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Board adopts five‑year Facilities & Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan; approves Nipomo sheriff substation budget adjustment
Summary
The Board adopted the county’s rolling five‑year capital improvement plan, covering facilities and infrastructure projects across public safety, parks, transportation and other categories, and approved a $9,923,000 budget adjustment for the Nipomo sheriff substation.
The San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors on March 11 adopted the county’s five‑year Facilities and Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) and approved a budget adjustment to fund construction of a new Nipomo Sheriff substation.
Public Works Director John Diodati and Facilities Planner Lacey Minnick presented the 5‑year rolling CIP, which catalogs projects greater than $100,000 and forecasts needs for fiscal years 2025–2030. Staff identified 78 CIP entries categorized as facilities or infrastructure; the plan lists approximately $274 million in planned facility projects and $416 million in infrastructure projects in the five‑year window, with the full agenda language also showing a larger program‑level planning total listed on the agenda. Staff emphasized this is a five‑year forecast rather than a fixed construction schedule and that earlier fiscal years include more refined, funded projects while later years reflect lower‑confidence estimates.
Major projects called out during the presentation include the Public Safety Communications Center, a new probation facility (structural work underway), the Cayucos Landing restoration, airport solar carport canopies, bridge replacements and storm‑damage repairs arising from the 2023 winter storms. Public Works said 25 facilities projects were completed in 2024 and 8 infrastructure projects were completed in calendar year 2024; the department is also delivering a number of storm repair projects and bridge replacements that remain in construction.
The board approved staff’s recommendation, including a budget adjustment of $9,923,000 (WBS 320,215) to fund the Nipomo substation construction; the agenda item language had additionally referenced a program total that appeared on the published CIP materials. Sheriff Ian Parkinson spoke in support of the Nipomo substation on public safety and response‑time grounds. Supervisors praised the delivery of the colocated dispatch facility and the probation facility progress.
Supervisor James Paulding moved adoption of the CIP and the budget adjustment; Supervisor Moreno seconded. The board voted unanimously to adopt the plan and the budget action (yes votes from Supervisors Gibson, Paulding, Pashong, Moreno and Chairperson Ortiz Lake). Staff noted several projects remain conditional on securing grants or local matches and that the long‑term program relies on continued budgeting and external funding for major bridge and park acquisitions.
Ending: The adopted CIP establishes the county’s prioritized project list and funding forecast; Public Works will continue delivering projects already in construction and return with subsequent budget and funding requests for projects with identified shortfalls.
