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Measure E quarterly report: Salinas reports 84% receipts on key tax line, $9.9 million in CIP allocations; streets repairs highlighted
Summary
City staff told the Measure E Citizens Oversight Committee that key Measure E receipts were running slightly ahead of expectations and that $9.9 million in Measure E-funded capital projects are budgeted, with a major pavement maintenance contract covering about 23 lane miles.
City of Salinas staff presented the Measure E fiscal year 2024-25 fourth-quarter financial report and an updated capital improvement program summary during a committee meeting.
Abe Pedroza, assistant finance director, told the committee that as of June 30 the city's Measure E transaction- and use-tax receipts were showing 84% collected for that line and 86% overall through April due to state payment timing. He said the benchmark for 10 of 12 months is 83%, and investment earnings are exceeding budgeted amounts, leading staff to adjust fiscal-year 2025-26 projections.
Pedroza said Measure E spending for the city was at 55% of the budgeted amount as of June 30, noting that capital projects skew the overall percent spent downward because large capital allocations are carried over until projects proceed. He said the CIP budget reflected 11 projects that include Measure E funding for a total of $9,900,000; roughly $8.9 million of that total had only recently been appropriated.
Staff highlighted specific projects funded in part by Measure E, Measure G, Measure X and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars, including playground replacements, restroom and ADA upgrades at Cluster Park and the Steinbeck Library, tennis court and restroom replacements and a feasibility study for the District 5 Recreation Center. Pedroza also summarized a street preventative maintenance project awarded in June 2025 that will cover roughly 16 roadway segments (approximately 23 lane miles) and includes crack treatment, asphalt patching, overlays and full-depth reclamation, with work expected to begin late summer.
Committee members asked for more detail about how the pavement segments are defined, which Pedroza said is done by the pavement management system (segments generally run intersection to intersection). Members asked whether specific maps and prioritization lists would be published after the city assigns funding; staff said roadway selection follows a council-approved policy and that staff assigns costs annually to maximize the work done with available funds.
Several committee members asked whether contractor pay estimates or monthly breakdowns of quantities (tonnage, linear feet of crack sealing, square feet of full-depth reclamation) could be shared with the committee or made available publicly. Pedroza said contractors submit monthly pay requests and inspectors verify completed items, but he was not certain whether monthly pay-request detail is a public record and said he would check with the city attorney. He said final line-item costs are reconciled at project close-out through change orders and final balancing change orders.
Committee members also suggested the city expand public communication about Measure E and Measure G accomplishments and noted the approaching 10-year anniversary of Measure E; staff said outreach tools exist (project tracking website) but that some of the specific payment detail requested by the committee may require legal review before release.
No formal action was taken on the financial report; the presentation was provided for committee review and staff follow-up on public access to contractor pay-request information and on publishing project-level summaries.
