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Council accepts DEQ stormwater grant for West Fork restoration project
Summary
Roanoke City Council adopted an ordinance on June 2 to accept and appropriate Virginia Department of Environmental Quality Stormwater Local Assistance Funds for stormwater improvements on the West Fork of Carvins Stream restoration project, authorizing the city manager to execute necessary documents.
Roanoke City Council voted on June 2 to accept grant funding from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality for stormwater improvements on the West Fork of Carvins Stream restoration project and appropriated the 2024–25 grant funds.
The ordinance authorizes the city manager or designee to execute documents necessary to accept the grant and dispenses with the reading of the ordinance by title. Council voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance during the regular agenda roll call.
The measure is procedural acceptance of state stormwater local assistance funds; staff said the appropriation will allow the city to proceed with the project tasks funded by the grant. No public comment or substantive amendment to the project was made during the meeting.
The ordinance passed on a roll-call vote with the six council members present voting aye.
