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• <br />• <br />As for the Public Works department, the weather has not been kind. Staff has <br />been busy sanding and salting for icing conditions, and this last big snowfall had <br />them out with the plows starting at 3 AM. <br />We promoted a staff member to Water Utility supervisor this year, and approved a <br />plan to begin replacement of aging water meters with electronic metering devices. <br />This project is a good one to highlight because it also was the first to establish a <br />new level of fiscal responsibility, by developing a cost -benefit analysis similar to <br />what will be required on all future projects in the city. <br />One big future project for this department is coordination with Anoka County in <br />the development of the Master Plan for the Regional Park Reserve. The Reserve <br />effectively divides our city in two, and takes up 50% of our land mass. It will <br />remain 80% undeveloped - just as you see it today. Of the remaining 20%, 12% <br />will occur in the existing developed areas, and the remaining 8% will be <br />developed as trails throughout the park. <br />The County continues to work closely with the city to establish connections <br />between the city and county parks. Thanks to the efforts of the 2020 Vision Parks <br />and Recreation group, the County moved an east -west corridor through the park to <br />the top of the county's project list. The County , John VonDeLinde, obtained $1.6 <br />million in grant money from the State to complete that corridor over the next year. <br />We expect that the connection from Town Center into the park will also happen as <br />a result of that grant. <br />9 <br />