The City Hall facade project is well under way. One piece of business at Monday night’s council meeting was the need for the council to approve a change order to include painting the garage doors on the depot side of the building. The council agreed to that resolution. The cost of painting the doors will not exceed $1,850. The council also approved the scheduling of a special meeting to review the city’s financial management plan. The meeting will be held on November 12th at 5:00 PM.
The Waterfront Task Force met recently to begin the process of looking at the various design ideas that have been proposed for the city’s waterfront area. There is a plan for six meetings over the next several months to coordinate the ideas that have been rendered by Friends of the Waterfront, The Edna G. Commission, and the Veteran’s Memorial Committee and others. The task force will work toward making recommendations for the final design of the waterfront area.
House Republicans came through town last week. Mayor Lew Conner and City Administrator Patty Nordean spoke with the representatives about the Highway 61 project and other funding needs for the city. State legislators will be meeting soon to make decisions on funding requests from municipalities across the state.
The City Housing Committee met recently with the Lake County and the Two Harbors HRAs for an update on the Vision housing project that will be located at the intersection of 15th Street and Omtvedt Boulevard. The project, when completed, will provide multi-family housing units. IRRR has awarded a grant of $850,000 to help fill a gap in funding for the project. The hope is that ground will be broken for the project in March.
The Council authorized an application for funding assistance from the IRRR Public Works Grant Program for water utility projects on 15th Street and the alley between the 1200 and 1300 blocks of 7th and 8th Avenues. Weather lines at those locations will need to be moved prior to the start of the Highway 61 project in 2027.
Ralph Jacobson has made a generous donation of a piano for the Community Center. A stipulation for such a donation was that the piano would need to fit into storage in the community room so as not to take up space when elections are being held. The Council accepted the donation with thanks to Mr. Jacobson.
The next Two Harbors Council meeting will be held on October 27th at 5:30 PM.
