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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 11,2011 Page 12 cept, rather than having eight (8) warming houses replaced similar to their current design; but to have one per sector, with buildings in other tiers costing less and having fewer amenities than those multi-use facilities. Chair Etten concurred that, based on the Master Plan constellation concept, it was correct that buildings ended up in different sections of the community; but noted this was for the purpose of enhancing the constellation concept; and opined that existing warming houses didn't achieve that. Chair Etten noted that the additional cost was based on those replacement buildings including restroom facilities, and at a higher construction grade than the existing warming houses, but providing for more institutional uses. While not being grand in any sense, Chair Etten opined that the buildings would provide a space for additional programming needs for the community and various neighborhoods. Councilmember Johnson expressed his personal congratulations to the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the various Citizen Organizing Teams (COT) and Implementation groups; opining that their work to-date had provided a very com- prehensive and realistic plan to bring the City's park system into this century. When stating that maintenance was needed and other items that needed to be brought up to speed, Councilmember Johnson opined that this was not an exagge- ration; and expressed his enthusiastic support for creating hubs in constellations, providing for a sense of community, including upgrading existing warming hous- es into meeting/congregating spaces, further opining that this was exactly what the City needed, and coincided with the work of the City's HRA and HRC to was attempting to accomplish and was in line with the vision of the community in providing quality meeting spots and encouraging neighborhood continuity and cohesiveness. Councilmember Johnson opined that the Commission was provid- ing the City with a good starting point, and while allowing room for negotiation, he was very supportive of how they had laid things out, opining that it provided exactly what the City needed to move forward for the next twenty (20) years. Councilmember Johnson supported the City providing good, clean facilities that were well maintained; and expressed his personal interest in moving forward with further discussion and refining the details, while supporting the overall proposals. Mayor Roe sought clarification on the $1.5 million allotment proposed for Natu- ral Resources. Mr. Brokke advised that this area addressed forestations, and removal of invasive vegetation, with additional funding anticipated from various grant sources. Mr. Brokke noted that it was the intent to go back to those various work groups still meeting, to review the proposal and recommendations, and specific projects, in- cluding the very active Natural Resources Work Group, who had come up with many ideas; and the desire to capture those ideas and move them forward. Mr. Brokke advised that tonight's proposal provided the Commission with an oppor- tunity to see if the City Council was supportive of the direction indicated, includ-