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Council adopts third amendment to five-year capital plan, adds interim animal-shelter project
Summary
The Beaumont City Council unanimously adopted a resolution amending the FY2026–2030 Capital Improvement Plan to add a Building E rehabilitation as an interim animal shelter, reallocate funds for traffic and bike projects and close completed projects; staff said most changes avoid general-fund impacts through internal CIP transfers and grant funding.
Beaumont — The Beaumont City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the third amendment to the city’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2026–2030, adding a new interim animal-shelter project and revising budgets for multiple transportation and bicycle/pedestrian projects.
Staff Presentation and Key Changes
Matthew Mendoza, presenting the staff report, said the amendment formally establishes one new project to rehabilitate Building E to serve as an interim animal shelter and makes budget revisions for five existing projects. He said funds for the 2nd Street/Pennsylvania traffic-signal installation will be transferred from a recently completed CIP (R34), and the Potrero bike-lane upgrade will be funded from remaining balances in completed projects. Mendoza said the bicycle and pedestrian path project is largely supported by an SB 821 grant with additional funding from completed CIP R36.
"This CIP amendment is necessary to formally establish and fund the project," Mendoza said, noting that transfers to fund the signal and bike projects avoid a direct general-fund impact.
Grant amendment and project closures
Staff also reported an amendment to a Carl Moyer grant for the transit yard’s compressed natural gas (CNG) station, reflecting reduced scale after updated usage projections, and requested closure of completed projects including CIP R2505 (8th Street sidewalk feasibility), with remaining balances returned to the city’s DIF balance.
Council questions and vote
Council members asked for clarifications about how completed-project balances are moved between CIP accounts and how priorities are set. Public works staff said transfers are made from completed CIP accounts into the receiving CIP or back to the general CIP balance, and council retains direction-setting authority.
A councilmember moved to waive full reading and adopt the resolution amending the five-year CIP; the motion was seconded and passed by unanimous roll call.
What happens next
Staff will implement the budget changes and return any required follow-up items to council. The amendment establishes the animal-shelter project in the CIP and reallocates funds to accelerate traffic-signal and active-transportation work.
