Reaction to 7th Street Project Heard

About a dozen property owners were at the Dell Rapids City Commission meeting room Monday night for an informational/input meeting regarding the 7th Street Project. Those property owners had received information about the project and estimated costs for each individual home owner. At the meeting, the general consensus was ‘it was too costly’ for the homeowners and the majority of those involved with the ‘future project’ do not want sidewalks. Three commissioners were on hand plus 2 representatives of the DGR engineering firm that had preliminary estimates and City Administrator Justin Weiland. The next step for this project will be to relay the information supplied by the home owners, their reactions and feelings, to the full council at a future meeting while the city is determining the budgets for next year. No decision or action was taken as this was not an official meeting of the council, but as Weiland told the audience this is a project that will be undertaken at some time in the future.