Salt Lake City opens applications to residents for capital improvement ideas

Sept. 3, 2024

Salt Lake City is now accepting FY2025-26 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) applications for big ideas to improve parks, streets, and neighborhoods.

Each year, Salt Lake City sets aside money to replace or expand city infrastructure to maintain residents' quality of life. Salt Lake City residents, nonprofits, neighborhood groups, community-based organizations, and business district organizations can request capital improvements by applying.

Capital improvements involve constructing, purchasing, or rehabilitating city infrastructure, including buildings, parks, streets, sidewalks, bridges, transportation features, traffic signals, and other physical structures. Maintenance expenses, acquiring equipment, or items like motor vehicles or fire engines do not qualify as capital improvements.

A capital improvement must:

• Have a useful life of five or more years,
• Have a minimum cost of $50,000,
• Include community outreach,
• Be a Salt Lake City-owned asset, and
• Satisfy the functionality of a capital asset.

Funds for CIP are allocated annually through a competitive process. Those interested in applying must complete the CIP Constituent Application in ZoomGrants and submit it by 11:59 p.m. Monday, September 30, 2024. Once submitted, requests will be evaluated by respective city departments for alignment to city master plans and collaborated on for project scope and cost estimates, concluding in December. The mayor recommends a CIP budget each year in May, which the City Council then reviews, refines, and approves.

The Salt Lake City Council recently adopted the FY2024-25 CIP budget on August 27, including projects like:

• Green Loop
• Street safety and traffic calming
• Sidewalk repairs and improvements
• Historic preservation and restoration

Residents with questions about Salt Lake City's Capital Improvement Program can visit the program webpage or email [email protected].

Tags: Applications, business organizations, Capital Improvement Program, infrastructure, Mayor Erin Mendenhall, neighborhood groups, nonprofits, residents, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake City Council, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall

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