Minutes
Lakewood City Council
Adjourned Regular Meeting held
October 14, 2025
MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER at 6:15 p.m. by Mayor Chase in the Executive Board Room, 5000 Clark Avenue, Lakewood, California.
ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Mayor Cassandra Chase
Vice Mayor Jeff Wood
Council Member David Arellano
Council Member Steve Croft
Council Member Todd Rogers
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SEVEN-YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PLAN, BUDGET AND
FUNDING APPROPRIATIONS
City Manager Thaddeus McCormack provided a brief introduction regarding revisions to the Capital Improvement Program (CIP), budget and funding considerations.
Kelli Pickler, Director of Public Works, introduced Ken Rosenfield, Ardurra Group Inc., and displayed slides and made a presentation based on the report in the agenda pertaining to the development of a seven-year CIP Plan for fiscal year 2025-26 through fiscal year 2031-32 including committed and planned projects, estimated budgets, and funding information. The CIP plan had been developed to address known and scheduled maintenance projects and to implement new infrastructure improvements for the City’s building, equestrian, landscape, parks, sewer, streets, traffic and stormwater facilities. It was the recommendation of staff that the City Council adopt the seven-year CIP plan; appropriate funds pursuant to the CIP plan for FY 2025-26 and FY 2026-27; and authorize the Public Works Director to administer and manage the Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan within the approved capital budget appropriation, including transfers of funding between capital projects.
Staff and the consultant responded to questions and comments from the City Council with regards to project ledger format; tracking of expenditures and project completion timelines; Measure L funds; unfunded projects; suggestions for future revisions and refinements to the plan; capacity issues; and educating residents through public information updates.
COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS MOVED AND COUNCIL MEMBER CROFT
SECONDED TO APPROVE STAFF’S RECOMMENDATIONS. UPON ROLL CALL VOTE, THE MOTION WAS APPROVED:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Wood, Croft, Arellano, Rogers and Chase NAYS: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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City Council Minutes
October 14, 2025
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to be brought before the City Council, Mayor Chase adjourned the meeting at 7:02 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jo Mayberry
City Clerk