The CIP is a five-year financial plan for the acquisition, construction, expansion, or rehabilitation of infrastructure and capital assets. Although capital projects are scheduled throughout the five-year plan, only those projects during the first year of the plan are adopted as part of the City's annual budget.

The results of a late 2010 telephone survey of 502 residents of Gilbert, to determine resident attitudes to growth and development, town policies, allocation of tax dollars, town services and general satisfaction with the quality of life in Gilbert, Arizona.