Indiana St. Intersection Not Part Of Main St. Paving
Indiana St. Intersection Not Part Of Main St. Paving
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Indiana St. Intersection Not Part Of Main St. PavingMilling, paving, preparation work and resurfacing of Main Street downtown Warsaw, from Detroit to Buffalo streets, began Tuesday of this week but that did not include the Indiana Street intersection.
At the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety meeting on Friday, Public Works and Street Superintendent Dustin Dillon explained why.
“Main Street is finally paved. We had a little asphalt plant issues yesterday (Thursday), we didn’t finish that until about 6:15 or so last night. But, we’re working on paint striping out there today. Depending on how that goes, we may have a crew come in to paint some other parking stalls and whatnot tomorrow morning,” Dillon said.
Warsaw Mayor Joe Thallemer asked Dillon to explain the gap on Indiana Street with the paving that he and Dillon talked about on Thursday.
“So we paved from Detroit to Indiana, skipped over Indiana and went on to Buffalo,” Dillon said. “The reason for it, as I shared with the mayor yesterday, Indiana Street has some ADA ramps that are not updated and in compliance that we want to work on. So the plan is to go ahead either later this year or early next year and replace the sidewalk ADA ramps and then we’ll mill from Center Street all the way down to Fort Wayne Street to the entrance to the park. And we’ll pick up that other section then.”
He said it was in the plan for 2023 to pave Indiana Street.
In other business, the Board of Works approved:
• A warranty deed for the former Arnolt property located at 2525 Durbin St. to finalizing the property being transferred to the Warsaw Redevelopment Commission.
Warsaw Economic and Development Director Jeremy Skinner said the warranty deed follows the two resolutions - one by the BOW and one by the Redevelopment Commission - passed about a month ago. The resolution passed by the BOW said the property would be given to the Redevelopment Commission, and the Commission accepted it.
After the BOW approved and signed the warranty deed, Skinner said he would have it recorded and the Redevelopment Commission would dispose of the property around Nov. 8 to its future owner, Real America, which plans to build housing on the property.
• A fence to encroach into the public right-of-way on the east side of 109 E. Winona Ave., as presented by City Planner Justin Taylor. The request was submitted by Lighthouse Autism Center to have an outdoor fenced-in area for therapy space.
Lighthouse Autism Center is an outpatient therapy provider for children ages 3 to 18 with diagnosed autism, according to information provided. The organization specializes in occupational, speech and applied behavioral analysis therapies, and has over 25 centers across Indiana, Michigan and Illinois.
• A memorandum of understanding between the Warsaw Stormwater Utility and Lilly Center for Lakes and Streams for $31,750 for the first year of a three-year project, as presented by Larry Hyden, Stormwater Utility assistant utility manager.
The Stormwater Utility and the Lilly Center will collaborate on improving the understanding of the health of the water flowing through Deeds Creek and Lones Ditch and its impact on Pike Lake and the Tippecanoe River through a list of activities.
Cost for year two to the Stormwater Utility will total $42,800 and $19,850 for year three.
• A proposal by Cosby Tree Service LLC for $10,175 to prune 108 trees in the downtown Warsaw area, as well as the removal and grinding of stumps for 12 trees and the installation of 12 trees, as presented by Taylor.
“This is part of our long-term goal of replacing some of those overgrown downtown trees,” he said.
• A memorandum of understanding between the city and Warsaw Community Schools for the joint purchase of ice-melting materials. The Warsaw School Board already approved the MOU, Dillon said.
• For the Public Works Department to solicit updated bids for micro-surface preventative maintenance treatment for asphalt roads, as requested by Dillon. The bids will be for a single micro-surface treatment cost per square yard and a double micro-surface treatment cost per square yard.
• The annual maintenance agreement with Indiana American Elevator for $2,582, with a 3% increase over the past year. The agreement covers the monthly maintenance of the elevator in City Hall and emergency 24/7 services.
• The new hire/change in payroll report. It includes a new WPD probationary patrol officer, Danielle Kirkdorffer, with a biweekly pay of $2,277.66; a new Street Department equipment operator, Nathan Edwards, at $21 per hour; a new wastewater treatment utility part-time lab tech, Issac Hall, at $20 per hour; and a transfer from the Street Department to the wastewater treatment utility, Lu Ann Poling as a plant operator, at $21.58 per hour.
