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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 08, 2010 Page 13 an actual amount on a property tax bill for such an amenity, would be more realis- tic. Councilmember Pust asked if citizens were attending listening sessions to talk about stabilizing or maintaining existing parks and facilities, or if that was a separate topic area. Mr. Brokke advised that this would be incorporated into a future phase of the planning process as the CAT starts to identify funding sources, with future work- shops identifying those costs as part of an exercise to show realities and actual costs. Mr. Brokke advised that maintaining existing facilities was very much a part of current discussions, and was very important to the community. Mr. Schroeder observed that the process allows for community members can be very realistic about their expectations; while allowing them to dream; and noted that an actual exercise at an upcoming workshop would be to define costs to im- prove aneighborhood park, with participants making priority decisions: not giv- ing up on big ideas, but focusing now on realties for how to achieve improve- ments. Mr. Brokke reminded Councilmembers that the Master Plan was a 20-30 year plan looking to the future to make a better Roseville and identify some of those criteria along the way. Mayor Klausing comments: Mayor Klausing noted that he had served on an Infrastructure Citizen Advisory Committee initiated approximately 15 years ago as legislative changes were en- acted for tax increment financing uses, and asked that the CAT have access to that reference material. Lots of discussion about maintaining what we have; with a sense that parks had been in an acquisition phase in the 1960's and 1970's, and in the 1990's, they were now in a maintenance mode for preservation of existing parks, with the exception of Pioneer Park, as an additional acquisition. Further explora- tion needed of acquisition of land adjacent to existing parks to determine if that is adequate to current use groups or if those perspectives have changes. Councilmember Roe noted that all discussions aren't about new and/or maintain- ing existing, but that those discussions also included possible reprioritizing or re- programming existing parks for a higher and better use now and in the future. From the City Council's perspective: "What Challenges do the systems face today and what challenges will parks and recreation face in 10-20 years that will impact how parks are seen and used? Mayor Klausing comments: