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Consultant outlines five‑year CIP for San Luis and says bonds/secondary property tax are options; staff to seek public input
Summary
CIP consultant Anthony Arasa presented the city's new five‑year capital improvement program, described project categories and delivery methods, and suggested funding tools including general obligation bonds and a secondary property tax that would go to voters.
Anthony Arasa, the city’s capital improvement program (CIP) consultant, presented a five‑year CIP at the retreat, explaining the program is intended to catalog and prioritize one‑time, large capital projects such as road reconstruction, water/wastewater facilities, parks, buildings and public safety investments.
Arasa cited an Arizona Revised Statute requirement for a five‑year program and explained that a capital project typically has a life of more than one year and is capitalized when the estimated cost meets the city’s threshold (roughly $15,000, with stated exceptions). He described stages of projects from…
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