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City presents streets capital-improvement program update; staff lists 14 prospective projects, many grant-funded
Summary
City Integrated Capital Management staff previewed the streets component of the 6‑year Capital Improvement Program, identifying 14 new projects under consideration (seven linked to recent grant awards), and described funding sources, schedule and next steps for plan‑commission review and a joint workshop with the Transportation Commission.
Kevin Picasso, principal engineer in the city’s Integrated Capital Management group, presented an overview of the streets element of the city’s capital improvement program on Feb. 26 and outlined a short list of proposed new projects and the process the Plan Commission will use to review them for consistency with the comprehensive plan.
Picasso said the streets CIP update is run on an annual schedule and must be adopted by the city prior to the state deadline for the fiscal program. He told commissioners the streets program is distinct from the citywide capital program because state law requires the streets program to be updated on a calendar that allows new grant awards and project scheduling to be reflected sooner.
Staff identified 14 new candidate projects for the streets program this year, seven of which Picasso said are tied to recent grant awards (bike/ped safety and active‑transportation grants). Examples staff highlighted include several bike/ped safety projects, a collection of projects to support the Division Bus Rapid Transit (Division BRT) (including station planning and transit access projects), continuation of the 27-by-27 bike network effort, and two proposed new traffic-signal projects (Rowan and Maple/Ash intersections were cited). Picasso said some awards are still subject to the state budget process.
Picasso described funding sources for street projects as a mix of federal and state grants, the arterial street levy passed by voters, traffic‑impact fee program projects, impact‑fee funding and local matching funds. He noted the city relies heavily on grants for larger projects and that some projects will move forward only after funding is secured.
The staff schedule calls for a deeper project-level workshop with the Plan Commission combined with the Transportation Commission on April 9, followed by a public hearing in May where the commission will take action on program consistency with the comprehensive plan. Picasso said staff will provide more detailed maps, project concepts and cost estimates at the April joint workshop.
Ending: Staff will prepare project-level materials for the April joint workshop, will continue grant and funding coordination, and expects to return to the commission for a public hearing and formal consistency recommendation in May.
