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CAPITALCAPITAL IMPROVEMENTSIMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMPROGRAM (( CIPCIP )) SHORTSHORT TERMTERM WORKWORK PROGRAMPROGRAM (STWP)(STWP) CITY OF ATLANTA 2010 ---2014-2014 City of Atlanta 55 Trinity Avenue Atlanta, Georgia 30303 www.atlantaga.gov DRAFT 5-26-2009 City of Atlanta, Georgia 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Program(CIP) - Short Term Work Program(STWP) Mayor The Honorable Shirley Franklin City Council Lisa Borders, Council President Carla Smith Clair Muller Kwanza Hall Felicia A. Moore Ivory Lee Young Jr C.T. Martin Cleta Winslow Jim Maddox Natalyn Mosby Archibong Joyce Sheperd Anne Fauver Ceasar C. Mitchell Howard Shook Mary Norwood H. Lamar Willis Compiled by Department of Planning and Community Development CIP-STWP Sub Cabinet DPCD Commissioner James Shelby Finance/Executive Committee Budget Atlanta City Council Commission Howard Shook, Chair Shirley Franklin, Mayor, Chairperson Felicia Moore Vice-Chair Howard Shook, Jim Maddox Finance Committee Chairperson, Atlanta City Council Clair Muller Felicia Moore, Atlanta City Council Cleta Winslow Roger Bhandari, Acting City Attorney Carla Smith Jim Glass, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary Table of Contents 2010-2014 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM (CIP) Introduction Summary Atlanta Beltline Inc. (Transportation, Environmental, General Government) Mission Statement & Summary & Project Listings Atlanta Housing Authority (General Government) Mission Statement & Summary & Project Listings Department of Aviation (Transportation) Mission Statement & Summary & Project Listings Department of Corrections (Public Safety) Mission Statement & Summary & Project Listings Atlanta Fire & Rescue (Public Safety) Mission Statement & Summary & Project Listings Judicial Agencies (Public Safety) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Office of Enterprise Asset Management (General Government) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Department of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Affairs (Parks & Rec.) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Atlanta Police Department (Public Safety ) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Department of Public Works (Environmental, Transportation, QOL) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Department of Watershed Management ( Environmental) Mission Statement Summary & Project Listings Appendix A: Impact Fee Appropriations Appendix B : Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Short Term Work Program (STWP) City of Atlanta 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Program-Short Term Work Program Table of Contents City of Atlanta 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Program-Short Term Work Program Table of Contents 2010 SHORT TERM WORK PROGRAM (STWP) PROJECT LIST Introduction Economic Development o Atlanta Development Authority Housing o Mayor’s Office - Office of Human Services o DP&CD – Bureau of Housing Natural and Cultural Resources o DP&CD – BOP- Atlanta Urban Design Commission o Department of Watershed Management o Sustainable Atlanta Community Facilities o Corrections o Fire Rescue o Office of Enterprise Assets Management o Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Ballfield Improvement Building Improvement Cultural Affairs Programs Greenway Trails and Corridors Land Acquisition Plans and Studies Playground Improvement Site Improvement Swimming Pool Improvement Tennis Court Improvement o Police o Public Works Solid Waste o Watershed Management Wastewater Water Transportation o Department of Aviation o Planning and Community Development Department Plans and Studies Greenway Trails and Corridors o Department of Public Works Bicycle Bridges and Viaducts City of Atlanta 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Program-Short Term Work Program Table of Contents DPW Facility Improvements Gateways Greenway Trails and Corridors Highway Improvements Intersection Improvements New Roadway Other Parking Pedestrian Facility Plans and Studies Road, Bike, Streetscape Improvements Roadway Widening and Upgrade Signalization and Signage Street Lighting Street Network Street Resurfacing Streetscapes Traffic Calming Transit Land Use o Planning and Community Development NPU projects Abbreviations City of Atlanta 2010-2014 Capital Improvements Program-Short Term Work Program Introduction Capital Improvements Program (CIP) The City of Atlanta’s Capital Improvements Program (CIP) covers a five-year time period and is updated annually. The CIP is a plan for both long and short-range development of the physical plant of city government. The CIP recommends the use of the projected revenues for capital purposes expected over the next five years. Included in the CIP is a general financial plan for funding those projects over the entire five-year period. The program is based on the Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), also known as the Atlanta Strategic Action Plan (ASAP), for the City and provides policy direction for the capital funds budgeted in the annual budget, implementation of the Georgia Development Impact Fee Act, for the annual General Obligation Bond issue and for either capital fund sources. The CIP includes projects and expenses typically considered “infrastructure” - streets, sewer lines, bridges, as well as facilities through which city government provides services directly to citizens or in support of city operations. The latter category includes such facilities as police precincts, recreation centers, maintenance facilities, and general office buildings. The CIP covers all facilities that City government owns, operates and maintains. This document is submitted with the CDP to the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) annually, as required by the Georgia Planning Act. The CIP is intended to insure that needed projects will be undertaken according to an established set of priorities and that revenues will be available to finance such projects when they are needed. The CIP combines elements of mid-range programming, and current year budgeting to identify the city’s capital needs and the means of meeting them, with the process covering a five-year period. The CIP identifies specific improvements to city infrastructure and facilities needed to support and implement CDP. The CIP also encourages each department and City agency to establish an internal planning process to identify capital needs with a sufficient lead-time so that decisions may be made on the most advantageous financial means of addressing them. The Capital Improvements Program consists of three elements: Planning Long-range capital improvements are developed for each year of City government for up to five years. Programming Known and anticipated revenues from various sources are programmed in the CIP and a financing package is developed for all recommended projects. Budgeting The one-year element of the CIP directs the budgeting of various capital and operating funds that are part of the City’s annual budget development process. City of Atlanta Capital Improvements Program-Short Term Work Program Introduction The CIP is adopted annually in late September or early October, while the annual budget is adopted in June or early July. It is our goal to use the forecasted spending on capital projects identified in the CIP to create the next year’s capital budget. This allows the City to incorporate the priorities from the CIP in the next year’s budget planning. Additionally, the appropriation of the annual general obligation bond sale proceeds, often received in the late fall, is in accordance with the adopted CIP. This timing is intended to provide better direction to the CIP from the CDP, and better linkage with the annual budget by giving more timely input into the budget adoption process. The CIP process is the appropriate medium for operating departments to request programming of funds for future capital needs. The CIP programs known available capital revenues for the subsequent five years, and identifies a financing plan for all projects within the five-year category of the CDP. The actual budgeting of funds follows the City’s normal budget process. Each department and agency of the City government is represented by a chapter in the CIP. The information provided herein was prepared by the staff of each department. Each chapter includes the department mission statement and an organization chart identifying the bureau responsible for the capital projects. The Bureau of Planning and the Department of Planning and Community Development is responsible for compiling and reviewing the CIP submissions for conformity with adopted city development policy and plans. The Department of Finance is responsible for making recommendations as to funding sources and schedules. Legal Basis The Georgia Development Impact Fee Act requires that all developer exaction practices by local governments in the state be discontinued after November 30, 1992, except for those developed in compliance with the Act for strictly project-related improvements. The City of Atlanta Development Impact Fee Ordinance was adopted by Atlanta City Council on March 18, 1993 in accordance with the Authority provided by Article 9, Section 2, paragraph 4 of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and the Georgia Development Impact Fee Act (Title 36, Chapter 71, Official Code of Georgia Annotated.) In 1997, the City appropriated $6.4 million for eight greenway trails, 21 sidewalk improvements projects, one pedestrian bridge, Fire Station #14, Atlanta Police Academy Expansion and the Zone 4 Police Precinct (Ordinance # 97-O-0822). This use of development impact fees reduced the City’s historical reliance on the Annual Bond Fund to accommodate