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Proposed Expenditures: At the present time,we need a new fire station, partly because of delayed maintenance on our buildings and partly because of the changing nature of the fire force(i.e. including women). A citizen's panel has decided that locating the new station on the City Hall Campus provides the best overall coverage and allows us to extend the geothermal system on the campus to reduce maintenance costs for the heating and cooling of the new building. It is possible that the cost of a new building could be reduced by utilizing another vacant or underutilized site elsewhere, but that does not seem feasible at the moment and the campus location for the station is a good central site for what will hopefully become a "fire district"of resources shared between Roseville and its immediate neighbors on all sides. This station will cost approximately 8 million dollars and result in a debt service of around 1 million dollars. This cost equates to about$2.50 per month,per household. As this does not require a change in personnel over our present staff,this should be a close estimate to the actual and ongoing costs. We have undertaken,over the past three years,a very ambitious planning project to upgrade our parks. The Master Planning process was begun before the economy collapsed, but has continued with the hope that the economy will recover. We are now considering a request for a 19 million dollar bond for the implementation of the first phase of this project. This project includes more trails and pathways as well as six new buildings to serve as"neighborhood gathering places," upgrades to playground equipment,fencing,tennis courts,etc. This bond would add about$5.00 per month, per household. Unlike the fire station, however, portions of the implementation plan will have ongoing maintenance and staffing costs,costs which should be calculated and included in considerations. If we build six new buildings to be gathering centers and warming houses,they will need rest rooms, heating and cooling, lighting, maintenance,and staffing. They will be of no value if they are not staffed,cleaned,and maintained. If they are not staffed,they cannot be open. If they are not open,they cannot be used. Thus,we must also decide how much these costs will add to the operating budget. The same is true of the pathways requested. They must be maintained to be of use. People want to use the trails to get outside and walk, not just in the summer, but in the winter as well. These maintenance costs must be included in the operating budget and as a discussion item when considering the"actual"cost of capital improvements we add to the city. Note: Since the most requested item in the survey was pathways,trails,and bike paths, it is very difficult to support the proposed cut to Public Works for funding maintenance of the pathways we already have. And,while Parks and Recreation included the pathways(as 18.4%of their total proposal costs)there is no acknowledgement of the required maintenance,a cost that will be added to our operating expenses. What should we do? I believe that we could increase the levy to gain the$5.00 per month per household by the method under statute and set up by our financial department. We could raise the utility fees by$1.00 per month to establish the funding for 1.2 million dollar per year replacement and maintenance of our existing water and sewer infrastructure. This could be handled by Chris so that the funding for the one additional engineer to handle this major ongoing need is covered somewhere in the budget. Page 3 of 5