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administration has left open since the last employee left the job. Mayor Summers stated the importance of content creation and the burden that the administration and Council shares to highlight stories. Chairman O’Malley spoke his proposals for new playground equipment at the Clifton-Prado pocket park and new traffic signals at certain points in Ward 4. Director Beno indicated that both items are set to be addressed, and the timeline for improvements to the park could be moved up. Chairman O’Malley urged the administration to replace traffic signals at Cove and Ridgewood, among others. Council President O’Leary stated that his proposal for Youth Council funding can serve as a placeholder until the group presents objectives for itself in a spring presentation to Council. The Youth Council initially asked for $1,000 to $5,000 in funding and his proposal calls for $1,250. Mayor Summers suggested that the money be placed in the Community Relations department in the meantime.He suggested potentially sending Youth Council representatives to the US Conference of Mayors Youth Council Leadership Event in 2020. In regard to his public art proposal, Councilman bullock stated that he would like to get Council on the record to affirm that it supports public art. Ideally, the art would be driven by private property ownersor non-profits. He stated he is seeking a $50,000 project that includes design, installation, and compensating an artist. He would also like several business owners to get involved with murals on their buildings at the cost of $5,000 each. In regard to his bike project, CouncilmanBullock referenced past success in getting sharrows and bike lanes installed in certain spots, and added the importance to continue to build bike infrastructure. The committee and administration discussed the bike lanes that areset to be installed on Lake Ave. Councilman Bullock stated that the city should set a goal and reserve funds towards attaining clean vehicle goals, as outlined in a past Lakewood fleet analysis. He would like funding set aside for pilot programs, such asimplementing anti-idling systems. The administration discussed the implementation of electric vehicle charging stations and the order of a hybrid police car that should be delivered in 2020. Chairman O’Malley noted that the Council budget priority resolution is on the Council’s agenda for the regular meeting. Brief discussion ensued regarding streetscape improvement in the Gold Coast area along with Public Works policy on tree lawn improvement along commercial corridors.