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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2018 Page 11 Councilmember McGehee asked why the graph was changed in the Parks Im- provement Program from one side to the other. She wondered what happened in 2023. She understood the spike with the OVAL, but she did not understand the spike in 2023. Commissioner Harold stated he was not sure if the Commission discussed this fund,but he knew the OVAL stands out. Mayor Roe stated for the Park Improvement fund, it might be a matter of shifting some projects around into different years to even it out which might improve the curve. Councilmember McGehee thanked the Commission for their recommendations. She did want to reiterate that the pathways are separate from the pavement man- agement. She reviewed the history of the fund. She did not think the funds should be co-mingled because the funds were not part of the basis for the contrac- tual arrangement with the residents. Councilmember Etten agreed but looked forward to what those other sources of funds might be because that was a large amount of money to come up with. He agreed the Pavement Management Program should stay as is. Councilmember Laliberte appreciated the suggestions and recommendations. She thought at any point where the Council will talk about repurposing debt levy that is a conversation that needs to happen with the broader public so residents under- stand what is being done with their tax dollars. Chair Schroeder stated there was a lot of discussion at the Commission meetings regarding the endowment and policy and the Commission concluded that it is in the policy and would continue to support that. Mayor Roe thought what Councilmember Laliberte was talking about was the re- purposing of existing levy capacity that is being used to pay back bonds that were borrowed for City Hall and the skating center and making sure the City is clear with residents that once the bonds are done and paid off, the City is not reducing the levy because the bonds are no longer being paid off anymore but keeping the levy the same and using money for some other purpose. Councilmember Willmus stated the Council is being upfront with what the City is doing, and the Council wants to keep it that way. Mayor Roe stated he actually wanted to make a counter recommendation for the Commission to consider which relates to the Pavement Management Fund and there is recommendation for some longer-term levying going on. Looking at the Facilities Fund in 2019, to repurpose the skating center bond levy money and