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Windsor Heights council adopts FY2027–2037 capital improvement plan
Summary
The Windsor Heights City Council approved a multiyear capital improvement plan that prioritizes water‑main upgrades, street reconstructions and early planning for a mural and water‑trails access; a planned rail crossing on 73rd Street was removed after rail and DOT funding concerns.
The Windsor Heights City Council on March 2 approved Resolution No. 202612, adopting the FY2027–2037 Capital Improvement Plan after a staff presentation and a brief public hearing.
City staff member AJ summarized the plan, saying the city will replace remaining 4‑inch water mains with 6‑ and 8‑inch pipe where feasible and will sequence projects including finishing 73rd Street North, reconstructing 68th Street and beginning 74th Street next year. AJ said the city used recently released 2023 pavement condition index scores to adjust priorities and noted early planning is under way for a mural at 66th Street and University and for a water‑trails access point at KBY Park.
AJ told council the draft CIP lost a potential rail‑crossing replacement on 73rd Street after the railroad and Iowa Department of Transportation indicated they would not fund their respective portions; staff removed the item from the draft with the expectation other resurfacing options remain available. “We’ve got a pretty busy CIP over the next several years,” AJ said during the presentation.
After the public hearing closed, the council took the required roll call vote and approved the resolution. The action adopts the list of projects and the near‑term priorities staff displayed in the meeting packet; it does not by itself appropriate construction dollars or finalize contract awards, which will return to the council for separate authorization.
Next steps: staff will proceed with design, grant applications where applicable and future agenda items to award contracts for individual projects listed in the plan.
