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this was inappropriate. He preferred the money be added to the $100,000 for park renovations and improvements. He suggested allocating $50,000 towards playground equipment. Ms. Acosta said there is already an existing park renovation fund and reiterated the need to work with the Park and Recreation Commission to establish priorities and then determine how to fund the projects. Even if there were enough money for all the projects, staff cannot get to all the improvements in one year. Mr. Pico understood that process, but felt the Park and Recreation Commission may have different priorities if it had an additional $800,000 to work instead of only $100,000. He disagreed about only deciding what can be done in one year. Ms. Acosta then referred to the project for the Operation Service Center and said it does not have to be approved in order for the City to receive the land. Staff proposed the purchase in order to remove the controversy attached to the issue. Council can choose to remove this from the budget. Ms. Dennis asked if there was an urgency for a particular project to be developed on the land next to the Operation Service Center or is this a way to secure the land. Ms. Acosta said it was a way to secure the land. Ms. Michelotti had the same question. Will the land become more expensive the longer the City waits? Ms. Acosta said the City had no intention of purchasing the property until the process is determined. This is not a leverage for or against the project. Mayor Tarver wanted the community to have the opportunity to choose which projects it would like funded. He liked to have a pool of money not allocated towards certain projects. Instead of putting money aside for years and years, maybe projects such as the City Hall, the Community Park, and the Operation Service Center expansion should be partially funded to further the project to present it to the community. He understood the policy of not spending the money until we have it, but this policy would only allow money to be put into the new City Hall and Community Park fund. He wanted to allocate the money to do the site design to show the community how much these projects would cost and how long it would take to build. He felt there was a lot of missing information. Mr. Tarver asked if the new budget took into account the new facility fee and local transportation fee. He did not want to program General Fund money into these projects until certain things had been worked out. He suggested funding what was needed through this year and put the other funds into an unallocated reserve for unfunded projects. Ms. Acosta suggested separating the projects. Pleasanton City Council 3 06/30/98 Minutes