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Consideration of a modification to the FY2021 - FY2025 State Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) Submission
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the revised ICIP submission to the State as attached.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the ICIP as presented.
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The County prepared and submitted an Infrastructure and Capital Improvement Plan (ICIP) to the State on September 6, 2019. Generally, a project must appear on this list if the County expects to have any State funding considered for that project. Listing a project in the ICIP does not guarantee funding from the State, nor does this document constitute an application for funding.
Several things must be noted about the rankings in the state's ICIP. First, the State's ICIP is a five-year plan. The top five projects for next year were chosen based on Council goals, discussions with County staff, necessity of the project, importance of the project based on previous discussions with Council and the Public, and potential for funding from the state. The ICIP includes all Utility Capital Projects and all General County Capital Projects. Studies are not listed. Excluding the top five projects, all other projects are in no particular ranking.
The State Legislative Committee has recommended submitting a new gymnasium to the State for consideration under the legislative capital appropriation process. Although the ICIP was previously submitted to the State, it is possible to amend the submission to accommodate this request. The proposal is to seek State capital appropriation to build a gymnasium adjacent to Los Alamos Public School property to support County recreation programs and allow LAPS programmatic use during school hours. This project will be ranked as number five on the ICIP listing and the existing projected ranked as number five will drop to 65th for FY2021. All changes to the previously submitted ICIP Ranking List a...
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