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Residents question 25/75 cost split in city’s 2025 residential alley resurfacing program
Summary
At a public hearing, residents urged the city to reconsider the assessment policy for alley resurfacing, arguing alleys are public infrastructure and should be city‑funded; staff described the program’s long history and the current 25/75 resident/city split.
At a public hearing June 18, Davenport residents pressed the city to reconsider its residential alley resurfacing program and the current cost‑sharing formula that assesses property owners for 25% of reconstruction costs while the city pays 75%.
The hearing opened under the public works agenda item for the 2025 residential alley program. Mike Norvin of the Fourth Ward told the council: “Why specifically would a resident be obligated to pay at all for the maintenance of these things when it should really rest on the city to make sure that…
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