City OKs Greenway Grant
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
The Warsaw City Council approved at its meeting Monday night a resolution to reappropriate funds from the Indiana Department of Transportation grant into the building and planning department budget.[[In-content Ad]]The grant is for construction management on the Chinworth Bridge Trail portion of the Lake City Greenway project.
The grant that Warsaw received from INDOT covers 80 percent of the construction management fee for the project, but it is a reimbursement grant.
In order to use the 80 percent that is reimbursed through the state, the department needs to appropriate it back into the budget, according to City Planner Jeremy Skinner.
Skinner said this is the second reimbursement of the construction management reimbursement grant.
The construction management fee is $81,698 of which the building and planning department will pay a little more than $16,000.
Including this reimbursement, to date the department has been reimbursed $34,682.16.
The council also discussed a petition from Haldewang Associates LLC and Shirley Wong, trustee of the Shirley J. Wong Revocable Trust, for annexation of a 13-acre tract of land at U.S. 30 and Anchorage Road.
Jack Birch, representing Haldewang Associates, said the company is requesting the area be turned into a C-5 commercial district.
Matt Schenkel, Shawnee Construction & Engineering Inc., Fort Wayne, said if a commercial plat was approved the area would be marketed for business offices, banks and restaurants.
Council members Joe Thallemer and Jeff Grose said they want to review the different types of zoning that could be used for the property.
Skinner said their are different types of zoning that accommodate the uses and densities of an area, and that he will define the types of commercial districts at a future council meeting.
The council also discussed a smoking ordinance for city businesses.
The Goshen City Council voted 5-0 on first reading to pass an ordinance at its March 6 meeting that would prohibit smoking in most buildings throughout Goshen.
A final vote on the matter is expected at the Goshen City Council's meeting tonight. If approved, Goshen businesses and other buildings could be smoke-free as early as April 1.
Mayor Ernie Wiggins said he has received phone calls from Warsaw residents inquiring if Warsaw is looking into such an ordinance.
Warsaw City Council members said during Monday's council meeting they would not support an ordinance in Warsaw prohibiting smoking in city businesses.
"I don't like smoking, but I don't think government should regulate whether a person can smoke or not in a public building," councilman Charles Smith said.
Councilman George Clemens said he also would not support a no-smoking ordinance.
"Citizens start losing their civil liberties when communities and counties restrict them from smoking in public places," Clemens said.
The council also reviewed a press release regarding a two-year investigation into a questionable massage establishment, VIP-The Office Spa. Wiggins thanked the Warsaw Police Department for their work investigating the case.
The council also reviewed conflict of interest statements that were approved by the council Feb. 5.
The statements were for Wiggins, Warsaw Clerk-Treasurer Elaine Call, street superintendent Lacy Francis, assistant street superintendent David Tackett, Charles Smith and Jared VanNess and Robert Gonzalez, equipment operators for the street department. A conflict of interest statement for Clemens, chairman and co-owner of Rabb-Kinetico Water Systems Inc., also was reviewed.
Grose informed the council the deer task force will meet in the next six weeks and discuss the results of the deer reduction efforts in Warsaw. He said the council should receive a report on the efforts in April.
Thallemer informed council members the Plan Commission approved a preliminary plat for a Menards subdivision at its March 12 meeting.
The council also:
n Approved a transfer ordinance for the building and planning department transferring $1,000 from salaries and wages to unemployment to cover the department's current unemployment obligations.
n Approved activity reports for January and February for the Warsaw Fire Department including 96 responses in January and 112 responses in February.
n Approved a 2006 franchise fee between the city and Comcast for cable services from Jan. 1, 2006, to Dec. 31, 2006, for $49,932.97.
The Warsaw City Council approved at its meeting Monday night a resolution to reappropriate funds from the Indiana Department of Transportation grant into the building and planning department budget.[[In-content Ad]]The grant is for construction management on the Chinworth Bridge Trail portion of the Lake City Greenway project.
The grant that Warsaw received from INDOT covers 80 percent of the construction management fee for the project, but it is a reimbursement grant.
In order to use the 80 percent that is reimbursed through the state, the department needs to appropriate it back into the budget, according to City Planner Jeremy Skinner.
Skinner said this is the second reimbursement of the construction management reimbursement grant.
The construction management fee is $81,698 of which the building and planning department will pay a little more than $16,000.
Including this reimbursement, to date the department has been reimbursed $34,682.16.
The council also discussed a petition from Haldewang Associates LLC and Shirley Wong, trustee of the Shirley J. Wong Revocable Trust, for annexation of a 13-acre tract of land at U.S. 30 and Anchorage Road.
Jack Birch, representing Haldewang Associates, said the company is requesting the area be turned into a C-5 commercial district.
Matt Schenkel, Shawnee Construction & Engineering Inc., Fort Wayne, said if a commercial plat was approved the area would be marketed for business offices, banks and restaurants.
Council members Joe Thallemer and Jeff Grose said they want to review the different types of zoning that could be used for the property.
Skinner said their are different types of zoning that accommodate the uses and densities of an area, and that he will define the types of commercial districts at a future council meeting.
The council also discussed a smoking ordinance for city businesses.
The Goshen City Council voted 5-0 on first reading to pass an ordinance at its March 6 meeting that would prohibit smoking in most buildings throughout Goshen.
A final vote on the matter is expected at the Goshen City Council's meeting tonight. If approved, Goshen businesses and other buildings could be smoke-free as early as April 1.
Mayor Ernie Wiggins said he has received phone calls from Warsaw residents inquiring if Warsaw is looking into such an ordinance.
Warsaw City Council members said during Monday's council meeting they would not support an ordinance in Warsaw prohibiting smoking in city businesses.
"I don't like smoking, but I don't think government should regulate whether a person can smoke or not in a public building," councilman Charles Smith said.
Councilman George Clemens said he also would not support a no-smoking ordinance.
"Citizens start losing their civil liberties when communities and counties restrict them from smoking in public places," Clemens said.
The council also reviewed a press release regarding a two-year investigation into a questionable massage establishment, VIP-The Office Spa. Wiggins thanked the Warsaw Police Department for their work investigating the case.
The council also reviewed conflict of interest statements that were approved by the council Feb. 5.
The statements were for Wiggins, Warsaw Clerk-Treasurer Elaine Call, street superintendent Lacy Francis, assistant street superintendent David Tackett, Charles Smith and Jared VanNess and Robert Gonzalez, equipment operators for the street department. A conflict of interest statement for Clemens, chairman and co-owner of Rabb-Kinetico Water Systems Inc., also was reviewed.
Grose informed the council the deer task force will meet in the next six weeks and discuss the results of the deer reduction efforts in Warsaw. He said the council should receive a report on the efforts in April.
Thallemer informed council members the Plan Commission approved a preliminary plat for a Menards subdivision at its March 12 meeting.
The council also:
n Approved a transfer ordinance for the building and planning department transferring $1,000 from salaries and wages to unemployment to cover the department's current unemployment obligations.
n Approved activity reports for January and February for the Warsaw Fire Department including 96 responses in January and 112 responses in February.
n Approved a 2006 franchise fee between the city and Comcast for cable services from Jan. 1, 2006, to Dec. 31, 2006, for $49,932.97.
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