City staff presented a midyear status review of the 2025 capital improvement program, covering communications and placemaking, information technology, parks and recreation, public works, stormwater and utilities projects.

Key program updates include:
- Communications/placemaking: five new community signs are in design; bridge painting was not pursued because of permitting; neighborhood signs and a newly completed in-house video studio were highlighted.
- Information technology: a planned fiber pre-feasibility study ($100,000) is on hold pending evaluation of the HRIS replacement cost; the HRIS (human-resources information system) project has moved from a module-led upgrade to a full replacement procurement; phone-system replacement rollout is roughly 90% complete and expected to finish in mid-August.
- Public safety/city facilities: Fox Building roof replacement is complete; interior renovations are in design to meet police operational and fire-code requirements; patrol-car in‑car MDTs (mobile data terminals) were installed last month.
- Parks and recreation: Bates Logan phase work is complete and in warranty; the Englewood Recreation Center mural is planned with CAC funds; Little Dry Creek plaza design is budgeted at $30,000 (corrected from an earlier packet typo). Broadway medians: two medians were installed at a contracted cost of about $171,000; staff requested an additional $200,000 in next year’s CIP for two more medians.
- Public works: several active projects were described—Dartmouth Avenue traffic calming (plans ~95% complete; bidding delayed to late fall pending temporary construction easements), Oxford Avenue pedestrian bridge (construction underway), Union Avenue deck rehabilitation (design completion expected Q3) and Union Avenue full rebuild design delayed briefly for subsurface utility investigation; the city is packaging several street projects for upcoming bids.
- Stormwater and utilities: South Englewood drainage plan and Dry Gulch/Harvard Gulch master planning are proceeding in cooperation with Mile High Flood District; Old Hamden utility work is under construction; Denver Water interconnects (resiliency project) came in about $2 million higher than anticipated and staff plans to reallocate WITHU program funds to cover the difference; the utilities lead-service-line replacement program was reported at roughly 40% complete and may finish earlier than previously projected.

Staff emphasized dependencies and risks: several projects depend on outside partners or grant funding (Mile High Flood District, Denver Water, state grants), some bids came in above early estimates (leading to scope, packaging or funding adjustments), and utility work can uncover additional subsurface issues that lengthen schedules. Council members praised the midyear format and asked staff to continue providing concise at-a-glance project summaries, cost and schedule statuses, and to flag projects that may require supplemental funding.

Ending: Staff said the midyear review will inform the 2026 proposed capital budget and that departments will return with project-level budget requests, any recommended re-scoping and proposed funding sources.