Section 5-2 - Criteria to Guide Prioritization of Construction and Renovation Needs of State Buildings (a) Prioritization of funding requests for construction and renovation requests will be executed under two major criteria - critical and strategic.
(b) Critical Criteria: Construction and renovation requests which require action in the current legislative session. The critical criteria for construction and renovation projects are: - (i) Life Safety Emergency: Immediate life safety emergencies presently exist. Corrective action is urgent and unavoidable. Emergencies must be documented by a third party. Example: a roof which has deteriorated to the point where it appears to be in danger of falling.
- (ii) Legal Lability: A known and substantiated legal liability is currently pending; or a citation for corrective action and fines will occur unless immediate action is taken. Example: a local building inspector/fire marshal has issued a citation for corrective action and fines will be imposed unless immediate action is taken.
- (iii) Prior Binding Commitments: Projects that require action in the current legislative session due to previous legislative action which created a binding commitment. Example: an appropriation request to finish a construction project which has already been partially funded and is currently underway.
(c) Strategic Criteria: Prioritization of projects will be based upon each project's strategic need and value. The strategic criteria for construction and renovation projects are: - (i) Strategic Linkage: Relationship between the project and the agency's strategic plan.
- (ii) Safety Concerns: The request addresses safety issues which do not meet the critical criteria.
- (iii) Customer Services/Statewide Significance: Geographic dispersion of the benefit, i.e., whether the project benefits the entire state and its citizens, a particular region of the state, or primarily a local community.
- (iv) Agency Priority: Agency's overall priority ranking of project.
- (v) Non-State Financing: Percentage of non-state funding, private contributions or matching funds that can be applied against project costs.
- (vi) Asset Management: History of maintenance, repair and adaptive re-use of current state assets.
- (vii) Operating Savings or Efficiencies: Project produces operating savings or operating efficiencies resulting in a reduction in net operating costs.
- (viii) Projects Contained in Strategic Plans: Project is included in agency strategic plan or identified in the state's strategic plan.