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MEMO TO: Mounds View Parks and Recreation Commission • FROM: Staff DATE: June 25 , 1986 RE: Capital improvement program Enclosed are the background worksheets that you requested that staff utilized to develop the final cost estimates for each of the neighborhood parks. Staff will he happy to answer any ques- tions regarding the figures and data that were used, but basical- ly they have been developed by utilizing current market costs for site improvements based on the existing park development needs. It should be noted that staff has tended to estimate on the high side, and in most cases, has utilized figures assuming construc- tion by outside crews . We have been fortunate in the past to do most of our park development in house , and but types of projects that staff is proposing here need to be contracted out due to two reasons : 4111 1 . We are currently having difficulty maintaining our existing facilities given our current staffing levels. 2. We don ' t have the proper equipment and/or manpower to develop the parks as proposed. RECOMMENDATION: It is staff ' s recommendation that the Park Com- mission begin to prioritize projects, not only within each indi- vidual park , but also on a city-wide basis so we can develop a permanent capital improvement plan from which the City Council and Park and Recreation Commission can work in the future . BKA/sll Enclosure •