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Council discusses CIP top 10, downtown pavers and park lighting grant strategy
Summary
City staff presented a top-10 CIP list and proposed a phased park-and-trail lighting project using $25,000 in voluntary water-bill donations for initial repairs while pursuing a Texas Parks and Wildlife Division grant for larger deployment.
City Manager Robert Heminger presented the city's top-10 capital-improvement projects and described a mixed approach of small phased work, grant pursuit and enterprise-fund projects. Heminger said not all projects require general fund dollars and that pursuing grant opportunities could allow more items to advance without increasing the tax rate.
For parks and trails, Heminger said the community services team is developing a scalable lighting pilot funded in part by voluntary water-bill donations. "That is now on as our employees order new business cards, the back of the business card has a QR code that takes someone directly to that Nav Notify sign up screen," Heminger said when describing outreach; staff later confirmed a $25,000 sidewalk/repair line exists in the current budget that will be used for downtown paver repairs.
