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pproach to homelessness during a city-produced interview series, praising the wellness center as central to recent reductions in unsheltered homelessness.

Council Member Tiffany Godin, District 1, said reduced homelessness is her top strategic priority and described the wellness center as a program that helped people access transitional housing and services. “We want people to thrive here, not just survive,” Godin said.

Council Member Leslie Irving, District 5, and Council Member Deborah Jones, District 2, also identified infrastructure and services addressing vulnerable residents as priorities. Irving said the wellness center and investments in infrastructure show taxpayers their dollars at work; she described homelessness work as aligned with her background in social services.

Deborah Jones said the wellness center offers wraparound services that treat people at an individual level and that the city has seen measurable results: “I know. And I think the proof of that is in the data. Right? We've reduced our unsheltered homeless count by 57%,” she said. Jones cited the reduction as evidence the program is helping people move into transitional housing and regain stability.

Council members also referenced other completed projects connected to community well-being. Godin pointed to the animal care and control center as a recent completed project she favored; Irving cited the Green Tree Extension as a completed infrastructure improvement. All three council members said they are excited about future projects tied to public safety and community services, including the new police department design and the Victorville Library construction mentioned elsewhere in the episode.

The comments were part of an informational interview series and did not record new policy votes or ordinance adoptions. Council members described priorities and past outcomes but did not specify new funding actions during the conversation.

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City staff member Keith said the CIP is part of the city budget and focuses on “facilities, equipment, infrastructure that isn’t part of the ordinary daily operation,” funded from discretionary reserves and planned over multiple years to match need and cash flow.

The plan prioritizes road repairs based on annual condition assessments using a Pavement Condition Index (PCI). Keith said the city evaluates age, usage and projected growth to decide whether to overlay, widen or undertake other fixes. He cited specific upcoming projects including improvements on Roy Rogers Boulevard from Amargosa to I-15 and a major stretch of Bear Valley Road running toward Highway 395. The budget also includes a citywide slurry-seal program and targeted sections for resealing to extend pavement life.

Library and public-safety projects are among the largest capital undertakings described. Keith said the new Victorville Library is already under construction and was conceived by the City Council around 2019; the facility will include a children’s area, maker space and computer labs intended to support residents and local schools. On public safety, staff said the city is completing design work on a new police department near City Hall at the northwest corner of Seneca and Civic Drive. The design will include a community plaza intended for public events and an amphitheater-like space.

Technology and equipment in the CIP include a soon-to-launch mobile application, “Victorville Now,” described as an app for residents to report issues with GPS-tagged photos that create work orders for city crews. Staff also described continued investment in public-safety technologies: roughly 126 automated license-plate readers (ALPR) previously installed across the city and a new acoustic detection system (ShotSpotter-style) mounted on streetlights to detect gunfire and distinguish it from fireworks. Keith said alerts from the acoustic system route to deputies’ in-car devices and have led to faster responses and arrests in multiple cases.

Staff emphasized the program’s role in organizing departmental needs and matching them to available funds. “It’s a document that we work towards,” Keith said, noting departments annually identify depreciating assets that require reinvestment and that the city plans capital spending around projected cash flow so operations are not curtailed.

No formal vote or council action on the CIP was recorded in the episode. The discussion presented project priorities, current design and construction status, and technology rollouts; staff framed the CIP as a working, multiyear plan rather than a single binding ordinance.

Looking ahead, staff said construction on the Roy Rogers and Bear Valley Road segments was expected to start this year, and the police department design is moving from conceptual to complete drawings. The Victorville Now app and the acoustic gunshot detection system were described as imminent or recently launched technologies intended to speed city responses.

The city did not provide specific dollar amounts for the projects during this conversation, and funding sources were described generally as discretionary funds within the budget; exact grant or bond sources were not specified.

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Victorville council members point to wellness center amid homelessness strategy, cite reduced unsheltered count

Victorville outlines capital improvement plan with new library, police facility, road projects and technology upgrades