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CIP AND CAPITAL PROJECTS FUNDS

OTHER UTILITY SYSTEM PROJECTS

FY2023-2024 UTILITY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS

❖ Description: This project includes small, previously unidentified wastewater and water
line problems detected and repaired throughout the fiscal year.

Justification: The aging wastewater lines throughout the City are 30+ years old. The
lines are subject to ground movement, pulled joints, root infiltration and deterioration.
Many have inflow and infiltration problems. Systematic replacement will reduce
maintenance costs and customer problems.

Operating Impact: Savings are expected in decreased wastewater fees paid due to
prevention of inflow and infiltration into the system.

FY2023-2024 CDBG PROGRAM

❖ Description: Every even year, Watauga
receives a Tarrant County Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) that
varies in amount, which we use to help
fund a project in a primarily (70% +)
residential Census Block Group area that
contains a defined percentage of low to
moderate income. The typical process is
the City submits an application to Tarrant
County in January, holds a public hearing
by March, prepares the design late in the
year and then constructs the project in the
next fiscal year. The 48 Year CDBG
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project started in 2023 and will be
completed in December 2023. The grant
project replaced the water line along the north side of Emerson Drive between Whitley
Road and Maurie Drive. The 50th Year CDBG project will replace the water line starting
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where the 46 year Bunker Blvd project stopped and continue it through to the end of the
neighborhood along Bunker Blvd from Constitution Drive to 5621 Bunker Blvd. This year,
the City was also awarded a special CDBG-CV Round 4 grant via Cares Act funding from
Tarrant County for a water main replacement on Plum Street.

Justification: Watauga uses these grants to supplement our funding to repair deficient
utilities and/or streets in order to develop viable urban communities within the City. The

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