City to hold public hearing on CIP budget
Projects to repair roads, replace water infrastructure and remodel various facilities are among those in the city’s Capital Improvement Program, which will be discussed at the Yuma City Council’s regular meeting Wednesday night.
The council will hold a mandatory public hearing detailing the CIP’s current $113,495,000 budget for fiscal years 2018-22. On April 5, the council voted 4-1 to adopt the preliminary CIP budget of $38,550,000 for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Included in that budget is $8.6 million for the city’s new fleet services maintenance shop, $3.2 million for a new citywide LED streetlight system and millions on various road design and replacement projects.
Some of the projects slated to be completed by mid2018 include: 1st Avenue from 12th Street to 16th Street ($1.45 million); 1st Avenue from Orange Avenue to 9th Street ($950,000); Gila Street from 1st Street to Giss Parkway ($900,000); and 22nd Street from 4th Avenue to Avenue A ($630,000).
Others are in the design phase. A road replacement project on 4th Avenue from 32nd Street to 40th Street will be designed this coming fiscal year for a budgeted $150,000, and is scheduled for a $1.5 million replacement sometime during fiscal year 2018-19.
The projects are funded by the City Road Tax Fund, the Public Safety Tax Fund, the Wastewater Utility Fund and the Water Utility Fund, among others.
The entire list of anticipated projects is in the CIP budget, which is available on the city’s website, www. yumaaz.gov, by searching for “Capital Improvement Program.”
The CIP budget public hearing will be held toward the end of the council meeting, which begins at 5:30 p.m. April 19 in council chambers at City Hall, 1 City Plaza.
Items on the council’s Wednesday night agenda also include:
• A public hearing to consider the annexation of county island properties located at the northeast corner of Avenue B and 15th Street. There are five different properties among four different owners. The city said that it received a request from Ghiotto Family Properties to annex and one of the other impacted property owners noted support. The annexation would total about 6.5 acres. Ghiotto Family Properties also wants to change the zoning designation from Medium Density Residential to High Density Residential with the intent of developing an apartment complex at a future date, the city said. The rezoning case is scheduled to be heard by the Planning and Zoning Commission in June.
• A $965,800 bid contract with LPC Construction, Inc. of Yuma for the construction of the 24th Street wastewater lift station replacement. The current lift station is 40 years old and has exceeded its useful life, according to the city’s motion report. It is one of 25 lift stations in the city’s wastewater system. The existing station will remain in service while the new one is being built.
• A $90,000 agreement with Albert Holler & Associates of Queen Creek to perform the city’s sales tax auditing services. The cost will be $60,000 in subsequent years. In 2015, the Arizona Department of Revenue assumed responsibility for collecting sales taxes, but has decreased the amount of audits since then. In part, the city’s motion report reads, “These audits are necessary to insure (sic) that taxes are collected and reported properly and that taxes passed onto the consumer are correct.”
• The rezoning of the property at 1540 W. 8th St. from the High Density Residential (R-3) District to the General Commercial (B-2) District. The roughly 17,000 square feet of property is location near the northwest corner of 8th Street and 15th Avenue.
• A special event liquor license for the Yuma Rotary Club’s Cinco de Mayo Festival from 5 p.m. to midnight May 5 between the 100 and 300 blocks of Main Street.