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1986 LONG TERM FINANCIAL PLAN Page Eighteen 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. 5. The City will begin to explore a variety of park funding alternatives including establishing a capital improvement fund, general fund balance and possibly a designated mill levy. The accompanying organizational charts identified as Exhibits C and D 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 D, the addition of one half-time forestry assistant in 1987 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 funding from the summer jobs program. The City Aquatics Supervisor's position has been restructured to a full-time position in conjunction with the City of New Brighton. Staff also propo^•es that in 1988, a park foreman's position will. 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 has been a long range goal of the department for the past five years, and the position will be a working foreman, adding to the existing two man staff. In the area of park development, it is proposed that a minimum of $50,000 continue to be allocated for park deveiopment in the next five years. It is envisioned that the monies be allocated from the interest that is earned on the Special Projects Fund or from the General Fund itself. Please note that the proposed Capital Improvement Program does not include funding for Silver View Park ph:.se II development in 1987 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.