2019 City of Shakopee Budget

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2019 Annual Budget

Capital Improvement Fund

Fund:

Description of Services:

The Capital Improvement Fund is for various infrastructure projects in the City. These services are overseen by the Public Works Director/City Engineer with the help of other staff as required.

Key Measures:

Actual

Actual

Projected

Projected

2016

2017

2018

2019

Number of Projects Total Overlay Projects

7

6

5

7

$918,112

$1,038,000 $1,785,000

$1,100,000 $1,874,000

$2,200,000 $2,300,000

Total Reconstruction Projects

$3,293,697

Budget Impact: Strategic long-term planning results in a viable, sustainable infrastructure. The five-year capital improvement plan is the workhorse for this planning. Under the plan, projects are developed, planned and initiated. Why is this important? Without it, the city’s infrastructure would begin to fail beyond a point of no return, which could basically bankrupt a city. In 2018, the city milled and overlaid 4.3 miles of streets and the community center back parking lot, reconstructed 0.73 miles of utilities and streets, and rehabilitated a large portion of trail along Vierling Drive and the upper valley drainageway. 2019 will be a busy year with the redevelopment of Canterbury, including the construction of Shenandoah Drive and reconstruction of 12th Avenue. A new regional trail along 12th Avenue east of CSAH 83 will connect Quarry Lake Park to the city trail system. Similar mill and overlay and street reconstruction projects are proposed and other sanitary sewer, storm sewer and trail and alley projects are slated for the upcoming year. The City has a well rounded and skilled staff in place to deliver many of these projects internally, while relying on outside consultants as needed. If you see a roadway with potholes, you can call public works and may find that rehabbing that roadway is in our long-term strategic plan. If not, we need to get it in there.