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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE
RECOMMENDED 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 mayor's initiatives to ensure public safety, promote economic development, positively impact the City's neighborhoods, facilitate constituent services, and enable high-performing government.
The FY2009-2014 Capital Program, as recommended by the City Planning Commission, allocates more than $7.34 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 (208KB PDF file).
Printed copies of City of Philadelphia: The Recommended 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 recommended for FY2009 - the budget year of the Capital Program - is nearly $2.65 billion. These 80 projects include hundreds of "subprojects" that are both new and "carried forward" from previous years' budgets.
Of this total budget amount, $50.8 million (2%) will be provided by new General Obligation (GO) bonds issued by the City of Philadelphia. These bonds are tax-supported (i.e. repaid from the City's general tax revenues). An additional $368.3 million (14%) will come from tax-supported loan funds that were authorized previously. This includes $36.8 million of previously authorized capital funds as well as $40.3 million of pre-financed Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (PICA) loans. City "self-sustaining" loans, issued as Philadelphia Airport and Water Department revenue bonds, account for $1.29 billion (49%) of total budget-year funds. Funding from other levels of government, including Federal, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and regional sources, totals $814.1 million (30%) in the budget year. Finally, $121.0 million (5%) 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 this Recommended FY2009-2014 Capital Program. This is due to City debt limits established by the Pennsylvania Constitution, as well as by the City's capacity to service and retire the debt on these borrowed funds. Nevertheless, the City administration is committed to investing in the City's infrastructure to the greatest extent possible, and is in fact committing more City funds for FY2009 than it has since FY2002.
Overall, the Recommended FY2009-2014 Capital Program proposes the most proactive and efficient spending plan possible by making the most effective use of available resources. This Recommended Capital Program continues our efforts to make Philadelphia a great place to live, work, and visit.
USES OF FUNDS
In keeping with the Mayor's priorities, the Recommended FY2009-2014 Capital Program includes projects that ensure public safety, promote economic development, positively impact the City's neighborhoods, facilitate constituent service, and enable high-performing government.
Projects that ensure public safety promote the safety of all Philadelphians. Highlights for FY2009 include:
- A total of $13.5 million of funding will be 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 from an average of 8,796 in FY07 to around 9,100 in early 2008. With PICA's approval, a total of $21.4 million of PICA and 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 for facility and communications system improvements in FY2009.
Projects that promote 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 recommends more than $1.7 million of GO funds for the Philadelphia Navy Yard, $2.7 million for Penn's Landing improvements, $2.2 million for Schuylkill and Delaware riverfront improvements, $600,000 for the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and $500,000 for the Philadelphia Zoo.
Projects that positively impact the City's neighborhoods include street reconstruction and resurfacing, improvements to transportation facilities, and replacements of water and sewer mains. In FY2009, a total of $19.6 million is designated for street resurfacing, nearly triple the amount budgeted in FY08. Other City-supported neighborhood infrastructure investments include nearly $3.7 million for the SEPTA Market Elevated reconstruction project and $2.0 million for GreenPlan Philadelphia, the City's blueprint for sustainable open space.
Projects that facilitate constituent services include those to renew facilities that serve Philadelphians, such as recreation facilities, libraries, neighborhood parks, health centers, and City Hall. In FY2009, GO funding of $10.3 million is recommended for Recreation Department facilities. Nearly $1.4 million of GO funding is recommended for improvements to branch libraries, and $9.0 million of PICA funding will be sought to support upgrades to the Central Library. Fairmount Park will receive $5.4 million of GO funding for improvements to parks and facilities, the Health Department will receive $1.2 million of GO funding to upgrade its facilities, and City Hall will receive $7.4 million for exterior and life-safety improvements.
Projects that enable high-performing government include initiatives that enhance energy efficiency and ensure continuity of service. Funding of $1.0 million is recommended for energy efficiency projects in FY2009, and funding of $250,000 is allocated for design of the third phase of the City's emergency generator project, to ensure uninterrupted power in the event of an emergency.
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The table below shows funding amounts by Department for FY2009, the budget year of the FY2009-2014 Capital Program.
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BUDGET YEAR
FUNDING BY DEPARTMENT |
NEW CITY TAX-SUPPORTED
FUNDS ($ 000) |
ALL FUNDING SOURCES
($ 000) |
|
Art Museum |
600 |
2,690 |
|
Aviation |
0 |
1,091,726 |
|
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 |
13,950 |
|
Health Department |
1,100 |
18,102 |
|
Housing |
0 |
38 |
|
Human Services |
0 |
12,804 |
|
Managing Director's Office |
6,200 |
25,479 |
|
MOIS |
0 |
1,632 |
|
Office of Supportive Housing |
700 |
3,164 |
|
Police Department |
400 |
29,707 |
|
Prisons |
4,120 |
30,690 |
|
Public Property |
1,761 |
61,772 |
|
Recreation |
9,300 |
69,140 |
|
Streets |
10,513 |
274,713 |
|
Transit |
3,269 |
203,519 |
|
Water Department |
0 |
551,701 |
|
Zoological Garden |
500 |
1,827 |
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BUDGET YEAR TOTAL |
50,763 |
2,645,240
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