FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET 2020-2021

The grand opening for the downtown Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts has been delayed due to the current health crisis. But the 3,000 seat multi purpose performance venue, funded through a public/private partnership is expected to open in 2020. With over 16,000 season ticket sales and community excitement, the venue is projected to be a success and significant catalyst for downtown. In addition, a fourth pool has opened at the Greensboro Aquatic Center, making it one of the premier facilities of its type. The pool will soon again support ever expanding competitions and other programming at the Aquatic Center. Promote a safe community The Police Department continues to focus on community engagements by hosting a number of community collaborations geared at increasing awareness and education on critical topics affecting our community. Over 850 children participated in our Students Overcoming Situations Program, a partnership with Guilford County Schools. The Department is focusing its efforts on relaunching the Community Watch program and increasing engagement through education and relationships via social media. We ve increased our social media outreach using Instagram and adding socially appealing information to our current platforms resulting in an increase of online engagement by 6,000%. The Police Department manages over 300 speaker requests annually, educating over 5,000 people on general topics including general children s safety, active shooters preparedness, personal safety, elder abuse and online bullying. The department remains focused on violent and property crime reductions through creative policing strategies that combine evolving technology with innovative police initiatives, allowing the department to remain at the forefront of its profession. GPD and its community partners successfully completed the last efforts of the Safer City Summit initiative, rolling these efforts into communities to be carried forward by community leaders. We are moving towards a focus on violent crime reduction through excellence in policing and strategic engagement in areas of violent crime to address systemic issues that contribute to crime through community involvement and partnership. City funding to support the efforts of the Cure Violence program continue in FY 20 21, as does funding to support the new Behavioral Health Response program. Fire facility growth and maintenance continues with the recent opening of Fire Station #63, located on Burlington Road, opened in April 2019. Fire Stations #7 (Gatewood Avenue) and #56 (Franklin Boulevard) are under construction and will be replaced over the next two years as the Fire Department begins a multiyear effort to replace and improve aging fire stations. The Public Safety Training Facility s 60 year old fire training tower and burn building will be replaced with new construction in the summer of 2020. Maintain infrastructure and provide sustainable growth opportunities. The proposed FY 2021 2030 Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) totals just above $1.5 billion in identified projects and outlines a future financing plan to maintain our current infrastructure and develop new facilities as needed. While most infrastructure projects funded through successful bond referenda in 2006, 2008 and 2009 are now complete, a few significant Transportation projects are still in progress. Horse Pen Creek Road is widening from New Garden Road to Battleground Avenue to improve safety and improve pedestrian and bicycle mobility. This significant project, with an estimated total cost of $33 million, will be completed in the spring of 2021. Major intersection improvements at Guilford College Road/West Market Street are under construction. Funding for improvements to Alamance Church Road and Vandalia Road are also remaining from the 2008 Transportation Bond referendum. Alamance Church Road is in final stages of right of way acquisition and is scheduled to be advertised this Fall with construction starting in early 2021. Vandalia Road is scheduled to start right of way acquisition this Summer and will be advertised in Spring 2021. An $8 million roadway and sidewalk improvement project for Holt s Chapel Road and Lowdermilk Street is projected to be completed in spring 2021. Significant sidewalk projects are underway in all areas of the City. Of note, installation is underway for 20,000 linear feet of sidewalk along English Street and approximately 124,000 linear feet of sidewalk along Pisgah Church Road, Lees Chapel Road and Yanceyville Street. Work on these projects is expected to be completed by early 2021. Progress on the Downtown Greenway continues. Phase 2, a significant portion of the Greenway along Murrow Boulevard, is under construction. For Phase 4, along the Atlantic & Yadkin Railroad line from Spring Garden Street to Smith, design plans have been received and property acquisition has begun with construction scheduled to begin in spring 2021.

Adopt ed 2020-21 Budget

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