FINAL ADOPTED BUDGET FY2022-23

Highlights Infrastructure

The Infrastructure Service Area needs total about $1.5 billion or 82.6% of the total recommended CIP spending over the next ten years. The average need per fiscal year is about $151 million. The service area consists of Engineering & Inspections, Field Operations, Planning, Transportation, Coliseum, and Water Resources. Projected Transportation capital expenditures over the next ten years total approximately $389 million, which accounts for 25.7% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 21.3% of the total CIP. Projects of note planned for FY 22 23 include replacement of GTA s electric busses, continued Alamance Church Rd. improvements, the final phase of the Downtown Greenway, construction of the February One parking deck, Summit Ave. and various downtown streetscapes, and transit bus replacements. Water Resources projects total just over $960 million and account for 63.6% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 52.5% of the total CIP. Water and Sewer projects of note in FY 22 23 include the installation of an elevated water tank in Liberty to aid the Greensboro Randolph Megasite water line extensions and sewer upgrades around Camp Burton, Hwy 62, Alamance Church Rd, N. Elm near Cornwallis and Hammel Street and major electrical improvements at the Mitchell Water Treatment Plant. These projects alone are estimated to cost $42.9 million in FY22 23. The CIP also includes ongoing water and sewer line rehabilitation, expansion and renovations, and various projects at the water and wastewater treatment plants and smaller facilities. Field Operations Department projects total almost $131 million, which accounts for approximately 8.7% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 7.2% of the total CIP. In FY 22 23 there are $21.6 million of planned Field Operations projects that include $10.8 worth of ongoing street resurfacing, about $7 million towards Phase III, the final phase of the White Street landfill closure, as well as plans for landfill equipment replacement, transfer station replacement needs, and salt storage facility needs. Community Services Community Services Service Area projects account for the second largest project total of the four Service Areas, including over $255 million for Parks and Recreation and almost $14 million of Neighborhood Development projects. Combined, Parks and Recreation and Neighborhood Development account for 14.7% of all CIP projects over the next 10 years. Parks & Recreation projects planned for FY 22 23 are making progress towards finishing projects previously approved by the 2016 bond referendum, such as the A&Y Greenway Extension, Barber Park/Gateway Gardens, Battleground Parks District initial development, and community tennis improvements. In FY22 23, Neighborhood Development expects to make progress on a variety of projects funded with bonds approved in 2016 including revolving loan funds, and workforce housing initiative projects targeting at risk or disadvantaged groups and areas within Greensboro. Public Safety The Public Safety Service Area includes $49 million, or 2.7%, of the City s planned capital needs over the next ten years. Fire Department projects are estimated to cost $39 million, and Police Department projects are estimated to cost almost $7 million. The majority of the Fire Department projects are related to construction of new and replacement, or renovation of, aging fire stations. Police Department CIP projects include headquarters security upgrades and renovations, and the purchase of a new record management system. GM911 expects to replace their Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system in the next five years and is being funded through federal earmark dollars.

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