Minutes - Council Work Session - 03/23/1998

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This does not need County approval. With regard to reports to the State Auditor, those are due July 1. If the City is going to do a special audit, it's not too early to start. The City may get a slight grace period but should not count on it. 2) a) Park Improvements and Trail Segments Councilmember Haas Steffen asked that staff find out answers to the following questions: 1) Are park funds restricted by law or by the City Council? 2) Are the landfill funds restricted by law or by the City Council? 3) Where does the park money come from and what kind of legal restrictions are we dealing with? She noted that the CIP forms presented to Council show what the funds are but not where they come from. The form does not show if there has been any borrowing from one fund to another, etc. Mayor Gamec stated that with regard to the Landfill Trust Fund, we are only using the interest of that for park improvements, etc. Councilmember Haas Steffen suggested the Park and Recreation Commission should be asked where do we need parks in the City and where we are developing to our maximum. Then it's our job to try to put this into the park plan over time. That should be the way it is with roads also. We need to number our priorities. City Council should decide if we have a five or ten year plan. A three-year plan would be tight, a five-year plan would be iffy and a 10-year plan would be a dream. b) Street Improx(_ements, Utility System Improvements, Municipal Buildings City Administrator Norman and City Engineer Jankowski showed the plan for the utilities, streets, critical trail links and public buildings. It was noted that some of the projects have two or three other projects listed that are associated with them. For example, under street projects, it shows C.R. #116, for the year 2001, watermain and sanitary sewer are associated with it. Discussion ensued relating to the T.H. #47 project. It was stated that $2.1 million of the $2.5 million needed for the project, would be eligible to come out of the TIF District. Councilmember Haas Steffen believed that all of the money could be taken out of the TIF District. Mayor Gamec stated that we really don't want to take money out of MSA funds for #47. The Katnis property is a separate line on the form but could be associated with the T.H. #47 project. TIF is what we had envisioned as funding for that property. With regard to County Road #116, the City is responsible for land acquisition ($54,000) and that money can come from the PIR fund. As far as what makes up the PIR fund - part of it came from the landfill trust fund and assessments from previous street maintenance programs. City Council Work Session/March 23, 1998 Page 4 of 8