Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Infrastructure topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Duncan manager reports $2.558 million in WIFA grants, parks and sewer work underway
Summary
In a May 7 report to the council, the Town Manager said the town received two WIFA grants totaling $2,558,000 for water and sewer improvements in Hunter Estates and described progress on parks, lift station rebuilds, pipe replacements and upcoming chip seal work.
Town staff told the Duncan Common Council on May 7 that the town has been awarded two Water Infrastructure Finance Authority (WIFA) grants totaling $2,558,000 to support water and sewer improvements in Hunter Estates.
According to the Town Manager’s report to the council, the grants include $1,729,000 for water improvements and $829,000 for sewer work in Hunter Estates. The manager also reported that Arizona Department of Environmental Quality engineers are working on permitting to connect systems, that the town plans to add two storage tanks and implement corrosion treatment, and that the town is replacing undersized lines (a 2-inch line south of town and a 4-inch line from Highway 70 to the bridge with a 6-inch line).
The manager said work has begun in two parks: a block wall is in place, new playground equipment has been ordered and a skatepark is expected to start by the end of the month; bids are out for shade structures. Staff reported the lift station rebuild is under way but completion is delayed while parts are awaited; the contractor KE&G is having difficulty finding a contractor to line a broken pipe segment between the first manhole and the lift station, which is leaking groundwater into ponds.
Other items the manager noted: the town is working on intergovernmental agreements with the county for Carlisle Road chipseal, with preparation planned next week and chipseal scheduled for the first of June; staff resubmitted a directed spending grant, applied for an ADOT Safe Routes to School sidewalks grant, acquired two town trucks, planned grass installation, and reported water at the cemetery is off because of broken spigots and local flooding.
Mayor Blake also reported meeting with Ciscomani at the EAC to discuss homelessness and said the focus discussed was targeting fraud, waste and abuse in related efforts.
What happens next: permitting steps by ADEQ and follow-up procurement and construction tasks remain; the council listed final budget adoption and the property tax levy for its June 12 meeting, which may affect funding and scheduling for capital projects.
