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tnnv gown of Nashpee 3 N P. Y 16 Great Neck gtoad JVorth �--,a w� Nlashpee, Massachusetts 02649 February 10, 1998 Fiscal Year 1999 Overview Capital requests totaling I.4 million dollars were presented to the Capital Improvement Committee, all requests were reviewed and the final recommendation was carefully considered. Over the course of their meetings, the Capital Improvement Committee had several discussions involving the capital needs of Mashpee and concluded that the Town is following a reasonable path towards identifying and meeting those needs through the existing capital improvement plan. The C.I.P has been maturing and evolving with each passing year. Major departments with significant "rolling stock" have generated replacement plans that adequately insure they will have serviceable equipment and vehicles at their disposal, service departments are planning for increased demand and have been actively seeking funding from sources other than taxation, and public works has removed road maintenance from the C.I.P and will propose a bond issue for a long term road maintenance program. In a further attempt to make the C.I.P process better fit the needs of all departments, the Committee has proposed to modify the school department's participation . Mashpee remains one of the fastest growing communities in the State and as such often does not have the luxury of postponing capital improvements. As future C.I.P requests indicate, any postponement in spending simply amplifies the fiscal impact in future years. This capital budget represents about 3% of the Town's overall spending for fiscal 1999 and offers incremental improvement over maintaining existing services to our ever growing population. The C.I.P Committee sees this 3% figure as a good approximation of what will be required to maintain existing services while adding one or two new projects each year in a planned and sustainable manner. Future Years The multi-year outlook of the C.I.P. plan shows a well planned and comprehensive schedule of replacement and maintenance requests. There are also several large capital programs viewed as important and inevitable; expansion of the library facility, renovation of the fire station, expansion of the recreation building, and expansion of the senior center. While all of these proposals may not be approved, all have significant merit and represent a level of social and public safety services that are expected ftom municipal government. ,J