City staff presented the proposed 2026–2030 Capital Improvement Plan, a five-year roadmap that totals approximately $215,121,000 and lays out the city’s planned capital investments and vehicle/equipment acquisitions.

Steven (city staff) summarized changes since the May presentation: reprogramming $50,000 from contingency to fully fund natural-resources prescribed burn projects in 2026–27; removing a parks marketing line item and moving $45,000 into community and neighborhood resources; shifting $150,000 from contingency into community and neighborhood resources; and moving $200,000 from contingency to parks maintenance in 2028–30 to address aging park infrastructure.

Nut graf: staff said these reallocations do not change the CIP total but shift internal priorities toward natural resources, neighborhood resources and parks maintenance. The community-and-neighborhood-resources category was increased to $345,000 for 2026–27 (up from zero in the earlier draft) to reflect near-term needs; staff noted many requests likely belong in operating budgets rather than capital.

During discussion Councilmember Moore and others asked about contingency levels and the effect of potential litigation-related attorney’s fees; staff said contingency was reduced and that unknown legal costs could limit discretionary spending. Councilmembers also emphasized the CIP’s role as a “north star” while recognizing elements will be revisited in future biennial updates.

Staff told the council the CIP would come back for formal adoption (agenda item B3) at the regular meeting; staff said the changes are reflected in the current draft linked in the civic clerk packet.

Ending: The council heard the CIP briefing and directed staff to bring the finalized CIP for adoption at the next council meeting; councilmembers asked for continued detail about contingency assumptions and operational transitions for items moved out of capital into operating budgets.