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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 10, 2014 Page 17 Councilmember Laliberte concurred with Mayor Roe, and in light of previous City Council approval, suggested another look. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, City Manager Trudgeon advised that a joint meeting with the Parks and Recreation Commission, with more frequency as requested by the City Council, would occur at next week's meeting. Councilmember McGehee concurred with comments of Councilmember Laliberte regarding previous City Council approved bonding and park improvements to- date; and recognized the remaining needs at the OVAL and golf course, while the Council majority chose to use bond funds elsewhere and for facilities that would require yet more maintenance and ongoing expenditures. Councilmember McGe- hee opined that this, in her perspective, was like "double-dipping" and left out- standing and serious needs for streets, water and sewer infrastructure. She opined that Parks: should not be seeking more money above and beyond the $19.25 mil- lion bond granted very recently. Therefore, Councilmember McGehee reiterated the need to look for community input and establish priorities. In response, Mayor Roe clarified that the Park Renewal Program and subsequent bond issue, was never intended as an end-all for park needs, but only to address the most immediate $16 million backlog as it then stood. Mayor Roe stated that he did not see that as "double-dipping" or not being aware of other things needed, but simply an attempt to prioritize long-deferred park needs, recognizing that all could not be done in one bite. Regarding a five year review, Mayor Roe noted that this issue came up with the original CIP Subcommittee several years ago, and the City at that time routinely approved a five-year CIP without being aware of the issues and needs beyond that period. Until a long-term CIP was created and periodically updated, Mayor Roe opined that he would be reticent to look at only a five-year plan, unless that was included as part of the long-term, twenty-year CIP. On page 18 of 26, Councilmember Etten noted that the "detail" had been cut off, but sought that information on future iterations for discussion purposes for path- way construction and natural resources, listed as high priorities that came out of the Park Renewal Program as well as in the latest community survey. Coun- cilmember Etten noted that the Pathway Master Plan was not exclusive to Parks & Recreation, but also the Public Works Department, and a broader community de- sire for connectivity. Based on the assumptions listed earlier and their relationship to what goes into the long-term CIP, Mayor Roe noted that the current listing for maintaining existing programs, did not jive with new pathways, and having a better understanding of