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Archive for September, 2007

West Avenue Road Work Complete

September
20
2007

West Avenue Ribbon Cutting

Mayor Dan Coody celebrates the completion of West Avenue road work at a ribbon cutting ceremony on September 19 with Chamber of Commerce representatives Bootsie Ackerman (far left) and Virgil Neuroth (far right) and City Staff (left to right) Gary Dumas, Ron Petrie, Terry Gulley, and Kieth Shreve

Yesterday I was joined by the Chamber of Commerce and City Representatives from the Transportation, Water & Sewer and Engineering Divisions in the celebration of the completion of another important street project for the City of Fayetteville. This was an in-house project completed by the Water and Transportation divisions. There were a few challenges along the way with this particular project, but the crews and supervisors did a fine job in overcoming those challenges. They were able to effectively complete a high-quality project that improved not just the road surface, but also water lines, curbs, sidewalks, and ADA accessibility.

With the completion of this and other recent projects such as California Drive, the City is well on its way to meeting 2007 goals for 20,000 feet of new sidewalk and 20 miles of street overlay. In fact, year to date we’ve hit just under 10,000 feet of sidewalk and 13.85 miles of overlay. With productivity increasing significantly in the later half of the year (because of spring weather conditions), our crews should hit those targets with ease.

Update Report on Council’s Top Six Priorities

September
11
2007

At the Agenda Setting meeting tonight, the Fayetteville City Council will receive a memo from staff that provides a comprehensive update on actions taken to achieve the City Council’s top six priorities as outlined by the Council during a planning session in June of this year.  In order of priority the top six lists includes: affordable housing, water and sewer impact fees, road impact fees, water and sewer rate adjustments, economic development and senior day care facility.  Staff has been diligently working to achieve these priorities while also managing the two largest infrastructure projects in the history of the City and performing their day-to-day responsibilities and duties.  Over the last several years we’ve been able to assemble to superior team here at City Hall, and I think their excellence is reflected in their dedicated service and widespread achievements.  You can view the memo (Policy Priority Update) to see exactly what staff has achieved to date in repsonse to Council’s top policy priorities for 2007.