Capital Improvement Budget 2024: Community Proposals

2025 Community Proposal Public Hearing August 12

The City of Saint Paul’s Long-Range Capital Improvement Budget Committee will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 12, 2024, 5 – 7 pm (or until last speaker) in the Multipurpose Room at Rondo Community Library, located at 461 Dale St N, St Paul, MN 55103, to hear public testimony regarding its preliminary recommendations for funding of Community Proposals for 2024 and 2025 capital improvement funds. This includes $1,00,000 in St. Paul Capital Improvement Bonds in total over 2024 and 2025. For more information, or to submit written testimony, contact Nichelle Bottko Woods, City of Saint Paul, Office of Financial Services, nichelle.bottko.woods@ci.stpaul.mn.us, 651-266-8878, or visit www.stpaul.gov/cib.

2024 - 2025 Community Proposal Tentative Funding Recommendations

The way that public places and spaces in our city look, feel, and function can have an impact on the public safety outcomes in our community. This year, we want to hear from you about where our city government can make infrastructure investments that will help create safe community outcomes. While we want to hear all your ideas, note that for our capital improvement budget we can only fund ideas that are related to infrastructure owned and maintained by the City. Also, your proposed investment must be something that will last 10 years or more. We will invite eligible ideas to discuss some additional details with City staff.

Please focus your ideas on investments in public infrastructure that will help enhance safety. For more information on our capital improvement budget and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, follow the links above or below. For ideas related to improving businesses or other private property, check out our Neighborhood STAR program.

The City of Saint Paul is accepting project proposals until Sunday, March 24 at 11:59pm.

Project Application

Use the link below to submit your project proposal. We recommend completing the answers in a separate document and then cutting and pasting into the survey form.

The full list of Application Questions and Scoring Guide are available in the side bar.

Eligibility

Proposed investment must be related to infrastructure owned and maintained by the City
Proposed investment must last 10 years or more
Proposed investment must be possible to complete within the funding available.
Proposed investment must have an impact related to advancing principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED)

Examples of investments that are NOT eligible for capital funding include: increases or decreases to department staffing, investments or changes to private property such as homes or businesses, trimming or removing trees or plantings (although planting new trees or bushes may be eligible).

Additional Resources

Previously Funded Community Projects

2020 - 2021 Community Proposals

In the 2020-2021 Capital Improvement Budget, a total of $1,000,000 was set aside for community proposals. These projects were reviewed and recommended for funding by the CIB Committee, the Mayor, and the City Council as part of the 2021 budget process. Funding for these projects will be allocated via administrative order at the beginning of 2021 to allow technical accounting entries to be completed.

Title	2020 - 2021 Adopted Budget
Lewis Park	$ 160,023
Central Village Park Lighting	$ 300,000
Payne Avenue Skateboard Park Planning	$ 32,000
Lyton Park	$ 99,287
Lighting on Charles and Rice	$ 15,000
Lighting on Winnipeg and Rice	$ 55,000
Lighting on Hazelwood	$ 17,500
Lighting on Charles and Arundel	$ 100,000
Speed Humps on Charles	$ 20,000
Pedestrian Infrastructure - Raymond Station and Seal Hi-Rise	$ 141,190
5% Contingency Allocation	$ 50,000
1% Public Art Allocation	$ 10,000
Total Adopted for Community Proposals	$ 1,000,000

2022 - 2023 Community Proposals

In the 2022-2023 Capital Improvement Budget, a total of $1,000,000 was set aside for community proposals. These projects were reviewed and recommended for funding by the CIB Committee as part of the 2023 budget process. Details of each project can be found on the City's website.

Title	2022 - 2023 Adopted Budget
Safety Upgrades to Hayden Heights Recreation Center and Park	$ 280,370
Lights On! Solar Lighting in Frogtown Park and Farm	$ 154,526
Path Lighting between Maryland and Iowa	$ 120,347
Traffic Calming at 700-900 Blocks of Thomas Ave	$ 109,367
Safety of Como Lake Paths	$ 104,715
Safety Upgrades at the North End of Ayd Mill Road	$ 75,000
Bike Parking at City Parks and Playgrounds	$ 65,675
Raymond Street Lights	$ 30,000
5% Contingency Allocation	$ 50,000
1% Public Art Allocation	$ 10,000
Total	$ 1,000,000

Again, please focus your ideas on investments in public infrastructure that will help enhance safety. Examples of investments that are NOT eligible for capital funding include: increases or decreases to department staffing, investments or changes to private property such as homes or businesses, trimming or removing trees or plantings (although planting new trees or bushes may be eligible).

For more information on our capital improvement budget and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, follow the links above or below. For ideas related to improving businesses or other private property, check out our Neighborhood STAR program.

Rate the Current List of Proposed Projects