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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, September 14, 2009 Page 12 placement or improvements were needed, further negative impacts would be real- ized. Councilmember Johnson expressed his alarm that staff was not coming for- ward with recommendations to bring other depreciation accounts into compliance; and opined that he was interested in moving forward responsibly in funding these needs without repeated referendums. Mr. Miller noted that staff had made their recommendations in the 10 year CIP presented earlier in the year at the City Council and staff retreat. Mr. Miller con- curred that the current staff recommendation would not get the City back on track; however, that they would address the most immediate needs. Councilmember Johnson opined that it was a "band aid" at best. Mr. Miller concurred that the recommendations would not address the park sys- tem infrastructure, but would address immediate rolling stock needs; and that the current Parks Master Planning process would provide priorities for recommenda- tions to address the parks system infrastructure. Further discussion included peer communities able to have lower levy increases than Roseville due to their planning ahead for depreciation; and the definitive years when the City stopped funding infrastructure replacement and continued de- terioration of that infrastructure. Councilmember Roe clarified that the proposed Staff Recommendation #4 ad- dressed inflationary impacts over several years, not just those anticipated in 2010. Mr. Miller concurred, noting that it factored in some inflationary impacts for 2010, but mostly represented those from 2008 and 2009; and noted some of the past impacts of reduced service levels (i.e., reduced street lane miles for mainte- nance and/or reconstruction). Councilmember Roe noted that, in low inflation years with high capacity growth years, there was an opportunity to recover dollars when the City's tax base grew fast enough to avoid substantial impacts to taxpayers. Mr. Miller noted that this was a successful strategy used by many cities; however, advised that it would require discipline annually - in both good and bad times; and further advised that in Roseville's history over the last 10-12 years, the City had not taken the opportunity to use this method to reinvest in the community. Councilmember Roe spoke in support of such a method; however, expressed con- cern in -Staff Recommendation #1 in setting the 2010 levy $450,000 higher than needed to balance the budget without specifically applied expenditures. Coun- cilmember Roe suggested that the City Council and staff identify budget line items for that money to initiate the discipline process for setting aside those types of funds that would be addressing shortfalls and depreciation on account balances,