Mrs. Goodwin also noted that improvements not within the program prior to adoption |
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of the CIP must be approved by the Planning Commission. The recommendation can |
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only then be overridden by a two-thirds majority of City Council and is an indication |
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of the power and magnitude of the CIP planning process for the Planning |
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Commissioners. Mrs. Goodwin suggested that the Board members read and review |
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Chapter 1 which was attached to their package explaining the role of the Planning |
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Commission as Planners, Policy Makers and Spenders. |
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Ms. Blackerby discussed the CIP process. Several teams were formed to start the |
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CIP process early on. In the beginning the objective of the Policy Team was to define |
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the policy, address financing and the rating of projects. The next team was the |
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Project Team which worked on the project application, rating forms and the policy as |
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well as writing the individual projects. The two teams worked very closely together in |
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the beginning to fine tune the process and to develop a policy that would meet the |
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needs of everyone and to refine the application process to make sure that the process |
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was sound. After the projects were compiled, the Policy Team then rated and |
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weighted each project, spreadsheets were compiled, discussion took place on |
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available financing options and then recommendations were presented to the |
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Administrative Team. Ms. Blackerby then detailed the specific projects listed in the |
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Mr. Dohr reviewed the actual policy which was adopted by the Policy Team and the |
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development process. The intent of the CIP and the goal is to identify all of the major |
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non-recurring improvements or expenditures that the City will be making long-term in |
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an effort to bring forth policy and planning for the future. Mr. Dohr then reviewed the |
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list of projects listed in the plan and answered Board members questions regarding the |
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established benchmarks, deficiencies, identification of funding, ongoing costs, the |
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prioritization of the projects and specific recommendations. |
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