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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 24, 2012 Page 19 Councilmember Pust opined that it also provided confidence to the City that whatever happens in the November election, the total amount of bonds would already have been issued. Finance Director Miller clarified that staff was bringing this item before the City Council because they had asked staff to do so. Councilmember McGehee noted that it looked like the Parks and Recreation Department had spent $100,000 in 2012 for this project (e.g. initial project planning total). Mr. Brokke advised that staff was still on hold, with the only expenditure pro- posed at this time was for an agreement for best value contracting request for proposals (RFP) with Arizona State for the next contract for the Park Renewal Program, and scheduled to come before the City Council at their October 8, 2012 regular business meeting for consideration. Councilmember McGehee noted that the first bond issue of$10 million allocat- ed $8 million for the fire station, leaving $2 million for parks; and if this pro- posed bond issue did not go forward, it still left $2 million for parks and enough to complete the fire station; with no need to bond for more. Mayor Roe clarified that the original $10 million bond issue had been reallocat- ed by the Council majority at $5 million for the fire station and $5 million for parks respectively; and unless the City Council took action to change that, the previous action stood. Therefore, Mayor Roe advised that the City would need to find an additional $3 million for the fire station if that allocation was not changed. Mayor Roe further clarified that the proposed land acquisition repre- sented $2.1 million out of a total $19 million; with proposed pathway projects over a four (4) year period allocated $2 million. Mayor Roe indicated that the remaining $15 million for park projects was proposed for facilities and fields, whether for replacements or upgrades as applicable. To the best of her knowledge, Councilmember McGehee stated that there was no maintenance allotted in 2013 or 2014, or any plans submitted to the City Council to-date for maintenance of existing parks or improvements of those ex- isting parks going forward (e.g. new buildings to be constructed due to failure to maintain current facilities or no plan submitted for staffing or maintenance of those existing structures). Mr. Brokke advised that staff had provided an estimate of what they projected those costs to be for future budgets, but concurred that there were no dollars in the current budget at this point. Mr. Brokke clarified that the state of disrepair of many of the buildings was not all due to lack of maintenance, but due to the age of the buildings, many built in the 1960's or 1970's.