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City to seek council votes on HUD‑funded sewer tie for 200‑acre Cato Springs site; developer to cover upsize costs
Summary
City staff said on July 8 that the Fayetteville HUD Community Project Fund award of $3 million will be applied to a sewer connection to a roughly 200‑acre site abutting Kessler, with developers expected to cover any pipe upsize and cost escalation.
Devin Allen, director of economic development, updated the committee on a HUD Community Project Fund award that the city accepted in December 2022. The award — supplied through the congressional community project process — provides $3,000,000 that staff proposes to apply to a sewer connection for a roughly 200‑acre project site that abuts Kessler (staff used the name Cato/Cato Springs interchangeably in the briefing).
Allen said project engineering is at about 90% and is under review with the Arkansas Department of Health. He told the committee the original concept assumed a smaller sewer main but that the actual development plans…
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