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. . . - was a reasonable amount to set aside in a preliminary fashion as described by Council Member Claire above. He said that amount would reflect the Council's commitment to the concept, but not to a specific site or amount, and suggested others could work with the City in raising funds. Council Member Hartnett said he had been troubled for a long time "by the problems skateboarders face and how we stereotype them. I know a number of great kids who are skateboarders who irritate me on a daily basis and on baseball fields, soccer fields and many other ways. But they are great kids. And when . they skateboard in the City parking garage or other places we don't want them to be, they are not there doing bad things. They are there because they don't have another really good place to skateboard." Council Member Hartnett said, "That like other endeavors there are risks involved, but its is a safe and sane thing to do given the world we live in, and I think it is something that our youth really deserve some commitment from the City on, in a reasonable fashion." Council Member Hartnett said that $150,000 is a reasonable commitment to the youth of our community. In response to Council Member Bain's question about the street lighting installation program, Engineering and Construction Manager Patterson said the City had not had such a program for a couple of years. He said the City now had money in the Budget and staff had a list of all requests. Manager Patterson said staff was working with PG&E and is almost ready to go out to bid for installation. He said there was also - money for 1999/2000. Council member Bain said people on Candle Way had been waiting for a long time for street lights, and Manager Patterson advised that about 90% of current requests would be completed in 1998/99. In answer to further questions, Senior Civil Engineer Chang said about 15-20 lights could be installed for $30,000. Manager Patterson described the very objective criteria used to determine where lights are installed, and said some areas do not have access to PG&E power which makes it very difficult and very expensIve. In response to the Mayor Howard's questions regarding the $15,000 allocated for Neighborhood Grants Program, Director Nelson said that any Neighborhood could apply for these funds if the project was related to a capital project, such as a Display Board. She added that other kinds of Neighborhood Grants that are program related will continue to be funded out of the General Fund portion of the Neighborhood Program. In response to Mayor Howard's comments regarding the citywide storm drainage planning for Cordilleras and Friendly Acres, Public Works Services Director Ingram noted the $200,000 set aside in the C.I.P. for this planning. He described the coordination needed to involve neighboring jurisdictions, funding agencies, Corps of - Engineers, Fish and Wildlife, etc. and said it had already begun. Director Ingram BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTE BOOK NO. 57 JULY 6, 1998 MINUTES Page No. 057 PAGE 14