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Adopting a streamlined process for the 2018-2019 Capital Improvement Budget cycle and requesting the Capital Improvement Budget committee, in partnership with the Office of Financial Services (OFS), revise the CIB process for 2020-2021 and future cycles.
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WHEREAS, in the 2016-2017 CIB cycle the CIB Committee recommended initial funding for the Scheffer Recreation Center and for Fire Station 20; and
WHEREAS, if both projects (Scheffer Rec and Fire Station 20) were to continue as planned, the projects would take up all available CIB funding in the 2018-2019 cycle and need a large portion of the 2020-2021 cycle funding; and
WHEREAS, after the CIB annual programs, the Scheffer Rec Center, the initial funding for Fire Station 20, and other smaller projects, all that will remain is $1.27 million of the available funding for the 2018-2019 cycle; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has identified maintenance of existing facilities as a priority; and
WHEREAS, the City Innovation Team is leading a project with the Parks Department to develop a prioritized facilities condition assessment, similar to the Public Works five-year street plan, that will provide Saint Paul with better data to make targeted funding decisions based on need; and
WHEREAS, Saint Pauls’ racial equity initiative is giving city leaders better insight into how and where the city makes investments , and the current CIB process does not take racial equity into account; and
WHEREAS, City policymakers want to work closely with the CIB Committee and the community over the next two years to evolve the CIB process so that it is more inclusive and data-driven;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the remaining $1.27 Million in the 2018-2019 CIB funding cycle will go towards capital maintenance; and be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council request that the Office of Financial Services develop a prioritized facilities condition assessment across departments prior to the process beginning for the 2020-2021 Capital Improvement Budget process; and be it
RESOLVED, that the Capital Improvement Budget (CIB) cycle for 2018-2019 will be streamlined, and therefore not seek any new outside proposals in the Community Facilities and Streets and Utilities categories; and be it
RESOLVED, the City will still accept proposals from Community Development Corporations (CDCs) related to Community Development Block Grants; and be it
RESOLVED, that the CIB Task Forces will not meet for the 2018-2019 budget cycle since there would be no new proposals to review; and be it
RESOLVED, that the City requests the CIB Committee review proposals for maintenance of existing city infrastructure with the limited funding that remains in the upcoming cycle; and be it
RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council values the work of the Capital Improvement Budget Committee and thanks current and past members of this committee and task forces for their work to date; and
FINALLY BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council compels the CIB Committee, together with the Office of Financial Services, Innovation Team, and Community Engagement Coordinator, to engage in a community-driven process to evolve the Capital Improvement Bonding process for the 2020-2021 budget cycle and beyond.