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Mesa council reviews five-year capital improvement plan and bond project prioritization
Summary
Mesa City Council study session reviewed the FY2026–2030 capital improvement program, discussed how voter-authorized bond authorizations are allocated to projects, and raised questions about funding shortfalls and project prioritization including the public safety training campus and the Center Street active-transportation project.
Mesa City Council members met in a study session April 17 to review the city's proposed five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for fiscal years 2026 through 2030 and to discuss how voter-approved bond authorizations are allocated and prioritized.
City staff said the CIP is a planning document used to schedule and allocate financial resources to address infrastructure needs and noted the five-year plan that comes to council is the city's funding plan; only the first year is appropriated as part of the annual budget. Brian Richel, director of the Office of Management and Budget, told the council, "The program is really a planning document. It allows the city to schedule and allocate financial resources to address infrastructure needs."
The presentation highlighted how…
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