Final Adopted Budget FY23-24

Highlights Infrastructure

The Infrastructure Service Area needs total about $1.6 billion or 76% of the total recommended CIP spending over the next ten years. The average need per fiscal year is about $261 million, a $9 million increase over last fiscal year. 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 $221 million, which accounts for 14% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 11% of the total CIP. Transportation expects to spend $65.3 million in FY 23-24. Projects of note include replacement of GTA’s electric buses ($3.5 million), GTA replacement buses ($4.8 million), continued Alamance Church Rd. improvements ($4.8 million), the final phase of the Downtown Greenway ($12.5 million), construction of the February One parking deck ($10 million), various downtown streetscapes ($7.3 million), various sidewalk improvements ($6.7 million). Water Resources projects total just over $1.2 billion and account for 78% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 59% of the total CIP. Water and Sewer projects of note in FY 23-24 include Phase 5 of the installation of an elevated water tank in Liberty to aid the Greensboro-Randolph Megasite ($6.4 million); Phase 2 of Liberty Road water and sewer improvements ($16.6 million), Megasite Utility Agreement ($40 million), Sandy Creek Sewer, Lift Station and Force Main Improvements ($10.2 million), Phase 2 Sewer Line Replacement at N. Buffalo Trunkline ($4.5 million), Reedy Fork Industrial Site Development ($2.3 million), Jessup Grove Station Relocation ($2.1 million), Water System Expansion at Various Locations ($2.5 million), Mitchell GAC Testing ($9.4 million), Mitchell Waste Clarifier/EQ Basin Improvements ($5 million), Townsend Lagoon 1 Upgrade ($4.8 million), Retrofit and Stormwater Wetland Stream Restorations ($3.9 million), Camp Burton Sewer ($7 million). These projects alone are estimated to cost $114.7 million of the total $156 million planned spend in FY 23-24. 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 $90 million, which accounts for approximately 6% of the Infrastructure Service Area and 4% of the total CIP. In FY 23-24 there are $14.3 million of planned Field Operations projects that include $10.8 worth of ongoing street resurfacing, about $1 million towards landfill equipment replacements, 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 $355 million for Parks and Recreation and almost $14 million of Neighborhood Development projects. Combined, Parks and Recreation and Neighborhood Development account for 18% of all CIP projects over the next 10 years. Parks & Recreation projects planned for FY 23-24 are making progress towards finishing projects previously approved by the 2016 bond referendum, such as the Barber Park/Gateway Gardens ($500,000), Downtown Greenway Phase 4 ($1.4 million), and land acquisition ($200,000). The Battleground Parks District project is projected to have a total spend of $41 million by FY 27-28. Additionally, the Windsor-Chavis-Nocho Complex is slated to begin spending $50 million of the 2022 bond referendum dollars in FY 25-26, as will the Bingham Park Remediation project ($26.2 million). FY 23-24, Neighborhood Development expects to make progress on a variety of projects funded with bonds approved in 2016 and 2022 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 $132 million, or almost 6%, of the City’s planned capital needs over the next ten years. Fire Department projects are estimated to cost $121 million, and Police Department projects are estimated to cost almost $8 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 is in the process of replacing their Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system in the next five years and is being funded through $3 million of federal earmark dollars.

Adopted 2023-24 Budget

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