# Cape Elizabeth roads, land fund and capital votes — the 15-year record (FY2012–FY2027)

**Prepared:** 2026-09-26. **Purpose:** push the campaign's road, land-fund and referendum claims back to FY2012 so no one can
say the last five budgets were cherry-picked. **Rule followed:** every number below points to a document saved in this folder
(or elsewhere in `research/raw/`) by file and line or page. Inferences are marked **[inference]**. "Not found" names what was
searched. Paths are relative to `research/raw/paving_history/` unless they start with `../`. OCR text is cited by page in the
`ocr_*/` folders (100–120 dpi, for locating) or `hires/` (300 dpi, for numbers); every load-bearing number from a scan was
either re-OCR'd at 300 dpi or checked against the page image (`hires/*.png`, `afr_fy2013_p48_capital-52.png`).

**Fiscal-year convention (from `RESEARCH_METHODS.md`, Pitfalls):** a fiscal year runs July 1–June 30, and its paving season is
the summer at its start. FY2016 = July 2015–June 2016 = the summer-2015 paving season.

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## 1. Paving line, FY2012–FY2027

### 1.1 The table (same columns as `TOWN_STRUCTURE.md` §13.1)

| FY | Paving line budgeted | Spent | Streets paved that season |
|---|---|---|---|
| **2012** | **$100,000** paving ("our annual paving budget, which last year was approved at $100,000") + $35,000 Starboard Dr design; paving "reduced … in FY 2012" to bank money for Starboard. Jan 2011 CIP had asked $260,000 | "Road and sidewalk projects" rev. $370,322 → **$332,916** (audit; includes carry-forwards); of that, roadway & drainage **$327,152** and sidewalks $5,764 (FY2013 audit's prior-year column) | **not found** — no FY2012 budget book survives online; the 2017 consultant's inventory lists **no** segment with a 2011 construction date **[inference: little or no overlay work]** |
| **2013** | **$275,000** proposed ($210K Starboard Dr reconstruction share, $50K overlay, $15K misc.); CIP total $700,000 in the April 2012 budget master (adoption minutes not available — see §6) | "Roadway & drainage" rev. $453,580 → **$473,431**; Shore Rd path separate ($941,053) | **9 + Starboard** (summer 2012): Shore Acres — Algonquin, Waumbek, Wabun, Katahdin, Pilot Point (shim & overlay); Olde Colony Ln; Warren Ave; Lions Field entrance; upper Woodland Rd; **Starboard Dr full reconstruction** finished Nov 2012 |
| **2014** | **$295,000** proposed/adopted ($100K Oakhurst–Hemlock Hill drainage, $175K overlay, $20K misc.); CIP total adopted as proposed ($800,000) | rev. $527,000 → **$413,994**; MD&A: $397K on Charles Rd sewer+roadway; Starboard finished at $533K total | **2 found** (summer 2013): Charles Rd (Shore–end), Woodland seg. 3 (2017 inventory const. dates). Promised Queen Acres (State, Erie, Beverly Terr, Wilton), Lawson/Sea Barn, Geldart, Wood, Rocky Hill, Ivie — **all deferred** (see §1.3) |
| **2015** | **$700,000** = $370,100 CIP + $329,900 "from balances" (Aug 2013 plan: Fowler $207K, Spurwink 77→SP $80K, Charles E. Jordan $315K, Dennison $20K, local overlay $65K, misc.) | rev. $813,005 → **$445,921** ("$445k was spent on roadway and drainage work") | **7–9** (summer 2014): Sawyer Rd (Eastman–Fickett) resurfaced; Charles E. Jordan Rd reclaimed/resurfaced (Bowery Beach–end); Trundy, Geldart, Waverly, Bridle Path Way, Friar Ln; inventory also dates Spurwink Ave (SP line–Rte 77, Rte 77–Purpoodock) 2014 |
| **2016** | **$435,000** (Old Ocean House Rd $250K, Spurwink Ave East $80K "deferred from FY 2015", local overlay $80K, misc. $25K); CIP total adopted $950,000; Sept 2015 plan shows FY2016 = $435,000 | rev. $835,748 → **$666,095** ("$666k was spent on roadway and drainage work") — the high year | **~10** (summer 2015): Spurwink Ave (Ocean House Rd–SP line), Patricia Dr, Linwood St, Lawson Rd neighborhood (Lawson, Sea Barn, Point Rd); inventory also dates Old Ocean House Rd, Fowler Rd, Mitchell seg. 2, Shore Rd (Town Center; light paving Birch Knolls–Stonybrook), Silva 2015 |
| **2017** | **$445,000** (Scott Dyer/Hill Way design $50K, Wells Rd $135K, town share of Two Lights Rd $120K, local overlay $120K, misc. $20K); CIP total adopted $950,000 | rev. $586,000 → **$292,123** ("$292k") | **9 segments** (summer 2016, 2017 inventory): Two Lights Rd, Two Lights Terr, Balsam, Crescent View, Lighthouse Point, Misty Ln, Park Circle, Spurwink seg. 3 (Purpoodock–Deer Run), Wells seg. 2 |
| 2018 | book: **$220,000** "Paving & Drainage" + $665,000 Hill Way/Scott Dyer; adopted CIP total $1,000,000 as proposed → audit rev. $513,800 | $424,595 (+$490,255 Scott Dyer reconstruction) | 3 named in ops report (Bradford, Harrison, Waterhouse); inventory also dates Hill Way, Linwood, Wheeler, Windmill 2017 → **up to 7** |
| 2019 | book: **$200,000** + $680,000 Scott Dyer; Council adopted CIP total **$741,900** vs. $793,042 requested; audit original **$100,000** → rev. $405,500 | $202,498 (+$151,846 Scott Dyer) | **Eastman Rd milled and paved 2018** (FY2021 book) — corrects the ops report's "not found"; Beverly Terr storm drain June 2018 |
| 2020 | book: **$300,000** + $650,000 Scott Dyer Ph. 3; Council adopted CIP total **$422,800** vs. $717,800 tax-funded request; audit original **$45,000** → rev. $633,201 | $613,197 (+$1,423,586 Scott Dyer) | Scott Dyer Ph. 2 (Patricia–Spurwink, full reconstruction, Jun–Aug 2019); Broad Cove Rd upper (mill & pave, Jul 2019); Sawyer Rd 4,300 ft Scarborough line–#1179 (Sep 2019); Beach Bluff Terr; + Gladys, Hampton (Sweet Fern–Gladys), Sweet Fern (moratorium list) → **6 + Scott Dyer** |
| 2021 | **$300,000** (book and audit original agree) → rev. $213,412 | $210,431 (+$264,174 Scott Dyer final) | Scott Dyer Ph. 3 (Longfellow–Patricia, Apr–Jul 2020) + MDOT/PACTS overlay 9/24/2020; Aster Ln → **2**. Six "candidates" (Jordan Farm, Wheeler, Dean Way, Russet, Fenway, Susan) slipped to 2021–22 |
| 2022 | $988K → rev. $1,833,920 | $851,924 | 11 (summer 2021: Birch, Hampton, Mitchell Oakhurst–town line, Wood, Ivie, Fenway…) |
| 2023 | $300,000 | **not itemized** — audit moved capital to a lump fund | 4 (summer 2022: Jordan Farm Rd, Mitchell Oakhurst–Belfield, Sawyer, Shore) |
| 2024 | $325,000 | $277,914 through Apr 2024 — **includes Jan 2024 storm repairs** | 8 (summer 2023: Oakhurst-area side streets, Woodland, Vernon) |
| 2025 | $338,364 | $285,823 through Nov 2024 | **not found** (candidates named: Oakhurst, Oakwood, Shore) |
| **2026** | **$0** → $232,041 reallocated in Oct 2025 (FEMA + extra LRAP) | — | none found in 2025; two Shore Rd sections May 2026 |
| 2027 | **$1,010,000** = $181K town + $685K grant match + $144K LRAP | — | — |

FY2022–FY2027 rows are unchanged from `TOWN_STRUCTURE.md` §13.1 / `../structure/ops/REPORT_ops.md` A1 (sources there). FY2018–FY2021
rows keep those audit figures and add what the budget books proposed and what the Council adopted.

**Sources by row (FY2012–FY2021):**
- FY2012 — `budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:3494` ("Even our annual paving budget, which last year was approved at $100,000, is far below what it should be"), `:3509–3513` ("Funding ($35,000) was approved in FY 2012 to commence preliminary engineering and design on a partial reconstruction of [Starboard Drive]… we have reduced our paving program in FY 2012, so we can combine those funds with funding proposed for FY 2013"); Jan 2011 CIP request `cip_2012_2016_jan2011.txt:48` ("Roadway Paving and Drainage $260,000") and `:71` (Road Projects row: FY2011 $100,000; FY2012 $260,000); CIP total adopted $566,000 `civicclerk/tc_2011-04-25_Minutes_8656.txt:98`; audit `cape_afr_fy2012_layout.txt:2138` ("Road and sidewalk projects 370,322 332,916 37,406 464,158" — last column is FY2011 actual). No-2011-dates check: `../pavement_2017.txt` App. A (grep `01-01-2011` → 0 hits). FY2012 budget book: **not found** on the town's Budget Archives page (only two pro formas and Community Services files, `../budget_archive.txt:768–776`) or in the Wayback Machine (`wayback/budget2012_town_home_20110429.html` links "Municipal_Budget_Proposal FY_2012.pdf" but the CDX index has no capture of that PDF — `wayback_cdx_budgets.txt`, `wayback_cdx_budget_any_2010_2017.txt`).
- FY2013 — `budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:3522–3529` (breakdown) and `:94` (CIP list, $275,000); adopted CIP total `budget_fy2013_master_2012-04-03.txt:78` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS … 700,000") — the May 2012 adoption minutes are not in CivicClerk (`civicclerk/events_all_2012_may.json` has no Town Council meeting), so "adopted as proposed" rests on the department total in the budget master and the audit's original capital budget of $693,248 (`cape_afr_fy2013_layout.txt:980`) **[inference]**; audit detail page 48: `afr_fy2013_p48_capital_ocr.txt:44,63` verified against `afr_fy2013_p48_capital-52.png` ("Roadway & drainage 453,580 473,431 (19,851) 327,152"; "Shore road path 915,414 941,053"). Streets: `ocr_fy2014/ALL.txt:4424–4434` = `hires/fy2014_p134.txt`/`p135.txt` ("In June, we paved a majority of the streets in the Shore Acres neighborhood … Algonquin, Waumbek, Wabun, Katahdin and Pilot Point Road(s) were shimmed and overlayed… We also paved Olde Colony Lane, Warren Avenue, the entrance to Lions Field and the upper (westerly) portion of Woodland Road… By the second week of November, we completed the reconstruction of Starboard Drive and the Shore Road Path").
- FY2014 — `hires/fy2014_p136.txt:4–10` (breakdown, $295,000); `hires/fy2014_p134.txt:10` ("Roadway, Paving & Drainage Imp. $300,000 [initial] $295,000 [proposed]"); adopted `../funds/cc_agendas/2013-04-29_Minutes_10219.txt:112` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS 800,000"); Aug 2013 plan's "FY 2014-Current Year" list totalling $524,000 `ocr_cip_2015_2024_stewardship/ALL.txt:176–186`; audit `cape_afr_fy2014.txt:2488` ("4009 Roadway & drainage 527,000 413,994 113,006 473,431") and MD&A `:592–594`; streets from `../pavement_2017.txt:1019,1295` (CHARLES 1 "01-01-2013"; WOODLAND 3 "01-01-2013"); deferrals: `hires/fy2014_p135.txt:26–29`.
- FY2015 — `budget_fy2015_proforma_capital_specialfunds.txt:41` ("Roadway, Paving & Drainage Imp. $700,000 [as proposed] $370,100 [budget] $329,900 [from balances]"); Aug 2013 plan FY2015 list `ocr_cip_2015_2024_stewardship/ALL.txt:189–197` ($712,000); Aug 2014 plan header shows "FY 2015 $700,000" `cip_2016_2025_aug2014.txt:319`; audit `cape_afr_fy2015.txt:2800` ("4009 Roadway & drainage 813,005 445,921 367,084 413,994") and MD&A `:580–581`; mid-year Munis report (May 1, 2015): initial $370,100, adjusted +$442,505 = $812,605, expended $410,509.86 (`civicclerk/ocr_tc_2015-05-11_packet/ALL.txt:1425`); streets `hires/cip2017_p012.txt:6–10` (= `hires/fy2017_p136.txt`) and `../pavement_2017.txt:1020,1082,1226,1242,1243,1273` (2014 dates).
- FY2016 — `cip_2016_2025_aug2014.txt:155–165` (breakdown $435,000); adopted CIP total `civicclerk/tc_2015-05-11_Minutes_10217.txt:180` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS 950,000"); Sept 2015 plan table "FY 2016 … $435,000" `hires/cip2017_p008.txt:26` verified against `hires/cip2017_p008.png` (the 150-dpi OCR misread it as 438,000); audit `cape_afr_fy2016_layout.txt:2802` ("4009 Roadway & drainage 835,748 666,095 169,653 445,921") and MD&A `:574`; streets `hires/fy2017_p136.txt` / `ocr_fy2017_all_sections/ALL.txt:3254–3256` ("Additional paving occurred in FY 2016 on Spurwink Avenue (from Ocean House Road to the South Portland Line), Patricia Drive, Linwood Street and in the Lawson Road neighborhood") and `../pavement_2017.txt:1010,1078,1079,1130,1152,1174,1178,1187,1229,1231,1235,1237` (2015 dates); Shore Rd "light capital paving between Birch Knolls and Stonybrook Road in 2015" `hires/fy2021_p096.txt:32–33`.
- FY2017 — `hires/fy2017_p135.txt` verified against `hires/fy2017_p135.png` ("Roadway, Paving & Drainage Imp. $445,000 … CIP Total $1,057,000 / Funded from CIP $950,000 / Funded from Balances $107,000"); breakdown `hires/fy2017_p137.txt:5–10`; adopted `../funds/cc_agendas/2016-05-09_Minutes_10338.txt:177` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS 950,000"); audit `cape_afr_fy2017_layout.txt:2852` ("4009 Roadway and drainage 586,000 292,123 293,877 666,095") and MD&A `:575`; streets `../pavement_2017.txt:989,990,1000,1047,1133,1150,1177,1244,1283` (2016 dates).
- FY2018 — `hires/fy2018_p003_rot.png` (image; "Paving & Drainage Improvements 220,000 220,000; Hill Way & Scott Dyer Roadway Imp. 665,000 665,000; … Funded by General Fund 1,000,000"); adopted `../funds/cc_agendas/2017-05-15_Minutes_10212.txt:118` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS 1,000,000"); audit `cape_afr_fy2018_layout.txt:3087`; extra 2017 dates `../pavement_2017.txt:1103,1135,1287,1290`.
- FY2019 — `hires/fy2019_p144.txt:19–20` ("715-4009 Paving & Drainage Improvements 200,000 | 200,000"; "715-5324 Hill Way & Scott Dyer Roadway Imp. 680,000 | 680,000"; "Funded by General Fund … 793,042"); adopted `../funds/cc_agendas/2018_Minutes_10218.txt:244` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS $ 741,900"); audit `cape_afr_fy2019_layout.txt:3553` ("4009 Roadway and drainage 100,000 405,500 202,498 203,002 424,595" — original, revised, actual, variance, prior year); Eastman: `hires/fy2021_p096.txt:18–19` ("We performed a similar treatment on Eastman Road prior to paving that in 2018"); Beverly Terr `hires/fy2021_p095.txt:31–35`.
- FY2020 — `hires/fy2020_p171.txt:26,32` ("Public Works $650,000 Scott Dyer Road Improvements Phase 3"; "Paving and Drainage $300,000 Paving and drainage improvements"; "To be raised by taxes $717,800"); adopted `../funds/cc_agendas/2019-05-13_Agenda_8668.txt:280` ("715 CAPITAL PROJECTS $ 422,800"); audit `cape_afr_fy2020_layout.txt:3484` ("4005 Roadway and drainage 45,000 633,201 613,197 20,004 202,498"); the FY2021 book's Munis report (Apr 1, 2020) shows FY2020 "4005 PW-PAVING & DRAINAGE IMPROVE" budget 300,000.00, expended 173,653.55 to date, and a separate "4009 ROADWAY & DRAINAGE REPAIR" 301,136.00 (`hires/fy2021_p171.txt:10,12`) — so the audit's $45,000 "original" is an account-coding artifact, not a Council cut to $45,000 **[inference]**; streets `hires/fy2021_p095.txt:13–22` and `hires/fy2021_p096.txt:13–21`; moratorium list `../moratorium_2024.txt`.
- FY2021 — `hires/fy2021_p170.txt:12` ("715 4009 Paving and Drainage $300,000") and `:11` ("Scott Dyer Road MDOT Paving Match 110,000"); audit `cape_afr_fy2021_layout.txt:3486`; candidates `hires/fy2021_p097.txt:34–41`; Scott Dyer Ph. 3 `hires/fy2021_p095.txt:23–30`.

### 1.2 What the town itself said the roads need, 2011–2026 (the benchmarks)

| Date | Who | Statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2011 | Manager McGovern, CIP FY2012–16 | "the Town should be spending … **$400,000 a year to repave roads, $600,000 a year to improve roads and drainage** … deferred maintenance results in significantly higher expensive fixes." FY2011 general fund CIP: $466,178 | `cip_2012_2016_jan2011.txt:15–19,27–28` |
| Mar 2012 | Manager, FY2013 budget, Capital Stewardship Plan FY2013–22 | 61 miles; paving every 15 yrs at $120K/mile + reconstruction every 60 yrs at $1.5M/mile → "**The estimated annual need is $2.0 million per year**" for roads; whole capital need $3.6M/yr vs ~$1.4M spent = "about 40% of what we need to do to keep pace." "Over the last five years we repaved 11.5 miles of road or an average of 2.3 miles per year." CIP totals: FY2008 $439,700; FY2009 $497,500; FY2010 $400,000; FY2011 $466,178; FY2012 $566,000; FY2013 $700,000 | `budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:3229–3250,3263–3271` |
| Jul 22, 2013 | Gorrill-Palmer Pavement Management Report | 435 sections, 62.31 miles rated; PCR 0–5 scale; "a new survey is recommended" in 2016; treatment backlog table totals $7,486,225 | `../structure/talking_points/pavement_2013_ocr.txt:153,190,376–383` |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Manager, CSP FY2015–24 | Road plan FY2015 $712K, FY2016 $435K, FY2017 $745K, FY2018 $470K, FY2019 $1.35M (Shore Rd $550K, Mitchell $300K, Rte 77 $275K, Broad Cove $100K); Eastman Rd $150K in FY2018 | `ocr_cip_2015_2024_stewardship/ALL.txt:159,189–234` |
| Aug 21, 2014 | Manager, CSP FY2016–25 | Roadway line planned $435K (FY16) → $445K → $470K → $500K → $525K → $600K → $600K → $650K → $675K → $700K (FY25) | `cip_2016_2025_aug2014.txt:319` |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Manager, CSP FY2017–26 | Same ramp: $445K (FY17) … $750K (FY26); "$50,000 more each year in capital spending which is a reduction from the $100,000 additional per year that was contained in previous plans" | `hires/cip2017_p008.txt:26`; `ocr_cip_2017_2026_2015-09-08/ALL.txt:46–47` |
| Dec 2017 | Gorrill-Palmer update | PCI 79.69; ~$330,000/yr holds it; re-survey every 3–4 years; "paving budget of $250,000 has remained relatively consistent for the last 10 years" | `../pavement_2017.txt:41–43,94,540–541` |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Manager Fox, asset plan | Right-of-way annual target $491,069 vs $105,000 funded | `../packet_2026-01-21.txt:248` |

Reading these together: the town's own paving line reached the manager's 2011 "$400,000 a year to repave" figure in only **three** of the
sixteen years (FY2015 $700K, FY2016 $435K, FY2017 $445K) — FY2022's $988,000 "roadways and drainage" original budget is larger, but it bundles
other projects (the manager's FY2022 request for the paving line itself was $300,000, `hires/fy2022_p191.txt:11`), and FY2027's $1,010,000 is
$181,000 of town money. The line never approached the 2012 plan's $2.0M road need or the 2014–15 plans' ramp to $600K–$750K by FY2021–26;
the FY2021–FY2025 lines ($300K–$338K) are $300K–$362K below what those plans pencilled for the same years, and FY2026 was $0.
**[derived from the table above]** The 2017 consultant's remark that the paving budget "has remained
relatively consistent" at about $250,000 does not match the adopted lines FY2012–FY2017 ($100K, $275K, $295K, $700K, $435K, $445K).

### 1.3 Promised-then-deferred streets before 2017 (adds to `REPORT_ops.md` A2)

- **Queen Acres (State Ave, Erie Rd, Beverly Terr, Wilton Ln):** named as repaving "candidates" in the FY2013 budget (`budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:3518–3519`), "scheduled for this year, but had to be put on hold due to inadequate funds" in the FY2014 budget (`hires/fy2014_p135.txt:26–28`); the 2017 inventory still shows all four with a 2003 construction date (`../pavement_2017.txt:1004,1059,1248,1288`). Beverly Terr got a storm drain in 2018–19 (`hires/fy2021_p095.txt:31–35`); repaving of the four: **not found** through the Jan 2024 moratorium list.
- **Lawson Rd / Sea Barn:** proposed FY2014 ("has not been paved since 1976", `hires/fy2014_p135.txt:28–29`) → done summer 2015 (2017 inventory 2015 dates). Two years late.
- **Geldart Ln:** proposed FY2014 → done summer 2014 (one year late). **Wood, Rocky Hill, Ivie:** proposed FY2014 (`:29`), "plan to pave … by June 30, 2020" (`hires/fy2021_p096.txt:23–24`) → done Sept 2021 (`../moratorium_2024.txt:19,25,33`). Seven to eight years late.
- **Old Ocean House Rd:** planned FY2016 at $250K in both the 2013 and 2014 plans → 2017 inventory dates it 2015 (done on schedule, `../pavement_2017.txt:1174`).
- **Fowler Rd:** planned FY2015 ($207K) → inventory 2015 (one season late, `:1078`).
- **Eastman Rd:** planned FY2018 (2013 plan) / FY2019 (2015 memo) → "paving that in 2018" (`hires/fy2021_p096.txt:18–19`) — **on the 2015 schedule.** This corrects `REPORT_ops.md` A2 and `TOWN_STRUCTURE.md` §13.1, which counted Eastman among five items "not found as done."

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## 2. Pavement studies, road surveys and road plans, 2010–2026

| Date | Document | What it is | Public? | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2011 | Capital Improvement Plan FY2012–16 (McGovern) | Need estimate ($400K repave + $600K roads/drainage per year), 62 miles; five-year table | Yes — budget archive FY2014 folder | `cip_2012_2016_jan2011.txt:11–19,215` |
| Mar 2012 | Capital Stewardship Plan FY2013–22 (in FY2013 budget) | Need estimate ($2.0M/yr for roads); 11.5 miles repaved FY2008–12 | Yes — budget archive FY2013 | `budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:3225–3271` |
| **Jul 22, 2013** | **Gorrill-Palmer Pavement Management Report** | First consultant condition survey: 435 sections, 62.31 mi, PCR 0–5; treatment/cost table $7.49M; next survey 2016 | **Yes** — Reports page ("08/12/2013") | `../structure/talking_points/pavement_2013_ocr.txt`; `site_reports_2026-09-26.txt:500` |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Capital Stewardship Plan FY2015–24 | Five-year road list built on the G-P study | Yes — budget archive FY2015 | `ocr_cip_2015_2024_stewardship/ALL.txt` |
| Sep 24, 2013 | Combined Municipal/School/Community Services CIP | Combined plan | Yes — budget archive FY2015/16 | `cip_combined_sept2013.txt` |
| Aug 21, 2014 | Capital Stewardship Plan FY2016–25 | Road ramp $435K→$700K | Was on capeelizabeth.com (Wayback 2015-09-11); not on the .gov archive page | `cip_2016_2025_aug2014.txt` |
| Sep 1, 2015 | Capital Stewardship Plan FY2017–26 | Road ramp $445K→$750K; FY2015/16 season summary | Yes — budget archive FY2017 | `ocr_cip_2017_2026_2015-09-08/ALL.txt` |
| Oct 6, 2015 | PW "Roadway & Drainage Priorities FY2017–FY2021" | Named-street five-year list ($445K–$560K/yr) | Yes — Reports page ("10/14/2015") | `../road_priorities_2017_2021.txt`; `site_reports_2026-09-26.txt:502` |
| Nov 1, 2016 | "Municipal Capital Stewardship Plan 2018–2027" (CIP Master xlsx) | Spreadsheet only | Yes — budget archive FY2018 | `cip_2018_2027_master_2016-11-01.xlsx` (downloaded; not parsed) |
| **Dec 2017** | **Gorrill-Palmer Pavement Management Study Update** | PCI 79.69; $330K/yr holds; re-survey every 3–4 yrs | **Yes** — Reports page ("01/03/2018") | `../pavement_2017.txt`; `site_reports_2026-09-26.txt:501` |
| 2018–2024 | — | No survey. FY2025 CIP (May 2024): plan "was last updated in 2017" | — | `../followup/tc_2024-05-13_Packet_9329.txt:25438–25440` |
| **Summer 2025** | **Gorrill-Palmer Pavement Condition Analysis** ($20,000, FY2026 CIP) | "Staff hired a consultant and worked with them to complete an updated Pavement Condition Study in the summer of 2025" | **No** — re-checked 2026-09-26: Reports page still lists only the 2013 and 2017 studies and the 2015 priorities memo | `../budget_fy27.txt:1513`; `../budget_fy26_cip_ocr.txt:294`; `../committees/tc/2025-07-14_Minutes_10411.txt:242–247`; `site_reports_2026-09-26.txt:500–502` |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Manager's asset-management deck | $491,069/yr right-of-way target | Packet only | `../packet_2026-01-21.txt:224–265` |

No other pavement survey or road-condition rating 2010–2026 was found in: the FY2013–FY2024 budget books (grep `pavement management|pavement condition|PCI`),
the six capital plans above, Council minutes/agendas 2011–2015 pulled here, or the Reports page. The 2013 report itself does not cite an earlier survey.

**State road aid (LRAP; town revenue line "MDOT Block Grant"), by fiscal year.** FY2018–FY2027 are MaineDOT's payment table already in
`../paving_compare/state_money/mdot_lrap_yearly_comparison_10yr.txt:116` (reproduced in `ROAD_PAVING_COMPARISON.md` §3). Earlier years from the
town's own budget books:

| FY | Amount | Basis | Source |
|---|---:|---|---|
| 2007 | $92,948 | actual | `budget_fy2013_proposal.txt:353–360` |
| 2008 | $94,380 | actual | same |
| 2009 | $86,944 | actual | same |
| 2010 | $77,216 | actual | same |
| 2011 | $80,672 | actual | same; `budget_fy2013_master_2012-04-03.txt:18` |
| 2012 | $83,952 | year-end estimate (budgeted $67,000) | `budget_fy2013_master_2012-04-03.txt:18`; `hires/fy2014_p027.txt:20` (shown as FY2012 actual) |
| 2013 | $84,000 | budget | `budget_fy2013_master_2012-04-03.txt:18` |
| 2014 | ≈$81,900 | budget (300-dpi OCR of the 10-year revenue table; last cell partly illegible — **low confidence**) | `hires/fy2014_p027.txt:20`; `ocr_fy2014/ALL.txt:893` |
| 2015 | $84,400 budget; $77,300 received by May 1, 2015 | Munis revenue report in the May 11, 2015 packet | `civicclerk/ocr_tc_2015-05-11_packet/ALL.txt:538` |
| 2016 | $78,096 | actual | `hires/fy2018_p006.txt:16` ("336 MDOT BLOCK GRANT 77,300 [FY16 budget] 78,096 [FY16 actual] 77,300 [FY17 budget] 77,300 [FY17 est.] 78,096 [FY18 proposed]") |
| 2017 | $77,300 | budget = year-end estimate | same |
| 2018–2027 | $78,228 · $77,540 · $79,664 · $74,440 · $80,268 · $79,828 · $92,060 · $93,400 · $144,528 · $142,364 (FY27 allocation) | MaineDOT payments | `../paving_compare/state_money/REPORT_state_money.md:27–38` |

So LRAP was flat at roughly $77K–$94K for nineteen years (FY2007–FY2025) before the FY2026 statewide increase; it never covered more
than about a fifth of a $400K paving line. **[derived]**

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## 3. Land Acquisition Fund, FY2011–FY2025 (fills the gaps in `LAND_PROTECTIONS_REPORT.md` §8 / `../funds/REPORT_funds_comparison.md`)

| FY | Money in | Money out | Balance 6/30 | Source |
|---|---|---|---:|---|
| 2011 | $18,735 "other revenues" + $284 interest | — | $199,211 | `cape_afr_fy2011.txt:2662–2683` |
| 2012 | $15,369 other + $247 interest | $1,448 | $213,379 | `cape_afr_fy2012_layout.txt:2559–2578` |
| 2013 | $8,640 other + $728 interest | **$150,000 "Donations"** (Robinson Woods II, to CELT) | $72,747 | `cape_afr_fy2013_layout.txt:2797–2818`; MD&A `:562–563` |
| 2014 | **$16,457** appropriation ("Proposed Penny for Land Acquisition") + $253 interest | $8,142 | $81,315 | `cape_afr_fy2014.txt:2936–2965`; budget `budget_fy2015_proforma_capital_specialfunds.txt:96` |
| 2015 | **$32,914** General Fund transfer ("The General Fund provided a planned $32,914") + $231 interest | $2,990 | $111,470 | `cape_afr_fy2015.txt:3234–3265,503`; budget `budget_fy2015_proforma_capital_specialfunds.txt:96` |
| 2016 | $32,914 transfer | — | $142,984 | `cape_afr_fy2016_layout.txt:524,1599`; order `civicclerk/tc_2015-05-11_Minutes_10217.txt:423–427` (Item #73-2015, revenues "$32,014" [sic]; summary table `:457` $32,914) |
| 2017 | $32,914 transfer | $153,941 (Rock Wall Ln lot $75K + CELT Great Pond II $75K) | $21,957 | `cape_afr_fy2017_layout.txt:525,1580`; `../funds/REPORT_funds_comparison.md` §3 |
| 2018–2025 | $32,914/yr FY2018–20, $16,457 FY2021, $32,914 FY2022–24, **$0 FY2025** | $180,874 FY2019 (Robinson Woods III) | $54,871 · ($3,089) · $42,253 · $63,563 · $95,449 · $128,363 · $161,277 · **$174,770** | `../funds/REPORT_funds_comparison.md` §1 (audits FY2018–25) |

**Two things the earlier report could not place, now sourced:**
1. **Where the other $200,000 for Robinson Woods II came from.** On June 13, 2011 "the Town Council approved issuing an additional $200,000
   in general obligation bonds to be used for land acquisition. The new bonds were issued on July 12, 2011" (`cape_afr_fy2011.txt:1482–1485`);
   the money sat as "Unspent bond proceeds 200,000" in the General Fund at 6/30/2012 (`cape_afr_fy2012_layout.txt:1108,1608`) and was spent in
   FY2013 as the General Fund capital line "Robinson Woods 200,000 200,000" (`afr_fy2013_p48_capital_ocr.txt:87`, image `afr_fy2013_p48_capital-52.png`).
   $200,000 bond + $150,000 Land Acquisition Fund = the $350,000 the Council voted Nov 14, 2012 (`../funds/cc_agendas/2012-11-14_Minutes_9707.txt`).
   This is the only land-acquisition **bond** in the record; it went to no referendum — the 2012 charter rule did not yet exist and $200,000 was far below the old 0.05%-of-valuation threshold **[inference]**.
2. **A separate "Future open space" capital line existed in FY2011–FY2012:** $25,000 budgeted FY2011 (unspent, `cape_afr_fy2011.txt:2263`), $38,275 spent
   in FY2012 against a $25,000 revised budget (`cape_afr_fy2012_layout.txt:2169`); nothing after FY2012. **[inference: this paid for the 2012 Open Space
   plan / Future Open Space Preservation Committee work — the FY2011 assigned-balance list calls it "Future open space study committee", `:1662`.]**

**The "penny" chronology, now complete:** Feb 11, 2013 Council referral ("a penny or more", `../funds/cc_agendas/2013-02-11_Minutes_8621.txt`) → FY2014
budget $16,457 (one cent) → FY2015–FY2020 $32,914 (two cents) → FY2021 $16,457 → FY2022–FY2024 $32,914 → FY2025–FY2027 $0. Before the penny, the fund
received only $8.6K–$18.7K a year in "other revenues" (FY2011–FY2013). No Land Acquisition Fund budget order appears in the FY2014 adoption
(`../funds/cc_agendas/2013-04-29_Minutes_10219.txt:278–320` lists Rescue, Sewer, Spurwink Church, Cemetery, PHL, Fort Williams, Infrastructure, Thomas Jordan — no land fund).

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## 4. Town-wide votes on capital questions since 2012 (charter Art. VIII §2)

All results pages are the Town Clerk's posted result summaries, saved in `elections/` (PDF + text; the town's PDFs are one-page print-outs
whose text layer was preserved when they were recompressed with Ghostscript — see `SOURCES.md`).

| Date | Question | Amount | Yes | No | Result | Source |
|---|---|---:|---:|---:|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2012 | Thomas Memorial Library bond (new library) | up to $6,000,000 | 2,696 | 3,566 | **Failed** (43%) | `elections/results_2012_11.txt:70` |
| Nov 6, 2012 | Charter amendment — referendum on any single capital expenditure > $1,000,000 | — | 4,157 | 1,372 | **Passed** (75%) | `:71` |
| Nov 4, 2014 | Library renovation/addition bond (+$200K contingency, $150K temporary quarters) | $4,000,000 | 3,587 | 1,798 | **Passed** (67%) | `elections/results_2014_11.txt:20–21,30–32` |
| Jun 14, 2016 | Recycling Center improvements ("Shall the Town Council vote authorizing expenditure of up to $1,400,000 … be approved?") | $1,400,000 | 685 | 530 | **Passed** (56%; 6 blank) | `elections/results_2016_06.txt:32,46,75–81` |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Elementary/middle/high school project bonds | $115,943,324 | 2,337 | 3,817 | **Failed** (38%) | `elections/results_2022_11.txt:28,302,339–343` |
| Nov 8, 2022 | Q2 — up to $5,000,000 in gifts and grants for additional school improvements | $5,000,000 | 3,041 | 2,999 | **Passed** (50.3%) | `:28–29,367,400–404` |
| Nov 5, 2024 | New middle school + Pond Cove/1934 building bonds | $94,700,000 | 3,282 | 3,448 | **Failed** (49%) | `elections/results_2024_11.txt:27,63–65` |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Q2 — solar panels, gifts and grants | $1,650,000 | 4,747 | 1,951 | **Passed** (71%) | `:84–96` |
| Jun 10, 2025 | New middle school + Pond Cove repairs bonds | $86,499,993 | 2,479 | 2,171 | **Passed** (53%) | `elections/results_2025_06.txt` ("QUESTION 2: SCHOOL PROJECTS … YES 2479 NO 2171") |
| Jun 10, 2025 | Q3 — solar panels, gifts and grants | $1,725,000 | 3,128 | 1,486 | **Passed** (68%) | same ("QUESTION 3 … YES 3128 NO 1486") |

**Tally after the 2012 rule (2014–2025): 8 capital questions, 6 passed, 2 failed** (both failures were school bonds later re-approved in smaller
form). Counting the library bond that shared the Nov 2012 ballot with the charter change: 9 questions, 6–3. **[derived]**

**What the $1M rule has sent to the ballot:** two gift/grant-funded solar projects (no tax money, no borrowing; $1.65M and $1.725M) and a $1.4M
recycling-center bond decided by 1,215 voters at a June election. Whether the library and school bonds would have gone to referendum without
the rule is not settled here: the pre-2012 charter required a vote only on a 10% petition, yet the Council put the 2012 library bond to voters
before the rule existed **[not verified]**. **No road, sidewalk or drainage project has appeared on any Cape ballot 2012–2025** [checked every
results page in `elections/` for `bond|borrow|shall the town|question`].

**No other local capital question** appeared on the ballots of Nov 2013, Jun/Nov 2015, Nov 2016, Jun/Nov 2017, Jun/Nov 2018, Jun/Nov 2019, Mar/Jul/Nov
2020, Jun/Nov 2021, Jun 2022, Jun/Nov 2023, Mar/Jun 2024 (the other items were school-budget validations, state questions, a 2023 pesticide ordinance,
and 2025 Town Center zoning). Source: the same grep across `elections/results_*.txt`.

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## 5. Town Reports — which years exist

- **Posted on the Finance "Annual Audits & Town Reports" page (fetched 2026-09-21, `../funds/cape_audits.txt:394–437`):** Town Report **2017, 2018, 2019,
  2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024**. The page's 2011–2015 groups contain two documents each (audit + A-133/Yellow Book), no Town Report (`:446–457`).
- **Town Report 2016:** on the Governing Documents → Reports page (`site_reports_2026-09-26.txt`; also `../structure/ops/site_reports.txt:388,1147`) and
  archived from the old site (`wayback_cdx_reports.txt`: `capeelizabeth.com/media/Reports/Town Report 2016.pdf`, captured 2025-04-20).
- **2012–2015: not found** on either town page or in the Wayback CDX index of `capeelizabeth.com/media/Reports/*` (136 captures; the only "Town Report"
  files are 2016 and a "Statistics for Town Report … FY 2022" sheet). A domain-wide CDX regex query returned nothing (`wayback_cdx_townreports*.txt`).
- **FY2025 Town Report:** not posted as of 2026-09-21 (`../structure/council2026/REPORT_council2026.md:238`).
- Posting dates cannot be recovered from the new site: every file's `?t=` stamp is the May 22–23, 2025 migration date (`../funds/cape_audits.txt:394–437`).

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## 6. What could not be found (and where I looked)

1. **FY2012 adopted budget book / itemized CIP** — not on the Budget Archives page (FY2012 folder holds two pro formas and Community Services files);
   the old site's FY2012 "town" document page is archived but its two PDFs (`Municipal_Budget_Proposal FY_2012.pdf`, `Budget Master March 24 2011.pdf`) were never captured. The $100,000 figure rests on the FY2013 book's statement.
2. **Council adoption minutes for FY2013 (May 2012), FY2015 (May 2014)** — CivicClerk's migrated calendar has no Town Council meeting in May 2012 or May 2014 (`civicclerk/events_all_2012_may.json`, `events_all_2014_may.json`).
3. **Streets paved summer 2011 and summer 2013** — no Public Works season summary survives for those years; the 2017 consultant inventory is the only witness (none dated 2011; Charles Rd and Woodland seg. 3 dated 2013).
4. **Streets paved summer 2024 (FY2025)** — still not found (unchanged from `REPORT_ops.md`).
5. **Any pavement survey before 2013 or between 2018 and 2024** — none referenced in any budget, plan, or minutes read.
6. **Town Reports 2012–2015** — see §5.
7. **LRAP FY2014 exact figure** — OCR of the 10-year revenue table is partly illegible; MaineDOT's own table starts at FY2018.
8. **The Nov 1, 2016 CIP Master spreadsheet** was downloaded but not parsed (xlsx; no reader in the venv).