City updates CIP priorities and staff presents Kellogg-area infrastructure funding options

City staff gave a broad Capital Improvement Program (CIP) update at the study session, summarizing the status of multiple construction projects, a proposed five-year pavement program, spot-safety improvements and preliminary work on drinking-water and wastewater projects including PFAS testing and sewer-lining work.

Jennifer (project manager) and other public-works staff described projects in design and construction: street and park finishes for several neighborhood projects, a Mall-North shared-road configuration, Marbury Street (awarding a contract and mid-October construction start), Ken Road, Waverly South and 20th Avenue improvements, and the Monroe Greenway segments. Staff said they completed about 8 to 8.5 miles of slurry-seal this year and plan to pause next year to develop a coordinated five-year paving plan that lets utilities and other installations proceed in advance of paving.

On pavement strategy and contractor performance

Staff said the pause on slurry and chip-seal work next year is intended to allow more coordinated planning: work that would otherwise be removed by later utility trenching or stormwater/wastewater repairs would instead be scheduled, designed and staged as part of a multi-year program. Staff also noted mixed contractor performance on slurry…