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��ar�r�i�r�� F�r��r� an�! F��r�o��,�#�� R� I��Ir# fr�m kh � I��ks �I� rl l�� `, ��f� �w�r��17 Roseville's Parks and Recreation Facilities provided some very unique opportunities for the Park Planner, 2004 was a banner year for these "unique" opportunities. The early season brought an opportunity to be very creative regarding budget issues with a$30,000 decrease in an already stretched PIP budget. The decreased budget presented some very difficult decisions in what projects to fund for the year. As the season progressed we had some delays in starting the PIP projects. Typically we have most PIP projects well on the way by early summer, but the 2004 projects were delayed due to some unexpected time sensitive non PIP projects. The delays in the PIP projects proved to be very timely for reasons nobody could have predicted. I n 2004 the return of Dutch Elm Disease had a major impact on the entire Twin Cities area, including the City of Roseville. By mid-summer we realized that our Forestry program would be severely under funded due to the huge increase in DED removals city wide. The delays in the PIP projects proved to be an opportunity to provide funding for the city wide epidemic of Dutch Elm Disease. The Parks and Recreation Department was able to provide emergency funding for the Forestry department in the amount of $45,000.00 from the 2004 PIP budget. This emergency budget shift obviously had a major impact on the already stretched PIP budget in 2004 and will have a ripple effect due to delaying current needs into the future. We continue to take every opportunity to leverage PIP funds and will make every effort to address our difficult budget issues. The forestry budget will continue to be a challenge with disease trends very difficult to predict. Another 2004 project that was both unique and also a very high priority was the re-roofing project at the Roseville Skating Center. This project was part of a world wide "class action" law suit involving the insulation that was used in the roofing system when the facility was first built. The scope of a standard re-roofing project for a facility like the RSC is relatively straight forward, not so with the complications of the law suit. The "roof" project became my primary focus many times through 2004 and presented some very difficult and complex issues to work through. After all of the dust settled, we were able to replace a roof system that was nearing the end of its useful life with very little disruption in service, on time and under budget. Thanks to all of the Skating Center for their help and patience during a stressful project. We also had the great fortune in 2004 to coordinate $40,000.00 worth of improvements to Central Park through a generous donation by The Central Park Foundation to celebrate their 4�� anniversary. The improvements included 20 beautiful new garden benches and 3 trash containers for the Amphitheater and new park I D signs for all the remaining park areas including two on Lexington Avenue. Thanks to The Central Park Foundation for these much needed improvements. With all of the surprises in 2004 we still had the opportunity to actually find time for some more traditional planning activities. The Dale Street Athletic Complex concept plan was completed and will move forward to Phase one construction documents. We started the Ladyslipper Park Master Planning process with Public Works. V� were also fortunate to initiate an internship program with Macalester College to collect data and create maps for our Park Atlas Project. V� are working on this project with both Community Development and Public Works. ��