Committee reviews proposed capital changes: website app added, Desert Trails paving and several items deferred
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Committee reviewed March updates to the FY 2026 capital improvement plan, including a new $300,000 website/app line, deferral of Desert Trails paving and tennis windscreens, donor-funded softball scoreboard removal, and Sports Pavilion renovation line items.
The Budget and Finance Committee reviewed several targeted changes to the proposed FY 2026 capital improvement plan during its March 18 meeting.
Carl, a staff member leading the capital review, told the committee: "The RCSCW website redesign and phone app was added for $300,000." That addition reduced the allowance line in the capital budget from roughly $520,000 to approximately $420,000, Carl said, because the project was more precisely defined.
Staff also reported a series of other March updates: the Desert Trails paving project—previously budgeted for about $135,000—was moved down in the reserve schedule after vendor feedback that the parking lot was in good condition and could be preserved with maintenance rather than a full paving project. Carl said the tennis-club-requested windscreens for courts were deferred and $75,000 moved to the deferred list after the club indicated the existing screens were in acceptable condition.
A previously proposed softball outfield electronic scoreboard was removed from the capital budget because Liberty Buick agreed to fund the scoreboard, Carl said. A pool circulation pump originally in the near-term capital plan was also deferred to future years following facilities staff review.
The committee spent a focused segment on the Sports Pavilion renovation package. Carl detailed the major bowling-lane components that together require an all-inclusive budget approval: "We have the R. H. Johnson pinsetters for 892,874. We have the 2 oiling machines at 62,348 each. And then we have the other components that support the operations of those bowling lanes... Gutter systems, capping, subway ball track, foul lights are all original components to the lanes. They're 35 plus years old." He added that some smaller items are listed individually for transparency but are part of the overall project plan; masking graphic units were listed separately at $26,000.
Director Christine Novello reminded the committee that the capital-review process is iterative and that at the April 1 meeting the committee will formulate and forward recommendations to the governing board: items can be recommended for full approval, for additional detail, or for deferral. Novello also said the committee will circulate a suggested list ahead of the April meeting to focus members’ review.
Ending: Staff will provide more detailed line items and any updated bids in advance of the April 1 meeting so the committee can make formal recommendations to the governing board.