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Six-year street plan, Family Dollar extension and sewer lagoon update part of busy council meeting
Davenport's updated and approved six-year street plan.
DAVENPORT – The city is required per state law to periodically update their six-year street plan. Therefore, council was presented with an updated street plan that included projects, funding sources and what stage of planning or preparation each project was in at council's Feb. 24 meeting.
The only projects with grant money already awarded are this year's airport runway reconstruction (FAA grant) and an ADA transition plan (Quadco funds).
Most projects beyond 2021 are in the planning or grant application phase. A complete list can be seen in the graphic on page 1.
The plan was passed with little hesitation. No one spoke during the required public comment portion of the item's passage earlier in the meeting.
Council also authorized the submission of a USDA Rural Development loan/grant for the city's matching funds for the EDA Truck Access Grant application. The funds would be approximately $300,000.
A new Family Dollar/Dollar Tree hybrid is coming to Davenport and may break ground this spring on a 0.8 acre property between 1st and 2nd streets and Morgan and Logan streets at "Lion's Park." The land was sold for $75,000 to the chain owned by Dollar Tree, Inc. That sale was approved by council in September 2020. At the Feb. 24 meeting, council approved a 45-day extension to officially close the sale.
The water/sewer/garbage committee met prior to council's meeting to hear bids from two farmers for the sewer lagoon land just north of the baseball fields. Both bids were lower than council's minimum $12,000 price, so the city will now go through a re-bidding process through newspaper advertisement. Farmers can submit proposals, which will to go to the committee. The committee will hear those proposals and make a recommendation to council, who approves the final lease.
The Feb. 24 meeting was council's first in-person meeting since the second round of shutdowns by Gov. Jay Inslee were eased with the state's advancement to Phase 2. Council will continue to meet with maximum 25% capacity in the council chambers with an option to tune in over Zoom while the state remains in Phase 2, which Inslee has said will last "several weeks."
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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