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City manager outlines Grande Trail phase two, one-stop shop master plan and capital requests
Summary
City staff reported plans to advertise Phase two of the Grande Trail next month with an estimated total project cost of about $1 million and described a 10-acre 'one-stop shop' master plan for administration, fire and police facilities with a capital outlay funding request raised to $2.25 million; the manager also updated council on water-line upgrades and a $2.3 million South lift station capital request.
The city manager briefed the council on several capital projects and funding requests on Jan. 20, saying the city will advertise Phase two of the Grande Trail next month with an anticipated bid-award recommendation in March and a planned construction start in early April. "It's about a total project cost of a million dollars including construction management, taxes, and contingency," the manager said.
The manager described a 10-acre site south of Country Club Road being developed under a master plan for a city administration building, a fire station and a police annex, plus about 2.5–3 acres reserved for a mini mixed-use development. Staff said design is underway for administration and the fire station, that the police station contract is to be determined, and that the city will prepare entitlement work to market the mixed-use parcel to potential regional or national developers. The manager said a capital outlay request for site work was raised to $2.25 million based on recent legislative conversations.
Staff also briefed council on other infrastructure items: the Anapra water-line project is advancing from 60% to 90% design to upsize local lines to 10 inches to improve fire-flow capacity and reliability, with a requested bridging amount of roughly $250,000 to complement federal funding. The city also submitted a $2.3 million request for the south lift station to address combined sewer overflow and improve environmental compliance.
Councilors asked about training, CDL licensing and retention for operators of requested heavy equipment; staff described a tuition-reimbursement/scholarship program that has supported at least one employee’s CDL training and noted recent fleet and equipment purchases to improve public-works capacity.
