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Covina previews $32 million capital improvement program, highlights major street, stormwater and park projects
Summary
Public Works Director Rafael Fajardo presented a FY26–27 CIP preview listing 31 projects totaling about $32,026,833, including Bill Street resurfacing ($1.4M), a $24.1M regional infiltration project at Gay Park using Measure W funds, and multiple street, water, and park improvements.
At the April 21 meeting, Public Works Director Rafael Fajardo presented a preview of the Fiscal Year 2026–27 Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The engineering division proposed 31 projects with a combined budget of approximately $32,026,833 to improve pavement, pedestrian safety, water infrastructure and parks.
Fajardo summarized major projects and funding: the Bill Street resurfacing project (rehabilitation of roughly 1.8 miles, $1.4 million); Hawk high-intensity activated crosswalk beacon at Bridal Avenue and Hurst Street ($45,000 design); the 2nd Avenue complete-street redesign (design allocation $150,000); Glendora Avenue resurfacing ($800,000); several residential and alley resurfacing projects (combined allocations over $1 million); and the Loma Vista and Orange Circle water-main replacement ($450,000). Public-works slides indicated the city will add roughly five miles of new pavement, 10,000 square feet of new sidewalk, 50 new parkway trees and other improvements upon project completion.
Fajardo also described a multi-jurisdictional regional infiltration project at Gay Park with an estimated funding allocation of $24,100,000 that would capture and infiltrate runoff from roughly 1,100 acres in coordination with neighboring jurisdictions and leveraging Los Angeles County Measure W regional funding. Several other parks and facilities projects — including a skate-park restroom, hockey-rink renovation and park sign replacements — were included in the package.
Council members praised staff for leaning on grant funding (Fajardo said grants account for about 75% of the CIP funding mix) and for keeping general fund exposure low; several members noted the value of alley and residential resurfacing for neighborhood quality of life. The council moved to receive and file the CIP preview; staff will return with the final budget and CIP for formal adoption at a later meeting.
Context and next steps: the presentation functioned as a precursor to the upcoming budget meeting; staff will provide the final FY26–27 budget and CIP for council consideration and formal adoption at the next scheduled budget hearing.
