Capital projects
Capital projects are the City's big, one-time investments: roads, water mains, parks, and buildings. The City keeps a rolling inventory of every project it has identified — not just the ones funded next year. This page sorts them into what's funded now, what's recently finished, and what's on the list but waiting for money.
The City maintains a rolling inventory of every capital project staff or Council have identified as a future need. The 16 projects below are in that inventory but have no dollars in the FY 2027–31 plan. That doesn't mean they were rejected — it means no money has been committed to them yet.
A project moves off this list one of two ways, and both run through the City Council. Either the City funds it itself— Council sets aside money in a future budget from the general fund, reserves, fees, or a bond — or an outside grant (state, federal, or regional) covers part or all of it, which Council still has to apply for and accept. Most large projects use a mix.
The budget public hearing on June 9 is where the Council weighs which of these get money in the next cycle. Public comment is open to anyone, or you can email city.council@menlopark.gov.
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Projects come from the City's adopted FY 2027–31 Capital Improvement Program. Each project is sorted by comparing its planned five-year spending against its actual spending in prior years: projects with money in the five-year plan are “funded,” projects with significant past spending but none planned ahead are “completed” or “wrapping up,” and projects with neither are listed as identified-but-not-currently-funded. The funding gap, where shown, is the City's latest cost estimate minus all funding that has not been lost. No numbers are estimated.