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Council briefed on Pathways to Play & Preservation millage work plan: sidewalks, park projects, reforestation and land bank funding
Summary
Staff outlined an accelerated rollout of projects funded by the Pathways to Play and Preservation millage, including an expanded sidewalk program, two flagship park redevelopments (Rotary, Red Run), a nature preserve trail, a pickleball facility feasibility effort, a goal to plant 15,000 trees and $5 million advance funding for land acquisition.
City staff provided a multi‑part update on projects funded by the Pathways to Play and Preservation (PPP) millage, emphasizing front‑loaded investments, project timing and the funding plan.
City Engineer Brent Bayshaw described two sidewalk streams: a citywide replacement program to repair damaged sidewalks and a separate sidewalk‑gap program to complete network connections. Staff said roughly 70 percent of original priority gaps are complete and proposed a five‑year schedule to finish remaining priorities; the recommended 2025 program would address immediate high‑priority repairs. Bayshaw noted the city is moving from a target‑area replacement model to…
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