Seabrook city staff presented a proposed five‑year capital improvement program (CIP) for fiscal years 2026–2030 during a June 24 workshop, detailing projects across water, wastewater, streets, parks, facilities and fleet and identifying roughly $23 million in capital needs at current estimates.

Gail, a city staff member, described the CIP as the city’s strategic, long‑range list of construction and maintenance projects that must align with funding restrictions and the city charter. “This is step 1,” Gail said. “Once we get some direction tonight, if there's any changes, those numbers will be inserted into the budget.” She cited the charter requirement and said staff had worked with public‑works and finance to assemble the plan.

Major project areas and staff comments included:

- Wastewater: Staff said demolition of the existing wastewater treatment plant is estimated as a bid project; they provided a working placeholder estimate and noted stakeholders are revising designs. Gail said the plant site will be cleared because retaining components was judged infeasible by the stakeholders group. The packet showed a placeholder demolition estimate previously discussed at about $4.4 million, subject to bids and final design.

- Streets and transportation: Staff highlighted two high‑volume corridors, North Meyer and East Meyer. East Meyer’s full reconstruction was estimated at roughly $2.8 million for one phase, and staff said the North Meyer reconstruction is more complex and could reach approximately $8 million for reconstruction including drainage and sidewalks; staff also flagged a program to rehabilitate rural streets and smaller residential streets and described a sidewalk rehabilitation program that has been funded incrementally (from $50,000 to $100,000 annually) and is proposed to continue.

- Parks and facilities: Notable projects included Pelican Bay municipal pool improvements (packet items showed a $4.5 million figure for pool improvements with an additional $500,000 identified for entrance/facade work), parking and ADA improvements at Wildlife Park, Carruthers Coastal Gardens grading and drainage (bids were to be opened soon) and Pine Gully Pier — a multimillion‑dollar project with competing design and funding options discussed at length.

- Public safety and facilities: Projects carried from a 2023 bond include a fire truck on order and a fire‑training tower; staff also described an EMS/EOC expansion and generator projects funded through HMGP (Hazard Mitigation Grant Program). Staff said one HMGP shipment of portable generators was expected this week before hurricane season.

Pine Gully Pier drew detailed discussion. Staff presented cost estimates ranging from about $1.9 million to $2.4 million for a new, more storm‑resistant pier design; one line‑item (pile wrapping/Snapjacket) was estimated at roughly $877,000 while a total project estimate including decking and structure was noted near $1.9 million. Staff said a Harris County partnership grant and a Texas Parks and Wildlife grant were among funding options under consideration; council members also discussed using port settlement funds versus bond funding and asked for a survey to determine which existing pilings, if any, could be salvaged. The architect’s visual inspection suggested many pilings are not salvageable, but staff said they could seek a conditions survey at about $11,000 to confirm.

Council and staff also discussed FEMA/TDEM funding and uncertainty about future federal hazard‑mitigation procedures; Kevin (city emergency staff) explained the current process in which local damage documentation is submitted to FEMA, routed through the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), and could result in a federal match for eligible costs.

Several smaller but operational projects were discussed: Lyman Street rehabilitation (staff recommended an asphalt base and modest widening rather than concrete), sidewalk repair prioritization by citizen request tracker and a fleet replacement program (7‑year schedule for apparatus, 10 years for admin vehicles).

No formal council vote was taken at the workshop. Council members instructed staff to gather additional cost estimates and to include the presented projects in the next budget workshop materials where appropriate; staff said they would return with refined numbers and bid documents for items slated for immediate work.

Ending: Staff will refine cost estimates and funding recommendations and return to council at the next budget workshop; council members indicated general consensus to proceed with further cost development for police, city‑hall and other facility repairs and to pursue grant opportunities and county partnership funding where practicable.