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Lightning Loader will help cleanup crews do a better job. Animal Control is now open seven days a week. They found homes for over 700 animals last year, while also responding to 40% more calls for service. Operation Re-Leaf, in its 15'~ year of sustaiinable operation, collected 72,200 cu. yd of comf~acted leaves. Our crews swept 17,000 miles of street, the equivalent of 17 complete passes through the city. Through our Commnmity Development Division, we provided 435 Building Block grants to beaul.ify our neighborhoods. And our cleanup effort after the massive storm damage in August was exceptional! Ten different departments pitched in to open streets for emergency access, then cleared the debris in record time. We also hired private contractors to help. It was a major undertak~g that required skilled coordination of resources. that They also welcomed Scooter, a new rail panda, to the menagerie. We spent $2,500,000 on construction and maintenance of city parks, iincluding opening the award wuining Southeast Park with its water sprayground. This Spring we will finish clearing land at Fredrickson Park. The former landfill will be capped and a methane recovery system installed. Next we will solicit community support to develop a model envnonmental center at the site, a place for young students to learn about nature and how to repair our mistakes. Belleville Softball Complex, home to national championship competitions last year' and this, will host the 2004 US Woman's Olympic Softball Team for a competition this summer. Attendance was up at our golf courses and at the Cove, and for the 7'~ consecutive year, we were named a Tree City. Our downtown public facilities contniue to put us on the map. They attract visitors to town, help to sell conventions and spur private investment. Century Center held 676 events in 2003 with 239,000 attendees, including nine new shows. We have recaptured a large convention Parks & Recreation had another remarkable year. Over 1,000,000 people visited Park facilities or participated in special Triathalon at Potawatomi Park. The Zoo A-34 Our teams was up to the effort!