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City updates: water tower redesign, sewer work, street project and multiple grant awards/applications
Summary
Staff reported that the planned water tower redesign could cut roughly $1,000,000 from cost and will be a 500,000‑gallon structure; sewer replacement on Campbell Avenue is ~70% complete; TXCDBG and other grant projects are underway; the city reported a $225,000 GLO award and a likely $500,000 HUD award pending formal notice.
City staff provided a multi‑topic monthly report on July 6 covering utilities, streets and grants.
City Engineer Brady Kosub updated the council on the Ball Field water tower: a redesign away from concrete is expected to reduce the total cost by about $1,000,000 and the proposed tower capacity is 500,000 gallons. The revised cost estimate has been submitted to the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for approval; if approved, staff will present the funding proposal for council approval.
Sewer work continues: contractors replaced a section of 12‑inch main on Campbell Avenue using pipe‑bursting methods and the aged sewer line replacement project is approximately 70% complete. A separate TXCDBG sanitary sewer project in the north neighborhood (Pecan, Mesquite, Cantrell, Waltom) began work; the minutes say that project is about 10% complete and engineers addressed an encountered problem.
Streets: Mayor Pro Tem Chester Gonzales said geotechnical information for the 2025 Street Project is arriving and the project will move into the design phase with the next committee meeting scheduled for Aug. 6, 2026. Staff also reported a meeting with AEP about replacing poles and installing LED streetlights along Highway 97 East; AEP proposed the work at no cost to the city.
Grants and awards: the minutes note a comprehensive‑plan grant award of $225,000 from the Texas General Land Office (GLO) with Langford Community Management providing grant administration (11% fee $24,750 to be paid from grant funds). The city reported an AACOG Solid Waste award of $38,500 (deadline to use funds Nov. 30, 2026) and that HUD staff indicated the city is likely to qualify for $500,000 in HUD funding with no match requirement pending formal notification in the fall. The minutes record submissions for TxCDBG (flood drainage and street improvements) and TxDOT Transportation Alternatives applications but do not report awards for those programs at this meeting.
The updates were informational; no capital approvals or contract awards for these projects were recorded in the minutes on July 6 except those listed elsewhere on the agenda.
