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Council hires municipal adviser to pursue wastewater loan forgiveness; March 14 application deadline cited
Summary
The council approved engaging Baker Group LP to pursue CWSRF (loan/loan-forgiveness) funding for sewer-plant projects and planning; advisers said fees are contingent on securing funds and that Veneta’s tier and a consent order increase scoring under the program.
The Veneta City Council voted Feb. 20 to engage the Baker Group LP to pursue funding and potential loan forgiveness through the Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for wastewater projects, a consultant told the council.
A Baker Group representative told the council the city faced a tight timetable to be eligible for certain construction loan/forgiveness rounds; the firm proposed submitting applications for two projects and, if necessary, a planning-and-design application as a fallback. The representative outlined a potential application package that would seek roughly $689,000 if both projects were eligible, about…
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