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Storm Projects (Page 56-57) $30,000 has been included for the implementation of a storm water utility. Pond cleanout has been included in the 2022 storm water projects in the amount of $15,000. 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, $70,000 has been included for the replacement of the eroded flared end section and section of the storm water pipe at B2/Gervais Hills Drive, and $50,000 has been included for the replacement of the eroded corrugated metal pipe under Labore Road at Ontario Street. Water and Sewer Projects (Page 58-61) The Metropolitan Council has grant funds available in 2022 for sanitary sewer projects that help eliminate inflow & infiltration. To take advantage of those available funds, staff has budgeted $200,000 for slip lining of sewer mains and $100,000 for sealing up manholes that have ground water leaking into them. The City could see up to $100,000 of those funds reimbursed through the grant program. $20,000 has been budgeted for the continued upgrading of the lift station controllers and alarm notification systems. Three stations have been completed in 2021, and a fourth may still be upgraded before the end of the year. The large water meters were replaced starting at the end of 2010. Large meters are the first to start slowing down and it is recommended that they be changed out on a schedule rather than waiting for them to malfunction. $30,000 has been budgeted to start working on replacing large water meters in 2022. One of the meter reading collectors will also be replaced in 2022 at a cost of around $8,500. Ramsey County will be doing a pavement preservation project on Rice Street in late-summer 2022 so $80,000 has been budgeted to repair gate valves in Rice Street prior to that work being completed. $32,000 has been budgeted to to paint half of the City’s fire hydrants. The hydrants around the Little Canada Road and County Road C area were painted in 2020 and turned out very nice so the rest of the hydrants will be painted between 2022 and 2023. An iPad Pro is budgeted to be purchased for $2,600 as we continue to equip the public works staff with tools in the field to make their jobs easier and allow for better documentation. To that end, $20,000 has been budgeted to purchase work order software that will work hand-in-hand with our GIS software to allow staff to create work orders, document work completed, and record data anywhere at any time. This will allow staff to greatly improve its record-keeping and track its work more accurately. FUNDING SUMMARY BY FUNDS (Pages 62-73) The City accounts for capital projects in six Capital Project Funds. These funds are the General Capital Improvements Fund, the Fire Capital Fund, the Infrastructure Capital Improvements 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: 7