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FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
In FY 2012-13, the City developed the first comprehensive update to the Five-Year Capital
Improvement Plan (CIP) since 2006. It is a best practice for municipalities to update their Five-
Year CIP on an annual basis, typically during the budget process, because it serves as a
valuable tool for the Council, Staff, and the Community to understand the current and future
needs of the City. The attached document shows projects by Department, with a brief
description of the project, funding source(s), a current year 2012-13 estimate of expenses (if
applicable), 2013-14 appropriations, and a projection of needs by year through 2017-18.
The Adoption of the Proposed Budget only appropriates the projects in the 2013-14 (Year 1)
column, with the remaining four years shown for planning purposes only. Amounts shown in the
Year 1 column correspond to projects listed in each respective Department budget.
An area of particular note is that the CIP identifies both funded and unfunded projects/needs.
Unfunded projects are shown in each Department section, and also totaled Citywide so that a
full picture of current and future needs is illustrated. This CIP is the result of many staff hours
and discussion of future needs of the organization. By nature, it is a fluid document that will be
refined every year as future needs are discovered or present themselves to Staff.
CIP CRITERIA
The criteria used to qualify a project for the CIP includes new facilities, equipment/vehicles,
building refurbishment, and infrastructure projects; and includes the design, construction, and
major rehabilitation of capital improvements that have long-term life spans and typically cost
more than $10,000, though you will find a few exceptions to this cost threshold in the
document. The criteria used includes:
• Elimination of potentially hazardous or unsafe conditions and potential liabilities
• Replacement of high-maintenance and inefficient/ineffective infrastructure
• Improvement to and/or creation of new public services
• Outside agency regulatory requirements and mandates
• Stimulation of the local economy/eliminate blighted conditions
• Compliance with the City's General Plan and/or
• Preservation of existing assets
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CITY OF REEDLEY
ADOPTED BUDGET 2013-2014