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• Implementation Plan ........................................................................................................ Chapter 13 operating expenses. Once this capacity has been identified, a fiscal program is developed. The financial analysis also estimates the impact that capital expenditures will have on the operating budget. The La Porte Comprehensive Plan is concerned with physical facilities and services as well as land use and population growth. The Plan provides guidelines for capital project selection and assignment of priorities. The Capital Improvements Program, along with the Zoning and Subdivision Ordinances and official maps, is a device for implementing the long-range comprehensive plan. Capital improvements include facilities such as utility systems, landfills, public buildings, land acquisition, parks, streets and sidewalks, drainage, libraries and major equipment. These are items that may have a significant impact on the community and are often too expensive to be financed in the annual operating budget. Preparation of a Capital Improvements Program involves difficult decisions. There are nearly always more worthwhile projects to consider than there are dollars to fund them. The program of capital projects is displayed in Table 1, Program of Capital Projects. The capital program was derived through the comprehensive planning ~ process by identifying the City's goals, objectives, policies and actions toward achieving its vision of the 21'` Century. The projects include those identified by previous planning and engineering studies as well as those identified by public officials, City staff and citizens of La Porte during the plan development process. This list of capital projects forms a rational framework for development of a formalized capital improvements program. As part of the City's annual budgetary process, this capital program should be utilized to prepare afive-year CIP that becomes the basis for the City's Capital Budget. The abbreviations for the agencies or departments responsible for implementing the capital projects and studies are provided below. Responsible Agency Abbreviations: AB Airport Board CC City Council CM City Management EC Emergency Coordinator ENG Engineering FD Fire Department HC Harris County P&Z Planning Commission PD Police Department (Public Safety) PR Parks and Recreation , PL Planning Department PW Public Works Page 13-1 ~ La Porte Comprehensive Plan Update ......................................................................................