Evaluation Principles
Adopted by the City Council on April 7, 2009
- Readiness (sometimes referred to as “shovel ready”)
- Job creation and/or retention: does the program or project create and/or retain jobs?
- Impact and/or community benefit: does the program or project result in a lasting benefit for the community?
- Leverages the use of other available funds
- Transparency
- Accountability
- Multiple benefits: does the program or project offer more than one type of benefit or benefits to more than one area or constituency?
- Targets identified strategic growth industries
- Advances existing goals and policies established by the Mayor and City Council
- Infrastructure improvements: does the program or project improve the City’s older communities in a way that promotes future investment?
- Sustainability: does the program or project take into account the one-time nature of these funds; how will the program or project be sustained in future years?
- Need