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make those changes, during the budget process. She stated she probably need to have some additional staffing to keep up, and I think there is a misunderstanding and individuals don't know who owns individual lots. When we had the storm, the trees were taken down, but the stumps were not. The City does not take out the stumps. When it goes into the sidewalks, they can't even walk because of what is happening. Councilmember Scott asked Clerk Fowler to share the minutes from the third district walking tour with Mr. Perri. Councilmember Scott clarified that they are the graffiti crew, too. Mr. Perri asked if the parking study findings were filed with the Clerk's Office. Clerk Fowler stated that it was not, they were still following up with Brian and having meetings. The last meeting they had was with downtown business owners. Mr. Perri stated he thinks we are close to making a recommendation after meeting with all of the stakeholders. Mr. Perri stated he understands the Council's desire to see all of the user fee increases come through at once. Committee Chair White said we need to look at the entire picture rather than a piecemeal version. Committeemember Voorde was under the impression that we needed another parking garage, then he heard that early results showed we wouldn't need another parking garage. Mr. Perri stated the parking study took into consideration that we have a growing demand, but it did say that we have the. capacity, but there are some programmatic changes we need to make. We have too much reserved parking, so we need to change some of those habits. The only way to change those habits is to increase fees on reserved rates, but there are different things we can do. We can get rid of some of the parking time limits on the outskirts, the further away you get from the core. In the coming weeks we'll want to get something officially filed with the Council, which has been on the docket, but he was just not sure of the timing of it. Mr. Perri continued with his presentation, pointing out the idea that parks touches so many things, including social equality. Councilmember's Scott and Williams- Preston spoke about the sentiments that it was a good experience the way we worked with Fremont Park. There are other programs that take that to another level. For example, there is a program that when there is a park redesign, they employ high school students and they teach and have them run the public meetings, pair them with landscape architects and colleges so they can learn about how to do storm water management. They can get class credit through a partnership with the schools. We heard from a young woman who graduated from landscape architecture as a result of doing this program when she was in high school. There are all kinds of engagement things, and we are just scratching the surface. Included in the Council's packet are overview budget items. Some are big picture, but the idea is that on the revenue and expense side, approximately nineteen percent (19 %) of our revenue we 18