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Lyons council backs $435,000 CDBG application to fund downtown Main Street repairs
Summary
The Lyons City Council on July 9 approved a resolution to apply for a $435,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund streets, curbs, gutters and sidewalks on Main Street (1st–4th), with a $100,000 city match and additional administration and construction management funds.
The Lyons City Council voted July 9 to authorize a $435,000 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to pay for infrastructure improvements in the city’s downtown business district.
Mayor Kyle Brink opened a public hearing and described the project scope: street, curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements on Main Street from 1st through 4th streets. The city plans to use $25,000 of the grant for administration and $10,000 for construction management, and to provide a $100,000 local match, bringing the total project cost to $535,000. The city stated that at least 51.4% of the project’s beneficiaries meet low-to-moderate income (LMI) thresholds and that no displacement is anticipated.
Councilmember Tyler Vacha moved to adopt RESOLUTION 2024-09 authorizing the chief official to sign the CDBG application; Councilmember Kyle Phillips seconded the motion. On roll call, Councilmembers Allen Steinmeyer, Matthew Carr, Phillips and Vacha voted AYE and the motion carried.
The CDBG application is tied to work the council discussed earlier in the meeting when Baylor Bestgen of JEO presented a broader Downtown Revitalization conceptual plan with an estimated $2.2 million price tag. Council asked JEO for a narrower conceptual option focused on lighting and sidewalks to match smaller-budget scenarios and the grant opportunity.
Library and city staff cautioned that recent demographic updates have affected the city’s LMI status; Library Director Mike Heavrin reported that the city has lost its previously reported low-to-moderate income designation, a change that could affect grant eligibility if state or federal reviewers apply the new numbers. Heavrin said other grant opportunities, including a Waste Management playground equipment grant and a Revitalize Rural Nebraska demolition program, remain under consideration.
Next steps: the council authorized staff to proceed with the CDBG application and related administrative steps; the resolution gives the chief official authority to sign application documents. The council did not take final construction bids at the meeting.
