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CITY OF PARIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ApperiCliX A-CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM PROCESS Priorities Setting When the capital improvement process begins, the initial list of projects is little more than a cataloging of needed and desired projects. As the Capital Facilities Committee establishes its recommendations, the ranking of projects should become more formalized, based upon a given set of considerations. Further, these considerations should follow throughout each level of refinement. At a minimum, each project should be evaluated and scored based upon five major factors, each of which has sub-elements to consider. The relative weight given to each element in the ranking system is largely up to City's policy makers. For the purpose of this discussion, each of the five major considerations is weighted equally, on a basis of one to five, with five indicating the greatest degree of need. The ranking system, then, is based upon the elements described below. Maintenance Ordinary - Is this a project which may be necessary and improve the quality of life, but is not essential and could be postponed to a later year (example: street reconstruction)? Continuation - Is this project a continuation of a preceding years on-going effort and therefore worthy of a higher degree of consideration? Imminent - Is this a project that represents some threat to the public health or safety if not undertaken? A failure in a sewage system would rank highly, while a nonessential bridge that could be temporarily closed might rate less highly. Redevelopment Support of Downtown Paris - Does the project support revitalization along corridors leading to the Downtown, such as along Clarksville Street or Lamar Avenue, or the other corridors leading to the Downtown, as advocated in the Comprehensive Plan? Stabilization of Decline - A project in the downtown core, or in a designated Neighborhood Stabilization Target Area, which seeks to stem physical decline, might receive a higher rating than one within a blighted area because it can be seen as eliminating a greater problem before it occurs. New Construction - Projects that encourage new construction in older areas of the community are as important in many instances as projects in new areas. Consequently, they too should be given consideration in the programming process. Public Policv Support Comprehensive Plan - Projects which serve to implement the goals of the Comprehensive Plan-particularly to serve growth in the designated growth area where sewer and water service can be most cost-effectively extended-should be given immediate consideration. 5:08288\WPCltinal rcpurt 2-01.dm- 82 BWR