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• • Implementation Plan .................................................................................. Chapter 13 GOAL 13.3: Implement and annually update afive-year Capital Improvements Program (CIP). OBJ. 13.3a: To ensure well managed and fiscally responsible growth, proactively plan for the future capital improvement needs of the community by planning for capital expenditures to be incurred each year of a fixed period of years. Policy 1: The City should establish a formalized capital improvement program process to schedule future capital expenditures. Action 1: Require all City departments to develop project requests, including a detailed description of the improvement, its relative priority among other departrnental improvements, and preliminary order of magnitude cost estimates. Action Z: Appoint a CIP coordinator to compile all project requests and to coordinate the review of projects. Action 3: Establish a fiscal policy or a series of policy statements to create parameters regarding distinct limits on the amount of annual funding available and methods of financing. Action 4: Establish CIP goals with the City Council, which are statements of Council intent. Action 5: Establish an engineering review of cost estimates initially developed by individual City departments as well as technical feasibility of projects. Action 6: Establish a financial review process to assess the financial feasibility of projects, develop alternatives to financing improvements, and identify proposed sources of funding for all requested projects. Action 7: Establish a planning review by the Planning Department as well as the Planning and Zoning Commission to ensure conformance with the goals and objectives of the Comprehensive Plan. Action S: Perform a chief administrative review to determine the conformance of each project to the fiscal policies and CIP goals established by the City Council and the relative priority of each project. Action 9: Develop a formalized City Council review process to review individual projects, projects that require special financing, and those that require multiple year financing. GOAL 13.4: Develop alternatives to finance the construction of infrastructure extensions supporting new development as the city grows. OBJ. 13.4x: Track external funding sources and identify other revenue methods that would be a good fit for La Porte. Policy 1: The City should routinely monitor and aggressively pursue grant and low- interest loan opportunities that would address infrastnicture priorities without imposing an e.ccessive debt or administrative burden on the City. Page ! 3-~ I.a Porte Comprehensive Plan Update ...................................................................................... c