City Council Agenda and Packet 2002 12 10 SP

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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION TO: FROM: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILLIAM A. SIMMONS CITY MANAGER DATE: SUBJECT: December 10,20102 2003 Budget - C:apital Improvement Projects ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT: City Manager's Office SUMMARY: Attached is a revised capital projects budget. The revisions (suggestions!) are made on the basis of Council comments made at the December 3,2002 regular meeting and staff discussions with Councilmembers since the meeting. The suggested revisions are as follows: 1. A reduction to the street reconstruction budget totaling $689,000 over the 5-year term of the capital project fund. Proposed allocations for 2003 and 2004 are based on Public Works estimates and then adjusting the remaining three years by three percent (3%). 2. New trails for 2003 are at $100,000 as compared to $120,000 previously. Specific projects are: a new segment ofthe Coal Creek Trail in cooperation with Boulder County, and the Callahan Trail. 3. The equipment budget for the new Police Department building has been allocated over two years instead of one, with no negative impacts on the program. 4. $46,000 has been deleted for the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. (This is not the same as the Community Park.) 5. $34,000 has been added to 2004 for the restoration of the bell tower on the Arts Center. Staff received several and varied comments regarding the new municipal court to be built in conjunction with the police building. The Expenditure is shown as $500,000. Comments ranged from construct the shell only to not constructing it at all. Staff estimates (without assistance from the architect) for these two alternatives are as follows: 1. Construct shell only - deduct $40,000 to $60,000. The area shown as unfinished within the Police Department would be finished as the training room. 2. No construction - deduct $300,000 to $430,000. There are shared facilities within the proposed building that need to be constructed as part of the Police Department and are sized to accommodate a future court. Staff has also shown the transportation projects that will be partially funded by the proposed impact fee and other sources. It is also noted that in addition to the transportation component, the impact fee also will include municipal facilities (City Hall and City Shops) and police facilities. The estimate of impact IE SUBJECT AGENDA ITEM 2003 Budget - Capital Improvement Projects 4A/B