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Mr. Roush said the concerns were related to bringing the play structure into compliance <br />with new State regulations. The Commission's belief was that because the play structure is <br />safe to install it does not meet current regulations; therefore, it wanted Council to be aware of <br />this concern to the extent it could be funded sometime soon. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky asked if there was a reason to include additional funding for the Kottinger <br />Creek project now as opposed to waiting for it to come to Council so it knows the total impacts, <br />which could be funded at that time. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian said this project is a high priority of the Council. Staff is aware that it will take <br />a considerable amount of money to fund this project. Engineering staff is looking at the project <br />and trying to determine whether it can fund it and meet all of the projects needs with the <br />$800,000 plus the reserve. The general sense was that in order to complete the project, an <br />additional $800,000 was needed. He believed Council would have some various options related <br />to this project. <br /> <br /> Mr. Fialho said staff would attempt to present to Council a Iow, medium and high <br />scenario in the context of this project. Staff's recommendation to fund this project by an <br />additional $800,000 is out of its review of Council's priorities. <br /> <br /> Mr. Brozosky said this project was one of his highest priorities. He asked if it would be <br />more prudent to set aside some of these funds into reserves for various projects such as this <br />project, the Alviso Adobe Park project, and the Aquatics Center project, that staff is not allowed <br />to spend until appropriated by Council? <br /> <br /> Mr. Fialho said Council could take this action and staff could move money around <br />assuming there is support. He recommended that Council follow staff's recommendation in <br />terms of allocating additional reserves to some of these projects. <br /> <br /> Mr. Thorne asked if the Aquatics Center project included separation of the pools for <br />heating purposes? <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian recalled that it was not for heating purposes but for health regulated issues. <br /> <br /> Mr. Thorne noted that when the Aquatics Center project first began, the pools could not <br />be separated for heating purposes, which created an energy issue. <br /> <br /> Mr. Bocian said the new pool runs on its own separate heating system. <br /> <br /> In response to an inquiry by Mr. Thorne, Jim Wolfe, Director of Parks and Community <br />Services, said the problems are related to the filtration system and heating as staff does not <br />have the ability to heat one of the older pools separately. <br /> <br /> Mr. Thorne asked if he would be allowed the opportunity to list his priorities and if they <br />would have any impact on the existing Council priorities. <br /> <br /> Mr. Fialho said Council would have this opportunity from the standpoint that when staff <br />checks in annually and quarterly, Council collectively would have the opportunity to add <br />additional funds to the CIP budget. <br /> <br /> Mr. Sullivan asked if Council would conduct another priority setting session? <br /> <br /> Pleasanton City Council 28 06/21/05 <br /> Minutes <br /> <br /> <br />