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Council and staff flag sewer connections, phased sewer upgrades as longer-term need
Summary
At the hearing, council members raised broader infrastructure needs — septic-to-sewer conversion and phased sewer upgrades across the city — noting these would likely exceed CDBG single-project capacity and require multi-cycle planning and funding.
During discussion of potential CDBG uses, council members raised the city’s broader infrastructure needs, including converting septic systems to sewer and phased sewer upgrades across neighborhoods.
One council member said estimates floated in the discussion approach "$20,000,000 to get everybody in the city up to code," and suggested a phased approach focusing on higher-need sections first. Grant adviser Melissa Fox confirmed sewer and water infrastructure are eligible under neighborhood revitalization projects but cautioned the short application window would not allow time for necessary cost estimates and door-to-door LMI surveys for such a large, multi-block project in this cycle.
Officials agreed to focus the immediate application on acquisition while keeping neighborhood revitalization and phased sewer upgrades as priorities for future cycles when planning, surveys and engineering estimates can be completed.
