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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,August 17, 2015 Page 8 On page 3 in the definition for "park system assets," Mayor Roe concurred with excluding buildings to remain consistent with other city buildings, but to also make sure that was the intent on the part of commission. Commissioner Bachhuber advised that considerable discussion on park facilities had been held among commissioners, and noted that language was very intention- al on the part of the Commission. On behalf of the City Council, Mayor Roe thanked the Commission for their thor- ough work providing a good ultimate product, and anticipated definite support from the City Council as those policies came forward for formal action. CIP Funding Strategies - Proposed Solutions (Attachment B) At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Chair Schroeder clarified that the Commission rewrote the policies in light of reviewing subsequent attachments so they would comply with each other. Regarding the General Facilities and the PIP, Councilmember Etten first suggest- ed a heading change from PIP to "Park Capital Management" but also asked if there had been a discussion with staff not connected to those particular pieces, specifically in a 10%reduction in their annual spending amounts. Commissioner Rohloff responded that, in the case of the OVAL, even though the City would expect to cover 100% of the costs, there was a potential for state or private funds to cover a portion, thus the Commission's reduction to 90%. Chair Schroeder further clarified that these were simply intended as examples, and other than the Finance Department, the Commission had not talked with de- partments, thus creating the presentation of twenty-four scenarios before further refinement, and appearing to be more doable moving forward. Aside from the OVAL issue, Commissioner Bachhuber noted that all scenarios assumed the City was currently funding what was in the CIP now based on com- munity and City Council discussions to-date. However, Commissioner Bachhu- ber noted the need for further discussions and assumptions on what level of ser- vice, and level of maintenance of those assets was preferred that would impact fully funding the CIP as written. Councilmember Etten opined that as relevant commissions or departments bring recommendations to the City Council, that would be a key part of how the Fi- nance Commission could interact and become even more integral to the City Council's function to retain that positive influence going forward. Councilmem- ber Etten further opined that the more that was done, from his perspective it served to enhance community-wide aspects of those discussions going forward.