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City targets $2 million paving package; proposes $400,000 match for $4 million sidewalk grant
Summary
The proposed budget includes a $2 million streets‑paving package and staff proposed allocating $400,000 from the tourist development fund to match a potential $4 million grant that could build roughly a mile of sidewalks in high‑priority areas.
Public-works and budget staff said the FY25–26 proposal contains a $2 million streets paving package and earmarks $300,000 to begin undergrounding utilities in one area. The city manager said the local option street tax will fund the $2 million paving plan.
Separately, staff described a plan to allocate $400,000 from the tourist development fund as the city's match for a potential $4,000,000 grant, noting that with roughly $4M the city could build just under one mile of sidewalks. Council members and staff discussed the high cost of sidewalks and suggested pursuing grant and creative financing to meet community requests for pedestrian safety improvements.
