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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 13, 2017 Page 12 Mayor Roe To tie into the CIP priority, Mayor Roe stated that a missing link is receiving a report on what has changed from year to year and rationale from staff's perspec- tive for those annual changes. Mayor Roe stated his interest in looking at the city's overall infrastructure, includ- ing pedestrian connectivity as part of the community's quality of life; an issue he found becoming more and more important for the marketplace and where people consider living. Councilmember McGehee stated that she would also like to consider sustainabil- ity as part of that CIP review, opining that sustainability as a goal was a long way from done. While stated in the PPP document, Councilmember McGehee opined that "a more robust or inclusive view and listing of our assets" was still not to- gether. Councilmember McGehee noted that one area of concern she had was in not having all city building or facilities listed together, but currently listed sepa- rately, along with programs, opining that there needed to be a top level listing available to track all city assets under one umbrella. Specific to a deeper look at CIP assets, Councilmember Etten suggested a better explanation or understanding for the City Council without the City Council at- tempting to micromanage departments and their respective managers. Coun- cilmember Etten sought clarification as to what level the City Council was look- ing for with its CIP and how the City Council should review each piece. Mayor Roe spoke in support of more detail on streets and water/sewer assets. While talking about them briefly at preliminary budget discussions about infor- mation desired by the City Council for the 2018 budget, Mayor Roe suggested that instead of a one-line item the actual streets or projects be identified so the City Council would know from year to year how and why the CIP is changing and steps where they may be in agreement or at least made aware. Councilmember Willmus agreed with Mayor Roe's observation; clarifying that he wasn't interested in the City Council directing dollars, but was seeking a more thorough review by staff to the City Council of where needs were or where funds may be over-allocated in one area for repurposing to another. Councilmember Willmus opined that this came into play if the City Council could then shift those dollars to alleviate needs elsewhere, but noted the need for that view and alloca- tion level. If staff is aware of areas where the city is falling short or exceeding, Councilmember Willmus noted that the City Council needed to be made aware of that as well. As an example over the last few years when the water tower rehabilitation project was moved up due to a number of factors, Mayor Roe noted that the process for making those determinations isn't always known or completely understood by the