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Because the City of Falcon Heights is smaller in land area and experiences fewer police calls than any of Roseville's original three districts, the addition of the fourth district has enabled a reduction in both the number of calls and land area to be covered in each of the new districts. Because the number of Patrol Officers per district has remained the same, the level of service has increased. Parks Imnrovement Proaram The major new initiative in the 1991 Budget is the Parks Improve- ment Program (PIP). The PIP Program is designed to provide for � the long-term maintenance, repair, and replacement of the City's ' park facilities. The general operation of the program is to move through each of the City's parks, based on an evaluation of park — condition, to accomplish a total repair, renovation, or replace- ' ment of all major facilities in each park. Because some types of facilities common to a number of parks are currently in need of substantial renovation, such as tennis courts and shelter buildings, the initial years of the program will focus on these facilities. The focus will then shift to the targeting of individual parks. BIIDGET OVERVIEW The intent of this overview is to provide a summary of the 1991 Budget, noting significant changes from the 1990 Budget. The overview addresses four major areas: Tax Capacity, Levy and Tax Capacity Rates, Revenues, and Expenditures. Tax Capacitv Tax legislation passed in 1988 initiated the use of the term "Tax Capacity" in place of "Assessed Valuation" as a measure of property value as a base for property taxation. The City's Gross Tax Capacity (GTC) for 1990 was $46,196,706. The 1991 Gross Tax ' Capacity is estimated to be approximately $47,196,000, an ' increase of 2.16 percent over 1990. The increase in tax capacity is due to minor changes in non-TIF Commercial/Industrial valuation. Levies and Tax Capacity Rates The total 1991 Budget is $18,561,966. This is an increase of $137,638, or approximately a.74 percent increase over 1990. Tax levy requirements to finance this budget are $6,646,176, for an increase of 5.38 percent from the 1990 levy amount. Based on the Gross Tax Capacity and the levy requirements, the Tax Capacity Rate for 1991 will be 14.03 percent. This is a 3.67 percent decrease from the 1990 rate of 14.565. This is due to the efforts by staff and Council to control expenditures, and to a minor increase in the C/I valuation. 3