HURRY! Proposals for New Capital Expenditure Projects for the City Budget Due Wednesday March 14th
The City is flush with money, so how can it be spent? HURRY! Your good ideas are sought by March 14th deadline for a March 15 meeting.
> 2018 CIP Proposal Form
The Capital Improvement Projects Review Committee (CIP) will be meeting Thursday, March 15, 2018, at 7 pm and Tuesday, March 20 at 7 pm in the Police Department Emergency Operations Center to consider and recommend CIP projects. CIP members are: Michael Henn, Susan Herrick, Bobbe Stehr, Jeffrey St. Claire. The Piedmont Beautification Foundation (PBF) Representative and Piedmont Park Commission Representatives are Nancy McHugh and Jim Horner. The Recreation Commission Representative and Council Liaison are to be announced. The staff liaisons are Chester Nakahara and Nancy Kent. Read the meeting agenda here. There will be no audio or written record kept of meeting discussion or presentations. Additionally, no broadcast via the internet or cable TV will be available.
The meetings are open to the public.
Read the March 15 agenda > here
The announcement by the City is below:
The CIP is soliciting proposals for new projects which would enhance our community. Ideas submitted by individuals, community organizations and City staff are all considered. If you have a great idea, the committee would like to hear from you.
Proposals are due no later than March 14th at 5:00 PM. Click to download the
> 2018 CIP Proposal Form.
All applicants/residents that have submitted proposals will be personally invited to attend the CIP Meeting to be scheduled in March/April. At this meeting, applicants will be asked to briefly describe their projects to the CIP Committee. The CIP Committee will then determine which projects will require a site visit.
The CIP Site Visit Tour will be scheduled for a Saturday in early May. The tour will commence at City Hall at 9:00 am and then will proceed to CIP tour stops located throughout the City. At each of the tour stops the CIP Committee will see the locations for proposed projects first hand.
At noon a working lunch will be provided at City Hall for Committee members, city staff, and interested citizens. At this working lunch the CIP Review Committee will attempt to compose their list of 2018-2019. CIP projects that they recommend as a part of this year’s budget process. The CIP chair in conjunction with CIP Review Committee members will be asked to prepare a list of recommended projects and narrative that will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration in the budget process.
Completed forms should be returned to the Department of Public Works, 120 Vista Avenue. If you have questions regarding the CIP process, please contact via email > Nancy Kent Parks & Project Manager, or by phone at (510) 420-3064.
OMG! We just have so much money, we just have to spend every dime; right? NOT!!!!