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Budget committee recommends 5-year CIP to council, highlights Gregory Gardens resurfacing and green-infrastructure work
Summary
The committee recommended the 2026–2031 Capital Improvement Plan to Council, including a $5.5 million engineering estimate for Gregory Gardens resurfacing, green-infrastructure retrofits to meet stormwater permit acreage, and the Monument Boulevard bridge work shared with Concord.
The Pleasant Hill Budget Committee voted to recommend the draft five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) to the City Council, highlighting multi-year priorities funded by Measure K, grants and other restricted funds.
Ann (Public Works Director) told the committee the two-year budget for 2026–27 and 2027–28 is about $14.98 million and that the planning commission had found the CIP consistent with the General Plan. She described Measure K priorities — street resurfacing, library maintenance, storm-drain improvements, bike/ped projects and library Monday hours — and noted library hours have increased since the 2022 opening.
Ann said the engineering estimate for the Gregory Gardens resurfacing project is about $5.5 million and that roughly $1.9 million of that would come from Measure K in 2026–27, with the remainder from Measure J, gas tax and other capital funds. She also described green-infrastructure retrofits on Giri Road and Buskerk Avenue that together will satisfy the two-acre treatment requirement of the city’s current clean-water permit; staff indicated the $475,000 cost is funded by rolling remaining 2025–26 storm-drain funds into the 2026–27 program.
Other CIP topics included the Monument Boulevard/Canal Trail bridge project (city share ~ $145,000, with Concord responsible for half), grant-funded pedestrian-beacon projects (TDA funding) and a long list of unfunded but prioritized needs—Monument/I‑680 bike/ped improvements, roadway slide repairs, city facility upgrades and a Linda Ditch improvement project that staff expects to pursue when state stormwater rules allow credit-trading.
Resident Jack Pro Croek offered public comment: he complimented staff for staying within Measure K projections but raised concern about city-hall pond bids exceeding estimates and urged the city to press Caltrans on any bridge vulnerability he perceives as high-risk.
The committee moved, seconded and approved a recommendation to forward the CIP to the City Council; members specifically noted that these projects are funded from grants, Measure K, Measure J, NPDS and gas-tax funds — not the general fund.
