Orangeburg City Council will discuss Russell Street improvements when it meets tonight at 6 — an hour earlier than usual — in council chambers at Middleton and Fischer streets next to City Hall.
Council is being asked to authorize the city administrator to accept a “community enrichment grant” of federal funds awarded by the South Carolina Department of Commerce.
The city has won a series of these grants since embarking on the downtown streetscape project. Construction began a little more than 11 years ago, with the ultimate goal of installing new sidewalks, brick pavers, crosswalks, granite curbing, landscaping, trees, drainage improvements, underground wiring and decorative pedestrian lighting along Russell Street from Edisto Memorial Gardens to Railroad Corner at the intersection of Magnolia Street.
Also on the agenda is a public hearing, followed by second reading of an ordinance updating the city’s Energy Conservation Code, part of the building code.
Council also will consider a mutual aid agreement and narcotics investigation agreement with the City of Columbia and the Columbia Police Department.
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