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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 15, 2015 Page 12 specific purpose of acquisition and improvements, as well as addressing new funding as it became available and how it should be distributed. Mayor Roe ad- vised that he had provided his personal recommendations to Mr. Brokke. Mayor Roe further suggested that the Commission take this opportunity to partner with the Finance commission to look at broader financial policies to find consistency across the board and how the Parks & Recreation Endowment Fund may be im- proved going forward. Mayor Roe noted his support of partnership opportunities, especially in SW Ro- seville and engagement of stakeholders. Mayor Roe suggested the Parks & Rec- reation Commission consider engaging the Community Engagement Commission on those efforts and how best to accomplish them in their focus role of communi- ty engagement and a process to involve those stakeholders. With the SE area of Roseville already successfully involved in such a focus, Mayor Roe suggested SW Roseville and Tamarack would fit into such a process as well. Whether or not to retain the golf course as an Enterprise Fund or not, Mayor Roe stated he had no opinion. However, if funding is broader than actual users and subsidized by the users of the rest of the park system, Mayor Roe noted the need to acknowledge that and determine the mechanism and allocation of those funds, and better understand and be comfortable with that process. If the City subsidized golf course operations, Mayor Roe opined that it made sense if tax dollars were to go toward that facility, those funds could also be used for other purposes as well. Regarding the golf course as an Enterprise Fund, Chair Stoner recognized and ap- preciated the bookkeeping compartmentalization available, which was initially very helpful. However, Chair Stoner opined this fell apart when looking at reve- nue and expenses on a line by line basis, when for instance, the golf course's two FTE's worked outside the golf course and how to allocate things track their time year-round. Chair Stoner noted this also involved equipment purchases if a truck was used across the park system, not just exclusively by the golf course and how to depreciate those dollars among multiple uses. Chair Stoner opined that it got to the point where it became difficult to track and keep it a real Enterprise Fund as originally intended, thus creating the concerns of the Commission in continuing it as an Enterprise Fund. Commissioner Holt noted that the Commission was simply beginning to explore these issues, and intended to perform further research and return to the City Council at the next joint meeting to seek their direction, if the City Council or- dained that study. Without disagreement, Mayor Roe noted the City Council was charging the Commission to proceed with their research and study on the golf course opera- tion. Mayor Roe stated he'd rather have a good understanding of how the opera- tion was shared, similar to that outlined in other departments.