Recommendations on FY 2007 Capital Funding Requests

1. Recommendations on FY 2007 Capital Funding Requests Citizens Capital Budget Advisory Committee July 18, 2006

2. FY 2007 CCBAC Membership • Board of County Commissioners Appointees • Jerome A. Alexander II • Thomas J. Fitch • Christopher J. Gegg • M. Heath Gilbert • J. Mark Leggett • Tim Morgan • Michael L. Murdock, Chairman • William J. Rakatansky • Barney Stewart, III • Board of Education Appointees • Rhonda Lennon, Vice Chair • Allen Anderson

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. • Receive progress reports from staff departments on a quarterly basis on the status of capital projects.

4. CCBAC Charter (cont’d) • Facilitate the exchange of information and coordination between the County and the City on capital needs and planning. • 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.

5. Government Facilities • Recommended funding – $53,726,000 • Medical Examiner Equipment and Additional Areas • Freedom Mall IST Phase 2 and RES • Southeast Health Clinic Relocation • Freedom Mall-DSS Senior Enrichment • County Files and Equipment Storage Facility

6. Government Facilities (cont’d) • Delay other land acquisition request for Government Facilities ($2,060,000)

7. Law Enforcement Facilities • Recommended funding – $141,885,000 • Jail NorthExpansion • Waive requirement for public art funding • Close portions of facility to reduce operating costs until beds are needed • Use excess bed capacity to cover operating costs by housing federal or state inmates • Jail Central Intake Renovation

8. Park and Recreation • Approval of requests in current form NOT recommended • P&R submitted inventory of both public and private park facilities • Assessment of available facilities to standards did not include private facilities  some facility deficiencies skewed as a result

9. Park and Recreation(cont’d) • Acknowledge following 10-year requests • Nature Preserve and Mountain Island Lake Watershed ($35,899,084) • Other Watershed Land ($9,203,560) • Additional study needed to compare current Mecklenburg County water quality and future projections against agreed upon standards

10. Library Facilities • Recommended funding – $24,076,761 • Based on maintaining 0.7 square feet of library space per capita • Do NOTfund request for Systemwide merchandising and signage enhancements ($1,000,000)

11. Library Facilities(cont’d) • Projects - Relocations • Hickory Grove Community Library ($4,206,400) • Scaleybark Library ($5,564,543) • Sharon Road West Community Library ($5,050,558) • Projects - New • Highland Creek Community Library ($4,627,630) • Ballantyne Community Library ($4,627,630) • Acknowledge following 10-year requests • Southwest Community Library ($4,700,000) • Northwest Community Library ($4,700,000) • Main Library Renovation ($20,000,000)

12. CMS Needs • Delegated to School Building Solutions Committee (SBSC)

13. General Comments • Encourage better definition of project line items for more accurate comparison with private sector projects • Pursue sustainable design and green building practices, but do not obtain LEED certification • Land Acquisition • Aggregate all land acquisitions (i.e., P&R and CMS) under a single land bond with exception of SBSC 2006 COPs recommendation • Encourage P&R to document all potential land joint-use opportunities

14. Summary

15. Summary (cont’d)

16. Summary (cont’d)

17. Summary (cont’d) * FY 2006 10 year CNA ~ $2.3 billion

18. Questions?