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Council debates whether to fund $12M flood-and-safety fix or $24M full Creekside reimagining
Summary
City staff presented a 60% design and updated cost estimates for Creekside Plaza; administration said a $12 million option would address FEMA flood mitigation and essential repairs while a roughly $22.8–$24.3 million full build would add trail, streetscape and plaza reimagining. Council asked for more funding detail, oversight assurances and a clear funding strategy before indicating an appetite for the full project.
Director Schultz and staff returned to council with an updated 60% design and new cost estimates for the Creekside Plaza reimagining. Schultz said the administration and consultants (Fishbeck and Pod) are asking council to state whether it prefers a focused flood-and-safety approach or to pursue the full reimagined project. He summarized the options as a smaller set of maintenance and safety work (items labeled A–H) and a separate FEMA-driven flood-mitigation package for the garage and stream bank.
Schultz gave the high-level estimates: staff said the full project range is roughly $22.8 million to $24.3 million, and that flood mitigation and essential safety work could be isolated into a roughly $12 million package. He described discrete repair clusters (ADA ramps, guardrails, red-brick pavers, steps and curbs,…
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