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Scottsdale will make several budget adjustments to align its capital improvement plan budget to the Arterial Life Cycle Program budget.
The City Council approved on consent a resolution that allowed for nine adjustments as part of its Nov. 12 meeting. Those adjustments include six related to existing capital projects and three that will advance projects originally set for future years to fiscal year 2019-20.
The changes are happening because estimates of revenues and expenditures are different from forecasts used to create the fiscal year 2019-20 budget.
Funding for these projects is available, city staff say, through the ALCP, the 0.2% transportation sales tax and the recently-approved 0.1% transportation tax.
There is a mixture of increases and decreases among the nine projects that work out to no change to the combined budget.
Each project features decreases from one funding source and increases from another. This shifting in monies allowed for the advancement of the three projects originally slated for a later date.
The changes also resulted in subtracting the use of $975,000 in fiscal year 2019-20 transportation capital contingency funds and $1,229,329 in fiscal year 2019-20 General Fund capital contingency funds.
The nine projects include:
Happy Valley Road: Pima Road to Alma School Road;
Pima Road: Pinnacle Peak to Happy Valley Road;
Raintree Drive: Hayden Road to Arizona State Route 101;
Miller Road Underpass at Arizona State Route 101;
Raintree Drive: Scottsdale Road to Hayden Road;
Raintree Drive at Arizona State Route 101 Traffic Interchange;
Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard at Arizona State Route 101 Traffic Interchange;
Scottsdale Road: Jomax Road to Dixileta Drive; and
Shea Boulevard Intersections: Arizona State Route 101 to 136th Street
Of these projects, the Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard at Arizona State Route 101 Traffic Interchange; Scottsdale Road: Jomax Road to Dixileta Drive; and Shea Boulevard Intersections: Arizona State Route 101 to 136th Street were originally slated for a later time.
The Maricopa Association of Governments manages the ALCP, which runs through fiscal year 2025-26. The ALCP is a management tool for arterial street component of the Regional Transportation Plan. The program requires each roadway improvement project include a 30% match for funding.
Last year, Scottsdale voters approved 10-year 0.1% sales tax increase to help fund road projects within the city. With the approval, Scottsdale can match all remaining ALCP funds available to the city.
City staff worked with MAG to reprogram timing and funding amounts for individual projects as part of an annual ALCP update. MAG’s Regional Council approved the update on June 26.
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