City presents prioritized 10‑year capital improvement plan and urges diversified funding

Staff presented a multi‑year capital improvement plan intended to align long‑term asset management with funding and budgeting processes. The presentation summarized an asset inventory (90 miles of roads, 37 miles of water mains, 14 miles of sanitary sewer, 71 pieces of rolling stock and 11 major facilities) and described a scoring process that narrowed an initial list of roughly 220 candidate projects down to 23 year‑one priorities, plus additional year‑two and year‑three placeholders.

Staff and department heads recommended a funding strategy that reduces sole reliance on debt and instead builds targeted reserves, pursues grants opportunistically, and budgets design and right‑of‑way phases in advance to make projects shovel‑ready. The consultants and staff highlighted the importance of a strong finance function to coordinate reserves, debt capacity and grant timing.

Councilors discussed schedule and integration with the annual budget. Staff proposed holding a focused CIP workshop where department heads could answer project‑specific questions and explained that some year‑one projects were moved from department budgets into the CIP to provide better context for portfolio decisions.

The presentation also highlighted near‑term road and sidewalk segments identified via street‑scan data and noted cost‑sharing questions for specific items such as the police parking lot. Staff said the plan would be a living document and that the city would publish story maps and public materials to solicit feedback.

No vote was taken; staff said they would continue refining project sheets, publish materials for public review and schedule follow‑up workshops.