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PARK CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
June 24, 2002
The meeting convened at 7:04 p.m.
Present at the meeting were Councilmembers Jim Brimeyer, Ron Latz, Chris Nelson, Susan
Sanger, Sally Velick, and Mayor Jeff Jacobs
Staff present: City Manager (Mr. Meyer), Deputy City Manager, (Mr. Pires); Public Works
Director (Mr. Rardin), Parks and Recreation Director(Ms. Walsh); Finance Director(Ms.
McGann; and City Clerk (Ms Reichert)
1. 2001 Audit Presentation
Ms. Jean McGann and a representative of the Audit firm of Kern, DeWenter, Viere, Ltd.
presented an overview of the 2001 Comprehensive Annul Financial Report to the city Council.
The city's audit report had earn an "unqualified opinion" from the auditors which was the
highest rating possible. Council asked various questions about the report and the city's fund
balances.
Ms. McGann also informed the council that the GASB 34 reporting format was in the process of
being implemented and explained that though there would be major changes in how the city
reports financial information, the format would be easier for members of the general public to
understand
There was concern expressed by the council that the GASB 34 format would be used by the
public to compare cities. Mr Meyer said that while people may be tempted to do just that, there
are enough differences in how cities are operated that comparisons drawn based on financial
reports would be incomplete. He suggested that performance measurements are a better tool for
compansons.
2. Parks Master Plan Summary
Ms. Walsh gave an overview of the park system and value of the parks to our residents. She
pointed out that we need to be able to assess resident needs and be open new trends in park
systems and structures.
Councilmember Sanger asked how we will assess interests and concerns city-wide. Ms. Walsh
responded that we have not done a good job in the past at soliciting resident input, but that they
will be working to put together a senes of tools that will be used to assess community-wide
needs.
Councilmember Velick expressed concern that there may be unmet expectations if we ask
residents what they want and then are not able to fulfill their request for various reasons.
Councilmember Latz stated that he was not concerned about the unmet expectations and felt that
we needed the input whether we are able to fulfill residents' requests or not.
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Mayor Jacobs agreed and felt that residents understood the concept of not being able to afford
everything they want, but still felt the council needed the input.
Mr. Meyer informed the council that staff would be moving forward designing components of
the citizen input process and would keep the council aprised as the process develops.
3. Draft 2003-2007 Capital Improvement Program
Mr. Pires presented the Draft 2003-2007 Capital Improvement Program and stated that the intent
of the CIP was to provide a tool to assist in the decision making prosess that would take into
account the complete picture of the city's capital expenditure needs. The document and process
will provide a thorough analysis of future needs through the implementation process and also
work with the city's financial system to track costs of capital projects.
Councilmember Bnmeyer commended Mr. Pires on a job well done and stated that the format
was very clear and well-thought out.
Councilmember Nelson asked about some specific projects including deteriorating railroad
crossings Mr. Rardin said that it may be possible to schedul a meeting between the council and
railroad personnel to discuss the issue. Councilmember Nelson requested that Mr. Rardin
proceed with setting that meeting
Councilmember Velick asked about the status of flood project funding. Mr. Meyer said that
there was still some question as to whether funds through the bonding bill would be coming
forward to the city.
Councilmember Latz said that he felt the CIP was very well put together.
Ms. McGann covered various options for funding the CIP and showed two scenarios that could
be used by the Council to bond for the project.
Councilmember latz felt the parks portion of the CIP were very high priority and that there was
no question that the pavement management project needed to be funded in perpetuity.
Mr. Meyer said that the council needs to consider timing issues as well as what project they want
to fund. He shared an overhead that depicted a comparison of local property taxes collected by
metro cities He believed that the fact that SLP was so low in the amount of tax collected really
translates into an underfunding of city needs. He informed council that staff would be back in
the near future with concept plans for various funding options. That way council can get a beter
idea of choices that could be made and how each choice would affect the long term success of
the city.
Councilmember Sanger asked about some projects that were not included in the draft CIP, such
as bike trail connection over the Burlington Northern tracks, and it was agreed these would be
reviewed in conjunction with expansion plans for Highway 100.
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4. Legislative Budget Update
Council directed staff to leave the legislative budget as is and that if an adjustment is needed
pnor to year-end, that adjustment could be made at that time. In regard to the 2003 budget, if
additional funding is needed in certain line items, those adjustments could also be made at a later
date.
5. Communications
Mr. Michael Hindin expressed concern about sidewalk projects currently underway. Council
suggested that it would be more appropnate and effective if Mr. Hindin were to speak to staff
about his concerns. Mr Rardin offered to discuss the issue with Mr. Hindin nght away.
6. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:32 p.m
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