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Raytown aldermen review strategic-plan updates, emphasize sidewalks, traffic calming and targeted economic tools
Summary
City consultant Steve Arbo led aldermen through proposed amendments to Raytown's 2023 strategic plan, stressing outside funding successes and recommending a comprehensive sidewalk/access study, prioritized traffic calming around schools and a strategic economic-development approach; board discussion supported continuing the work.
Raytown's Board of Aldermen spent much of its July 16 meeting in a study session reviewing proposed amendments to the city's July 2023 strategic plan, with a consultant saying the city has secured roughly $9,000,000 in outside funding and urging targeted next steps on infrastructure, sidewalks, traffic calming and economic development.
Consultant Steve Arbo of Arbo Consulting told aldermen the 2023 goals remain broadly valid and that staff and department heads had reported substantial progress. "Most of that $9,000,000 was targeted toward infrastructure improvements as well as your bond issue," Arbo said,…
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