Board approves five‑year capital improvement plan identifying about $83 million in city‑funded needs

Dr. Duke told the board the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) was reviewed at an August workshop and tonight was presented for formal approval. He said the plan identifies major facility needs and projects over the next several years and will be updated annually as costs and priorities change. "For city funded project, the current plan over the next 5 years currently identifies approximately 83,000,000 in projected needs through FY '35, but 55,000,000 of that is the additional classroom space that we've actually moved out to potentially FY '31," he said.

Dr. Duke emphasized the CIP is a planning document and that individual projects will still go through the appropriate budget and approval processes; city‑funded sections will be forwarded to the city council through the city's CIP process. The board approved the plan as presented.