In the City of Pasadena, the Capital Improvement Program (CIP) budget process is managed by the Department of Public Works.  This budget consists of projects aimed at improving the city’s public infrastructures such as streets, transportation issues, street lights, traffic signals, parks, public buildings, sewer and storm drains, the Rose Bowl, the Pasadena Center, technology and water and power projects. 

To qualify for the CIP, a project must meet one or more of the following criteria:

• addresses a particular safety issue.

• existing maintenance efforts are no longer satisfactory to keep a facility in good repair.

• existing facility is no longer adequate to meet the demand.

• estimated total project cost of at least $50,000.

The development of the CIP budget is a collaborative process.  Every year the Department of Public Works sends out a “Call for New Projects” which provides the City Council, Commission members and City employees with a formal means for submitting new project ideas.  The projects ideas are then reviewed and prioritized for possible inclusion in the CIP.