Shedding Light on the CIP
Published Saturday, April 16, 2011
The City of Santa Cruz's Capital Improvement Projects list, known as the CIP, is the list of infrastructure changes that the City intends to build over the next three years. Most of the projects involve grant applications from federal and state government sources. Public Works staff spend hours on this list, ensuring that every dollar of local money is matched by hundreds to thousands in state and federal dollars.
As citizens, we want to make sure that the CIP reflects our priorities. Articles in this Update describe successful changes to the CIP: King Street and Market Street, and the increased scrutiny of the Highway 1 bridge widening. The CIP already included projects that we do like, including the proposed river levee extension over Branciforte Creek.
There is also an unfunded project list attached to the CIP, comprising projects the City has no commitment to building but has an interest in.