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308 <br />Mr. Schwartz reminded commissioners that there was currently no <br />309 <br />dedicated funding for new pathways at this point beyond the CIP <br />310 <br />recommendations the City Council and staff were relying on, showing the <br />311 <br />Parks Renewal Program running through 2017; with 2018 beginning <br />312 <br />allocation of some dedicated levy funds for pathway construction. Mr. <br />313 <br />Schwartz advised that the last levy funds for pathway construction was in <br />314 <br />2002, after which the funding allocation was eliminated. Mr. Schwartz <br />315 <br />further noted that a new update on the City's Comprehensive Plan would <br />316 <br />be required in another 4-5 years, and suggested an appropriate time to <br />317 <br />bring that proposal forward for a formal up of the 2008 Pathway <br />318 <br />Master Plan, allowing a broader discussi a cross-section of the <br />319 <br />community and commissions jointly receiving and collating public <br />320 <br />comment to recommend dedicated funding sources, unless the City shoes <br />321 <br />to commit to its funding before that time. Mr. Schwartz questioned the <br />322 <br />value of looking at the pathway ranking and fun now, other than <br />323 <br />applying state aid dollars f road construction pro and/or addressing <br />324 <br />certain segments as part of development as applica <br />325 <br />326 <br />Member Gjerdingen questioned if all the funding of the $2 on bond <br />327 <br />issue was already committed to Parks Renewal Project expenses beyond <br />328 <br />internal pathways in parks as part of the process; and suggested the Parks <br />329 <br />& Recreation Department be consulted accordingly. Member Gjerdingen <br />330 <br />spoke in support of a resolution from the PWETC to the City Council <br />331 <br />recommending a designated amount of dedicated funds for <br />332 <br />implementation as other major pathway projects (e.g. County Road B-2) <br />333 <br />were completed. <br />334 <br />335 <br />Mr. Schwartz reminded Member Gjerdingen and other members of the <br />336 <br />PWETC that they had already adopted such a recommendation several <br />337 <br />years ago, requesting the City Council to consider such funding. <br />338 <br />339 <br />Member Gjerdinge ested the PWETC and City get more creative in <br />340 <br />requiring businesses t clude pathway installation as part of their <br />341 <br />evelopment requests in the future (e.g. Interim Use and Conditional <br />342 <br />permits) as opportunities came forward. <br />343 <br />344 <br />Member Wozniak, in his prior role on the City's Planning Commission, <br />345 <br />advised that those discussions were often part of the land use application <br />346 <br />and approval process. <br />347 <br />348 6. <br />Stenlund Capstone Project Presentation <br />349 <br />Chair Stenlund reported on a completed senior class project for Civil Engineering <br />350 <br />Students at the U of MN for an idea he'd submitted and students had bid on a <br />351 <br />proposal to provide a feasibility study on City/State retrofitting use of LED <br />352 <br />lighting for street lights. Chair Stenlund noted that the students: Daniel Fife, <br />