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• <br /> 455 <br /> October 29,1956 <br /> C low tide,a half mile wide. 1985 saw 4,000 citizens of Everett <br /> nmhmnian my take the ride a the island, whilethentndance jumped to 14,000 during the 10 week summer of 1986. <br /> With suchsuccess,to City desires to keep the e8Program[t nnings fox J <br /> • least e other year and t judge now tion aspects be <br /> integrated pinto the capital improvement program. Dependng upon nthe <br /> mix of r d improvements that can be dedicated to Jetty <br /> Islan• dentthe future may see significant developments offered for <br /> IAC grant <br /> The fitY ha. enc <br /> for the purchase ofyaarivendfront for asiteno fSmith Islande paeco rothe Statarks aiain9 <br /> that property of this type is extremely limited,and a converted <br /> to commercial o[ housing u x111 be gone for generations, the <br /> City has taken this a t <br /> unity o purchase the land from the <br /> n <br /> Department f Natural Resources. accomplish this roject,we have <br /> designated $150,000 from theral. and as the City's match <br /> against $195,000 from the Interagency Committee for Outdoor <br /> Recreation(IAC). <br /> Telephone System <br /> The City 1s now the last major customer in Everett still using old <br /> style telephone°witching gear. Negotiations with General Telephone <br /> v <br /> began o T <br /> e year ago.. hose talks have resulted in the decision <br /> to move ahead into modern technology by acquiring and installing a <br /> new phone system during 1907. The Installation cost has been <br /> identified at$50,000. This constitutes a very slight increase in <br /> [nom monthly operating charges which x111 be offset by a savings <br /> resulting from the new system's use of computer programming to <br /> select the least costly long-distance routing. The schedule calls <br /> for the change over <br /> t <br /> o begin with phones in the Senior c Pine <br /> a <br /> Stations, Library Animal Shelter, then moving nthark <br /> Service Center and City Sall. Theentire modification <br /> will Department, <br /> l takebout three months starting in January,1987. <br /> Museum • <br /> Thehistorical <br /> museum, e located in the Riverside neighborhood <br /> one of the est city services. began formal <br /> operations in1986 and has m <br /> been expanded in 1907 with the addition <br /> ofa full-time employee who will o collection, maintain • <br /> records and offer tours t est groups who wish to learn m <br /> about 5v tt's and Snohomish County's history. Through a volunteer <br /> effort, members of our community have long maintained a collection <br /> of historical artifacts and records o[Snohomish County,but without <br /> proper facilities for public eviewith o storage.o Funding for this <br /> continue ram has e$12,000£cility betweenthetl el/Notal tax ments and a contribution hich ioconf <br /> $42,000 for staff and operations from the General Fund. n • <br /> Police <br /> We have always placed a major emphasis on increasing the service <br /> levels o[ the Police Department by adding funds £or inc[eaeed <br /> departmentersonnel ss well within as the maintenanceand Fund othatt has received the only <br /> ersonnel <br /> growth over the pa air smears. Twenty one people havbeen added <br /> including a our well received years. <br /> Service Officer Program. To • <br />