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Graham reviews draft capital improvement plan; staff highlights water, wastewater, airport and street needs
Summary
Council received a draft capital improvement plan covering FY25–FY30 and discussed priorities including waterline replacements, a lagoon rehabilitation at the wastewater treatment plant, airport runway/culvert work and street resurfacing. Staff emphasized the plan is a planning document and inclusion does not guarantee funding.
City staff presented the draft fiscal-year 2025–2030 Capital Improvement Plan and walked council through prioritized projects for water, sewer, streets, airport and special projects.
Staff emphasized that listing a project on the CIP is not an authorization of funding and that each project will require separate budget approval. The plan organizes projects by function and time horizon to allow the city to anticipate infrastructure needs rather than react to failures.
Major items discussed:
- Water and wastewater: Staff reported the Virginia Street waterline project is essentially complete after a final walk-through; several taps remain on Remington Street. The Woodland pump station required an emergency replacement pump and a broader pump-station reconfiguration project is planned. The lagoon rehabilitation and pump-station redesign at the wastewater treatment plant is underway with engineers preparing a contract scope to return to council. Staff also discussed potential alternate water-supply work and an elevated storage tower, noting these long‑range projects are placeholders pending further study and possible outside funding.
- Bulk water station option: Staff said the city has previously pumped treated effluent from the chlorine contact chamber into trucks in emergencies and would like to include a permanent bulk-water fill facility as part of ongoing rehabilitation work to better support bulk water sales in drought or emergency conditions.
- Airport projects: Staff updated council on a culvert issue that reduced the effective primary runway length from 5,000 feet to roughly 4,200 feet due to a culvert problem; temporary runway markings and procedures have been implemented with no reported incidents. The airport layout plan work is moving forward; staff said rehab of taxi lanes, potential second runway work in FY27 and longer-term terminal (FBO) considerations were on the CIP pending the layout plan and funding.
- Streets and drainage: Staff said the city did not score high enough for a Texas Street reconstruction grant and will revisit design options. The plan programs annual paving funds (targeting roughly $700,000–$1,100,000 per year in coming years) for micro-surface, hot-mix overlays and reconstruction where needed, plus continued curb-and‑gutter work.
Why it matters: The CIP frames multi-year capital needs (water supply and storage, wastewater treatment plant upgrades, airport repairs and street rehabilitation) and will guide FY26 budget decisions. Several projects will require additional engineering, grant searches and future council budget approvals.
Next steps: Staff asked council for feedback and said they plan to bring a finalized CIP for adoption in March so it can inform the FY26 budget process. Individual project funding and construction will require separate council actions and budget amendments.
