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dispatch (CAD) system in the 911 center. This needs assessment will be used to prepare for the
ultimate replacement of the existing system.

Parks Performance Fund
The budget includes several needed improvements to the BRiCk, such as new signage
throughout the facility ($22,000), replacing worn partitions in the meeting rooms ($11,000),
replacing the aged lockers in each locker room ($37,000), adding automatic bathroom features

for towel dispensing, auto flush, and automatic sinks and hand dryers ($29,465). The budget
also includes $17,570 to refinish the gym floors. Below are some additional enhancements as
well:

• Russell Farm Art Center The budget includes $9,188 to add a partition for the existing
Chesapeake building in order to create an additional classroom.
• 4B Parks Performance Fund To provide the required maintenance at the city’s athletic
fields and other grounds, the budget includes $68,990 for an additional parks
maintenance worker and ground maintenance materials. The budget also recommends

$14,900 for an outdoor warning system to ensure players are alerted to imminent
dangerous weather.
• Hidden Creek Golf Course Fund The current pump station used for course watering and
irrigation needs to be replaced. To avoid a failure during the peak heat season, which
would cause massive turf damage and additional costs, $114,250 is included in the
budget for a new pump station.

Downtown TIF (TIF #2)
The budget includes $16,800 to replace the crushed granite with synthetic turf in the children’s

play area at the Mayor Vera Calvin Plaza, providing a safer, maintenance-friendly surface. To
improve efficiencies in maintaining the old town properties, a utility cart for caretaker
transportation is included in the budget at the cost of $19,217.

Additionally, the budget proposes funding two (2) police officers at the cost of $230,275. These
officers will be primarily assigned to the downtown area to increase safety.

Cash Funding Capital Improvements
The CIP program for FY 2021-22 is $34.0 million. To reduce debt service costs, $1.5 million in
cash funding is budgeted for a new fire ladder truck, and $7 million in cash funding for CIP
projects is planned over the next 5 years. The budget also contemplates a bond program of $88
million for streets and public safety. Bonds will be sold over the next several years, and the city

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