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Page 1 of 1 Mcpherson, Michele From: JLKUESTER@aol.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 8:37 AM To: ppaige@HKGl.com; MMcpherson@ci.elk-river.mn.us Cc: banddhork@msn.com; artanddj@juno.com; duane@printingartsinc.com; danderson@cretexinc.com; nysrom1@bigplanet.com Subject: Re: basketball court I agree to a large degree with both Paul and Dave but do not feel a need to revisit the entire budget that we recommended to the Council. We do need to revisit what was agreed with the Hillside folks. If we find that we did lead them to believe that more development would take place this year in Highland East/West, we can always recommend an amended budget to the Council. My major concern is that we put in place now the capital improvements approval process that we wish to operate with for 2005 and beyond. AsPaul says, we need criteria by which to evaluate proects. We also need a better handle on what level of funds we are operating with. In addition, we need tc have some criteria that builds the fund while leaving Council/Commission realistic funds to accompish development and land acquisition. Finally, the Commission needs ample lead time to think through Capital improvement recommendations to the Council. At a bare minimum, for the 2005 process, we need the types of information that staff provided at our January meeting plus time to adequate review the information to check for red flags and gaps. This year, there was too much information and too little reflection time to make the decisions that the Commission would feel comfortable with. I suggest that at our Feb or March meeting, we agree as to the process we will follow per 2005 Capital Improvement Budget recommendations, plus specify the information that we need, with the further understanding that we would receive said information -say in November and take final action in January. As a Commission we continue to grow in wisdom and stature - my comments are not meant to be criticism of anyone but are directed toward our common goal of getting the Commission to the point where we can make good decisions in a situation which continues to become more complex as the park system becomes larger and impacts more people. 1/30/2004