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Council authorizes using MEDC remediation grant for Water Street work; directs ad hoc committee to draft community-benefits guidance
Summary
Council authorized staff to use remaining MEDC funds on Water Street remediation and approved staff's approach to form an ad hoc community committee to develop community-benefit priorities; detailed committee process and sequencing were tabled for later revision.
Council members authorized city staff Oct. 21 to expend remaining Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) grant funds on the Water Street remediation project and approved a staff plan to use an ad hoc citizens committee to help draft community-benefit priorities for a forthcoming request for qualifications (RFQ).
City staff reported the remediation program has removed 189 truckloads of soil — 91 truckloads classified as hazardous and 98 as nonhazardous — and discovered additional contaminated soil and…
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