The Springfield Planning Commission voted 6–0 to approve a recommendation endorsing the draft 2027–2031 Capital Improvement Program and asked staff to forward it to the city council for final action.

Stan Petroff, who presented the CIP update, said the document largely matches what the commission saw Nov. 4 and what council reviewed Nov. 24. Petroff told commissioners he updated the citizen-request spreadsheet to show counts of requests per street so staff can present a ranked list "from most requests to least." He said the CIP itself contains few substantive changes since those earlier briefings.

Commissioners asked questions about the citizen-request summary and how residents submit suggestions. Petroff said the spreadsheet was updated about "a week and a half" earlier and that residents typically submit requests using a form linked from the city website, through social media, news outreach, or direct calls and emails to staff. He clarified that the CIP spreadsheet is intended for capital-scale projects; routine maintenance items such as single potholes or sidewalk repairs are service requests handled by operations and routed through a different system.

Petroff described the project-ranking process: staff draw from a pavement-management system (a vendor-driven vehicle survey and AI analysis), citizen requests, council requests and internal scoring spreadsheets to prioritize projects. He noted some funding streams carry restrictions and that required grant matches (commonly 10%) and limited staff capacity sometimes constrain what the city can deliver.

Commissioner Gomez Hernandez moved to approve the order (attachment 4) recommending the draft 2027–2031 CIP; Commissioner Greenwell seconded. A roll-call vote recorded six Ayes and zero opposed; the motion carried. The commission also approved the Nov. 4 minutes with no corrections.