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Glendale staff propose $2.8 billion, 10‑year capital plan; $430 million sought for FY27
Summary
City staff presented a proposed FY2027–36 Capital Improvement Plan totaling about $2.8 billion and recommended an FY27 appropriation of $430 million (about $217M carryover, $213M new requests). Water, streets and public safety together account for roughly two‑thirds of the plan.
City staff presented the city’s proposed 10‑year Capital Improvement Plan for fiscal years 2027–36 at a March 3 budget workshop, laying out program totals, funding sources and the calendar for adoption.
In the presentation, budget administrator Mr. Jonathan Hill said the proposed FY27–36 CIP totals approximately $2.8 billion, with water, streets and public safety comprising about 67% of the requested spending over the decade. For FY27 only, staff proposed appropriating roughly $430 million, of which $217 million is estimated carryover from prior years and $213 million is new project funding.
The plan groups projects by program: water (about $852 million 10‑yr), streets (about $673 million 10‑yr), public safety (about $374 million 10‑yr), wastewater, parks and other categories. Staff emphasized that while the council adopts a 10‑year CIP, only the first year is appropriated in the annual budget and that project timelines and budgets will be revisited if council directs changes.
Hill also flagged a bookkeeping issue from the city’s new budget system: “we got a new budget system uh Questica and every new system comes with this growing pains,” and said staff circulated a corrected spreadsheet showing FY21–FY25 actuals and the adopted FY26 budget.
Staff described common funding sources used in the CIP: enterprise funds and user fees (water, sewer), general obligation bonds (voter‑authorized), special revenue funds (transportation sales tax, HERF), development impact fees and grants. Staff noted that some project categories—parks, libraries and government facilities—require additional voter authorization for general obligation bonds.
The workshop timeline calls for an operating budget review March 30, a full budget presentation April 14, tentative budget adoption May 12 and final adoption including the property tax levy on June 9, with property tax adoption on June 23.
Next steps: staff will incorporate council direction from the workshop, update any figures affected by the new budget system and return with refined schedules and cost estimates as part of the formal budget adoption process.
