Microsealing Of Roads Begins Wednesday In Warsaw Additions
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David Slone-dslone@timesuniononline.com
Street Superintendent Jeff Beeler reported to the Warsaw Board of Public Works and Safety Friday that microsealing of roads begins Wednesday, weather permitting.
It will continue for about a month until all city streets are completed.
Microseal is a protective coat that extends the life of pavement and a cost-effective method to renew road surfaces, seal minor cracks and other irregularities.
The roads effected next week will include those in Helser & Sons, Paths of Deerfield and Meadowbrook additions.
Signs and door hangars will be put out one day before the application process. A phone number will be provided on the door hangars.
“If a person has medical needs, that will need to be accommodated so they can get to and from their home,” Beeler said. “Any vehicles ... in the roadway after 7 a.m. the day of application will be towed so that work can be completed.”
A map of the project locations will be posted on the city’s website and Facebook page. Updates will be in the news media as well as the Facebook page so residents can keep up with dates, times and locations of the project.
“When they go into those additions, there will be a four-hour time span that you won’t be able to cross over to your vehicle, and then they’ll swap to the other side of the road,” he said.
There will be signs all along the streets.
Later in the meeting, plans for AlleyFest from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday were unanimously approved by the board.
AlleyFest will be in the alley between city hall and Oak & Alley and in the city hall parking lot.
The event is open to all, but invited guests of OrthoWorx will enjoy complimentary appetizers and drink specials. There will be live music by The Tumbleweed Jumpers from 6 to 8 p.m. on a stage in the parking lot.
Mayor Joe Thallemer said, “The improved alley ... there will be no alcohol in that (portion of the) alley. There’s no smoking in that alley. That alley will remain open to the public through the entire event. This event actually is open to the public. The current restaurant seating at Oak & Alley will remain, there’s no extension of the footprint there, but there will be, I do believe, a beer tent or beer garden in the plaza, similar to what was done at the Fat & Skinny Tire Fest and the St. Patty Day Fest.
He said downtown event coordinator Paula Bowman is helping plan the event. Any alcohol or beer tent will go through the Alcohol Beverage Commission’s permitting process.
OrthoWorx Executive Director Brad Bishop said from time to time OrthoWorx does these types of events for interns, co-ops and young professionals working in the orthopedic field.
“This is another chance, we think, to show off a great community asset, part of the rationale for why young folks like this would want to stay here and build their careers,” Bishop said.
He said they worked with the city and Oak & Alley owner Dave Gustafson to plan the event. Serving of alcohol during AlleyFest will be under Gustafson’s control.
Thallemer said at the end of the event at 8 p.m., clean-up will begin.
In other business, the board approved:
• Accepting a grant award of $5,000 to the Warsaw Parks and Recreation Department from the Indiana Arts Commission for the nine Friday night concerts. The grant is $1,062 more than was given in the previous grant cycle.
• The Warsaw-Wayne Fire Territory to apply for a $2,000 Kosciusko REMC Round Up grant to help with the annual Family Safety Day. This year, the event is Sept. 9.
• The outdoor seating applications for One Ten Craft Meatery, 110 N. Buffalo St.; Rua, 108 E. Market St.; and Vino Cane, formerly Books Wine and Dogs, 101 E. Center St., as required under the outdoor seating rules approved earlier this summer. The applications are good for one year.
• Husky Trail project pay applications for $23,518.02 and $27,330.06 to A&Z Engineering LLC for construction engineering services. This is an 80/20 grant where the city will pay for 100 percent of the costs but then be reimbursed 80 percent by the Indiana Department of Transportation, according to City Planner Jeremy Skinner.
• A Market Street project right of way acquisition contract with VS Engineering for $45,900. The contract is for appraising, appraisal review and acquisition of right of way along Market Street as it relates to the road reconstruction.
The city only pays 20 percent of the contract after 80-percent reimbursement from the Indiana Department of Transportation.
“This contract is specifically for right of way acquisition. ... We are not permanently acquiring any parcels, but we do have 10 temporary right of way parcels we want to acquire. Those temporary parcels are just for grading and tying the new road into existing driveways and curb cuts and so forth,” Skinner said.
