City manager: grant will extend water main to support Shelton Youth Connect housing project

At the Feb. 3 meeting the City Manager told the council the city was awarded a Connecting Housing Infrastructure Program grant to extend a water main to support a Shelton Youth Connect housing project at 127 South 2nd.

The City Manager said the existing service lacked sufficient capacity for required fire flow and domestic use and that the grant-funded extension will provide necessary infrastructure so the housing project can continue. "The Shelton Youth Connect did most of the work on, but applied for, on behalf of the city of Shelton to to extend a water main," the City Manager said, and staff will bring the grant agreement to the council for execution in the near future.

The manager also noted ongoing efforts to request funding for Mountain View Reservoir, and discussions with WSDOT about transferring funds for intersection improvements at Wallace and Olympic Highway North to improve mobility and support anticipated development across the highway.

Council members welcomed the news and staff said additional paperwork will be filed to execute the grant and move the construction forward this year.