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[0:00] Welcome you to our meeting tonight. Before we open our regularly monthly meeting, we are going to open a public hearing. And the purpose of the public hearing is to give notice to the town of Vernon, that the town
[0:27] of Vernon has been awarded.
[0:32] Under the 2026 grant year, the community development block grant.
[0:39] We have amended our capital investment plan and we've decided to apply for funds
[0:45] on behalf of the North Main Street Reconstruction Plan.
[0:51] We have been awarded $500,000 for the upcoming fiscal year beginning July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027, and then the additional $200,000 will be the following year.
[1:14] So our project manager for this project is Jay Richie.
[1:24] He's the name that's on the application.
[1:27] So he'll continue to help us since he was involved in writing the grant.
[1:32] Of course, Scott Livingston over the roads and myself as the mayor will also be involved in what we need to do.
[1:44] Let me just briefly explain what the project is. We will begin at the bottom of
[1:52] Castino Street or what we call the Store Hill and we'll go north on Main Street.
[2:01] We're hoping to go as far as $700,000 will take us. We haven't quite worked that
[2:08] out because they're saying that I do believe that we're going to have to have a certain place in mind
[2:15] that this is as far as we're going. But yeah, we really don't know how far our money will take us. So
[2:20] we've got to work that part out.
[2:23] But we are hoping that we can get most of at least Main Street done,
[2:31] not North Main Street, which is from Larson Lane on down the rest of the way.
[2:39] Are there any comments
[2:40] for anyone in the...
[2:42] Are they wide needed?
[2:45] We're planning on having it go 20 feet
[2:48] like it is going south on Main Street
[2:50] and how it is coming down the story of
[2:53] so low water.
[2:54] We've widened about 2 feet.
[2:57] Hopefully so people can pass
[2:59] without having to drive off the road
[3:02] but 20 feet seems to work first there.
[3:07] Any other questions or comments?
[3:11] The purpose of this hearing is just to let you know about the project.
[3:18] Of course, you know what it takes to get a project like that mobilized.
[3:24] So I can't tell you if it will be this summer or next.
[3:28] We do have 18 months to complete the project.
[3:36] So, we'll possibly start.
[3:40] After this meeting I went to today, I would say probably next year but because by the time
[3:49] we've got a higher engineering and they've got to do their thing and this is a HUD program.
[3:55] This is a federal money and so there are a lot of highs that need to be dotted and a lot
[4:05] of T's that need to be crossed.
[4:06] Can you make sure the tailings get put behind the fire station?
[4:11] Probably not.
[4:12] We'll probably give you some on another road out.
[4:15] We're going to tear up.
[4:17] Oh, I'm just saying so we can.
[4:20] No, they're not going to haul them away.
[4:23] Okay, any other comments?
[4:25] If not, we will make sure that copies of the capital investment plan
[4:32] are available if anyone would like a copy.
[4:33] I don't know when we'll get those, but we will try to get those available to you.
[4:42] So if there's not any more comments, we will adjourn the public hearing at 707.