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• The Citizen Corps Grant will provide $54,000 for coordinator personnel- related costs and volunteer uniforms in 2004 and 2005. There will be no local funds required in 2004 and an estimated $28,505 will be required in 2005. Beginning in 2006, after grant funds are expended, the annual cost of maintaining this position and uniforms will be approximately $39,000, increasing to $42,000 by 2009. (A detailed financial analysis is attached.) Future Staffing Needs As the City grows in population and amount of development and value of property to serve and protect, and increases miles of streets and utilities, and acres of park to maintain, there will obviously be the need to increase staff resources to maintain a level of service acceptable to the public. Based on the 2000 census, Metropolitan Council estimates and City estimates based on the current growth management policies, by the year 2010, the City will have a population of 23,000 — 24,000 persons, an increase of 30 — 36% from 2000. The amount and value of property to serve and protect is also increasing. The taxable market value of property in the City has increased from $872,369,300 in 2000 to $1,339,374,700 in 2003, a 53% increase. During this period, $216,279,703 of new construction has occurred, ranging from $44,843,400 to $64,026,175 annually during this period. In 2003, the City prepared the Five Year Financial Plan (2003- 2007). Within that plan, future staffing needs were identified. Staff has since identified additional positions needed by 2009, as an initial step to update the plan. The existing Five Year Plan and initial 2008 and 2009 positions (unfilled) are show below: 2003-200% 7 2008 -2009 Administration 0 1 Finance J' ! 1 Community Development 1 2 Police 4 5 Public Services 2 1 It needs to be recognized that the 2003 —2007 staffing plans were reduced from the original cited needs in response to concerns related to declining state aid revenues, and are therefore conservative numbers.