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CI'NY of OBRKA-TFON the city that works tier you Council Worksession May 23, 2017 5:00 pm Present: Mayor Valerie Johnson Councilmember Gina Bauman Councilmember Brian Strub Councilmember Paul Jacobsen Councilmember Mary Burg Absent: Staff in Attendance: Dean Lotter, Janice Gundlach Guests in Attendance: Cor Wilson Councilmember Burg expressed concern with the playground structure that was being presented for the Eagles Nest. She had a gut feeling the quality of the equipment was different between the two vendors. She wanted to be ensured that the equipment purchased would last and explained all replacement parts for the proposed vendor would have to come from China. Lotter explained City staff would be making a presentation to the Council on the equipment this evening and may have responses that would address these concerns. He indicated it would be up to the Council if they wanted to delay the matter. Councilmember Bauman asked if the vendor could provide the Council with examples of their structures. Councilmember Burg stated the vendor claims their structures are the best. Councilmember Strub and Councilmember Jacobsen stated they would support the matter being tabled if the Council did not have adequate information to approve the Eagles Nest playground structure this evening. NSCC Update Cor Wilson, NSCC, discussed the budget numbers for CTV for 2016 and commented on how the strategic planning committee was working to address her organizations future budget. She reviewed the formal and informal processes that CTV has been following to negotiate a contract with Comcast. She discussed how PEG fees were utilized be CTV and described how other organizations used their fees. She stated in 2018 CTV will lose 40% of its funding. She commented on two separate budgeting scenarios that were being explored by CTV. Mayor Johnson questioned the purpose of the presentation this evening. Ms. Wilson stated she would like feedback from the Council on which option to pursue. She explained CTV had two options for the future, one being government access only and the other being government and community programming. She anticipated CTV could provide full government access and remain within their budget for 2018. However, if community and governmental access was provided CTV would run at a $200,000 deficit.