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Residents urge city not to defund approved NCIP neighborhood projects to plug budget gap
Summary
The NCIP committee recommended using next year’s TOT allocation rather than cutting already‑approved neighborhood projects. Council received the presentation and extensive public comment urging preservation of NCIP approvals and warning that rescinding projects will erode trust.
Council received a report from public‑works staff and the Neighborhood & Community Improvement Program (NCIP) committee on Feb. 17 seeking $3–4 million in low‑priority projects that could be deferred to help close a projected city budget deficit.
Reggie (public works staff) described the committee’s multi‑meeting ranking process for about 40 candidate projects, which used a 1–10 scoring card and a complexity classification (low/medium/high). The NCIP committee…
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