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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,December 8, 2014 Page 30 sues citywide rather than what could be accomplished through periodic outside contracting services. Councilmember Laliberte spoke in support of the continued goal to centralize needs and to look holistically at the overall picture to streamline staff and financial resources. Mayor Roe spoke in support of the motion and this position based on the need for balance and limitations in the contracting approach versus an approach with more continuity. In previous discussions, Mayor Roe noted that the rationale in seeking to expand this position was based on recognizing the deficiencies with the current part-time position. Mayor Roe suggested this was a similar expansion as done when revising the former Recycling Coordinator position to an Environmental Coordinator position several years ago; and as with that position, if further outside help is needed it can be requested as appropriate. Roll Call Ayes: Laliberte, Willmus, Etten, and Roe. Nays: McGehee. Motion carried. d. Twin Lakes Parkway Phase Three Design Services Contract Two bench handouts were provided, consisting of e-mails dated December 8, 2014 from David Miliotis, 1128 County Road C-2 and Karen Milton, 2939 Mil- dred Drive, both requesting a delay in any decision regarding design of Twin Lakes Parkway. City Engineer Marc Culver reviewed this request as detailed in the RCA dated December 8, 2014; noting that the City had now acquired all rights-of-way to ac- complish this alignment and corridor, with the exception of temporary construc- tion rights-of-way that may be needed; and was in ownership of all property needed for the proposed expansion. Mr. Culver displayed a map of the proposed route for the Parkway; and sought authorization for SRF Consulting Group to be hired for design of the Parkway, Phase III, since they were also working on sever- al other elements and under contract for other projects as noted in the RCA. Councilmember Willmus questioned whether approval of this tonight would limit the City Council's ability to update the traffic study. Mr. Culver responded that it would not, and since SRF has been working on the feasibility study, and did the traffic study for the original AUAR, they could up- date this portion as well for area intersections. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Culver advised that a timeframe to accomplish that update could be available in mid-February, after accumulating additional data and reviewing a complete model of this area. Mr. Culver clarified