Capital Improvement Projects

Strategy 2.3.3

Urban art projects whose funding is guaranteed by CIP funding should be expanded to include Shelby County Government, Memphis City Schools, and Shelby County Schools in earmarking 1% of all CIP projects. Local Urban Art CIP programs should be amended to allow funding to be spent in alignment with an Urban Arts Plan so that funds are not limited to a site-specific project.

Strategy 2.3.2

Provide a Sustainability Impact Statement for each proposed project in the CIP and for key pieces of legislation and policy decisions; the statement would be a key factor in the evaluation process.

Strategy 2.3.1

CIPs’ should be reviewed for consistency with the adopted Comprehensive Plan and DPD should prepare a written Conformance Evaluation for each proposed CIP investment.