South Pasadena staff outline $24.5 million FY2025–26 capital plan; streets, water and pocket parks prioritized

At the City of South Pasadena Public Works Infrastructure Commission meeting on June 11, staff presented the proposed Fiscal Year 2025–26 capital improvement program (CIP) and a multiyear needs assessment that together request roughly $24.5 million in carryovers and new appropriations for next year.

The presentation, led by Acting Co-Director of Public Works Michael Bartanyans, outlined funding sources (general fund, enterprise funds, Measure R/M, SB1, Measure W, federal and state grants and CDBG), a multi-year repair backlog in water/storm/sewer and a prioritized list of 12 near-term capital projects the department recommends advancing.

Why it matters: The plan would accelerate a multi-year program of street, waterline and sewer repairs that staff say are necessary to reduce repeated repair costs and to comply with state/federal program requirements (for example, SB1 match rules). Commissioners pressed staff to accelerate high-visibility items such as Mission Street slow-streets improvements and the Mission/Arroyo intersection work, and asked for more detail about grant strategy and how design spending ties to later construction funding.

Key numbers and projects

- Requested FY25-26 CIP (carryover + new proposed): approximately $24.5 million. - Major near-term projects highlighted in staff's 12-project list include: - Street repair package (grind/overlay, select reconstruction, curb ramps, waterline replacement, sewer repairs): roughly $7.4 million planned for FY25-26; about half of that includes waterline improvements and some full-depth reconstruction segments. - Sewer…