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Hawaii County Council Mazch 1, 2007 Project Selection Criteria In selecting the projects, funding requests from the agencies were initially screened to ensure that the agency had the capacity to implement the project during the fiscal year (i.e., whether to defer or phase the project), that current requests were reconciled with previous appropriations (i.e., unused amounts from previous appropriations were sufficient to carry the project through the coming fiscal yeaz), that the projects were not more appropriately funded through the operational budget (e.g., minor repairs), and that the projects were as equitably distributed geographically as possible while meeting the selection criteria discussed below. The selected projects met at least one of the following criteria (see Table 2): 1) Legal mandate-approximately $30.9M relates to unfunded mandates such as ADA, EPA gang cesspool prohibitions, and hazardous materials; 2) Corrects a major deficiency-approximately $52.3M relates to meeting basic level of service goals; 3) Critical for public safety or health-approximately $14.4 relates to protection of public safety (e.g., emergency response, flood control, crime control, traffic safety) or public health (hazazdous waste); 4) Environment/lifestyle-approximately $6M relates to proactive programs that relate to community planning initiatives, water quality improvements, or healthy lifestyles; 5) Improves operational efficiency or maintains/improves existing assets-approximately $36.2M enhances delivery of services or maintains existing assets. Of the 85 Capital Budget projects, 27 are new facilities or miscellaneous improvements ($69.3M), 19 are replacement of existing facilities ($38.8M), 29 are improvements to existing facilities ($30.6M), and 10 are various combinations of new, existing, or replacements ($1.9M) (see Table 3). Approximately 47% of the budget is for public health and safety projects ($65.SM), followed by culture/recreation (27% or $39.SM), transportation projects (13% or $17.9M), and general government facilities (13% or $17.7M) (see Table 4). Funding Sources Capital projects are typically funded by debt (bonds, State Revolving Fund loans), revenue sources (fuel tax, other special revenues), State grants, and various federal grant or loan sources. The Capital Budget presented herein includes those capital projects intended to be funded in whole or part by bonds or special revenues, fair share contributions, or State Revolving Fund loans. The Capital Budget also includes appropriations to receive specified Federal and State grants. a