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-5- Total staff proposed improvements .................... $802,650 Less 10 percent for City being the general ........... 80,265 Contractor 8 percent tur engineer ing/c(,nxult,,nt 1,4,212 Bond consultant fee .................................. .10,000 TOTAL STAFF PROPOSAL ................................. $746,597 Please note that these are just the areas that staff feels are current deficiencies in the park system and I would hope that we could prioritize them to a list not to exceed $500,000. PERMANENT PARK MAINTENANCE LEVY Staff would propose that a one mill levy for park maintenance be included as part of the referendum as we are currently not able to maintain our park system; and with the proposed improvements, we would experience major deficiencies. A one mill levy would generate approximately $56,000 in 1986 anc would fluctuate each year thereafter. The question of park maintenance would be list- ed as follows: C Shall the City of Mounds View be authorized to increase its annual tax levy by an amount not to exceed one mill for the purpose of providing funds to operate and main- tain parks, park lands and related public recreational facilities in the City which an additional tax levy, if approved, shall become a permanent adjustment to the City's levy limit basis as provided by the Minnesota Statutes Section 275.502275.56. Staff would propose that this addit:k:u-; 55£,r00 would be used to hire two park maintenance laborers under phase B of the union contract at $7.00 an hour and they would be mainly responsible for turf maintenance including grass mowing, fertilizatior, a,?ra- tion, irrigation, rink flooding, rink maintenance, snow removal and general park development. .n addition to the hiring of two additional people, it would pro- vide us with enough working capital for the purchase of necessary improvements for the City's park system, i.e. additional m)inten.. ance equipment, fertilizing, herbicide control, overseed:ng, and other generally accepted maintenance tasks as outlined in the enclosed proposed park maintenance manual prepared by staff.