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Oroville council authorizes CDBG closeout for convention center upgrades and approves downtown storm-drain feasibility contract
Summary
Council authorized the closeout of a 2020 CDBG program-income application for convention-center improvements and unanimously approved a Northstar contract for a downtown storm-drain feasibility study to identify solutions for a clogged drain under a cleanup site.
The Oroville City Council on March 17 authorized closeout of a 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program-income application for convention-center improvements and approved a separate contract for a downtown storm-drain feasibility study.
Amy, a city staff member, told the council the CDBG application under closeout totaled $1,400,000 in program income directed to convention-center work and that all funds have been expended; she described $1,282,000 for construction and $118,000 for general administration and said the closeout paperwork would be submitted to the state Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The council moved and unanimously authorized the closeout.
On related infrastructure business, Public Works staff described a recurring downtown drainage problem at a low spot in the collection system where a pipe—installed decades ago beneath a former PG&E gasification/cleanup site—has become blocked with concrete and is effectively collapsed in sections. Staff said the site falls under Department of Toxic Substances Control cleanup requirements and that breaking the cap would be costly and require environmental permitting.
The council approved a Northstar feasibility contract to develop three alternatives for addressing the downtown drainage problem, enabling staff to pursue design and construction options later. The motion passed unanimously.
Both actions were handled during regular business; council and staff emphasized the projects are preliminary steps—closeout documentation for the grant and a feasibility study for the drainage problem—and that any subsequent construction or permits will require additional approvals.
