements in 2005." Mayor Klausing noted that the Council needed to determine what the public would support for a Levy increase; and what the City Council could realistically expect the taxpayer to pay. City Manager Beets Neal reviewed his original recommendation and the Park In1provement Fund (PIP) from a historical standpoint over the last few years. Mr. Beets noted that staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission needed to go through a strategic planning process to assess long-term needs of the department's facilities and properties to effectively determine the long-term needs, prior to bringing a bond issue before the voters via referendum. Discussion ensued regarding the structural issues before the Parks and Recreation Department and the need for additional sources of funding for 2005. Mayor Klausing requested that, if he were to proceed with the proposed maXin1UlTI, not-to-exceed Levy increase, the City Council commit to look at several other revenue source ideas. Mayor Klausing also asked that the Council consider City Manager Beets' original recommendation, identified as "Council Action Recon1n1endation #22: Council motion approving [disapproving] a feasibility study to create a city franchise fee effective January 1, 2005, for electric and gas utility lines in public rights-of-way with the proceeds to be deposited in 2005 to the City's General Fund with a study undertaken in 2005 to consider dedicating those funds to undergrounding above-ground electric utility lines on public and private property." Mayor Klausing opined that the recommendation made sense, and referred to a recent e-mail received from Roseville citizen, Mr. Dan Roe, regarding this recommendation.