2005 State of Mobility Report - City of Bellevue

CHAPTER 5: Capital Investment Program Implementation
implementation by the year that funding becomes
available. All projects in the current 2005-2011 CIP
are noted on Map 4-B (page 32).
• A decrease in the 2003-2004 adopted budget
equated to a more manageable workload for the
capital projects staff than in previous years.
Diagram 5-A on the previous page details steps in
the CIP project selection and prioritization process.
The City uses an “outcome-based” process that
links the vision of the citizens — as captured in
the policies of the Comprehensive Plan, learned
through the public involvement process, and guided
by the Transportation Commission — to capital
budget funding decisions.
Involve affected neighborhoods and other
interested citizens in the planning and design of
transportation system improvements.
Comprehensive Plan Policy TR-28
By The Numbers
During 2005, the City spent approximately $22
million in CIP funds to implement high priority
transportation projects. The $22 million expended
represents nearly 62 percent of the budget available,
which is an increase from the previous year. (Budget
Available refers to the budget adopted by the City
Council plus unspent funds from the previous year
that are “carried forward” and external funding that
is awarded after the budget adoption.)
Chart 5-B illustrates how actual transportation
CIP spending has compared to both the adopted
budget and the budget available for each of the
past five years. In 2005 the gap between actual
expenditures and budget available continued to
be much smaller than in the previous three years.
Factors contributing to this improved expenditure
rate include:
• A significant level of project implementation/
expenditure in 2002 reduced the amount of
carry-forward funds. (See the 2001-2002 State of
Mobility Report for more information.)
• A substantial number of larger CIP projects
completed construction while on-going
programs, such as Neighborhood Traffic
Calming (see Chapter 6), over-expended their
yearly allotments.
During the past three years the Department has
been able to close the gap between budget available
and project expenditures, which means efficient
project management is keeping projects on their
expenditure timelines as defined in the CIP.
CIP In Action
2005 brought the completion of many projects,
including several that were implemented with
significant community involvement and support,
such as the NE 29th Place Connection project.
Table 5-C lists recently completed CIP projects.
In addition, several major projects were under
construction and are expected to be completed in
2006 or early 2007, including improvements to:
• SE 16th Street, 145th Place SE to 148th Avenue
SE
• Lake Hills Boulevard, 150th to 156th Avenues SE
• 119th Avenue SE, SE 60th Street to Lake Heights
Street
• 112th Avenue SE and SE 6th Street signal
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2005 State of Mobility Report Chapter 5