- It is nearing 530 p.m. On Tuesday, August 12 2025 We're here at City Council chambers at City Hall in Bloomington, Indiana For one North Morton Street on the agenda for today's meeting There's also a zoom link with a passcode and meeting ID for anybody that needed to attend the meeting virtually
- If you are a member of the public attending virtually and need to offer any public comment or any Comments to the board That can be done with the raised hand function or the chat function and we'll make sure to unmute you at that time Otherwise, it's 5 30 and i'll turn it over to board vice president elizabeth corone to run tonight's meeting Thank you, I call to order tonight's meeting of the board of public works for august 12 2025
- We will begin with messages from board members. Are there any messages from the board? Seeing none, let's move on to title six abatements first. We have 520 Southwest would drive Mike Arnold from housing neighborhood development This is a property with excessive growth that we've cited on four separate occasions beginning on May 30th ending on July 21st
- It's the backyard of the property hasn't been moaned and we're requesting permission to abate the property I'll just ask a follow-up question from yesterday's work session that will be the same question I have for all three of these which is has there been any communication with the property owner between our work session yesterday and Yeah, we've got no response or contact. Okay. Thank you Any questions from the board All right. Any questions from the public on this item?
- Whether in person or on zoom All right Seeing none. Is there a motion? I move approval of the title Six the title six abatement for the property at 520 Southwest Wood Drive Second I will call the roll Roach. I Caron I motion passes
- Next we have a title six statement for 623 West Smith Avenue This is a property that we've been citing for accumulation of garbage and trash and scattered litter First citation was June 24th and the the fourth citation was on July 18th We're requesting permission to abate the property and remove the trash and
- This is the property that looks like it was mowed in the front But not the back is that no, this is the one that has the pile of trash in the backyard. Okay Sorry for confusing them Any other questions from the board? Okay, any questions from the public on this item? None on zoom seeing none is their motion and
- Move approval of the title six abatement for the property at 623 West Smith Avenue Second I will call the roll Roach. I Caron I motion passes and Third title six abatement at 720 Southwest would drive This is a property that we did an abatement for for excessive growth of this one's for accumulation of trash which is
- Mattress and some furniture and some brush pile We cited this one on July 9th and July 18th and we're requesting permission to abate the property Questions from the board on this item questions from the public All right, is there a motion
- I move approval of the title six abatement for the property at 720 South Westwood Drive Second I will call the roll Roach. I Caron I motion passes. Thank you. Thank you Next we'll move to petitions and remonstrances if anyone has a question or comment about anything that is not on tonight's agenda please either approach the podium or Use the chat or raise hand function on zoom. I
- None on zoom Okay, we'll move on to the consent agenda Tonight's consent agenda includes minutes from april 22nd 2025 minutes from may 6 2025 resolution 2025-057 lotus festival resolution 2025-062 mobile vendor chef mickey's munchies and payroll Is there anything that needs to be removed from the consent agenda tonight?
- Any questions from the board on the consent agenda? All right. Any questions from the public on the consent agenda? None on zoom All right Hearing none. Is there a motion? I move approval that could set agenda for the meeting of August 12th 2025 Second I will call the roll Roach. I Corona I motion passes. I
- Now on to new business and we will start with approve Hopewell East change order packet number five Good evening ray 18 with the city engineering department. This is our Hopewell East Project that we've done the project was awarded milestone contractors June 21st and 2023 in the amount of 13 million three hundred seventy three thousand two hundred eighty four dollars and ninety six
- the board approved prior change orders in the amount of five thousand four five hundred forty three thousand nine hundred and four dollars and eleven cents for current contract amount of thirteen million nine hundred seventeen dollars a hundred eighty nine and one cent this package of thirteen change orders it will be in addition to the project of donnie one thousand four hundred
- $89.78 for a final contract amount of 14 million eight thousand six hundred seventy eight dollars and 79 cents Additionally this these change orders these 13 change orders were also add six days to the project for a revised completion date of December 2nd of 2024 available for any questions
- I think just for the record Looks like the contract will have a revised final completion date of December 2nd 2025 Not 2024. Is that correct? Actually know that the completion date on the contract is December 2nd 2024 20 so that is correct. Okay, we're still Working on punch items. So the clock has stopped but some of the work has continued on the project. I see Thank you for clarifying that
- Any other questions from the board on this item? Any questions from the public? All right, is there a motion I Move approval of the Hopewell East change order packet number five Second I will call the roll Roach. All right, Caron. I motion passes. I
- Next we'll move along to approve right of way closure at the intersection of a cuff and prow roads I'm Maria McCormick City of Bloomington engineering this This item also goes along with the public improvement bond for Kinza Ridge. They were separated in the agenda items This is a request for a closure of the intersection of a cuff and prow
- to facilitate the construction of the new Kinzer Ridge subdivision the reconstruction of this intersection was approved by Plan Commission as part of the acceptance of the overall plan approval This is part of their phase one Requirements, so they will be building out this intersection They will be starting
- Sorry, my papers are all Thank you August 18th through September 1st for that work And then the intersection will reopen Under its new design and they will continue to build out phase ones improvements
- Any questions from the board on this item? Okay, any questions from the public All right seeing none is their motion I move approval of the right-of-way closure the intersection of a cuff and prowl roads and I second I will call the roll Roche. I Korone. I motion passes. I
- Next we'll move along to approve hub to lane closure extension requests This is a request for an extension of time for an existing lane closure for North Lincoln East 19th Street and North Washington as well as approval for a permit that for an closure on 17th Street that was
- Issued administratively yesterday for them to begin work in 17th Street To make their water connections. This is for the off-site utility relocations for the hub to development They are doing the water tap in 17th Street and replacing two storm structures
- On Lincoln 19th and Washington. They still have to put in the sanitary sewer And then repave the roads. They will be doing base and intermediate layers And then the top coat will be put in in the summer of 2027 Which time they will also be paving 17th Street
- We have added that they as a condition of the permit That they provide 24-hour notice to any of the residences before a driveway Or access to an property is blocked They will be
- Having to go through the roads again and lay Sanitary as they did with the water and the storms so there will be access cut off temporarily for houses along the The roads as they are laying the as they are putting the pipes in the ground obviously So they are required to do 24-hour notice by posting a
- Notice on the doors and we will also be providing an email list with landlord contacts for them with hand and then in the South link or in the North Lincoln phase of the Storm sewer or the sanitary sewer installation We're asking that they hold off on rock hammering in just the Lincoln Street portion until after 8 a.m
- And that's just in the 1400 block of North Lincoln As they don't have Santa or they don't have sanitary to put in on the south end of North Lincoln Okay, which block I'm sorry the 1400 block Thank you questions from the board on this item I
- Any questions from the public on this item again if you are in person feel free to perch the podium if you'd start by Stating your name for the record anyone on zoom may use the chat function or the raise hand function
- I'm Natasha Kim. I'm a resident at 1400 North Lincoln Some of the things I'd like to raise a concern about is the parking situation when we don't have parking there's an issue with finding parking around especially as Residents move in because we're right next to evolve Bloomington, which has a lot of
- On-campus residents. It hasn't been so bad right now since people aren't on campus right now, but once people are on campus There's going to be nowhere to park So we'd like a spot maybe Where we can like guarantee parking? Promise through your lease or anything. I
- Yes our driveway, but that will when that is blocked. Yeah We have systems in place for when the driveways are gonna be blocked that they'll make sure that they have noticed and They're not gonna be fully restricted from their driveways. It's only during we've been fully restricted As the next phase goes forward, can you come up?
- So as you go forward are they gonna have access to their driveway as they need or your workers gonna be able to allow them to their driveway for access throughout Yes, Jesse Graber Wells and Wells general contractor developer for the hub to project I was just looking at the address here. So what? What they've experienced has we had four
- main storm sewer structures one in each corner of that intersection that intersection has been the biggest challenge for the storm infrastructure upgrade so we are Intercepting the sewer in that intersection and placing a manhole So there will be one day where there will be no access to that driveway
- It will be towards the end of the project because we will actually start at 19th and Washington and work uphill so it would Be probably towards the end of this month or maybe the first week of September there will be about a 24 hour period of time where there will be a manhole set right in that intersection When that's done we give you new asphalt and we are out of your way Okay
- It is just gonna but it'll be graded out a lot nicer than what it is now Yeah understanding that was a big work in process and we appreciate your patience on that so on that day Can we make sure we communicate well in advance and then how many cars are there? Yeah
- So what we will do for you is that 24-hour period of time I will have my superintendent
- Let you know but we will make sure that there's parking on site off of 17th for you that you can park during that time because I too know how hard it is to find parking in Bloomington So, okay, which should be just a short walk then to your house. So let's just make sure we get contact info exchange Okay
- Thank you Just make sure that we aren't getting any gravel blocking our driveway as well There was a pile of gravel that was put towards the north end of their driveway They did get that remedy. It was Delivered towards the end of the day Nobody was there to direct We'll make sure of that. Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes your your
- Thank you, thank you very much any other comments from the public about this item Okay, let's make sure it is Bill Evans is from beacon for cancer range. Okay, so that wasn't for no All right
- I just wanted to thank you two for using your voice and coming to the meeting and speaking up So no other questions on this item is there a motion With the with the commitments as verbally stated I move approval of the Hub to lane closure extension request And I second I will call the roll roach. I Korone I motion passes and
- Thank you all for the cooperation Next up on the agenda we have accepts the public improvement bond estimate for kids or Ridge subdivision This is this they're asking for Acceptance of the phase one public improvement bond for the Kinzer Ridge subdivision this is a subdivision that is going in at the intersection of
- the intersection of Kinzer and a cough This will be for phase one. This includes all of the public improvements in the right-of-way The bond will be in the amount of three million nine hundred and ninety two thousand four hundred dollars this will allow them to meet the requirement to go to their secondary platting from engineering
- With this bond for all of the improvements in the right-of-way Thank you very much any questions from the board on this item Just a general question Adam I noticed that this has alleys. Yes, I Remember when I was in planning we had some new developments with alleys to
- general Long-term maintenance of alleys and providing services and alleys and in any concern with that We don't do any sanitation service from alleys or anything like that's all front of house only So that's just part of our city code when it comes to sanitation services You know long-term maintenance. They aren't the highest priority You know, we're gonna expect that these are gonna be built to a good standard and that they're gonna last lots of years and
- But as far as long-term maintenance and such that it We patch potholes. We do some grading from time to time. Will these be asphalt? They will yeah, these will be fully out faulted. So that'll be good news And they you know, they tend to last longer with lower traffic volumes than a typical street things like that But yes, it would become an actual city right away and actually the specification for these alleys is the same as a local neighborhood street and
- The building the construction specification is actually the same as a local neighborhood street the depth of asphalt in the sub sub No curbs though, right? No curbs No curbs, but as far as the the make up of the layers of the road, right? Thank you Any questions from the public on this item? None on zoom All right. Is there a motion?
- I move approval of the public improvement bond Estimate for Kinzer Ridge subdivision. I second. I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes Next we have accept public improvements at Taylor edition Costello final plot this is an
- request to accept the public improvements that were triggered by the Subdivision of a single lot on East 2nd Street That was done in 2018 it required putting in an 83 foot long 5 foot wide sidewalk on East 2nd Street that has been done to the city and in dot standards so we are asking that you accept the public improvements into the city's inventory and
- Thank you questions from the board and questions from the public on this item None on zoom. All right, is there a motion? I move acceptance of the public improvements at Taylor edition Costello final plan. I Second I will call the roll Roach. I Caron. I motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. I
- Finally, we have approved service agreement with groomer construction for the Blue Ridge ADA ramp project
- Public works on behalf of Joe Van Devener in the street division So this is a service agreement for with groomer construction for the repair construction of 24 accessible accessible curb ramps curbs and sidewalk such sections as marked and Asphalt patch as needed and the amount not to exceed a hundred and one hundred and forty nine thousand nine hundred and eighty seven dollars and zero cents We solicited RFQ packets
- that were sent to multiple contractors Groomer was the lowest responsible and responsive bidder at 149,987 and the locations are listed in the staff report. There's 24 different ones. So we will Ask your approval and get this work started Questions from the board none here questions from the public on this item All right, is there a motion?
- I move approval of the service agreement with groomer construction for Blue Ridge ADA ramp project and I second I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes Now we'll move along to staff reports and other business Just wanted to bring up a couple Items taste of Bloomington was that first Saturday in August downtown on Kirkwood I'd like to report that it was a
- Overwhelming success in many ways. We have estimates of around 20,000 attendees on the conservative side 35,000 on the high side depending on which Models and AI tracking and different things. So major attendance it was I was down there throughout the day and want to give a special thanks to Cassie warning in the public works department as well as all of our public safety partners, but
- Almost without incident. We had some minor trip and fall type things but overall no major incidents lots to learn Bloomington was ready to come out and have a good time and they sure did But proud of all the efforts that went into that. It was quite the successful day downtown I know the restaurants had a successful day that were there And it was even the carryover into all the sit-down restaurants in the whole area was quite tremendous So thanks to Jordan Davis over at chocolate mousse Jordan put a lot of hours
- and with a large committee of folks that I can't name all of but We'll be continuing to work with those organizers and see Where we'll have that again next year and how we'll try to make general improvements Otherwise, we're in budget season. So we'll be presenting various public works budgets to the City Council starting next week It'll be Monday and Wednesday and then the following Monday and Wednesday as well We're changing it up quite a bit and the way we're presenting those budgets more to prior
- Already based budgeting system so kind of categorical instead of departmental So I think transportation and all the departments that are affiliated with transportation are going to present about transportation Public safety is going to present about public safety Public health and safe or public health is going to present, you know, so sanitation in public health so those kick off next Monday and Wrap up the following Wednesday. So we'll be at City Council quite a few nights next week in the following so
- otherwise It's a almost August 15th in Bloomington. So everything has ramped up Including the amount of couches mattresses and things thrown out to the curb Shout-out to the sanitation staff. They've been really hard at work these last several weeks That's all I have for you Thanks. Just a follow-up question about the budget presentations. Does that mean that you will be involved presenting multiple nights? Almost all nights almost all nights. Okay, I
- Thank you. I think I get one night where I'm not an actual official presenter, but I'll be there Yeah, our budgets hit all the topics in some way Thank you for that update Now we'll move to approval of claims. Are there any questions about claims tonight from the board? on the public All right, is there a motion?
- approval of the claims for the meeting of August 12 2025 in the amount of five million five hundred forty four thousand one hundred and ninety three dollars and 93 cents Nice second. I will call the roll Roach. I Caron. I motion passes and if there's nothing else, I will call for adjournment. I