[Press Release] : Report shows substantial resources used in city's First Ward/central city

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Contact: Raymond A. Beck, City Manager - (573) 874-6338

Report shows substantial resources used in city's First Ward/central
city

COLUMBIA, MO (December 20, 2005) -- A report on the Dec. 19 City
Council agenda shows that substantial city resources have been used in
the city's First Ward/central city. The report was requested by the
City Council and it includes details about expenditures and activities
for the years 2001 - 2005 for city infrastructure, city services and
amenities in the First Ward/central city. The report lists programs and
projects by year, along with expenditures.

Some key points in the report are:

Nineteen percent of total contracted public works expenditures from
2000 - 2005 were in the First Ward. Total citywide expenditures were
$13.9 million. Expenditures for First Ward/central city were $1.368
million for streets, $1.004 million for storm drainage, $323,257 for
sidewalks and $253,893 in miscellaneous expenditures.

Operating expenses for Parks and Recreation averaged $402,697 in the
First Ward/central city from 2001 - 2005. Capital improvements for the
First Ward/central city during that same period averaged $165,296.

An average of $1.27 million in federal housing and community
development funds have been spent annually in central city
neighborhoods, an area that includes the First Ward.

The report can be viewed on the city's Web site, www.GoColumbiaMo.com
under announcements.

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