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Council hears updates on new dorm, mental-health facility, Dunkin' Donuts permit and downtown tiers fund
Summary
City staff reported receipt of development plans for a new college dorm, inspections and plans for a mental-health facility (Aspire) and a commercial tenant (Dunkin' Donuts), and said a downtown tiers fund now exceeds $500,000 with a draft grant program to be reviewed by a tiers board this fall.
BORGER, Texas — The council received multiple planning and downtown economic-development updates on Sept. 16 as staff works through building permits, inspections and a draft downtown support grant.
City staff said plans were received for a new college dorm sited between the classroom building and existing dorms, and that slab inspections for two new homes are complete and vertical construction is expected soon. Johnny Ladig, identified in the transcript as the code-enforcement officer, has passed the state plumbing test and is now a licensed plumbing inspector, city staff said.
Staff reported plans were in review for Aspire, a proposed mental-health facility in the old church off McGee, and that they had received plans for a Dunkin' Donuts to occupy the former Subway space inside the Walmart campus.
The city is continuing code-enforcement activity on weed complaints and said recent rains have helped staff make progress. The council was told the city’s tiers downtown fund now holds a little over $500,000 and staff anticipated presenting a downtown support grant to the tiers board in October or November, with the council required to approve individual awards after the tiers board’s recommendation. Staff said the tiers fund is intended to support building repairs and downtown improvements (examples cited included roof repairs).
No land-use approvals or council votes on these projects were recorded at the meeting; the items were presented as updates and pending actions.
