Capital Improvement Plan Major Update
At a glance
- What: the four-year major update of the Capital Improvement Plan, now for fiscal years 2028 through 2032, led by Jeanne Hooks and Mark Spanioli.
- Where it stands: kickoff on October 15; no decisions. Council affirmed the process (criteria weighting, paired comparison, Eisenhower exercise at the February retreat).
- Next: work session November 10 to divide active commitments from new project concepts and share visions; community engagement moved toward December-January; funding scenarios from financial advisors in January-March.
Key points
- Staff sees capacity of roughly $40 million across FY2028-32, issued in two to three rounds; construction costs keep rising.
- Active projects are treated as committed; the cricket field project is about $6 million including a $1 million increase discussed on October 13.
- Requested additions to project summaries: scope, timeline, gap or completion value, funding source, future operating impact.
- Harrison Kesling asked for explicit decarbonization weighting and "small bets"; staff will show sustainability impacts per project.
- Planning concepts: parks master plan, transportation plan, town center visioning, sidewalk gaps, space needs study, Harris Mill leftover land, Town Hall Drive and Church Street corridors.
Related
Discussion time
About 57 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 - Town Council Work Session | 57 |
Log
- 2026-10-15 - Town Council Work Session — Kickoff of the FY2028-32 major update; process affirmed; continues November 10.
- 2026-08-22 - Town Council Retreat - Town Manager previewed about $10 million of borrowing for Fire Station 2 in FY2028, about $40 million of debt capacity, and a CIP deep dive in October (from auto-captions).
From the video (October 27, 2026)
Church Street Park phase two cricket field funding was decided separately at this meeting (approved); parks master plan and CIP discussions continue November 24. See 2026-10-27 - Town Council Regular Session.