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$92M state water & sewer grant
Three projects, a ~10% match, due Dec 21.
- The state program has $92,000,000 to give out. [Oct 5 packet p63 (State CDBG-MIT Action Plan §5.4.13.1)]
- Each project can get $2.5 million to $10 million. [Oct 5 packet p63 (§5.4.13.2)]
- Allowed uses: flood and drainage, water, wastewater, streets, and fixed emergency radio equipment. [Oct 5 packet p63 (§5.4.13.4)]
- Each city may send up to three projects. [Oct 5 packet p65 (§5.4.13.8)]
- A city that pledges at least 10% of the request from other money earns 5 extra points. It is scored, not required. [Oct 5 packet p65 (§5.4.13.10)]
- Projects must be finished within three years of award. [Oct 5 packet p65 (§5.4.13.9)] [transcript 2026-10-05 47:17 · video — auto-captions]
- Staff named three projects: (1) waterline replacements, $10 million; (2) repairs to the south wastewater treatment plant, $10 million; (3) an engineering study of city drainage creeks, about $3–4 million. [transcript 2026-10-05 48:29 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-05 49:32 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-05 49:55 · video — auto-captions]
- Waterline streets named on the tape include Bowie Ave. (square to South Loop), N. 4th St. (square to North Loop) and W. Goliad Ave. Captions garble street names; check the video. [transcript 2026-10-05 48:40 · video — auto-captions]
- The call for projects opens Oct 19. Applications are due Dec 21. [transcript 2026-10-05 51:10 · video — auto-captions]
- Requests for grant administrators and engineers were due Oct 14. Staff said they would be graded and brought to the next meeting. [transcript 2026-10-05 51:21 · video — auto-captions] [transcript 2026-10-05 51:37 · video — auto-captions]
- Our math, not a city figure: 10% of $23–24 million in requests is about $2.3–2.4 million. Where a match would come from was not settled on the tape. [transcript 2026-10-05 53:47 · video — auto-captions]
Oct 5 item 7 asked council to "provide direction to city staff." The outcome will be in the Oct 5 minutes, which are not adopted yet — not yet in the record. [Oct 5 agenda p2]