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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 17, 2018 Page 7 Commissioner Harold stated that was part of what the Commission was trying to do, capture some of those items that come up infrequently, so those items do not make it into a CIP and try to pull it into the process. Councilmember Etten stated the two examples given in the report he would not consider them to be a part of a CIP and if those are areas of great concern, the Commission might want to propose something that is separate from the CIP pro- cess. Mayor Roe suggested not calling it a CIP policy in this category, just a Capital Investment, which might help. Councilmember Etten noted the City is not saving money right now to replace City Hall or to replace the golf course, for example. To him the top end category, the infrequent category, doesn't belong in the CIP discussion but maybe in those long-term capital discussions of costs the City has to consider. One of the things he was struggling with was how does this look in a report to the City Council. That is something he would like to better understand. Commissioner McRoberts stated in terms of the source of funding, he agreed but what the Commission was trying to do was have a consistent view as to the ap- proval of the expenditure. He understood the item may come from someplace dif- ferent but in terms of having those codified, consistent processes and information flow for the actual expenditure and it being approved, it should follow the same process. Chair Schroeder thought the Commission was looking at a capital bucket. The Commission understood some of the items do not show up in reports and never will so the Commission was trying to figure out how it could be documented dif- ferently but still have it part of the capital bucket. Councilmember Etten indicated he would not want it in the regular CIP report be- cause it would cause confusion. If taking about a process for decision making, it could make sense. Councilmember McGehee thought the categories should have some specificity regarding public engagement on those items because these are big event items. The other thing about the categorization and indexing that is all very set for the streets, but she was not sure about other items like sewer and it would be nice to have those items tied together in some sort of plan as part of this strategy. Councilmember Etten indicated he would like to have that be a separate conversa- tion with the Public Works Commission and Department.