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Gardner outlines $97 million CIP over five years, flags local match and rate increases
Summary
Council received a draft 2027–2031 Capital Improvement Program showing roughly $97 million in planned capital investments (including nearly $38 million in grants), with key items including a turf field lease/debt tied to transient guest tax, an estimated $5.2 million local match for an I‑35/US‑56 reconfiguration, and planned water and wastewater rate increases.
City finance staff presented a draft Capital Improvement Program covering fiscal years 2027–2031 that lists about $97 million in planned capital investments and emphasizes grant-dependent projects and local-match needs.
Matt told council the five-year total planned investment is approximately $97 million, of which nearly $38 million is expected to come from grants. He highlighted several major priorities: turf fields at Celebration Park (debt service supported by transient guest tax and timed to new hotel revenues), a Stone Creek playground replacement and pool rehabilitation, multiple arterial reconstruction projects (including 167th Street and several Gardner Road segments), and an I‑35/US‑56 reconfiguration project that is grant-dependent and currently estimated to need about a $5.2 million local match.
On utilities, staff outlined large water projects including a new water intake structure (scheduled in 2027) and a 183rd tower rehabilitation; to help pay for those projects the presentation included planned water-rate increases of 4.7% through 2031 and planned wastewater-rate increases of 4.2% through the same period. Electric projects include substation land acquisition and upgrades. Airport terminal work is shown largely in 2026 but may shift depending on grant timing.
Council members asked staff for additional scheduling detail (rough start times and durations) for the listed projects to improve resident and contractor planning. Staff noted some projects are development- or grant-dependent and that specific timelines will be refined as grants and contracts are finalized.
Matt said the CIP draft will continue through the budget process, be reviewed by the planning commission in May for consistency with the comprehensive plan, and return for long-range approval with the 2027 budget process (final consideration noted for Sept. 8).
