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Adopt a resolution approving the County of Monterey Capital Improvement Program Five-Year Plan for Fiscal Years 2021/22 through 2025/26.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution approving the County of Monterey Capital Improvement Program Five-Year Plan for Fiscal Years 2021/22 through 2025/26.
SUMMARY:
The County of Monterey Capital Improvement Program Five-Year Plan for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2021/22 through 2025/26 (hereinafter CIP) sets forth capital projects essential to maintain and improve County public facilities and facilitates the orderly implementation of the County General Plan. Public facilities include buildings, major equipment, telecommunications infrastructure, parks, and transportation systems. CIP projects are those projects that cost more than $100,000 and provide long-term assets to Monterey County.
Each year, the CIP is updated and reviewed considering County needs, priorities, and available funding. A long-term CIP provides several benefits:
? Prioritizes needs and establishes an orderly basis for sound budgetary decisions.
? Focuses attention on both mandated and community goals, needs, and capabilities for best use of public funds and establishes a long-term plan to address future needs.
? Improves the likelihood of obtaining State and Federal financing assistance for projects.
? Encourages project coordination between the County and public agencies which serves to reduce scheduling conflicts.
? Permits private enterprise to relate and/or align their projects to the CIP.
The CIP (Attachment A) includes capital projects planned as part of the capital budgets managed by the Department of Public Works, Facilities, & Parks (PWFP), Natividad Medical Center (NMC), and Information Technology Department (ITD). PWFP worked with County Departments to develop their capital project requests. Capital projects are funded through capital funds budgeted in Funds 002 (Road Fund), 402...
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