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Streets committee urges grant applications and recommends city cover downtown sidewalk replacement costs
Summary
The Streets & Sidewalks committee reported to Troy City Council that it supports ODOT paving consent (city pays 20%), will pursue ODNR trail grants potentially covering up to $500,000 of an estimated $800,000 West Market Street trail, and recommended the city not levy assessments for downtown sidewalk replacement, instead funding it from city sources.
The Streets & Sidewalks committee on March 2 told Troy City Council it supports preliminary consent for an ODOT resurfacing project on West Main Street that would require the city to pay 20 percent of the project cost, and it urged staff to file ODNR grant applications to help fund a West Market Street multiuse trail.
Chair Phillips told council the committee recommends approving ODOT consent for West Main Street resurfacing from Weston Road to Experiment Farm Road and supports emergency legislation to meet project schedules. "The city will be responsible for paying ODOT 20% of the project cost," he said during the report.
The committee also recommended the city prepare and file applications with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the Recreation Trails Program and the Clean Ohio Trails Fund to support construction of a shared multiuse trail along West Market Street. Phillips said grants could fund up to $500,000 of a project currently estimated at nearly $800,000, and the committee asked staff to file applications before the March 16 deadline.
On downtown sidewalks, the committee reported an estimated downtown assessment discount (described in the staff presentation) and discussed concerns about construction impacts on downtown businesses. The committee recommended that no assessments be levied for the downtown safety and streetscape replacement project and that project costs be paid by city taxpayers; the committee recorded that this recommendation was supported on the record by all committee members present.
Council later adopted Resolution R18-2026 (ODOT consent) and Resolution R19-2026 (ODNR grant applications) following the committee reports.
The committee's recommendation that the city waive assessments will shift project costs to the city's budget and may require future appropriation or reallocation of funds.
Next steps noted at the meeting: staff will prepare ODOT consent paperwork, pursue ODNR grant filings ahead of the March 16 deadline, and present recommended funding and appropriation actions so council can consider how to fund the downtown streetscape work without property assessments.
