Board adopts CIP and authorizes engineering RFPs as facilities name change and other projects advance

Commissioners formally accepted the Planning Commission's 2026–31 Capital Improvement Program and approved technical revisions recommended by staff; the CIP was adopted as amended to clarify the document is advisory for budgeting and not a mandate to appropriate funds.

Facilities presented a package of routine and emergent capital and maintenance matters:

- The board approved a one-year extension with Sper Lawn and Irrigation for campus mowing and related optional services (contract options were included in the original procurement). - Finance brought forward invoices for demolition of pit toilets at several parks that had been carried out after facilities and Parks & Rec sought quotes; the board retroactively approved the Cal Excavating contract ($7,500) and Novak Masonry slabs (not to exceed $2,970) to regularize the invoices. - Facilities requested authorization to release an RFP for engineering services and project management to replace the government center cooling tower and the humidification system at the Law Enforcement Center; the board authorized issuing the RFP. - The Leland Dam triannual inspection was awarded to Spicer Group with a not-to-exceed dollar figure for inspection and an underwater diver inspection (recommendation based on returned diver bids) and the board approved the spending subject to legal review.

Facilities leadership proposed renaming the department from "Facilities Maintenance" to "Facilities Engineering" to reflect technical modernization needs and to improve recruitment. Commissioners debated whether the title overstates the department's qualifications and whether department-name changes should be an internal administrative decision. The motion to change the department name passed on a 4–3 vote.