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Home My WebLink AboutIR 8520 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 8520 Date:, August 26, 200 It To the Mayor and Members of the City Council Page 1 of 1 + � SUBJECT: Capital Project Ranking System At the August 12, 2003 Capital Improvement and Infrastructure Committee (CIIC) Meeting, Transportation and Public Works staff provided Council members with an overview of a project selection and ranking criteria for the capital improvement program (see attached PowerPoint). The CIIC directed staff to share this information via an informational report to the entire Council. The CIP project selection criteria was developed by the Transportation and Public Works Department as a way to more effectively select and rank capital improvement and infrastructure projects to be included in Proposition 1. The ranking system has two major components: • City Organizational Ranking Standards 50 points maximum • Departmental Ranking Standards 50 points maximum o Total Project Points = 100 points maximum City Organization Ranking Standards The City Organizational Ranking Standards includes: the City Council's Strategic Goals (35 points), Legal or Mandated Requirements (8 points), and Project Status (7 points). Projects are judged on r ability to meet specific, detailed evaluation criteria. A scale is used to measure each project. r_ example, under the Legal or Mandated Requirement criteria, a project would be awarded 8 points if the project is required to be implemented in one year. If the project has no legal or mandated requirement, it would be awarded zero points. Departmental Ranking Standards The functional project types (Arterial Streets, Bridge Improvements, Drainage Improvements, Intersection Improvements, Neighborhood Streets, Sidewalks, Street Lights, and Traffic Signals) have different Departmental Ranking Criteria. Although the scale and the evaluation criteria for each functional area vary, the maximum number of points a project may be awarded in its functional area is 50. .Once the evaluation process is completed, points from both the City Organization Ranking Standards and the Departmental Ranking Standards are added to produce a final score or ranking for the project. Staff used-the above criteria to evaluate, and rank potential projects for the upcoming Bond program. We believe that the pro osed project selection criteria will provide the City Council with an objective i tool for evaluating apit improvement projects. i`✓ 6VGary W. cks Manager r,L.achment ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS What are we asking the CAPITAL PROJECT Committee to do today? SELECTION CRITERIA ■Hear a briefing outlining capital project selection criteria Presented to the Capital Improvement and ■Give direction on the use of selection Infrastructure Committee criteria for the upcoming bond program August 12,2003 Why do we need project selection What type of projects would be Criteria? selected using this criteria? • Capital projects should be selected based on clear, ■Functional Project Areas objective criteria ♦Arterial Streets • Project needs far outweigh the available funding • With limited fimding,we need to get the"biggest ♦Bridge Improvements bang for the bucV' ♦Drainage Improvements • Will help establish priorities between"like projects" ♦Intersection Improvements • Will help ensure consistency throughout City • Provide citizens a technical basis to understand why projects are ultimately selected 3 + j; 1 What type of projects would be Selection Criteria selected using this criteria? m Functional Project Areas(Continued) ■Ranking system: ♦Neighborhood Streets •Establish applicable Criteria •Sidewalks •Develop Criteria relative scoring system •Street Lights (the relative importance of each Criteria) +Traffic Signals •Evaluate each project(assign points based on how project meets each Criteria) •Rank projects based on the resulting scores Selection Criteria Selection Criteria: Arterial Streets ■ Criteria broken down into two focus areas: I Department Criteria(Cont'd) i. City Organizational Criteria—5o points maximum • Improve mobility(15) • City Council Strategic goals(35) • Improve safety(10) • Ugailmandated requirements(8) • Cost effectiveness(10) • Status of projects(7) • Improve air quality(5) ♦ Mufti-modal opportunities(5) 2. Department Criteria—5o poim maximum • Impacts on operating budget(5) Specific to type of project 7 2 Selection Criteria: Bridge Selection Criteria: Drainage Improvements Improvements x. Department Criteria(Cont'd) z. Department Criteria(Cont'd) ♦ T xDOT Sufficiency Rating ♦ Public safety ♦ Traffic volumes ♦ Structure flooding ♦ Load restrictions • Infxastructure damage ♦ Hydraulic capacity ♦ Cost-benefit 9 to Selection Criteria: Intersection Selection Criteria: Neighborhood Improvements Streets* x. Department Criteria(Cont'd) z. Department Criteria(Cont'd) • Traffic volumes • Pavement Quality Index(PQI) ♦ Thru traffic • Coordination with other projects ♦ Left turn traffic • Drainage issues • Delay at intersections • Traffic volumes • Accidents • Service to public facilities •h0ndes ail sueeta in the city tt 3 n ., Selection Criteria: Sidewalks Selection Criteria: Street Lights 2. Department Criteria(Cont'd) 2. Department Criteria(Cont'd) • Number of students I pedestrians • Safety • School hours ♦ Pedestrians • Street classification ♦ Vehicles • Speed along streets • Security • Gaps/conditions of existing sidewalks ♦ Schools,community centers,parks,etc. • Aesthetic f3 14 Selection Criteria: Traffic Signals Selection Criteria: Traffic Signals —Reconstruction New Installations 2. Department Criteria(Cont'd) 2. Department Criteria(Cont'd) • Equipment age and capabilities • Warrant Studies • Type of installations ♦ Traffic Accidents • Existing traffic volumes ♦ Traffic Volumes ♦ Intersection Geometrics • Delay Studies IS 16 4 Committee Direction ❑Yes,continue in this direction •Develop initial project selection ranking FORT WORTH fists for all capital projects to be funded in the upcoming bond program •Take to full Council? ONo,lets change focus •How? n 5