Lion's Club Building Issue Returns To Winona Lake Town Council
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
WINONA LAKE - Jim LeMasters distributed copies of minutes from an October 1998 town council meeting to current town council members at Tuesday's meeting regarding the Lion's Club building.
The three-year-old minutes show that the building was built on an unvacated right of way.
LeMasters said the placement of the building should be considered before the organization proceeds with sprucing the place up.
Lion's Club president Jim Reeve attended last month's meeting saying plans are to paint and landscape the facility. Reeve also discussed the parking availability. One side of the street has no parking signs and there is no parking lot on the property.
LeMasters said the street is far too narrow for parking on both sides as emergency vehicles would not be able to get through.
Town marshal Malcolm Gilbert said club members park on both sides of the street during Thursday evening meetings and his department is aware of it.
Council member Rolly Ortega said all concerned parties should get together to discuss the problem.
Laura Kaufman, director of Housing Opportunities of Warsaw Inc., approached the board regarding the not-for-profit organization.
Kaufman discussed HOW as grant administrator for the town's second owner-occupied housing rehabilitation grant.
Qualified property owners would have $250,000 available next year if the grant application is approved by the Indiana Housing Finance Authority.
The town council cleared the way for HOW to seek a new grant and be its administrator when it approved Resolution 2001-07-02. The resolution also authorizes $25,000 in matching or in-kind services.
The 2002 housing grant application deadline is October. Awards will be announced in December.
Kaufman said HOW has administered three similar grants in Warsaw and one in Pierceton.
HOW would work with the local housing board members. They would review and approve each applicant, Kaufman said in response to Ortega's question about local housing authority's role.
She noted Winona Lake has a higher rate of pay back than Warsaw, whereas Pierceton forgives the entire loan if the owners live in the house for 10 more years.
In other business the board:
• Designating the Gatke Dump property, Wooster Road, as a brownfield site.
The town's Brownfield Working Group, comprising town coordinator Craig Allebach, town council members Craig Snow and David Delp and Grace College director of operations Tom Dunn, designated the site as its top priority for an environmental assessment.
The resolution approves an application for a Brownfield Site Assessment Grant to the Indiana Development Finance Authority.
• Approved a $80,750 payment for work on College Avenue.
Repairs and improvements to the street are complete.
Town engineer Larry Long disputed $7,000 of the final amount saying he wanted to discuss the outstanding $7,000 with a NIBLOC representative.
• Appointed five members to an official publicity committee. They are Kirk McCutcheon, Lori McCutcheon, Amy Stevenson, Denny Duncan and Angie Gakstatter.
• Heard Chestnut Street, from First Street to the street department building, will be the next street improvement project for the town.
• Noted upcoming events as: Kings' Brass will give a concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hillside Auditorium July 28; Jeff Van Houten will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Artisan Court Aug. 8; and Rik Lovelady will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Artisan Court Aug. 11.
Town council members are Rolly Ortega, Jerry Clevenger, David Delp and Craig Snow. Jeff Carroll was absent. The council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday at 7 a.m. in council chambers at the town hall. [[In-content Ad]]
WINONA LAKE - Jim LeMasters distributed copies of minutes from an October 1998 town council meeting to current town council members at Tuesday's meeting regarding the Lion's Club building.
The three-year-old minutes show that the building was built on an unvacated right of way.
LeMasters said the placement of the building should be considered before the organization proceeds with sprucing the place up.
Lion's Club president Jim Reeve attended last month's meeting saying plans are to paint and landscape the facility. Reeve also discussed the parking availability. One side of the street has no parking signs and there is no parking lot on the property.
LeMasters said the street is far too narrow for parking on both sides as emergency vehicles would not be able to get through.
Town marshal Malcolm Gilbert said club members park on both sides of the street during Thursday evening meetings and his department is aware of it.
Council member Rolly Ortega said all concerned parties should get together to discuss the problem.
Laura Kaufman, director of Housing Opportunities of Warsaw Inc., approached the board regarding the not-for-profit organization.
Kaufman discussed HOW as grant administrator for the town's second owner-occupied housing rehabilitation grant.
Qualified property owners would have $250,000 available next year if the grant application is approved by the Indiana Housing Finance Authority.
The town council cleared the way for HOW to seek a new grant and be its administrator when it approved Resolution 2001-07-02. The resolution also authorizes $25,000 in matching or in-kind services.
The 2002 housing grant application deadline is October. Awards will be announced in December.
Kaufman said HOW has administered three similar grants in Warsaw and one in Pierceton.
HOW would work with the local housing board members. They would review and approve each applicant, Kaufman said in response to Ortega's question about local housing authority's role.
She noted Winona Lake has a higher rate of pay back than Warsaw, whereas Pierceton forgives the entire loan if the owners live in the house for 10 more years.
In other business the board:
• Designating the Gatke Dump property, Wooster Road, as a brownfield site.
The town's Brownfield Working Group, comprising town coordinator Craig Allebach, town council members Craig Snow and David Delp and Grace College director of operations Tom Dunn, designated the site as its top priority for an environmental assessment.
The resolution approves an application for a Brownfield Site Assessment Grant to the Indiana Development Finance Authority.
• Approved a $80,750 payment for work on College Avenue.
Repairs and improvements to the street are complete.
Town engineer Larry Long disputed $7,000 of the final amount saying he wanted to discuss the outstanding $7,000 with a NIBLOC representative.
• Appointed five members to an official publicity committee. They are Kirk McCutcheon, Lori McCutcheon, Amy Stevenson, Denny Duncan and Angie Gakstatter.
• Heard Chestnut Street, from First Street to the street department building, will be the next street improvement project for the town.
• Noted upcoming events as: Kings' Brass will give a concert from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hillside Auditorium July 28; Jeff Van Houten will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Artisan Court Aug. 8; and Rik Lovelady will perform from 1 to 4 p.m. in the Artisan Court Aug. 11.
Town council members are Rolly Ortega, Jerry Clevenger, David Delp and Craig Snow. Jeff Carroll was absent. The council meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday at 7 a.m. in council chambers at the town hall. [[In-content Ad]]