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City staff reports $51M in unspent CIP budget; recommends reallocations and de-appropriations
Summary
Assistant Finance Director Abe Pedroza reported $23.8 million unencumbered in General Fund CIPs and $27.1 million in road funds (including $21 million recently appropriated) and recommended reallocations totaling roughly $2.4M and de-appropriation of smaller residual amounts; staff will present formal reallocations to Council on March 24.
Abe Pedroza, Assistant Finance Director, briefed the commission on the status of the city's General Fund and road improvement capital improvement projects (CIPs), reporting $23.8 million in unspent and unencumbered General Fund CIP budget and $27.1 million in road funds as of Dec. 31, 2025.
Pedroza said $21 million of the road-fund total was recently appropriated in the 2025-26 CIP budget. Staff recommended reallocating approximately $2.4 million in General Fund CIP budgets to other projects and de-appropriating roughly $60,000 in residuals from completed work. For road-fund CIPs, staff proposed reallocations and a de-appropriation of about $238,000 to return unused budget to Measure X and gas-tax accounts for later Council direction.
Pedroza described types of adjustments staff proposes, including moving residual CIP amounts into related operating accounts, consolidating vehicle CIPs into the Vehicle Replacement Fund, grouping related park projects together, and returning unused project budgets following property sales. He said staff developed timelines for project delivery for 39 General Fund CIPs and 21 road-improvement CIPs; timelines and detailed reallocations appear in Attachment A of the staff report. Pedroza noted the recommended reallocations and de-appropriations will be included in the mid-year fiscal review to Council on March 24.
Commissioners asked about specific projects: $200,000 allocated for EV-charging infrastructure is intended for the city yard to support charging of municipal vehicles; the Monterey Street parking garage project was estimated at about $150,000 in needed improvements, with $100,000 currently proposed and a planned transfer of another $50,000 to make the appropriation whole; $100,000 identified under the Active Transportation Plan was planning money only, not implementation funding.
Pedroza and staff explained an airport multi-use trail project had been listed in the CIP for many years (staff said 10'15 years) but has not advanced to construction because the city has not assembled sufficient funding, so staff proposes removing the placeholder until a clear plan and funding source are identified.
Monterey Salinas Transit representative Michelle Overmeyer asked staff to follow up on an ADA-compliance issue at a West Rossi Street bus stop that had been reinstalled after adjacent construction but was not made ADA-accessible; staff agreed to follow up.
Pedroza said staff will present the detailed reallocations and de-appropriations to Council as part of the mid-year budget review and will continue routine CIP reviews to align resources with deliverability and Council priorities.
