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Trail Improvements (Page 27) $5,000 is including in 2020 for the Trout Brook Regional Trail. It is intended to be used for match funding if the County moves forward with exploring the trail. This is a County led project. Storm Projects (Page 28) Pond cleanout has been included in the 2020 storm water projects. The City will bid this project through a larger project with the Ramsey County Watershed District to realize cost savings on the project. In addition, there is $60,000 for the Windrow storm project. This project will clean up the ditch running south from Aspen Pond to the Windrow Drive storm sewer system. Over the years the ditch has filled in with debris, sediment, and scrub trees. It was discovered during the rainy spring and summer of 2019 that the entire system was backing up in the northeast corner of the City and the Windrow ditch was targeted as one of the main culprits. Water and Sewer Projects (Page 29-30) As part of the 2020 Street Project, slip lining is proposed to be completed in the project area. $175,000 has been budgeted for this work. A new controller for one of the sanitary sewer lift stations is proposed to be purchased in 2020 for $8,000, and if it is determined that it fits staff’s needs, the other lift stations will be upgraded in future years. The pumps are scheduled to be replaced at the Maple Leaf Court lift station in 2020 at a cost of $15,500 and Booster Station pump #3 is scheduled to be overhauled at a cost of $20,000. The water meter reading software is scheduled to be upgraded in 2020 to a platform that utilizes a cloud rather than a database on the server through Roseville IT. The cost is $4,500 to install. FUNDING SUMMARY BY FUNDS (Pages 31-36) The City accounts for capital projects in six Capital Project Funds. These funds are the General Capital Improvements Fund, the Infrastructure Capital Improvements Fund, the Fire Equipment Fund, the Park Land Acquisition Fund, the 10% Fund, and the Water/Sewer Replacement Fund. If a project that has been identified in the CIP is not completed, the unspent funds stay in the Fund. In addition, the City has several TIF Capital Project Funds. These TIF funds are currently budgeted on an annual basis per their respective TIF Plans and Development Agreements. Highlights of the six Capital Project Funds are as follows: General Capital Improvement Fund (Pages 31) Background The General Capital Improvement Fund was created to fund capital improvements and acquisition projects not accounted for in another Capital Project Fund. These improvements have been historically been building improvements, public works equipment, small fire equipment, and parks improvements. Typically the expenditures in this fund have included the purchase of tangible personal property (equipment) or facilities used in the City operations. Sources of Funds The fund receives it revenues from many sources including Local Government Aid (LGA) and transfers from the General Fund and other funds. It appears to have been the past practice to budget one year of LGA to fund the capital projects in this fund for the next 5 years. 7