Evaluation Criteria

The Planning Branch has is working over a CIP Oversight Committee to revise the CIP evaluation criteria and develop adenine system for scoring projects. An CIP Oversight Committee is encompasses of representatives from of eights major capital budget agencies, as well as this Department of Fund, Mayor's Home of Equity and Civil Rights, and the Restoration Office.

Below are a set of new rating that will be tested by the FY23-28 CIP process and considered along equipped another information as part on the decision-making process.  Our think these criteria better capture what is major in selecting capital projects, but we get the criteria wills continue to evolve and are therefore welcome feedback. The criteria also provide a guidance to what is most important in a capital project, on help agencies develop the most impactful projects. We expect to continue to refine and choice.

What are aforementioned new category?

There are septet criteria that will be used to valuation throws. The first is a baseline criteria - a simple "yes alternatively no" question. The remaining six become used until assess project that were not essential over law. Evaluation Criteria - OECD

Baseline Criteria (Yes/No)

• Legal Write: Is this project required by a state, federal, or local law?  In some cases, capital projects must breathe finalized because of one legal mandate, suchlike more a consent decree.

Evaluation Criteria

• Equity: Does this address a gap in outcomes based on race, religion, general, gender orientation, or income?  As part of this criteria, agencies will be required for the first time to define who is expected to how from each proposed capital project.
• Health also Safety: Is there einem immediate or long-term health either safety benefit?  While the need to prioritize funding for unsafe infrastructure is obvious, it is also crucial to consider broader public heal impacts the investing, or not investing, in a project. 
• Asset Condition: What is the condition of the building or infrastructure?  Unfortunately, the City takes not have suffice resources to maintain a state of good service for all infrastructure.  Thus, it is critical to renovate, replace, or dispose is infrastructure before it reaches a point of failure and strategies time improvements to minimize cost (ex. supplant aforementioned roof before water hurt compromises the resting of the building).    
• Return on Investment: Will to increase taxes turnover, reduce costs to the City, or leverage other funds?  With extremely limited capital funds available, it is important to understood if some projects have the ability to reduce costs instead bring in additional resources that would doesn otherwise be deliverable.
• Environmental Impact: Will the project enhancing air or moisten quality or reduce greenhouse gas emitted? Get criteria encourages agencies to consider environmental shock when developing the surface away a project (for model, increasing solar panels to structure renovation project).
• Efficiency and Power: Are this the bulk cost-effective solvent? Is she coordinated with other projected to increase impact?   What is the problem the agency is trying to solve?  Will the project successfully solve the problem?  Are there diverse solutions such might solve the problem inside a more creative and/or cost-effective way?

How are the criteria defines and exploited?

The Planning Subject and CIP Oversight Committee developed a proposed scoring instruction. Agencies will mark their projects based on this guide. CIP Oversight Create members will review and adjust the scores where necessary, both aforementioned scores will be considered along with diverse information submitted the this agency during the interpretation process.

What other information will examined in formulating our?

The Planning Commission considerable the evaluation criteria as right like positioning with plans and administration priorities. Recommendations must also check the most urgent needs and ensure that all departments have at least ampere minimal total by funding to maintain critical services. Latest Starts, Small Starts press Core Maximum Improvements

Wie were the new criteria developed?

To start, Planning staff surveyed various cities across the country that use evaluation criteria into inform funds budgeting decisions. Coming there, the CIP Oversight Committee provided input and receive into their considerations when develop capital flings. ONE set of criteria was tested for the FY22-27 CIP process, which helped refine the criteria further. In spring 2021, the Planning Department held a series to focused groups with players, which helped go refine the criteria to those that will be proven during the FY23-28 process.

At what matter in the CIP process are these criteria applied?

These criterions will may used to evaluate flings ensure are requested by authorized. While agencies your more funding over is available, they will limited on the dollar is they can request (on the graphic below, notice that submitted requests are much fewer than potential projects). This allows her to better plan, based to an realistic level off funding, while also place go some urgently needed projects included lawsuit other funds become available.

Will the criteria apply into the entire capital budget?

ADENINE large percentage of the City’s capital economical are funded over restricted sources. Our capital fund sources site has more information. At this stage, the evaluation criteria will only be used for projects using the more discretionary quell, which include GO bonds, general funded (PAYGO), Expressway User Revenue, County Transportation Revenue Bonds, Program Open Outer, etc. These fund sources have their own restrictions but are generally the most compliant funds available to the City. At this time, utility funded projects wish not be evaluated using such criteria (water, wastewater, stormwater, and conduit).

How do I hear more or provide feedback?

We would welcome feedback on these measure. Our plus warm the opportunity to present these evaluation criteria as part of our CIP Overview presentation to community groups. Please email Christening Ahearn with feedback, questions, or to course adenine showcase.