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Show Council to begin discussion of capital improvements Park City Councilmen will glimpse for the first time Thursday the proposed 1984 capital improvements budget which will total some $3.7 million for construction and equipment, according to City Manager Arlene Loble. Since last year the costs of city construction projects and purchase of equipment have been separated from the fiscal budget, which runs from July 1 to June 30 annually. This was done, according to Loble, so that funding for construction would be in place in time for the onset of spring and the construction season. This year's capital improvements im-provements proposal which will be reviewed by the council before final approval ' toward the end of March, is included in this year's budget are a number of improvements to city streets, Loble said. Added to those projects this year will be Main Street construction (see front page story). That work will necessitate tearing up Main Street completely for the installation of new water and sewer mains. Other street projects include in-clude the completion of Kearns Boulevard which must be coordinated with the Snyderville Basin Sewer District's proposed sewer line, Loble explained. The intersection of Swede Alley and the belt route and the proposed Swede Alley parking park-ing structure and storm drain improvements are also included in-cluded in the budget, she said. for mass transit in 1984 that will approximate $595,000. She noted, however, that federal grants would cover 80 percent of that amount. Those monies would be used for additional buses as well as a new bus garage, she said. Other projects that the council will consider for funding this year, according to Loble, are a new sidewalk for the west side of Main Street, improvements on the sprinkling system at the municipal golf course, various var-ious pedestrian and bike paths and upgrading Main Street lighting. Public hearings on the 1984 capital improvements budget will begin following Founder's Week in March, Loble said. approximately the size ot last year's revised budget of $4 million, Loble said. The proposed budget had just been completed at press time but Loble said she could not comment specifically on it until it is presented to the council. She did say, however, how-ever, that the capital improvements im-provements budget draws from 11 different revenue sources. Among those, she said, are construction impact fees paid by developers, federal revenue sharing funds and taxes garnered through the Redevelopment Agency as well as an allotment from the general fund. Of the ongoing projects Among the funding decisions de-cisions the City Council will have to make this year, Loble said, is the implementation of the Parks Master Plan. The Recreation Advisory Board met Tuesday night to finalize a specific proposal for parks expenditures this year (see related story). This council will also be faced this year with deciding the fate of the Memorial Building, Loble said. It has yet to decide, she said, whether funding should be allocated for remodeling the Depression-era structure. Additionally, Loble said that she will propose to the council capital expenditures |