The Beautification Committee is seeking more than $40,000 for several projects on the downtown square, which they describe as the first phase of a community-wide effort.
Theresa Dupree said during Monday’s Snyder City Council meeting that the committee had met twice and wanted to begin on the square. The committee is proposing to remove the existing trash cans and replace them with decorative containers, placing a planter on the concrete island at the southeast corner, removing existing trees and shrubs on sidewalks and covering those spaces with old city street bricks, building and installing eight pergolas and removing the four remaining mushroom-shaped structures and benches.
City and county crews would do some of the work and volunteers would do the rest, Dupree said.
Committee members are hoping the projects qualify as economic development, which might allow them to tap into the city’s dedicated funds for economic development and also to approach the Development Corporation of Snyder. Dupree said they had not yet approached potential donors.
No formal request was made for money from the city’s general fund, although Dupree left open the possibility that the committee would request that at a future meeting.
Also on Monday, the council gave their final approval to two rezoning requests.
Loyd Nichols has requested that the lot at 1705 Ave. Q be changed from light manufacturing to residential so that he can move a manufactured home onto the lot. Homero Roman has requested that the lot at 4116 Brick Plant Road be changed from commercial to residential so that he can put a modular home on the property.
The council also reappointed three members to the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) reinvestment zone board. Chairman Bill Lavers and members Keith Matthies and David Naizer were each reappointed for a two-year term.
Several changes to the personnel policy and a bid for side-load containers were also approved. The bid for the 137 containers came from Wastequip of Durant, Okla., and was under the $75,000 that was budgeted for the purchase.
Council members also learned that the Brownfield Building demolition costs were $301,981. That includes the two additional building adjacent on the north side of the Brownfield Building. The lien on the Brownfield building will be approximately $251,000. The city has spent an additional $44,490 demolishing four condemned houses.
The council also discussed the $9 million certificate of obligation used to pay for the water and sewer line upgrade project and expenses on upgrades at the water treatment plant.
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