FY 2009 Capital Funding Recommendations

1. Citizens’ Capital Budget Advisory Committee May 20, 2008 FY 2009 Capital Funding Recommendations

2. FY 2008 CCBAC Membership • Board of County Commissioners Appointees • Aric B. Beals • Cynthia P. Bush • James C. Diana • Thomas J. Fitch • Norm Gundel, Vice Chairman • Michael L. Murdock, Chairman • William J. Rakatansky • Barney Stewart, III • Wilton A. Savage • Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education Appointees • Allen K. Anderson • Budd D. Berro

3. CCBAC Charter • Comment on the County's capital budgeting process and procedure; • Review priorities and assess proposed capital projects in relationship to those priorities; • Make recommendations to the County Manager and Board of County Commissioners on process, priorities and projects. • Facilitate the exchange of information and coordination between the County and the City on capital needs and planning. • Receive progress reports from staff departments on a quarterly basis on the status of capital projects. • Evaluate the stewardship of each agency or County department requesting funds for capital projects in using bond funds previously approved, including projected costs associated with Pay-As-You-Go and facility maintenance programs and facility operating expenses.

4. General Comments • Debt Affordability • No explicit evaluation • Does not mean awareness not considered • One-Year vs. Ten-Year Recommendations • Recommendations do not address specifics of funding mechanisms, i.e., PAYGO, COPs, GO bonds, 2/3 bonds • Funding mechanisms require full authorization in full; therefore, costs recommended are full project costs. • Projects recommended for funding implicitly endorsed for completion; NOT endorsement of entire ten-year plan

5. General Comments (cont’d) • Concern regarding lack of need justification, examination of alternatives and detailed cost information for some requests • Future requests should include, for each project: • Master plan information • Examination of alternatives • Justification for the choices made and alternatives rejected • Detailed cost spreadsheets using RES cost database

6. Government Facilities

7. Court/Law Enforcement Facilities

8. Library Facilities/WTVI

9. Central Piedmont Community College

10. Solid Waste

11. Park and Recreation • MPRD Master Plan • Comprehensive and statistically sound surveys • Long-overdue • Primary goal—“To be the best Park & Rec. Dept. in the nation.” • Admirable goal, but must be balance in view of competing interests • Advocates for almost everything citizens’ survey • Does not appear to have vetted requests adequately • Serious methodological concerns regarding survey questions • Definition of “needs” of the community

12. Park and Recreation • Recommend County Manager's staff reconcile population growth used by MPRD to assumptions used by CMS • Principles for evaluation • Two-year delivery plan • Keep up with growth •  Address backlogs in renovation and capacity equally • Complete projects begun with approved prior bonds

13. Park Land Acquisition Neighborhood/School Parks $15,000,000 Regional/Community Parks $30,000,000 Nature Preserves $34,000,000 Greenways $5,054,400

14. Existing Facilities General Maintenance/Repairs CCBAC recommends $7,159,278 for FY 2009, $5,698,202 for FY 2010 Expenditures should be funded from the operating budget Rec. Facilities-Aquatic Improvements $3,034,228 Issues with needs assessment CCBAC recommends $5,517,114 for FY 2009 for Mecklenburg CountyAquatic Center less $2,482,886 for associated maintenance/repairs FY 2010 funding for aquatic center improvements for Idlewild Road Park not recommended Rec. Facilities – Special Long term plans for Grady Cole Center and Memorial Stadium need further clarification viz. joint use with CPCC and other interested parties Athletics/Greenways/Parks $11,480,000 Conversion of current grass playing fields to synthetic turf fields is commended Rec. Facilities – Rec. Ctr. $25,357,800 Need and timing for new regional recreational centers should be re-evaluated CCBAC recommends $25,357,800 for FY 2010 to expand the Marion Diehl Center Conservation and Stewardship $2,912,200

15. Greenway Construction $15,267,000 Identified in Master Plan survey as high priority Conservation and Stewardship Five (5) new parks planned for FY 2009 and FY 2010 In two years, number of nature preserves planned to double. No discussion of renovating existing Latta Plantation Nature Center CCBAC does not perceive current need large enough to justify large increase in nature centers Actual construction costs for recommended Nature Preserves Master Plan not properly evaluated CCBAC does not recommend any funding for these projects at this time CCBAC recommends allocating money for master planning of two of the five nature preserve parks recommended in the first two years and planning money for improvements at Latta Plantation Park Capital Planning $4,200,000

16. Recreation Facilities Super-Sized Regional Recreation Centers CCBAC recommends no funding on all Super-Sized Regional Recreation Centers Eastland Mall Redevelopment CCBAC recommends no funding for this project currently Partnership opportunities need to be developed further Aquatic Recreation Spraygrounds at Public Schools CCBAC recommends no funding for these projects currently Cultural Art Facility & Performing Art Facility CCBAC recommends no funding for these projects currently Partnership opportunities need to be developed further

18. Summary

19. Questions?