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1985 LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN Page Nineteen • 2. The City will continue to receive park development grants from either State , Federal or metropolitan dollars to develop the City ' s park system and supplement from the City ' s Special Projects Fund. 3. The recreation activity account will continue to grow in a controlled and regulated manner with annual payments being made to the fund to offset the existing $24 , 000 debt. 4. The demand for recreation programs will continue to grow as the City parks and recreation facilities develop and improve over the next five years. With the development of Greenfield Park , phase II development of Silver View Park and expansion of the Edgewood Community Center, we feel that the park sys- tem will stabilize and be able to improve and grow with these new and/or improved facilities. The accompanying organizational charts identified as Exhibit A and B outline the existing structure of the department and the proposed staffing for the five year period covered by the plan respectively . As can be noted in Exhibit B, the addition of one half-time forestry assistant in 1986 is proposed to be paid from the City ' s general forestry fund , and the half-time athletic coordinator to be added in 1988 through the recreation activity account. Staff is proposing that the summer clerical assistant be funded from the General Fund rather than relying upon the 4111 funding from the summer jobs program. The City Aquatics position is proposed to remain as a half-time position but will be restructured to a full-time position in conjunction with the City of New Brighton. Attached please find background information which outlines the proposed joint powers agreement with the City of New Brighton. Staff also proposes that in 1987, a park foreman position be established and the two existing park maintenance personnel will report directly to that position with park maintenance reverting under the supervision of the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director. The park maintenance foreman position proposed in 1987, has been a long range goal of the department for the past five years, and it was proven during the past year and one-half that a direct first-line supervisor needs to be responsible for coordinating the myriad of maintenance functions that occur on a daily basis along with the 10-15 part-time summer employees that are added. In the area of park development, staff is requesting that a mini- mum of $50, 000 continue to be allocated for park development in the next five years. It is envisioned that the money be ear- marked from the interest that is earned on the Special Projects 4111 Fund . Please note that the proposed capital improvement program does not include funding for Silver View Park phase II development in 1986 as it is hoped that the Silver Lake Woods improvement fund or other means will be used to match the Silver View Park grant should it become available.