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Things that never seem to pass are coming back to the Niagara Falls City Council on Wednesday.
For example, change orders for Trautman Associates over engineering work have been split into two items, $288,425 for Royal Avenue engineering funded by State taxpayer dollars and a second resolution to spend $248,426 in federal taxpayer ARPA funds for other additional engineering funds. The items last appeared together and have been delayed twice.
The agenda also includes the sale of 17 properties for housing redevelopment, a project that has been ongoing for more than 18 months but appears ready to move forward. If it is the same project, Community Missions is at the core and new housing will be constructed on dilapidated parcels off Niagara Street on 5th, 6th and 7th Streets.
The agenda also includes the return of the formation of a local development corporation to operate the mayor’s proposed $250 million multi-purpose entertainment complex.
The LDC has been discussed for months and has been before the council twice with council members refusing to move forward over disbelief that the new corporation would absolve taxpayers of fiscal involvement.
