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College Place staff outline $6-year capital facilities plan and funding gaps
Summary
City staff presented the six-year (2026'1) capital facilities plan, highlighting major utility and street projects, a $15M public works yard proposal, a $20M reservoir/tower and a multi-year wastewater program (cited between $23M and $26M total); several projects are contingent on grants and reserves.
Brian Carlton presented the City of College Place's capital facilities plan to the commission on July 6, describing a six-year prioritized list of projects across administration, utilities, parks, police and streets and noting that many projects are dependent on grants, loans or reserve funding.
Carlton said the plan aggregates department-level plans (traffic improvement, sewer plan, IT and equipment lists) and feeds the city's budgeting process. "This is the main document that we use, for monitoring our projects and seeing what's on the list for the next current year and the next," he told the commission.
Key projects and funding notes included: - Lions Park Community Center renovation: project design was about 90% complete but the $8,000,000 project faces an approximate $2.5 million shortfall; construction has been pushed pending additional funding. - Wastewater treatment improvements: the plan listed $15,000,000 in the 2026 period, with Carlton citing a total program cost of roughly $23'26 million and indicating Department of Ecology grant funding covers much of past and anticipated spending. - Water infrastructure: a reservoir/tower project is included at roughly $20,000,000 and remains partially unfunded; other water-main replacement and well rehabilitation projects also appear in the plan. - Streets: the city allocates about $350,000 yearly for resurfacing and chip-seal work; a major Mjolnir Road project (previously delayed for right-of-way acquisition) is planned to go to bid later this year and is funded through a mix of federal, state and local sources including a Transportation Improvement sales tax. - Other large items: a proposed $15,000,000 public works yard replacement and a $4.3 million SR-125/College Avenue roundabout were listed among multi-year projects.
Carlton emphasized that many projects will move forward only if grant applications are successful or if council approves the necessary funding allocations. He encouraged commissioners to review the spreadsheet-format capital plan in the packet for project-level details and funding columns.
No vote or formal action was taken at the meeting on the capital facilities plan; Carlton invited questions and said the plan will guide budgeting and grant-seeking over the next several years.
