Capital Improvement Program
Introduction
Salt Lake City’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP), is
an orderly plan for meeting the community's needs for physical
infrastructure facilities such as streets, parks, and public buildings.
The CIP is a comprehensive schedule of capital improvements needed
within the City and establishes a program to accomplish those needs
within the City's ability to pay.
Comprehensive capital improvement programming enables a
city to coordinate all proposed projects with each other and with other
long-term community
plans with the assurance that projects will be undertaken in the order
of their need. An effective CIP requires annual review and monitoring of
the
community by the City to avoid out-dated emphasis and misdirection of
effort.
General Fund Capital Improvement Definition
The definition of general fund capital improvements is
as follows: Capital improvements involve the construction, purchase, or
renovation of
buildings, parks, streets, or other physical structures. A capital
improvement must have a useful life of five or more years. It also must
provide one
of the following two elements: has a cost of $50,000 or more or
satisfies the functionality of a capital asset. A capital improvement is
not a
recurring capital outlay item (such as a motor vehicle or a fire engine)
or a maintenance expense (such as fixing a leaking roof or painting park
benches). Acquisition of equipment is not a capital project unless it is
an integral part of the capital project.
General Fund Versus Enterprise Fund
Capital improvement planning and implementation within
Salt Lake City are comprised of two distinct components: 1) improvements
made by the
enterprise fund departments consisting of the Department of Airports,
Golf, and Public Utilities; and 2) improvements made by the general
fund,
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), and other grants including
federal, state, local, private, and special improvement district funds.
Any
capital improvement applications for projects or services provided by
the Department of Airports, Golf, or Public Utilities should be
submitted to
those departments.
CIP 10-Year Plan
Projects can not be considered for funding unless found in the CIP
10-Year Plan. If a project being requested is not part of the 10-Year
Plan, it
will be considered for inclusion in the plan, and may be considered for
funding in future years.
CIP Development Summary
The CIP development process is on going. Once each year capital
improvement applications are solicited from the community and City
departments. After
a thorough review of applications a recommended CIP is presented by the
Citizen Board and by the City CIP Staff to the Mayor. The Mayor then
uses
these recommendations to prepare the Mayor's Recommended CIP and
presents this to the City Council. The Council then reviews the Mayor's
Recommended
CIP and prepares and adopts the final CIP and Capital Budget.
City CIP Staff
The City CIP Staff is comprised of staff members from
the Community and Economic Development Department. Their responsibility
is to complete the
following:
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Review applications for completeness and accuracy.
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Evaluate each application to help verify that it
complies with and enhances the intent of the City 10-Year CIP Plan,
Vision and Strategic Plan, the “Creating Tomorrow Together” Futures
Commission Report, the Facilities Master Plan, applicable community
master plans, and departmental master plans.
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Staff and Facilitate Citizen Board Review and
Process.
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Monitor and evaluate CIP Budget.
Citizen Board
The Citizen Board is comprised of City residents from the City’s seven
Council Districts. Their CIP involvement is on-going throughout the CIP
process.
Their responsibility is to:
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Review current capital improvement needs and available funds.
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Review the status of the current CIP projects and may tour projects to
evaluate the progress of the CIP on an annual basis.
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Review each application using a structured evaluation format.
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Hear project presentations by applicants in order to better understand
the scope of the proposed projects.
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Tour proposed projects to aid in understanding the scope and logistics
of the proposed projects.
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Select and compile priority listing of projects and recommend budget
modifications as appropriate.
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Recommend budgets for proposals including contingency and percent for
art.
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Present recommended priority list to Mayor.
Mayor's Recommended CIP
The Mayor evaluates the recommendations received from the Citizen Board
to aid in creating the Mayor's Recommended CIP. This includes a priority
listing of the highest-ranking projects recommended for funding. The
Mayor then presents the Mayor's Recommended CIP to the City Council.
Council Approval and Budget Adoption
The City Council sets a public hearing date for the CIP once the Mayor's
Recommended CIP has been received. Staff is available to brief the
Council on
the proposed projects, if desired.
The City Council evaluates the Citizen Board’s and Mayor's Recommended
CIP to aid in creating a CIP priority list with the highest-ranking
projects
recommended for funding. The list may also include a budget for
contingency and percent for art. The Council then adopts the funded
portion of the
priority list as the Capital Improvement Budget.
CIP Implementation
The Capital Improvement Budget becomes part of the Salt Lake City
Operating and Capital Budget. After the budget becomes effective on July
1st of each
year, the budgeted projects will be completed according to City policies
and procedures.
Capital Improvement application and submission
deadline
