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Council authorizes DNREC ORPT grant application for Route 24 park parking lot; council reviews goals and priorities
Summary
Millsboro voted to authorize a grant application to DNREC’s Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Trails (ORPT) program to fund a parking lot for the new Route 24 Community Park, and council reviewed a broad set of goals including downtown development, parking feasibility, sewer plant construction and river dredging efforts.
Council voted to authorize staff to prepare and submit an application to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) ORPT grant program to help construct a parking lot for the town’s Route 24 Community Park. Staff and council clarified that the ORPT application would fund parking‑lot construction only (not park development) and that the town had also identified other grant sources — including a federal application and a $75,000 Healthy Communities Stellar grant — to support broader park engineering and matching needs.
The council also reviewed its goals and objectives for the budget cycle, listing downtown development and an RFP for town‑owned assets, expanded downtown parking feasibility and possible truck restrictions, infrastructure priorities including awarding a contract for a new sewer treatment plant (described as likely the town’s largest contract to date), asset management tasks and coordination with agencies (DelDOT, Army Corps) for traffic and dredging projects. Council voted to approve the ORPT resolution by voice vote.
Why this matters: The ORPT application and related grant work fund near‑term site preparation for a new community park and affect future capital planning. The council’s goals frame multiple upcoming procurement and permitting activities that will shape downtown development and infrastructure spending.
