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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,July 11,2011 Page 15 Chair Etten advised that, with a positive response from the City Council tonight, it was the group's intent to work with the City's Bond Counsel and Finance Direc- tor on a realistic dollar amount in order to structure a resolution for City Council consideration in the near future. Chair Etten advised that it was the intent for COT's and the Implementation group to meet (scheduled for July 28, 2011) to prioritize pathways and first run projects, those items in most disrepair and work with the Parks and Recreation Commission and seek professional expertise for fi- nancing, then revise the package based on input from those community groups. Chair Etten anticipated coming back before the City Council sometime in August of this year with a more refined and specific proposal, as well as detailed financ- ing; and following the Park and Recreation Commission's August meeting once the details and prioritization are refined; While recognizing there was some sticker shock, Mayor Roe opined that he was generally supportive of the proposed approach, and that it provided a well-laid out and detailed proposal. Mayor Roe expressed his appreciation of the work done to- date; and asked that the public continue to be involved in the process and the di- rection proposed. Mayor Roe expressed his support of pursuing the next steps as outlined. Mr. Brokke encouraged the public to give him a call if they sought additional in- formation or if they had questions or comments. Councilmember Johnson echoed the comments of Councilmember Willmus; opin- ing that he viewed this as infrastructure upkeep, and that it was a duty of this City Council to keep that infrastructure updated; and he considered this to be Phase I of that process. Councilmember McGehee advised that her guidance is that she wanted to make sure no stone was left unturned as to how to make this a community-wide effort; opining that she had a problem with any additional bonds and debt service. Councilmember McGehee further stated that she found it disappointing and shocking to see the lack of maintenance and deterioration of the City's existing facilities, regpiring them to be reconstructed (e.g. fire stations and warming hous- es). She stated that in her opinion this lack of necessary and required ongoing maintenance was wasteful and shortsighted and was not a good use of public re- sources. Councilmember McGehee opined that the City couldn't pretend that it was living in the Imagine Roseville 2025 and Parks and Recreation Master Plan dream right now; and advised that she believed strongly in the constellation con- cept and system, and found no fault with the Master Plan whatsoever, but that it was simply necessary to figure out how to get to where the community wanted to go and how to utilize its amenities, including the use of volunteers and other op- tions for saving as much money as possible while making sure the City was on track to service the community as a whole, not just a few enclaves.