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Council prioritizes sidewalk improvements and a water‑main study to boost school fire service and safe routes
Summary
Council kept the sidewalk replacement program ($25,000 line item), prioritized ADA‑compliant crosswalks near the school and approved continuing to fund a $20,000 water‑main study to examine upgrades for usable fire flow and a looped system.
The Maxwell City Council reaffirmed its sidewalk replacement program for the next fiscal year and prioritized crosswalk and ADA improvements near the local school while agreeing to continue setting aside funds for a water‑main study to evaluate fire flows.
Council members discussed using the city’s $25,000 sidewalk line to paint high‑visibility crosswalks quickly and to fund targeted curb/sidewalk reconstruction at key intersections (notably Third & Maxwell and Third & Metcalf). Members emphasized prioritizing at least one ADA‑compliant crossing at intersections that serve as the primary walking routes to school. The council discussed bundling sidewalk work into larger bids and financing multi‑year reconstruction (the transcript clarified a seven‑year financing assumption, not five).
On water infrastructure, staff proposed a $20,000 study from the water enterprise fund to evaluate extending a 6‑inch or 8‑inch main to provide usable fire flow to the school and to create a loop for redundancy. Councilors asked staff to update older cost estimates for current inflation and to quantify how quickly the study fund will reach the target amount under current annual allocations.
The council also discussed several related projects: constructing a sidewalk connector from the bike trail to Dollar General (west side of Highway 210 preferred), a proposed downtown bike‑trail loop with lower‑cost connector options, and lower‑priority park improvements (disc golf, playground equipment) that could proceed if grants become available.
What happens next: Staff will prepare bid-ready descriptions for prioritized crosswalk and sidewalk work, update the engineering cost estimate for the water‑main study, and present cost and timeline options for council review.
