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Water: $150,000 Infrastructure: $36,000 General: $76,500 Total Sources: $262,500 New Fund Balance after 2005: $145,254 Parks/Recreation/Public Facilities Capital Improvements Community Park: Staff is recommending the replacement of the Ice Rink lights, which are pole-mounted, and difficult to control in terms of light pollution to neighboring homes. We will install adown-mounted fixture with a more controlled beam. Staff is also recommending that the sign at Community Park be upgraded to match those installed at Curtiss Field. Curtiss Field: No projects or expenditures are recommended for 2005. No changes to the current CIP Budget. Grove Park: Staff has removed the Folwell Path Improvements, as the neighborhood was not able to reach consensus as required by the U of M. Aline-item for a completion of the sidewalk at the park, in the amount of $6,000 has been added, as well as new signage for the park, estimated at $2,000 (which would match that . at Curtiss Field and Community Park). City Hall: We retained the stove replacement as aplace-holder. Citywide: Line items remain constant. Falcon Heights Elementary: Staff recommends aline-item of $6,000 for new hockey boards at FH Elementary School this winter, which will include abus-stop style shelter and alight/timer. These boards would normally be installed at Grove Park (and those boards needed replacement this year). Staff has had several meetings with staff and parents at the school regarding the new playground equipment. At this time, we do not have a firm number for the cost participation on the new equipment, so we have put a placeholder of $15,000 in the 2005 Budget for this project. In the early 1990's, the city helped fund the installation of the playground equipment at the school, and the school district and the city had a cooperative agreement for the playground and use of the school grounds as an ad hoc park for many years, which sunset in 2001. We are in the process of re-negotiating the agreement, and as soon as we have a firm number for the playground equipment, we will update that in the CIP. The city is working on anew agreement which will address the issue of the playground and ongoing maintenance, as well as the installation of hockey boards there in 2004-05.