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

Water Main Replacement Project

Project CPW010 · Public Works

Cost & funding
Five-year planned cost
$7,600,000
Where the money comes from
  • Enterprise Funds$7,600,000
Specifically
  • Water Capital Improvements Fund$7,600,000

    Water rate revenue that pays for water utility capital projects. Cannot fund non-water work.

    What is this fund?

Source: FY 2026–27 CIP, Fund 600 appropriation.

Funding pathway
Enterprise rate (water)Mechanism in place

Water Enterprise Fund. Funded through ongoing rate revenue; recurring main replacement is a normal enterprise capital activity. Annual rate adjustments incorporate replacement schedule.

What is the Water Enterprise Fund?
Category
Capital Improvement Plan
Department
Public Works
Spent FY 2023–25
$2,603,712
Budgeted FY 2026
$2,000,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$7,600,000
Budget labels for this project

Sources: City of Menlo Park OpenGov CIP detail, project code CPW010; resident-facing name shown here is “Water Main Replacement Project”. Budget worksheet labeled “Water Main Replacement”.

$7.6M
Funding gap
Estimated lifetime cost $7,600,000
Estimated lifetime cost
$7,600,000
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)
$7,600,000
Show source

The lifetime cost estimate is $7,600,000, from 5-year CIP plan total (sum of FY27-FY31 expense) (May 30, 2026). Source: https://www.menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/agendas-and-minutes/city-council/2026-meetings/20260428/g2-20260428-cc-sand-hill-water-main-replacement-agree.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.

Water Capacity Fees / Water Enterprise FundAllocated
City of Menlo Park (city) · construction

Conditions: Funded from water capacity fees (per April 28, 2026 staff report). Capacity fees are collected on new connections to fund water system expansion and replacement.

Primary funding. Pavement repair portion ($300K of $7.6M total) is partially funded via the street maintenance plan's available funding pool — see CPS014.

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 24$1,062,281
FY 25$1,541,431
FY 26$2,000,000
FY 27$500,000
FY 28$2,000,000
FY 29$1,900,000
FY 30$2,400,000
FY 31$800,000
Spent Current year (adopted) Planned
Where the money went, line by line
YearFundCategoryAmount
FY 23Enterprise FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$517,258
FY 23Enterprise FundsServices$137,056
FY 23Enterprise FundsSalaries and Wages$72,972
FY 23Enterprise FundsFringe Benefits$30,573
FY 23Enterprise FundsProject Control-$757,859
FY 24Enterprise FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$754,410
FY 24Enterprise FundsServices$273,489
FY 24Enterprise FundsSalaries and Wages$22,193
FY 24Enterprise FundsFringe Benefits$12,021
FY 24Enterprise FundsOperating Expenses$168
FY 25Enterprise FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$1,289,921
FY 25Enterprise FundsServices$206,344
FY 25Enterprise FundsSalaries and Wages$33,291
FY 25Enterprise FundsFringe Benefits$11,874
FY 26Enterprise FundsFixed Assets & Capital Outlay$2,000,000
Show source

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

  1. receive

    Council received update on 2026 street maintenance projects ($5M cost / $5.2M available funding)

    Details

    Informational update on 2026 street maintenance work: $1.7M 2025-26 Annual Slurry Seal + $1.5M Bay/Pierce Roads + $0.5M SRTS Intersection + $0.3M Sand Hill pavement + $1M Cal Water cost share = $5M against $5.2M available funding (gas tax, construction impact fees, SB-1, General Capital Fund, Measure W).