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s~~~~~~~~~~ <br />~._ -k~ ~ - <br />~~~~~~ ~ ~' ~ ~ ~~~ ~ ~~ 225 FIFTH STREET <br />PLf~LIC ~1®t3fa'S ®EF~AFiTfi~E~T <br />ADMINISTRATION MAINTENANCE DIVISION SPRINGFIELD, OR 97477 <br />ENGINEERING DIVISION TRANSPORTATION DIVISION <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DIVISION TECHNICAL SERVICES DIVISION www.ci.springfield.or.us/dept pw.htm <br />www. ci.springfield. or. us <br />March 16, 2005 <br />Citizens of Springfield: <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Enclosed is Springfield's 2005-10 Capital Improvement Program (CIl'), which was adopted by <br />the City Council on February 7th of this year. This program provides a list of public facilities <br />such as street paving, sewer installation, and traffic signals that are tentatively funded for <br />construction in the next five years. These capital improvements are aimed at improving <br />neighborhoods, providing for economic growth, improving traffic safety, complying with <br />environmental standards, and maintaining the existing city infrastructure. <br />The City's final commitment to spend public funds occurs as a result of the annual City budget <br />process. Capital projects actually budgeted each year usually vary somewhat from those <br />proposed in the CIP. <br />PROJECT SELECTION <br />The projects that make up this year's Program were selected from a long list of capital <br />improvements needed by the City and developed for the most part from adopted plans that have a <br />long history of public involvement. Other projects came directly from residents seeking to <br />improve their neighborhoods or to provide opportunities for growth and development. The <br />Metro Plan, neighborhood plans and studies set standards to guide the overall growth of <br />Springfield, and underscore the importance of efficiently providing the key urbari services, such <br />as sewers, which are needed for urban living. <br />The public input process for the CIP was .started last October when citizens, organizations, and <br />City staff were asked to submit projects for consideration in the CIP. Also,. the. City Council held <br />a public meeting in order to provide an opportunity for additional public input. <br />The CIP reflects projects for which funding is proposed to be programmed from expected <br />revenues over the next 5 years and does not reflect projects that have already received funding <br />and/or are currently included in the adopted capital budget. There is currently a significant <br />backlog of such projects. The following is a list of the most significant of the projects which <br />already have funding, are thus not included in the CIP, and are to be completed over the next few <br />ADMINISTRATION/TECHNICAL SERVICES/Eft~GINEERING: (541) 726-3753 a FAX (541) 736-1021 <br />MAINTENANCE: (541) 726-376 i ~ FAX (541) 726-3621 .TRANSPORTATION: (541) 726-3753 FAX (541) 726-3781 <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES: {54 i) 726-3694 FAX (541) 726-2309 <br />