City’s six‑year CIP proposes $409.8M year‑one appropriation, funds Great Neck rec center and $330M Princess Anne project

Budget staff told council the six‑year CIP totals roughly $5.3 billion and that only the first year of the program is appropriated now; the proposed year‑one appropriation is about $409.8 million.

Staff said stormwater and flood-protection projects are the largest CIP category, followed by roads and schools (each about 18% of the total). The proposed CIP included 10 new projects and — notable this cycle — no items newly added to the deferred list.

Key year‑one projects called out by staff include:

• $42 million to fully fund the construction of the Great Neck Recreation Center, with construction anticipated between FY27 and FY28.

• The Princess Anne High School renovation or replacement project reflected as fully funded in the CIP at an estimated $330 million over the six‑year program.

• A $20.2 million courthouse reinvestment allocation in year one (elevator replacements and ADA‑accessible courtroom upgrades) and $3.0 million for initial schematic/design work for an aquarium modernization project.

• Fire‑service equipment funding: $10 million in CIP year‑one programming for SCBA replacement and a year‑one increase of about $9 million in the apparatus replacement program to address an identified backlog.

Staff also described investments supporting economic-development projects (resort parking and initial maintenance funding for a new dome site facility), a proposed SSD boundary and related public hearings for Pembroke Square, and road projects that are now fully funded for construction (Lookout Road and Woodstock Road sidewalk projects; Holland Road phase 1 received an added $11.9 million).

Staff said the proposed CIP preserves about $156 million in future charter bond capacity and added roughly $35.8 million of programmed increases across the six years. The proposed unfunded list still totals hundreds of millions (staff noted $547 million in requested but not fully funded projects across 47 items).

Ending: Staff will bring focused CIP briefings to council workshops; council members asked for follow‑up briefings on specific projects and on the sustainability of long‑term funding commitments.