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Council hears federal advocacy briefing on earmarks, Opportunity Zones, transportation and FCC actions
Summary
City staff and consultants briefed the council on federal appropriations, tax and transportation developments that could affect Denton, including the status of earmark requests, Opportunity Zones, the budget reconciliation package, highway/transit reauthorization and recent FCC proceedings on rights-of-way preemption.
Denton city staff and outside consultants briefed the City Council on the city’s federal advocacy priorities on Oct. 14, outlining recent developments on earmarks, Opportunity Zones, highway and transit reauthorization, and Federal Communications Commission proceedings affecting local rights-of-way.
Christy Fogel, chief of staff, summarized the city’s community project funding (earmark) efforts and said the city submitted three proposals this year to Representative Ronnie Jackson’s office, including a downtown protective-bollard project and two wastewater expansion projects; the North Marsh Branch wastewater project previously advanced in subcommittee with a $2 million allocation but remained uncertain due to continuing resolutions in Washington.
Ralph Garbusian of Capital Edge (federal advocacy…
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