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CITY OF PARIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ApP2riCI1X A-CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROCESS years and long-term). The approach mirrors the general procedure for CIP planning in Paris at this time, except that the elected and appointed officials would be brought in at the earliest point in the process to represent the City Council and Planning Commission. • Administrative and Fiscal Review - The City Manager, as the chief administrative and financial officer, should provide the first administrative and budgetary review in the capital facilities program process. Two key responsibilities of the City Manager will be to check the program for consistency with both legal requirements and previous years' plans, and to make a preliminary check for financial integrity. • The Planning Commission - The Planning Commission should have two primary responsibilities in the CIP process. First, the Planning Commission should ensure that recommendations within the CIP are consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan update is being prepared to vest the Commission with a central role in the CIP process. Second, the Planning Commission should take public comment in a regular meeting and serve as a recommending body to the City Council. The City Engineer and his designated staff should help manage the CIP process, providing research and administrative expertise, and act as liaison to the "Capital Facilities Committee." • The Public - To maintain the integrity of the Comprehensive Plan and achieve established community goals, the citizens of the City should play a role in this process. The City Council and Planning Commission should invite the public to a joint public hearing to comment on the recommendations of the Capital Facilities Committee. • City Council Workshop - Capital facilities programming involves many complex issues of both budgeting and development for the City. Because of the complexity of development in a growing, full-service community, detailed study should be undertaken by elected officials prior to adoption of the CIP. The City Council should hold a workshop to consider the reports of the "Capital Facilities Committee" and the Planning Commission. The City Council Workshop will allow the Governing Body to study the proposed CIP in detail, reviewing projects for their consistency with public policy and assuring financial soundness. The City Council should refine the draft ranking of proposed projects, with the City Manager directing the administrative role, and the City Engineer directing the facilities assessment role; with other members of the Capital Facilities Committee assisting in the research process. • The City Council Adoption - Finally, after rankings and reports from the Capital Facilities Committee-as submitted by the City Manager and City Engineer-the City Council should adopt the CIP plan. It should be kept in mind that this process is not linear as suggested here, but cumulative and circular. At the end of each budget cycle, the process begins again, building upon the work of the previous year. sA98288Meafitt:,i report z-oi.aoc 81 BWR