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Wallsburg submits CDBG stormwater application seeking $171,000 for culvert and drainage work
Summary
The Wallsburg Town Council and consultant Troy Osler said the town met an accelerated deadline to submit a Community Development Block Grant application requesting $171,000 to replace culverts and improve drainage from First North/First East toward Spring Creek.
Wallsburg officials and their engineering consultant said the town has submitted a Community Development Block Grant application asking for $171,000 to replace failing culverts and improve stormwater flow from First North and First East down to Spring Creek.
Troy Osler, engineer with CIVCO Engineering, told the Wallsburg Town Council at its Jan. 16 work meeting that staff and consultants worked on an accelerated schedule to meet a deadline. "We made the deadline," Osler said, noting he and town staff had coordinated with Heather Mills at Mountainlands (MAG) on application questions and attachments.
The application describes a project that would replace a culvert at the end of First North and First East, route water down to Center Street and then south across Main Street to discharge into Spring Creek. Osler said staff attached videos and photos of last summer’s flooding to support the application; the submission packet includes at least one photograph of a flooded garage and two short videos provided by residents.
Council members and staff said the town coordinated scope and budget based on the available CDBG funding pool for the region. "What we have through the program is there's going to be $650,000 that is allocated between Wasatch and Summit," Osler said, and Wallsburg is requesting $171,000 — roughly 26–28% of that allocation. The council said the amount requested was chosen to balance a competitive chance for funding with a realistic implementation scope.
MAG asked that applications be submitted early so staff there could review and suggest improvements; Osler said Mountainlands had requested an earlier submission and the town complied. The town will attend a rating-and-ranking meeting; one council member who serves on the MAG committee said they will recuse themselves for Wallsburg’s application at the scoring stage.
Council members discussed whether to fund a master plan or begin on-the-ground work. Mayor McCormick and other participants said, given limited dollars, the town opted to implement targeted pipe and ditch work rather than funding a separate master plan that would document the whole system on paper first.
Osler said the next CDBG meeting is Jan. 27 in Heber and that MAG will notify which town representatives should attend. Council members also asked staff to continue collecting photos and short videos of flooding to add as backup to the application packet.
The town did not take a formal vote on the project at the Jan. 16 work meeting; Council members said the application has been submitted and they will return when MAG provides review feedback or a funding decision.
Closing notes: If awarded, the grant would compete with other projects in Wasatch and Summit counties and likely come down to a small difference in scoring points. The town did not commit to implementation dates at the meeting; follow-up steps described by staff included MAG review, possible edits to the application, and attendance at the Jan. 27 meeting.
