Public Works warns sidewalk, ramp and shared‑use path maintenance is underfunded
Summary
Public Works Director Bill Farino told the committee the city’s 21 miles of shared-use paths and ADA ramp backlog are underfunded; current CIP allocates $60,000/year for paths versus an estimated need of roughly $102.15 million in deferred maintenance (figure presented as an annualized treatment need).
Bill Farino said the city maintains about 21 miles of shared‑use paths and that keeping them in a state of good repair will require substantially more funding than currently budgeted. “Based on that mileage... our current estimate is the need of about a $102,150,000 dollars a year to work through those paths,” Farino said, adding the program is underfunded at $60,000 per year in the CIP and that deferred maintenance will grow without higher annual investment.
Farino also discussed sidewalks and ADA ramps, noting that tree roots and past planting practices have driven many failures and that the city has shifted ramp repair responsibilities to the public-works streets division. He said the street- and ramp‑repair program has largely caught up from a prior backlog but that a larger annual allocation (another $50,000–$100,000) would allow the city to make more consistent progress on ADA compliance and hazard mitigation.
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