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Council approves multiple items: grants, amendments and ordinances in routine business session
Summary
At its Aug. 20 business meeting the Bend City Council approved a $1,016,462 grant for traffic and bikeway work, amended Community Development Block Grant spending, authorized a guaranteed maximum price for Midtown multimodal work and advanced multiple ordinances and a supplemental sewer SDC methodology.
Bend City Council on Tuesday approved a string of business‑meeting items including transportation grant funding, amendments to affordable‑housing funding, a construction contract amendment and a supplemental sewer system development charge methodology for the Southeast Area Plan.
Key votes at a glance
- Franklin and Wall signals and bicycle greenways grant: Council authorized acceptance of a Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization grant of $1,016,462 to fund signal redesign at Franklin and Wall and bikeway work north and east of downtown. Sinclair Burgh, senior project engineer, said the grant covers signal replacements (some beyond design life) and bikeway connections and feasibility work at other downtown intersections.
- Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) amendment for affordable housing: Council approved amending the 2024 annual action plan to apply $275,000 in CDBG program income to a United Housing Partners/Latino Community Association project. The funding supplements a previously allocated $2,250,000 in local pro‑housing funds for a…
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