The Community Improvement Program (CIP) manages the programming of funds for the City’s capital projects and special programs. Each year the Board of Mayor and Aldermen adopts a CIP that includes both a current year appropriation and a long-range capital planning component. The Plan also looks several years into the future to insure that long term community development needs of the City are met while minimizing tax impacts.
Funding in the CIP includes: grants from various federal, state and private sources; City bond funds; City operating cash funds; and capital funding for the City’s enterprise funds such as the Airport, Environmental Protection Division, the Manchester Water Works and the Recreation Enterprise.
Purpose of the Community Improvement Program:
Coordinate Improvement Projects
Provide access by the BMA and public to information on all projects and funding
Provide streamlined accounting procedures
Maximize federal & state dollars for needed projects
Minimize tax rate impact of capital projects
Provide for long-range planning of capital needs
Establishes a means of setting overall community development priorities
The CIP staff of the Planning and Community Development Department are available to assist in answering questions on the CIP or in the process for applying for CIP funds.
Community Improvement Program Legal Notices:
Proposed CIP Public Hearing - April 19, 2012
Substantial Amend. to Consolidated Plan-March 7, 2012
Documents Available for Public Comment:
The following draft Substantial Amendment to the City of Manchester’s Consolidated Plan offers a plan and process for homeless needs assessment, development and use of performance standards, evaluation, resource allocation, increased collaboration with the community and utilization of the Homeless Information Management System.
The public is encouraged to submit comments on the proposed Substantial Amendment to the Consolidated Plan until April 6, 2012.
Substantial Amendment to the City's Consolidated Plan 2010-2015-Draft