5 Year CIPDate: January 1984
• To: Zoning and Planning Commission
From : - William P. Craig, City Manager
SUBJECT: Five -year Capital Improvement Program
Each year, it has been my practice to furnish you with an outline of a five -year
capital improvement program, at the January meeting.. The plan gives "distant early
warning" of necessary projects and expensive equipment replacement (vehicles are
handled on a separate replacement schedule). The Capital Improvement Program also
gives the advisory policy - making authority of the city an opportunity to plan and
direct long -range improvements, beyond the narrow scope of the annual budget process.
The program itself, however, has.no legal force - the final word belongs to the
Council through normal budget and vote procedures.
I. A1_ let's - It has been eity,practice to pay 20% of the cost of concrete alleys
from general tax revenues. Seventy -eight concrete alleys have been installed
since the program began in 1965; about two dozen asphalt alleys of varying
condition remain, and a handful of unpaved alleys.
2. Seal Coat - The City tries to maintain a regular schedule for sealcoating paved
streets with asphalt and crushed stone, since experience has shown.that the
chief cause of pavement failure is water penetration of the asphalt surface.
The City has been maintaining the six -year sealcoat interval, and must
� average six miles of sealcoat per year to keep current.
• 11th Avenue Viaduct -
This project is.eontained on the approved five -year State
Aid Funding Plan, and is posed in that plan to be fully funded by 1989. This
CIP forsees the construction phase by 1985, thus a bond will be necessary that
year.
4. Reconstruction of llth Avenue South and 7th Street South - This is another item
from the five -year State Aid Plan. The reconstruction will be necessitated by
the shifting of peat soils under the existing roadway. The reconstruction will
be done in.the spots necessary, since the funding available cannot pay for redoing
the street, and the vast majority of the streets named are in good condition.
5. Bike Trails - This program has been on the CIP for some years as seed money -
funds,to be used to match grants, etc. Unfortunately, grants are at 'a low ebb.
It is not in the 1984 budget.
6. Shady Oak Road - Since we suspect that the County intends.to improve Shady Oak
Road some day, we need to note possible expense on the "distant horizon ". Perhaps
when the crosstown is extended, the volume on Shady Oak will no longer merit a
project.
7. Reconstruct 17th Avenue - This pertains to one small section of 17th which has
subsided over the years, and can no longer be effectively patched with asphalt.
The affected concrete sections should be removed and replaced.
• Water Tank Renovation - The Moline tank was thoroughly recoated in 1977, and
the Blake tank in 1978. Such work is usually scheduled for 8 -year intervals.
9. Loop Lines - Although most of the line "looping" to boost water pressure and
volume has been completed, it appears that flow from the big treatment plant
(behind Elmo Park) could be improved by installation of an additional main from
there to highway 7.
• 10. Storm Sewers - By policy, Council has devoted $65,000 annually from taxes to
the storm sewer fund.
11. .5 Million Gallon Tank - This has long been a part of the overall water system
improvement plan, increasing overhead storage by 50%. The year selected is
somewhat arbitrary, and could be changed. The tank would be constructed at the
Elmo Park treatment plant site.
12. Public Works Garage - It has been proposed to complete the garage complex by
renovating the older structures in phases, through the years 1983 to 1 86. These
expenses would be funded with the interest from the PIR fund principal, and from
the Real Estate Sales Fund.
13. Tree Program - Our tree loss rate seems to have stabilized, but at a minimum
we must continue to remove diseased trees as they are found, or the disease will
overcome all the trees in a very short time.
14. Remodel Police Station - Butch LaBerge had some very specific ideas on remodeling
the police station to give better service (including anew 24 hour entrance on
the west side of the building). It was on the previous capital budget for 1984,
but was moved back a year to allow Earl Johnson to review the needs from his point
of view.
15. CBD Proiects The planning process for the Central Business District has included
a section in the Comprehensive Plan and a special study by Barton - Aschman Associates.
• The implementation, by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, is proceeding
through an HRA bonding and priority process.
This explanation is necessarily brief; as usual I am available to answer.questions,
and will make presentation at public meetings as necessary, Ideally the Commission
will be.able to forward this to Council by late February, so that they may review,
amend, etc. prior to 1985 budget preparation.
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CAPITAL BUDGET WORKPLAN
Threshold - $5,000
10
Source
General Fund
General Fund
State Aid (Bond)
State Aid
General Fund
State Aid
State Aid
Water Fund
Water Fund
General Fund
Water Bond
Real estate fund &
PIR interest
General Fund
General Fund, Real
Estate Fund
PROJECTS
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
STREETS & TRANSPORTATION
Alleys $
5,000 $
5,000 $
5,000
$ 5,000
$ 5,000
Seal Coat
55,000
58,000
61,000
64,000
67,000
11th Avenue Viaduct
1,400,000
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-
-
-
Reconst. 11th & 7th South
70,000
-
-
-
-
Bike Trails
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
10,000
Shady Oak
-
-
-
-
200,000
Reconstruction 17th Avenue
30,000
-
-
-
-
WATER & SEWER
Tank Renovation
80,000
40,000
-
-
-
Loop Lines
-
40,000
-
-
-
Storm Sewers
65,000
65,000
65,000
65,000
65,000
.5 mg. Tank
-
-
-
500,000
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PUBLIC PROPERTY
Public Works Garage
58,000
25,000
-
-
-
Tree Program
73,500
77,000
81,000
85,000
89,000
Remodel Police Station
30,000
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-
-
-
CBD Projects
(Thru separate
HRA bonding)
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Source
General Fund
General Fund
State Aid (Bond)
State Aid
General Fund
State Aid
State Aid
Water Fund
Water Fund
General Fund
Water Bond
Real estate fund &
PIR interest
General Fund
General Fund, Real
Estate Fund