The City of Richland Hills is in the process of developing a five-year Capital Improvement Plan for FY2027–FY2031. This work session item is intended to provide City Council with a progress update on the City’s capital project inventory, preliminary project scoring, available funding capacity, and the next steps necessary to bring the five-year CIP forward for formal consideration on July 27, 2026. At the same meeting, City Council is being asked to consider adoption of the Capital Improvement Plan Infrastructure Prioritization Framework. That framework establishes the policy basis for evaluating capital projects using objective criteria, including public health and safety, regulatory and legal compliance, infrastructure condition and asset life, consequence of deferral or opportunity cost, strategic plan alignment, economic development impact, external funding or grant leverage, operational budget impact, and timing, sequencing, and urgency. The work session discussion on the 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan Project List is the next practical step in that process. Staff intends to present Council with a preliminary ranked list of the City’s top capital projects, generally focused on the top ten to twenty projects identified through the current inventory and scoring process. The purpose of presenting the list is to allow Council to see how the framework is being applied, understand the relative priority of major capital infrastructure needs, and provide feedback before the final five-year CIP is brought back for approval. The detailed project list is not included in the agenda packet at this stage because the information remains under staff review and is being refined for presentation. Cost estimates, project descriptions, funding assumptions, and project sequencing are still being validated. The work session will allow staff to walk Council through the current list in real time, explain the scoring approach, and discuss how the final plan will be narrowed and structured around available funding. Purpose of the Work Session: The purpose of this work session is not to ask Council to approve the final CIP project list. Rather, the purpose is to: <ol data-spread="false" start="1"><li>Present Council with a preliminary list of the City’s highest-ranked capital infrastructure projects;</li><li>Show how staff is organizing the City’s major capital project inventory;</li><li>Explain how the adopted scoring framework is being applied to each project;</li><li>Discuss the City’s estimated capital funding capacity within the current Interest and Sinking tax rate;</li><li>Identify the difference between project priority, project readiness, and project funding availability;</li><li>Begin narrowing the project list into a realistic five-year CIP;</li><li>Allow Council to ask questions and provide feedback before final adoption; and</li><li>Confirm the remaining steps needed to bring the FY2027–FY2031 CIP back

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This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.8/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).