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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
FY2009-2014 CAPITAL PROGRAM
The Capital Program is the City of Philadelphia's six-year plan for investing in its physical infrastructure, community facilities, and public buildings. While much of the Capital Program focuses on improvements to the City's neighborhoods and the quality of life of its citizens, the plan supports numerous other municipal government priorities. More specifically, the Capital Program includes projects that promote the City's strategic initiatives to ensure public safety, advance quality education, positively impact jobs and economic development, promote healthy and sustainable communities, foster better customer service and a high-performing government, and demonstrate the highest standards for ethics and accountability.
The FY2009-2014 Capital Program allocates more than $7.35 billion over this six-year period to advance these initiatives and address critically needed public improvements.
Click here to view the FY2009-2014 project funding schedule (388KB PDF file).
Printed copies of City of Philadelphia: The FY2009-2014 Capital Program, including all departmental funding schedules and sources, may be obtained by telephone, postal mail, or e-mail request.
SOURCES OF FUNDS
The total cost for the 80 projects included for FY2009‹the budget year of the Capital Program‹is over $2.65 billion. These 80 projects include more than 500 "subprojects" that are both new and "carried forward" from previous years' budgets.
Of this total budget amount, $51.8 million (2.0%) is provided by new general-obligation (GO) bonds issued by the City of Philadelphia (see Figure 1). These bonds are tax-supported (i.e., repaid from the City's general tax revenues). An additional $283.8 million (10.7%) will come from tax-supported loan funds that were authorized previously. This includes $205.4 million of previously authorized ("carried forward") capital funds as well as $40.3 million of pre-financed Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) loans, and $38.1 million in other prefinanced loans. Operating revenues used for funding of Capital items amounts to $60.9 million (2.3%). Revolving funds are replenished through proceeds from the sale of property acquired in the past through the use of Capital funds. In FY2009, this amount is $26.0 million (1.0%). City budget-year "self-sustaining" loans, issued as new Philadelphia Airport and Water Department revenue bonds, account for $325.2 million (12.3%) of total budget-year funds. Prior and other self-sustaining loans account for $965.8 million (36.4%). These include carried forward self-sustaining funds as well as operating revenue appropriated to the Capital Budget from the Operating Budget. Funding from other levels of government, including Federal, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and regional sources, totals $816.9 million (30.8%) in the budget year. Finally, $121.0 million (4.6%) of FY2009 funding will be provided by private sources. Click here to view FY2009-2014 funding sources by year
As in years past, the availability of new, tax-supported GO funding for capital projects is constrained in the FY2009-2014 Capital Program. This is due to the City's debt limit established by the Pennsylvania Constitution, as well as by the City's financial capacity. Nevertheless, the City administration is committed to investing in the City's infrastructure to the greatest extent possible.
Overall, the FY2009-2014 Capital Program proposes the most proactive and efficient spending plan possible by making the most effective use of available resources. The FY2009-2014 Capital Program continues our efforts to make Philadelphia a great place to live, work, and visit.
USES OF FUNDS
In keeping with the City's priorities, the FY2009-2014 Capital Program includes projects that ensure public safety, advance quality education, positively impact jobs and economic development, promote healthy and sustainable communities, foster better customer service and a high-performing government, and demonstrate the highest standards for ethics and accountability. A sampling of capital projects that support these priorities is presented below.
Projects that ensure public safety promote the safety of all Philadelphians. Highlights for FY2009 include:
- A total of $13.5 million of funding is requested from PICA in FY2009 to support the Philadelphia Police Department's crime-fighting strategy - $5.0 million for a combined SWAT/Bomb-Squad Facility, $3.5 million for improvements to the Police Tactical Facility and Warehouse, and $5.0 million for improvements to Police facilities. Additionally, $2.0 million of operating revenues will support computer and communication system improvements, and $400,000 of new GO funding will support facility renovations.
- The FY2009 Budget includes $5.0 million of PICA funding for improvements to Fire Department facilities. In addition, $2.0 million of operating revenue will support computer and communication system improvements, and $800,000 of new GO funding will support Fire facility renovations.
- The Philadelphia Prison System (PPS) census has continued to rise in recent years. A total of $12.5 million of PICA and $5.4 million of other funding will support design and construction of a dedicated 224-bed certified-juvenile facility on the PPS campus. Additionally, the PPS will receive $4.1 million of new GO funds for facility and communications system improvements in FY2009.
Projects that advance quality education make for a well-informed population and workforce, and include improvements to facilities used by citizens city-wide for educational and cultural purposes such as the Free Library system, Art Museum, and the Zoo. Nearly $1.4 million of GO funding is recommended for improvements to branch libraries, and $9.0 million of PICA funding will support upgrades to the Central Library. The FY2009 Capital Budget indicates $600,000 in GO funds for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and $500,000 for the Philadelphia Zoo.
Projects that positively impact jobs and economic development serve to retain and attract businesses; provide jobs for residents; and support improvements at the City's airports, as well as commercial, industrial, port-related, and hospitality-industry development. The FY2009 Capital Budget includes more than $1.7 million of GO funding for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, $2.7 million for Penn's Landing improvements, and $2.2 million for Schuylkill and Delaware Riverfront improvements.
Projects that promote healthy and sustainable communities include street reconstruction and resurfacing, renewal of recreation facilities, improvements to transportation facilities, and replacements of water and sewer mains. In FY2009, more than $19.6 million is designated for street reconstruction and resurfacing - nearly triple the amount budgeted in FY08. Other City-supported neighborhood infrastructure investments include nearly $3.7 million in City funds for the SEPTA Market Elevated reconstruction project and $2.0 million for GreenPlan Philadelphia, the City's blueprint for sustainable open space. Also in FY2009, GO funding of $10.2 million is recommended for Recreation Department facilities, and the Health Department will receive $1.2 million of GO funding to upgrade its facilities.
Projects that foster better customer service and a high-performing government include initiatives that enhance energy efficiency and ensure continuity of service. $1.0 million of GO funding is identified for energy efficiency projects in FY2009, and $250,000 for design of the third phase of the City's emergency generator project, to ensure uninterrupted power in the event of an emergency.
Finally, the planning, programming, and implementation of all projects in the Capital Program strive to demonstrate the highest standards for ethics and accountability.
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The table below shows funding amounts by Department for FY2009, the budget year of the FY2009-2014 Capital Program.
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BUDGET YEAR
FUNDING BY DEPARTMENT |
NEW CITY TAX-SUPPORTED
FUNDS ($ 000) |
ALL FUNDING SOURCES
($ 000) |
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Art Museum |
600 |
2,690 |
|
Aviation |
0 |
1,091,726 |
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Capital Program Office |
5,240 |
14,511 |
|
Commerce |
2,780 |
174,914 |
|
Fairmount Park Commission |
0 |
38,154 |
|
Fire Department |
800 |
20,288 |
|
Fleet Management |
2,100 |
4,719 |
|
Free Library of Philadelphia |
1,380 |
14,950 |
|
Health Department |
1,100 |
18,102 |
|
Housing |
0 |
38 |
|
Human Services |
0 |
12,804 |
|
Managing Director's Office |
6,300 |
25,579 |
|
MOIS |
0 |
2,754 |
|
Office of Supportive Housing |
700 |
3,164 |
|
Police Department |
400 |
29,707 |
|
Prisons |
4,120 |
30,690 |
|
Public Property |
1,761 |
61,772 |
|
Recreation |
10,200 |
70,040 |
|
Streets |
10,513 |
274,713 |
|
Transit |
3,269 |
203,519 |
|
Water Department |
0 |
551,701 |
|
Zoological Garden |
500 |
1,827 |
|
FY2009 TOTAL |
51,763 |
2,651,362
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