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See pages 7 - 15 - for excerpt of the Park & Recreation joint meeting. Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2015 Page 13 1 Commission's good track record in involving the public over the years, and ex - 2 pressed his confidence they would continue to do so going forward. 3 4 Chair Stoner clarified that the Commission would not intend the underground 5 storage to be used as a climate -controlled maintenance area, but only for durable 6 goods and/or electric golf cart storage, with maintenance and its related issues not 7 intended for that area. Chair Stoner noted that this would involve storing and re - 8 moving carts as needed from the basement area versus how they were stored up - 9 stairs at this time. Chair Stoner advised that the intent would be for maintenance 10 activities to remain in a separate building as done now. 11 12 At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Chair Stoner advised that the intent 13 would be for lawn mowers and similar equipment to be stored in a separate facili- 14 ty as done currently. 15 16 Mayor Roe thanked the Commission for their work and noted the additional 17 homework they were now tasked with going forward. 18 19 Councihnember Laliberte also thanked the Commission for their work on the 20 wildlife ordinance and management policy recently enacted by the City Council. 21 22 Public Comment 23 Mayor Roe recognized Finance Commission Vice Chair Justin Rohloff, and 24 Commissioners Angela Byrne and Edwin Hodder present tonight and coming 25 forward to speak. 26 27 Draft �Park Capital Funding Policy (Attachment A) 28 Vice Chair Rohloff referenced an email previously provided to the City Council 29 from Finance Director Miller outlining the three differences between the Finance 30 Commission and Park & Recreation Commission's recommendations. 31 32 Vice Chair Rohloff further advised that the Finance Commission met after receiv- 33 ing the Park & Recreation Commission's recommendations, as presented to the 34 City Council tonight during their joint meeting, and had ratified their initial unan- 35 imous support to remain with their three original recommendations. Vice Chair 36 Rohloff noted this included a maximum allocation in the Park Dedication Fund of 37 $900,000 versus $1 million in the park acquisition fund as outlined for park ac- 38;quisition. Vice Chair Rohloff stated that the Finance Commission could not sup - 39 ' port retaining a $1 million balance based on historically averages over the last 6-7 40 years; and at which time there had been no allocation for CIP needs during that 41 same time. 42 43 In response to the Park & Recreation Commission's Attachment A, Vice Chair 44 Rohloff provided the scenarios previously provided by the Finance Commission 45 for the Park Improvement Fund (PIP) based on assumptions, showing a $5 million