A project by Laura Melahn, Candidate for Menlo Park District 4 City Council
Parks
Funded FY27–31

Park Playground Equipment

Project CPP007 · Public Works

Cost & funding
Five-year planned cost
$2,000,000
Where the money comes from
  • Capital Project Funds$2,000,000
Specifically
  • General Capital Improvements Fund$2,000,000

    General Fund money that has been transferred over for capital projects. Once here, it is used for capital work — not General Fund operating expenses.

    What is this fund?

Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 501 appropriation.

Funding pathway
Mixed sourcesMechanism in place

Park playground equipment refresh. Funded through San Mateo County Measure A parks funding, Below-Market-Rate park dedication fees where applicable, and General Fund. Recurring program.

Category
Capital Improvement Plan
Department
Public Works
Spent FY 2023–25
$1,905,327
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,000,000
Budget labels for this project

Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPP007; resident-facing name shown here is “Park Playground Equipment”.

$2M
Funding gap
Estimated lifetime cost $2,000,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$2,000,000
Secured (awarded, received, allocated)
Amount not disclosed
Committed, not yet executed
$0
Pending application
$0
Anticipated (not yet applied for)
$0
Funding gap (not yet covered)
$2,000,000
Show source

The lifetime cost estimate is $2,000,000, from 5-year CIP allocation (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/agendas-and-minutes/city-council/2025-meetings/20250225/m3-20250225-cc-cip-2025-2029.pdf. The funding gap is the estimated lifetime cost minus all funding that has not been lost, added up from the funding sources listed below. Year-by-year figures come from the City's adopted five-year capital plan.

Who is paying

Funding sources

Each source carries its own status and citation. Expand a row to see the conditions, dates, and source document. “Ongoing” sources are recurring formula funds; sources still being pursued show no dollar amount.

General Capital Fund (Fund 501)Allocated
City of Menlo Park (city) · construction

Conditions: Funding source per CIP plan; specific dollar split per playground not yet confirmed.

No grants identified as of CIP plan.

Source: FY 2025-29 CIP plan
Spending

Spending by year

Past years are recorded actuals from the City's general ledger. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the five-year Capital Improvement Plan proposes to spend.

FY 23$41,071
FY 24$1,735,139
FY 25$129,117
FY 28$500,000
FY 29$500,000
FY 30$500,000
FY 31$500,000
Spent Current year (adopted) Planned
Where the money went, line by line
YearFundCategoryAmount
FY 23Special Revenue FundsServices$27,122
FY 23Special Revenue FundsSalaries and Wages$9,577
FY 23Special Revenue FundsFringe Benefits$4,372
FY 24Special Revenue FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$985,768
FY 24Debt Service FundsTransfers$725,414
FY 24Special Revenue FundsSalaries and Wages$15,581
FY 24Special Revenue FundsFringe Benefits$8,282
FY 24Special Revenue FundsOperating Expenses$95
FY 25Special Revenue FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$124,315
FY 25Special Revenue FundsSalaries and Wages$3,434
FY 25Special Revenue FundsFringe Benefits$1,368
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Past years are summed from gl_transactions for this project. FY 2026 is the adopted current-year budget for the project. FY 2027 through FY 2031 is what the City's adopted five-year CIP proposes to spend, taken from cip_projects.

How decisions were made

Council actions

No Council actions are linked to CPP007 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.