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3. Pioneer Park Playground - $150,000 (held over from 2017 and increased from $115,000 due to possibility of a more major enhancement.) 4. Edgerton Tunnel (listed under Power Line Trail) - $200,000. This number is hopefully estimated on the high side. The total project cost estimated at $400,000 with Ramsey County paying 50%. 5. Powerline Trail (Payne to Edgerton) - $75,000. This was listed at $31,050 in last year’s budget, but staff feels that number is too low given the length of the trail and crossing the island on Payne. 6. Powerline Trail (Edgerton to Pioneer Park) - $200,000. This was listed at $138,000 last year, but to build it sooner may take fencing to enable construction through the truck farming area (if at all). 7. Scoreboard for Pioneer Soccer Field - $10,000 (may be offset by contributions from field users). 8. Screening of Portable Restrooms at various parks - $5,000 9. Clearing of NW Corner of Spooner and area immediately north of Tennis Courts - $20,000.  In this budget, staff felt it would be easier to follow if we show all Parks & Recreation (other than acquisitions) in this fund. We found it difficult to jump between funds and felt if we list the projects in the 400 Fund, we can then show transfers in to fund them and corresponding transfers out from the funds where the expenditure was initially planned. This impacts the Park Land Acquisition Fund and the 10% Gambling Fund.  Staff also added a number of expenses in the Parks subcategory relating to on-going maintenance of existing facilities such as trails, fields, etc. These additions totaled $280,000 for 2019 through 2022. We have been doing a good job in this regard with equipment, but we felt we should start planning on some on-going allocations for certain types of improvements versus waiting until an project presented itself. In this way, we provide more stability to the process versus always adding new expenditures each year. We will be doing further refinement of these costs over the next couple of weeks.  For the Old Fire Hall, we have programmed $150,000 for the building exterior enhancements. We are hopeful that number is on the high side. We are currently obtaining quotes for architectural services to prepare specifications for bidding that work. 10% Gambling Fund #408: This fund obtains it revenue from the 10% tax on net profits we charged our charitable gaming licensees. We have built this up over time and it can now accommodate a larger project. Last year, we programmed one of the playground projects in this fund (now shown as a transfer to the General Capital Improvement Fund). This is an eligible expenditure of these proceeds. Infrastructure Replacement Fund #450: This fund pays for street reconstruction and rehabilitation including storm sewer costs. It also funds a good portion of trail and sidewalk projects. We have tried to program this fund in a manner that maintains a decent fund balance to ensure we can address special projects that come up from time to time (county road costs or sudden deterioration of certain streets).