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PLAN OF FINANCING The 2004 Project The City has engaged Trivers Associates Architects, St. Louis, Missouri, to design the improvements to City Hall, which will include the acquisition of a new boiler, electrical upgrades and the replacement of windows. The City has engaged AAIC Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, to design the improvements to the City's fire stations. The improvements to the fire station located adjacent to City Hall will include the construction of additional office space and the rehabilitation of living quarters and concrete floors. A second fire station will be completely rehabilitated. The improvements to the second fire station will include (a) the construction of an addition to the apparatus bay, (b) renovating, improving, furnishing and equipping the existing apparatus bay, kitchen, bathrooms, dining room and workout room, and (c) improving the landscaping, parking facilities and accessibility to the fire station. The police station upgrade will include a new console for communications and renovations to the jail cells. The City has engaged the architectural firm of Jacobs, St. Louis, Missouri, to design the expansion and renovation of the existing fitness center in the City's Heman Park, which will result in the doubling of its size and the installation of new fitness equipment. Construction work on the fitness center is expected to be completed in April 2005. The Leased Propert3, The Leased Property consists of four separate tracts of real estate upon which the City's parking garage, police station, fire stations and a portion of the City's Heman Park are located, including all improvements now or hereafter situated thereon. The parking garage is located in the City's "Loop Business District" and is a three-story, 120- space parking structure with 6,000 square feet of retail shopping space located on the ground level. The parking garage has an insured value of $2,280,880. The City has a police/fire station located adjacent to the City's City Hall, which was built in 1904. It is a three-story building made of concrete and brick construction and contains approximately 32,750 square feet. The police station is the sole station of the City's police department, which department has 120 employees. The police/fire station has an insured value of $2,842,385. In addition to the fire station mentioned above, the City has a second stand-alone fire station. Both fire stations comprise the City's entire fire department. The stand-alone fire station was built in 1934 and is a two-story building made of brick and limestone construction and contains approximately 6,260 square feet. The insured value of the stand-alone fire station is $551,919. The portion of the Leased Property located in the City's Heman Park is an approximately 5.29 acre tract of land on which a swimming pool, fitness center and other recreational facilities are situated. Heman Park in its entirety encompasses approximately 85.26 acres. The pool has an insured value of $1,600,000 and the fitness center has an insured value of $1,900,000. -10-