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Corona planning commission finds FY2026 capital improvement program consistent with general plan
Summary
The City of Corona Planning and Housing Commission voted to report the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) as consistent with the city's General Plan, after staff described 166 CIP projects and answered commissioners' questions about carryovers, park improvements and a median design project.
The City of Corona Planning and Housing Commission voted to report that the Fiscal Year 2026 Capital Improvement Program is consistent with the city’s General Plan, adopting a resolution to forward that recommendation to the City Council.
The commission’s action followed staff remarks that the draft CIP lists 166 projects, of which 14 are new this year and about 52 are carryovers from prior years. Javier Luna, the city’s new CIP manager in the Public Works Department, told the commission he has been on the job four months and that the number of carryovers is similar to last year; he said staff are gradually reducing carryovers after a CIP revamp in 2022.
Commissioners asked staff for detail on several individual projects. Staff said plans in the CIP include relocating pickleball courts to El Cerrito Park and taking the existing Border Park courts out of service once the new courts are available. Luna said the El Cerrito site is a county park leased to the City of Corona and is located near the I-15; the goal is to build roughly 10–12 pickleball courts there. On the Hidden Valley Parkway median, staff said the intent for next fiscal year is to fund design work to extend medians down to Garland Way in coordination with the neighboring City of Norco, with the partners expected to split funding.
Commissioner discussion also covered whether the roughly 52 carryover projects represent a backlog; Luna said the city is trying to reduce new project starts so staff can focus on existing work.
After questions and no public comments on the item, Commissioner Woody moved to adopt the recommendation and report that the FY2026 CIP is consistent with the 2020 General Plan goals and policies; the motion was seconded and passed. The resolution number recorded in the motion was 2668.
The commission also handled routine items earlier in the meeting: it approved the May 12 meeting minutes by motion of Commissioner Sequin, and it removed and then discussed Item 5.1 (the CIP consistency determination) as requested. The staff packet attached to the commission report lists the full CIP project list and staff findings.
Looking ahead, staff told the commission that the CIP recommendation will be reported to City Council for final consideration; no further formal city action on the CIP was taken by the commission at the meeting.
