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Mr. Wilson concluded the presentation with a list of what the cost would be for all areas of <br />the City’s Capital Improvement program in the maintenance and fleet replacement <br />programs for the Fiscal Years of 2014 to 2018. He noted that each Fiscal Year he <br />increased the budget in Capital Improvement until they could bring the infrastructure back to <br />where it should be. A new traffic signal was proposed at Centennial Commons for easier <br />crossing on Olive. He noted the City would build the signal with the County’s approval and <br />then the County would maintain it. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson also spoke on the City’s parks as they too were behind in their improvements. <br />He noted that they usually get a Muni-grant every year and would be aggressive in pursuing <br />these. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow asked what was being done to the driving range for a quarter of a million dollars. <br />Mr. Wilson said the driving range was not level and erosion was taking place. The plan was <br />to re-grade the range and put in proper irrigation and grass. <br /> <br />Ms. Carr asked how the re-grading will integrate with the MSD pond. Mr. Wilson said the <br />pond would have to be kept but it would all be re-graded properly so that it met all of MSD <br />requirements. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson spoke briefly on grants available. He noted that street projects, some streets <br />would be eligible for Federal funds because of their functional street classification through <br />East-West Gateway, who allowed municipalities funding for two projects per year. Mr. <br />Wilson noted the City can also apply for a Congested Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) <br />grant. <br /> <br />Mr. Glickert noted that one of the problems with the water run-off is that it goes into the <br />second-hole play area. He said the water will come off of the problem area and trickled into <br />Brittany Woods’ forest. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson also proposed adding a line-item for lighting so money would be available if <br />needed. He stated that they would like to upgrade the lights on Delmar with a brighter and <br />cheaper light. He said the payback in cost would be three to four years. <br /> <br />Other suggestions he had were digital billboards which will cut man-hours and messages <br />could be changed more frequently. Mr. Glickert noted that the University City School <br />District has digital billboards. Mr. Wilson also said the City needed to find another place to <br />relocate the mulch pile and needed to do some storm drainage around the area. Clayton <br />suggested the possibility of doing a joint venture in regard to obtaining land to store mulch. <br />Mr. Wilson also would eventually like to consolidate the street and parks personnel together <br />under one building instead of three. Mr. Wilson said the earliest the City will be able to start <br />flood-buyout houses would be in 2016 and then it would dependent on the City receiving <br />Federal funds equivalent to at least sixty-five percent of the buyout. <br /> <br />Improvement in Facilities would be Heman Park pool house; replacing fire escape that does <br />not meet code; and the Police Department’s building renovation at seven million dollars, as <br />in heavy rains causes the jail house to flood and prisoners have to be taken over to County <br />for housing. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />