Santa Fe committee previews draft five-year infrastructure capital improvement plan

Sean Moody, capital planning manager in the City of Santa Fe Public Works Department, presented the draft five‑year Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan and described it as “a five-year capital plan” that this year lists “about a hundred projects.”

Moody told the committee that all but four projects on the list originated with city departments based on asset condition and program needs; the four exceptions were submitted by entities outside the city, including nonprofits and an affordable-housing developer. He said the packet will go through the full committee sequence for governing-body approval on June 24 and will be entered into the state system on July 1.

Why it matters: the plan compiles capital needs across departments and is the basis for later prioritization and the city’s legislative request. Moody said the committee will withhold project ranking for the July 1 submission and will develop legislative priorities and a ranked list over the coming months, with a second resolution typically considered in August or September.

Moody summarized the process and next steps: the initial July 1 submittal will include the project list without rankings, staff will work with council members and stakeholders to develop legislative priorities, and the council will be asked to consider prioritization and ranking in a later resolution. He invited questions; no members raised substantive objections during the presentation and there were no public speakers online.

The committee did not take a formal vote on project ranking at this meeting. The next procedural step is governing-body consideration on June 24; staff will return with proposed prioritization and ranking later this summer.