Citizens Bond Oversight Committee hears status updates on 2019 bond projects across parks, solar and public safety
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City engineer Lisonbee Timkew updated the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee on May 29 on progress, schedule changes and outstanding issues for Question 1 (parks and senior services), Question 2 (community spaces and infrastructure) and Question 3 (public safety and technology) projects funded by the voter‑authorized 2019 bond program.
City engineer Lisonbee Timkew told the City of Scottsdale Citizens Bond Oversight Committee on May 29 that multiple 2019 bond projects are under construction, in design or being re‑evaluated for feasibility and timing.
Timkew said the McCormick‑Stillman Railroad Park splash pad and Roundhouse work are under construction and the splash pad is on track for completion in June. She said the Granite Reef Senior Center expansion to support adult day care has been moved to fiscal years 2026–27 pending additional feasibility work. "We're gonna be doing some additional investigation in this and that's why the funding is being moved to a future fiscal year," she said.
The committee heard that the Via Linda Senior Center expansion design recently kicked off and that the El Dorado Pool solar‑heating concept is under evaluation with the city's design‑build manager. A dog park at Thompson Peak Park is tentatively slated for construction this summer. Timkew said a 17‑acre park at Asher Hills Drive opened in February and is now in closeout.
On Question 2, Timkew said the proposed 200‑space parking lot to serve city court and Scottsdale Stadium has been delayed and staff are targeting spring 2026 construction to avoid conflicting with spring‑training activity. The Second Street pedestrian and roadway improvements project has been reinitiated at a narrower scope focused on pedestrian upgrades. She said the Old Town parking structure proposal at Second and Brown held its first public meeting May 22.
For Question 3, Timkew reported that the final phase to modernize computer equipment room HVAC systems is in permit review and that 9‑1‑1 computer‑aided dispatch and records management system work is on final punch lists and expected to close in June. A new fire station near Hayden Road and Loop 101 is under construction and expected to be completed in summer 2025. The police and fire training facility recently held a grand opening on May 27, and the fire training facility opened in January.
Timkew also reminded the committee that project 12, to update a city digital terrain model, was eliminated after the U.S. Geological Survey provided the needed data. She closed by saying staff will continue concept work on projects that depend on Arizona State Land acquisitions and will report back as concepts and schedules firm up.
Less critical details discussed included several ongoing closeouts (sports‑field and irrigation equipment), planned solar shade and solar system work at City Hall and Civic Center campus, and that a number of completed projects will be removed from future tracking lists.