City of Chula Vista, California
The City of Chula Vista (City) was hit hard during the late 2000’s economic downturn. The City lost revenue and resources. Work backlog accumulated, the infrastructure quickly deteriorated, and the City could not provide several of the services it once offered. In order to address the growing infrastructure problem, the City needed a new mechanism to help fund the repair and rehabilitation of its infrastructure and to sustain the delivery of services.
The City wanted to gain a better understanding of the current and future asset needs, asset risk profile, appropriate levels of service, cost to provide services, and financial requirements to sustain the delivery of services. The City then wanted to communicate this improved understanding of the infrastructure status with the public and the decision makers. The City wanted to utilize the results of the asset management analyses to gain public confidence in assisting the City to address the infrastructure concerns.
To fulfill its goals, the City partnered with Kayuga to develop a citywide asset management program that would address and communicate the growing infrastructure concerns. The program was composed of the following asset management systems:
The goal was to develop a data-backed justification to comprehend and request support for the infrastructure needs. Working together, we helped to identify answers to the following questions:
In addition, as part of the data collection efforts, Kayuga helped to enhance the data quality of the City’s asset management systems (i.e., Lucity enterprise asset management system, Esri GIS).
The results of the future needs analysis for each asset management system were presented to the City Council. After research and debate, the Council decided to put in place a funding measure, Measure P, to help address the high priority infrastructure projects. Measure P authorized a temporary ½ cent sales tax increase for a period of 10 years. It allowed the City to generate an estimated $16 million per year to help address the infrastructure issues. On November 8, 2016, the voters approved Measure P and began the City’s infrastructure revitalization process. More information on Measure P can be found at http://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/public-works/infrastructure.
Read more about the City of Chula Vista's successful asset management program at http://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/public-works/asset-management.
See a list of all of our clients here.
The City wanted to gain a better understanding of the current and future asset needs, asset risk profile, appropriate levels of service, cost to provide services, and financial requirements to sustain the delivery of services. The City then wanted to communicate this improved understanding of the infrastructure status with the public and the decision makers. The City wanted to utilize the results of the asset management analyses to gain public confidence in assisting the City to address the infrastructure concerns.
To fulfill its goals, the City partnered with Kayuga to develop a citywide asset management program that would address and communicate the growing infrastructure concerns. The program was composed of the following asset management systems:
- Building Management System
- Drainage Management System
- Parks Management System
- Roadway Management System
- Urban Forestry Management System
- Wastewater Management System
The goal was to develop a data-backed justification to comprehend and request support for the infrastructure needs. Working together, we helped to identify answers to the following questions:
- Catch Up – What levels of work, resources, and budget are required to raise the asset condition back to the required level to meet the safety, regulatory, and level of service requirements?
- Keep Up – Once the asset is caught up, what levels of work, resources, and budget are required to maintain or keep up the level of service?
- Moving Forward – What levels of work, resources, and budget are required to sustain the level of service?
In addition, as part of the data collection efforts, Kayuga helped to enhance the data quality of the City’s asset management systems (i.e., Lucity enterprise asset management system, Esri GIS).
The results of the future needs analysis for each asset management system were presented to the City Council. After research and debate, the Council decided to put in place a funding measure, Measure P, to help address the high priority infrastructure projects. Measure P authorized a temporary ½ cent sales tax increase for a period of 10 years. It allowed the City to generate an estimated $16 million per year to help address the infrastructure issues. On November 8, 2016, the voters approved Measure P and began the City’s infrastructure revitalization process. More information on Measure P can be found at http://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/public-works/infrastructure.
Read more about the City of Chula Vista's successful asset management program at http://www.chulavistaca.gov/departments/public-works/asset-management.
See a list of all of our clients here.