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Regular City Council Minutes - 2/1 0/03 Page 17 Councilmember Klausing reiterated his desire to move forward with this portion of pathway construction, due to public input previously received, stating that the issue was simply a budget issue, not a political one. Councilmember Klausing repeated his original motion, rationalizing benefits of the project as an asset to the community and addressing Councilmember Schroeder's and Mayor Kysylyczyn's concerns. Mayor Kysylyczyn again asked that the funding source be specifically identified, not hoping for operational savings that mayor may not be available. Mayor Kysylyczyn stated he would be willing to compromise, suggesting that he would support the motion ifit were amended to $42,000 to compensate the Parks and Recreation Department $2,000 for additional maintenance costs. Councilmember Maschka provided a historical perspective of the Trails Commission, on which he served, and that it was set up as it was for the purpose of leveraging those dollars to complete the city's trail system and to take advantage of ISTEA funding that was just being provided from the federal government. Councilmember Maschka sought additional information from Finance Director Miller regarding the possibility of taking funding from the City's Pavement Management Program (PMP) Fund; opining that had the City Council realized the success of the PMP at the time, they probably would have included the pathway system city-owned parking lots in the PMP. Councilmember Maschka spoke in favor of the motion, not only to accomplish the linkage, but mostly to put the money into the economy. Finance Director Miller responded that PMP funds were available given the last two years experience with the fund, and that expending funds from the PMP for this project would not jeopardize the PMP. Kysylyczyn moved, an amendment to the Klausing motion, striking portions and rewording the motion as