Selecting Town Hall meeting dates, and purchasing the site of an affordable housing project are on the City Council agenda for its Monday night meeting.

The regular meeting will be at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers on the second floor of the Merced Civic Center (City Hall), 678 W. 18th St.

On the agenda:

  • Asking the Council to select dates for Town Hall meetings in South, Central and North Merced. The meetings are held annually to ask the public to provide comments on how the City is doing, what programs they are interested in the City providing and where they would like them provided.
  • The Council is being asked to purchase from the County of Merced of the 5 acres of property at Childs and B for a transit-oriented affordable housing project. The project would include 30 units of permanent supportive housing that is geared to help people experiencing homelessness.
  • Also on the agenda, the Council will consider awarding a $359,311 contract using SB 1 funds for nine sidewalk projects around town to Witbro, Inc. The projects would replace damaged sidewalks, primarily in the South Merced area.

The Council will meet at 5 p.m. in closed session to confer with labor negotiators and for existing litigation.

The meetings are streamed on Facebook Live on the City’s Facebook, City of Merced.