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

Sidewalk Repair Program

Project CPS011 · Public Works

Cost & funding
Five-year planned cost
$3,250,000
Where the money comes from
  • Special Revenue Funds$3,250,000
Specifically
  • Highway Users Tax (Gas Tax)$1,250,000

    The City's share of the state gas tax. Restricted to street and road work.

  • Sidewalk Assessment$2,000,000

    Assessments collected for sidewalk work. Restricted to sidewalks.

Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Funds 357, 359 appropriation.

Funding pathway
Restricted local revenueMechanism in place

Sidewalk repair primarily gas-tax funded with Measure W and General Fund supplements. Recurring program.

Category
Capital Improvement Plan
Department
Public Works
Spent FY 2023–25
$1,249,411
Budgeted FY 2026
$600,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$3,250,000
Budget labels for this project

Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPS011; resident-facing name shown here is “Sidewalk Repair Program”.

$3.3M
Funding gap
Estimated lifetime cost $3,250,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$3,250,000
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)
$3,250,000
Show source

The lifetime cost estimate is $3,250,000, from 5-year CIP allocation (~$650K/year) (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Public-Works/Maintenance-Division/Sidewalk-repair-program. 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 — On-Call Concrete Repair Contract (Cato's)Allocated
City of Menlo Park (city) · construction

Conditions: Sidewalk portion of 3-year on-call contract.

~$600K/yr of the $1.02M annual contract. Multi-year program; this row covers the operational funding mechanism.

Awarded June 1, 2024
Source: Staff Report #25-189-CC (Dec 2025) referencing the June 2024 Cato's contract
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$549,980
FY 24$100,000
FY 25$599,431
FY 26$600,000
FY 27$650,000
FY 28$650,000
FY 29$650,000
FY 30$650,000
FY 31$650,000
Spent Current year (adopted) Planned
Where the money went, line by line
YearFundCategoryAmount
FY 23Special Revenue FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$300,000
FY 23Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$249,980
FY 24Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$100,000
FY 25Special Revenue FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$349,431
FY 25Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$250,000
FY 26Special Revenue FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$350,000
FY 26Capital Project FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$250,000
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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 CPS011 yet. As decisions tied to this project are added to the database, they will appear here.