2025 3 10 Work Session Packet 1

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Agenda Item 
 
III I.  Approval of Resolution 2025- 06 to Apply for a 2025 Community Development Block 
Grant for Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Improvements on N. Jackson St., N. White St., and 
Improvements to Knight Park 
Overview 
Applying for a 2025 Community Development Block Grant was discussed during the December 
9, 2024 work session and approved during the December 17, 2024 regular session. During the 
December 17, 2024 regular session, the city council authorized conducting a required public 
hearing on January 21, 2025 to obtain citizen comments regarding potential projects. The public 
hearing was conducted and those meeting minutes are attached. Since the CDBG application 
deadline was near, the city council conducted a special called meeting on February 4, 2025 to 
decide what project to apply for. During that meeting, the project selected was improvements to 
the area around Knight Park including road improvements on N. Jackson Street, N. White Street, 
and College Street, landscaping, traffic calming measures, sidewalks, and pedestrian signals in 
general accordance with the Downtown Master Plan prepared and approved by the city council in 
December 2020. To that end, Kimley Horn Engineers was selected to prepare the required 
engineering report with cost estimates to include with the application. The last item to approve is 
a formal resolution applying for the grant (attached). 
Action to Consider 
Consensus to move this item to the March 18, 2025 regular meeting to approve the resolution prior 
to the March 27, 2025 grant deadline. 
Affected Departments 
Finance 
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