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Attachment A ❖ The City will establish departmental Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Funds. The City will appropriate monies to them annually to provide for timely replacement of vehicles and equipment. The amount will be maintained at an amount equal to the proportion of useful life expired multiplied by estimated replacement cost. ❖ The City will establish a Building Capital Maintenance Fund, and will appropriate funds to it annually to provide for timely maintenance of all buildings supported by general governmental funding. Only maintenance which meets the capitalization threshold shall be paid for out of this fund. Maintenance includes major items such as roof repair and HVAC replacement. ❖ The City shall establish a Street Infrastructure Replacement Fund to provide for the general replacement of streets and related infrastructure throughout the community. The annual MSA capital allocation, will be included as a part of the source of funds for computing the adequacy of this fund. This fund has been formally categorized by the Council as a permanent fund, whereby the interest proceeds are only used for the stated purpose. The cash reserve amount should remain between $8-12 million. ❖ The City shall establish a Park Capital Maintenance Fund to provide for the general replacement of parks and related infrastructure throughout the community. The funding should equal the proportion of useful life expired multiplied by estimated replacement cost for all park system assets. ❖ Within each enterprise fund, the City shall establish a funding mechanism to provide for the general replacement of related infrastructure throughout the community. The funding should equal the amount of accumulated depreciation recorded on all enterprise fund system assets. ❖ From time to time the City Council shall establish additional replacement funds as the need becomes apparent. ❖ The Finance Commission will annually oversee and report to the City Council a review and analysis of planned capital investments and related reserve balances. The purpose of such analysis will be to gauge the health and sustainability of City reserves related to capital investments for the short (1-3 year), medium (4-9 years), and long term (10+ years). It will also take into account related borrowing and repayment costs.