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City manager previews 2026–27 capital improvement plan and street projects; warns budget risk if Measure C lapses
Summary
City Manager Alex Henderson presented the draft 2026–27 CIP, listing priority projects (ambulance payment, EV chargers, park and water improvements) and proposed street resurfacing. He cautioned that if Measure C funding is lost the city will perform fewer local street projects and shift local dollars to satisfy federal match requirements.
City Manager Alex Henderson presented the draft 2026–27 Capital Improvement Plan and identified projects planned for the coming fiscal year, emphasizing the process the city uses to prioritize work and the dependence of many local street repairs on a mix of local and grant funding.
Henderson said the CIP includes final payment on a new ambulance, EV-charging stations (mostly funded by a carbon-reduction grant with a local match), park-amenity replacements, police vehicle replacements, water-utility work and design for a major treatment project on well No. 10. He reviewed the summer street projects the council awarded on the consent agenda and listed specific streets slated for construction this season, including Rayford Johnson Drive (Kern to Sierra), Tulare Street (10th to 14th Avenue) and portions of 14th, 21st, 22nd, Carolyn Birch and Magnolia streets.
Council members asked whether losing Measure C would endanger the projects. Henderson said the city has fund balances and federal grants with local matches for larger arterials, but the likely effect of losing Measure C would be fewer local residential street projects because local dollars would be used more often to meet federal match requirements. “Right now, we spend anywhere from about 1 to 1.2 or 1,300,000 of our own dollars,” Henderson said, adding that without Measure C the city would be more reliant on federal projects that typically address arterials rather than residential streets.
Why it matters: The CIP sets priorities for multi-year infrastructure spending that directly affects road conditions, water reliability and public facilities. Council members and staff framed the discussion as informational while noting the practical funding trade-offs tied to potential Measure C outcomes.
No final adoption occurred; the CIP will return for formal budget adoption in June.
