Capital Improvement PlanPlanning Board Public Input Meeting

November 16, 2017

ScheduleSeptember

Planning Board presentation on CIP Process and Schedule (Sept 21)

October

Deadline for citizen project suggestions (Oct. 13)

November

Planning Board public information meeting (Nov. 16)

December

Planning Board CIP Subcommittee evaluates requests

January

Planning Board adopts CIP and submits to the City Council

February

City Council work session

March

City Council public hearing and CIP Adoption

A capital improvement is a major expenditure, which is made infrequently or is non‐recurring.

Capital Improvement Projects include one or more of the following:

Land acquisition;

Construction or expansion of a new facility or utility lines;

Non‐recurring rehabilitation of a facility provided the cost is $50,000 or more;

Design work or planning study related to a capital project or implementation of the Master Plan;

Any item or piece of equipment, non‐vehicular in nature, that costs more than $50,000 and has a life expectancy of 5 or more years; or

Replacement and purchase of vehicles which have a life expectancy of more than 5 years or cost more than $50,000.

CIP FY2019‐2024 Requests Total Projects in FY18‐23 CIP = 103

Total Project Requests for FY19‐24 = 100

Existing projects (carried forward from previous CIP) = 86

New project requests = 14

Priorities (as currently proposed) (A) complete within 3 years = 58% (B) complete within 6 years = 8% (C) complete after 6 years = 2% (O) ongoing allocations of funding = 32%

List of Projects in Each CategoryVehicles and Equipment (VE)

• Ambulance Replacement Program• Vehicle Replacement – Fire Engine 6• Vehicle Repair – 2006 Fire Engine• Vehicle Replacement – Fire Engine 4• Thermal Imaging Camera Replacements• Fire Personal Protective Equipment Replacement• Police Gym Equipment Replacement

Information Systems (IS)• Information Technology Upgrades and Replacements• Incident Reporting and Data Management Systems• Station Alerting System Replacement*• Public Safety Records Mgt / Computer Aided Dispatch System

Enterprise Funds (EF)• Annual Water Line Replacement• Well Station Improvements• Water System Pressure and

Storage Improvements• Reservoir Management• Madbury Well 5• New Groundwater Source• Water Transmission Main

Replacement• Willard Ave Water Mains*• Islington St Phase 2*• Consent Decree Mitigation• Pease Wastewater Treatment

Facility• Long Term Control Plan Related

Projects

• Annual Sewer Line Replacement• Wastewater Pumping Station

Improvements• Mechanic Street Pumping Station

Upgrade• Union Street Sewer Construction• Willard Ave Sewer Separation*• Islington St Phase 2*• Regional Digester at Pease WWTF

Buildings & Infrastructure (BI)• Fire Station 1 Renovation• Police Facility Land Acquisition• New Police Department Facility• School Facilities Capital

Improvements• Elementary Schools Upgrade• Historic Document Restoration,

Preservation and Scanning• Historic Document Storage Facility• Climate Resilience Planning*• Land Use Regulation Revisions• Land Acquisition• Outdoor Recreation Fields – City

Owned Land Campus Drive• Consolidated Indoor Recreation

Facility

• Existing Recreation Fields Improvements

• Implementation of Peirce Island Master Plan

• Implementation of SagamoreCreek Parcel Master Plan

• Historic Markers Replacement Project

• Park and Playground Improvements

• Prescott Park Facilities Capital Improvements

• Emergency Response Shelter• Reuse of Paul A. Doble Army

Reserve Center• McIntyre Federal Building

Redevelopment

Buildings & Infrastructure (BI)• Pannaway Manor Gateway Park*• Goodwin Park*• Lafayette School Playground

Improvements*• Citywide Tree Replacement

Program• Recycling & Solid Waste Totes• Recycling and Solid Waste

Transfer Station• Outdoor Pool Upgrade• Bleachers/ Grandstands• Historic Cemetery Improvements• City-wide Retaining Walls Repairs

and Improvements• Sound Barriers in Residential

Areas along I-95

• City-wide Storm Drainage Improvements

• City-wide Facilities Capital Improvements

• City Hall Complex Electrical Upgrades*

• Foundry Parking Garage -- Parking Office*

• Hanover Parking Facility Capital Improvements

Transportation Systems Management (TSM)• Free Public Parking/ Shared Lot

Agreements• Parking Lot Paving• Parking Meters• Hampton Branch Rail Trail • North Pond Multi-Use Path• Bicycle/ Pedestrian Plan

Implementation• Wayfinding System• US Route 1 New Sidepath

Construction• Market Square Upgrade• Spinney Road Sidewalk and

Intersection Construction• US Route 1 Crosswalks and

Signals• Sagamore Ave Sidewalk*• Elwyn Park Sidewalks Phase I

• Elwyn Road Sidewalk Extension• Banfield Road Pedestrian

Accommodations• City Sidewalk Reconstruction

Program• City-wide Traffic Signal Upgrade

Program• Citywide Intersection

Improvements• Russell/ Market Intersection

Upgrade• City-wide Bridge Master Plan

Implementation• Peirce Island Bridge Replacement• Maplewood Ave Culvert

Replacement• Cate Street Bridge Replacement

• Islington St Improvements Phase 2• Transportation Plan Studies and Design• Cate Street Connector*• Longmeadow Road Extension• Peverly Hill Road Improvements• Market Street Gateway Improvements • Street Paving, Management and Rehabilitation • South Street Improvements• Pease International Tradeport Roadway Rehabilitation• Junkins Ave

Transportation Systems Management (TSM)

CIP Citizen Requests Cate Street ConnectorGreenleaf Ave (Intersection at Greenleaf Ave and Lafayette Road) Islington St. CrosswalkMaynard Park 200 Spaulding TurnpikeWillard Ave

Andrew Jarvis Dr• “A traffic light at the intersection 

of Andrew Jarvis Drive (High School Entrance) and Lafayette Road has been discussed for some time.  It seems that this should be a high priority for the city's Planning Dept and CIP, due to congestion along Andrew Jarvis Drive at peak hours and also for safety reasons.  Additionally, this intersection is used by a high number of young drivers, and pulling out onto Lafayette Road (southbound) is difficult without the assistance of a traffic light.”

• Identified in Planning Document or Study (Bike/Ped Plan)

• Improves Quality of Existing Services

• Provides Added Capacity to Serve Growth

• Addresses Public Health or Safety Need

Cate Street Connector• Create a new road to 

connect Route 1 Bypass to Cate St and the West End of Portsmouth.  This will allow for diverting existing and future traffic off the largely residential streets of Bartlett, Dennett, and Thornton.

• RECOMMENDATION: Put forth as new CIP project for FY19.

Cate St.

Greenleaf Ave. & Lafayette Rd.• Close access to 

Greenleaf Ave from Lafayette Rd for traffic safety benefits.

• RECOMMENDATION: Evaluate through the City’s Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program process and in collaboration with planned intersection improvements that are part of the Middle St / Lafayette Rd bike lane project.

Islington St. Crosswalk• Installation of 

crosswalk at Albany St. on Islington St.

• RECOMMENDATION: No action, this is already part of the City’s Islington Street Corridor project, currently in design with construction anticipated to begin in 2018. 

Maynard Park• “Once the rehab project of 

the high rise Interstate 95 bridge is complete, we would like to reopen the park under the Interstate 95 bridge. In addition, it would be very nice to extend the park under the bridge all the way down to the waterfront, similar to the new area to the left of the Memorial Bridge.”

• RECOMMENDATION: Once the I‐95 Bridge rehab project is complete, the City is planning to coordinate with the state about the potential for  re‐opening the park. 

200 Spaulding Turnpike Park• Purchase land for 

public park space.

• RECOMMENDATION: Staff is not recommending this project at this time.

Willard Avenue

• Sidewalk repair.

• RECOMMENDATION: Address this issue when the City’s sewer line replacement is underway for Willard and make use of sidewalk program funds.

CIP and the General Fund Budget

The goal for the Annual Budget portion allocated for the Capital Outlay (CIP) is 2% of the prior year’s General Fund Budget

Fiscal Year General Fund Target (2% of Prior Year Budget)

Requests(GeneralFund 

portion)

City Council adopted CIP

City Council adjustment for final Budget

2018 $2,140,000 $2,438,000 $2,140,000 $1,985,000

2019 $2,189,000

CIP Impact on Debt Service (FY18‐23) Per City policy, the annual target for total Debt Service is no 

more than 10% of annual appropriation

FY 18  FY 19  FY 20  FY 21  FY 22  FY 23  FY 24 8.05% 9.32% 9.48% 10.05% 10.01% 9.67% 9.36%

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23 FY 24

% OF BU

DGET

Net Debt‐Gen Gov Net Debt‐School

Net Debt Service as a Percentage of the General Fund Budget

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