Cheney OKs final plat for Alki Street PUD

The Cheney City Council made several decisions Tuesday night in a quick meeting.

The council approved the final plat of the Alki planned unit development Phase I project. The area will create 19 lots and portions of private streets and infrastructure between Alki Street and Cheney-Plaza Road.

Senior planner Brett Lucas said the preliminary plat had been reviewed by the planning commission in January and the city council in February. The remaining plats will come before the council in later phases of construction by Defender Development.

The council also approved a contract award to Shamrock Paving to complete the city’s 2010 residential road and sidewalk project. This year’s project includes road and sidewalk restoration on Clover Court from west Fifth Street to Buena Vista, K Street from west Fifth to west Sixth streets, L Street from west Second to west Third, west Second from K Street to Union, Second Street from Union to H Street, G Street from south of State Road 904, College Street south of State Road 904, B Street south of State Road 904, Cocolalla Street from First to Elm streets, north Fifth Street from Elm to Oakland, Erie Street from Elm to Oakland, and north Second Street from Sixth to the end.

Public Works Director Todd Ableman said Shamrock turned in the lowest bid at $441,000.

The council also approved a contract with Spokane Rock Products to begin work on the arterial preservation project.

The work will include road and sidewalk preservation to G Street from First to Seventh streets, north Sixth from Elm to Oak, Oakland from north Second to north Sixth and north Second Street from Elm to Oakland.

Ableman said the city has received a federal grant from the Department of Transportation for the project and Spokane Rock Products’ bid was $407,000.

Community Development director Brian Jennings asked the council to approve two federal grant applications, one from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and one from the Department of Transportation.

Jennings said the funds will be used to improve the livability of a community. There is $40 million available nationwide from HUD and $35 million available nationwide from DOT. He said he doesn’t have a set plan for the funds just yet, but said the DOT funds can be used for improving highways and bridges, and the HUD funds could be used to help make revisions to the city’s zoning codes.

“It’s no mystery that our code needs some work,” he said.

The next city council meeting will be held July 27.