- Good evening and welcome to the Board of Public Works meeting here at City Hall on this Monday,
- November 3rd, 2025. It is now 530 and I'm going to hand it over to Kyla Cox-Dekker, the Board President.
- Hello everyone, can you hear me okay? Yes.
- All right, great. I call to order this regular meeting of the Board of Public Works on this Monday,
- November 3rd of 2025. First up, we have messages from the board. Do we have any messages from board
- members this evening? I have none. None for me. All right. Next, we have appeals. Under appeals, we
- have appeal of notice of violation to Wells and Wells issued on August 15th of 2025.
- engineering on August 15 2025 City of Bloomington engineering staff found that the approved detour for
- the sidewalk closure on the north side of East 17th Street associated with right-of-way permit number
- ROW 2025-08-1855 was not properly executed by the Crider and Crider crews. Equipment including machinery
- and a ladder were blocking access to the
- accessible curb ramp on the northeast corner of the 17th and Lincoln intersection which prevented made
- mid-block crossings by pedestrians. Excuse me. I reached out via phone call on 8 15 to James Ford of
- Crider and Crider who was completing the work on behalf of Wells and Wells. Thank you.
- Are there let's see first we'll hear from the appellant if that representative is here Yeah, my name
- is James Ford with Crider I was talking to Zach
- about the detour out in 17th. We had to connect to the water main out in the middle of 17th. There was
- a lot of work associated with that. So working with the engineering department, we came up with a flagging
- operation instead of a full closure for 17th. And it required the sidewalk closure there on 17th as
- well as one lane of traffic.
- When we assembled the sidewalk detour, we put all the required signs out in barriers and the specific
- sign Zach was talking about was a sidewalk closed sign on the barrier instead of the sidewalk detour
- sign. The backhoe associated, I don't know, I have pictures here I can give to you so you can see it.
- But the backhoe that was blocking it was being used to backfill the excavation.
- There's really no other way to get around to backfill the excavation without use of equipment There
- the ladder was leaned up against the side that was used for safe access inside the trench previous to
- the backfill operation Whenever I talked to him and he reached out to me here via text message. I can
- give these to you I called the guys and we got it buttoned up and I told him that we'd do everything
- we could to get it rectified the way I thought
- It should be at least get everything cleaned up, get it steel plated. That way, pedestrian traffic can
- continue travel without having the safety risks. And that seemed to be fine at the time. And then I
- got a fine issued. Wells got a fine issued, but they would just pass it on to the contractor doing the
- work. And then he seemed to say to me that we'd be able to get away with a warning other than a fine
- since we have never been fined on any projects.
- In recent history that I've been associated with In the city of Bloomington and we do a decent amount
- of work around here so that's why I appealed the fine because I Thought we were gonna get a warning
- and try to take the necessary improper actions to correct the situation And I can you and I can bring
- you these papers if you'd like to see them I
- Thank you. All right. We can open it up for questions from the board. I'll go ahead and start. First
- questions are for Zach.
- Come up I'm curious about the amount Was it $4,000? Is that correct? Correct and I looking at page Seven
- in the packet it appears that it's because of a gradually Doubling fine, is that correct? Correct. I
- Can you tell us about the incidents on June 3rd June 4th and June 5th and you know how they relate to
- this. I don't specifically recall the incidents but we do have like a scale to where an original fee
- will double up to seven thousand five hundred dollars. So you have your initial five hundred and it
- doubles each time until seventy five hundred. So at this point they've received one two three.
- Wells and Wells had received three other Notices of violation previous to this one Okay, so those June
- fines May or may not have been the same site, but they were the same people correct same contractor
- responsible for
- overseeing the whole scenario. There's your subcontractors who are completing the work, but they are
- overseeing by a general contractor, which in this case. Was it this property or was it different properties?
- Some of those may have been at hub one, but they are, since Wells and Wells is the applicant for most
- of these and the controlling employer, they receive the violations.
- And can you speak a little bit to the testimony about conversation about warnings versus fines? Yeah,
- absolutely. So one of the things in my training, this is about the end of my seventh month here. So
- I've been doing a lot of learning and understanding the situations. So in some cases, a field specialist
- may have discretion.
- If this is the first interaction we have with a contractor, we may be able to issue a violation if the
- situation dictates that. In this situation, that was a possibility, but because of the complex scenario
- with Wells being the controlling employer and Crider and Crider being the subs,
- Learning process for me, so I may have been spoken Ultimately, we decided to go with a violation because
- of the history and Can you talk a little bit about? Immediate rectifying situation so I'm looking at
- these pictures I'm noticing, you know, there's a there's a piece of equipment that's blocking the the
- cross path the piece of equipment could be moved and
- I don't know if it was actually being used or was just parked and you know it in what situations might
- you say? Hey fix it. I'll be back in an hour versus Issuing a fine, right? Absolutely. This is a case
- where a phone call and quick action could have solved it And I I am not sure how quickly they did but
- I know it was fixed by the end of the day That is one thing to consider but you know
- due to the history with Wells and Wells, I figured out that there was not a way to avoid that violation.
- And the utility work that was being done, that was on the north-south street, is that correct? Not in
- 17th Street? There was storm utility
- Work that was planned on being done. They did. Yeah, what you're talking about is Lincoln, but it did
- penetrate into 17th a little bit was it East So this street cut was for the final water tap for as part
- of hub twos construction they were required to upgrade the water mains on Lincoln 19th and Washington and
- for not only their project, but they also provided new water main service to all of the perimeter properties.
- And this was the final tap into the city's new water main for this new water service. So this was the
- tap that allowed that new water service to go live to provide the water to all of the residences on
- the perimeter of hub two with the new water lines that they had installed.
- The main that's being tapped is 17th Street. What the correct the main that was being tapped is in the
- middle or in the southbound lane so So yeah in the in the edge of the southbound lane Or in the south
- side lane eastbound lane. Okay. Sorry Yeah south side of 17th eastbound lane that was the flagging that
- was mentioned earlier the flagging on for the traffic on 17th and
- Yes. So for for Zach when you witnessed this violation were the flaggers in place were there people
- out flagging traffic. I think at this moment the lane closure might not have been active. I would ask
- James that but I don't recall. This was just regarding the sidewalk detour that was not implemented
- correctly.
- but I don't recall if the flagging was active at that moment. Can I just interrupt? Kyla, would you
- like us to send you the materials that we have in front of us
- If it's possible to send them my email, that would be great. But otherwise, I can ask some additional
- questions if I need more information. Yeah, at that point in time with the and Mike Runyon could speak
- to it with CBU because he would have been around that. But at that point in time with the whole excavation,
- being across the street, we would have started flagging early in the morning as we opened up the water
- main. It was realized that there was only about two inches of clearance from the existing water main
- to the existing sanitary. So with CBU's guidance, we had to tap that water main at a 45 degree angle
- and burn a valve there.
- And then turn it back 45 and over the top of the sanitary since there was a conflict there no other
- way to get through that was unforeseen circumstances out in the middle of the road as well. Sure.
- Thank you. Another clarifying question for Zach the signage that the sidewalk closed signage versus
- sidewalk detour signage.
- Was this the first time you had witnessed that was the first time you had been on site and notices was
- a problem was it just it just happened to also be at a time when the backhoe was in the street. I am
- not 100 percent sure on that one but ultimately the violation. This one is about the obstruction. So
- the signage is just secondary and I think just a secondary conversation that James and I had.
- Have a question for staff just for clarification the fine that was issued was it in total four thousand
- dollars or was it that the last fine issued was four thousand dollars this this fine Would be four thousand
- dollars and the previous one was two thousand So the total fine assessed as an accumulation of
- So how our fines work is they're based on a three-year schedule There's different fines for different
- violations And they start anywhere between a hundred and five hundred dollars and then double each time
- until they reach seventy five hundred dollars They're issued to the permit holder in this case. It was
- wealth and Wells So since they had previous violations for this particular
- Line item of MOT violation. They were at the four thousand dollar level So that is why this violation
- was issued at four thousand dollars And we're considering just that four thousand dollar fine not the
- accumulation correct. Okay. Thank you. I Would like to quickly add Just how intensive the project was
- there that we did and
- in the coordination with CBU, tapping the main, flagging the traffic on that road, getting steel plates
- down, flow fill concrete. It's no easy undertaking out there. And to backfill the excavation without
- temporarily going across where the curb ramp is and pedestrian traffic, there's no real way to get that
- done, you know, with the flaggers out there.
- watching traffic, they're watching pedestrians, they're keeping everyone safe as they're out there working.
- And then I can't tell you exactly why they went from that direction. I mean, it would be a common place
- to backfill the trench from both sides as were the other way. So I don't see how else you do it than
- how our guys did in the field. For pedestrians, was
- Was there flagging that was happening during the time that this ramp was blocked? No, the flaggers are
- for vehicular traffic and the sidewalk detour is what would be routing the pedestrians in the mid-block
- crossing in this case. What would have been the correct solution during the backfill would have been
- to place them at the
- eastern most or western most ADA crosswalks instead of the mid block crossing. So we could have modified
- the MOT according to the scope. Can you go back please and let us know how long in total that
- Pedestrian crosswalk was blocked with the backhoe Yeah, I cannot substantiate how long that was it was
- fixed by the end of the day James might be able to answer how I Know I could maybe pull my phone calls
- and messages up But as soon as I was notified by Zach that there was an issue I called the pipe foreman
- on site and instructed him to pull everything out of the way put the steel plates down make it ADA compliant
- get a picture of it send it to me and
- That way we can at least rectify the situation as best we can and see what's wrong. That way we could
- correct it and not have the problem. Thank you. So this this process of them doing the street cut took
- less less than a day. So it would have been less than a business day where they were doing this work
- on this particular day.
- That makes sense. Yeah Maria or Zack if you guys could speak to Contractor has to tap the main and it's
- a it's a it's a Tight sites and they find that they're having difficulty maneuvering equipment Is there
- a preferred or correct process
- If this company were to come to the city and say hey, we got to get this done today But we can't Redirect
- traffic in the way we originally thought we could yeah, that would be a scope change Yes, they they
- could have called us. I think that You know Crider and Crider Did that the
- the best that they could with the situation. Hub two's utility relocations have been difficult. They
- went on longer, ran into every possible problem that they could possibly run into. They originally had
- thought that this tap was gonna take them a day, half a day, and it ended up taking them three to five
- days in total.
- You know We Every time we've had an issue with them They've been very responsive in my experience to
- Crider and Crider has been very responsive in fixing whatever situations that we have pointed out to
- that I have pointed out to them through this process and
- You know it It's a It's a very dynamic situation You know, this is a very heavy populated area They
- were trying to get this done for CBU before the students moved back in They actually had more work in
- 17th Street that they had permitted to do that week that we ended up not allowing them to do just because
- It ran over for the tap and we haven't allowed them to go back into 17th Street yet because we haven't
- had a break in school. It's yeah. All right. Again I'm sorry to ask anybody to repeat anything but this
- fine for potentially this one day.
- ended up being $4,000. The accumulating fines are what made it to $4,000. But the fine for this in particular
- was not a repeated offense. Correct. So because the permit is held by Wells and Wells, not Crider and
- Crider. So Wells and Wells is the GC. They're the ones that pulled this right of way permit. But Crider
- and Crider is who did the work.
- if Crider and Crider had pulled this permit and Crider and Crider had gotten this fine it would be Yeah,
- if they hadn't had it and and Crider and Crider doesn't have any previous violations it would have been
- the minimum fine or Even potentially a warning because it would have been their first finable offense
- But because the permit was issued to Wells and Wells, the fine is issued to Wells and Wells, not to
- Crider and Crider. And the other fines associated with Wells and Wells with this project are not coming
- before us. Not today. This is the only fine right now. And the previous fines, I believe, were all for
- Hub one which is on North Washington North walnut where the China buffet was So that was a previous
- project it wasn't even this project but because it's wells and wells, they're the permit holder They're
- the ones that get the fine. They however have chosen to pass this fine on to Crider because Crider was
- the one who was actually doing the work even though wells and wells and
- the permit holder Question for staff and possibly for legal page I'm curious of what our The scope of
- our possibilities are here is the possibility is it is it binary is it's only approve the appeal with
- no fines or
- deny the appeal with $4,000 fine or is there any place in between Hi, this is Alex Pratt with city legal
- Yes, so if you look on page four, I've given the board three options but this is also subject to redrafting
- if the board chooses so
- So the first option is uphold this fine and uphold the notice of violation The second option is uphold
- the notice of violation but reduce the fine to whatever the board thinks reasonable in this case Given
- that credit and Crider Has not had previous violations with the city and then the third option is to
- void the notice of violation and the fine
- Question I have for I think engineering staff primarily It's the city's preference that the general
- contractor be the permit holder for these projects. Is that correct? Yes But it is possible that other
- people can be applicants and then if they are the applicant and
- Sometimes we can apply the same concept to them And for the other Finds that Wells and Wells received
- are we anticipating that other subcontractors are coming before us in the future or Wells and Wells
- I do believe that all of the fines that have currently been issued to Wells and Wells have gone beyond
- the deadline for appeal Currently so right now we don't have We don't have any open fines issued to
- wells and wells other than this one currently So yeah, this is the only one that we have open with wells
- and wells currently And so they've paid the previous fines
- I believe so. Yes And they did have subcontractors that did apply for certain Right-of-way permits with
- this project, but because this is part of the main utility relocations For the project as a whole Wells
- and Wells applied for that permit just because of the size and the scope of
- Was being done and there were multiple contractors that worked on the utility relocations
- I don't think I have other questions. I have a certain level of frustration though that this permit
- holder had several violations and you know I understand the city's intention behind the escalating fines because
- They they're serious issues. They the reason that we have these permits and the reason we have
- the Transportation plan is so that we ensure the safety and accessibility of these spaces So it's important.
- I think that the city and the board is in kind of a strange situation with this request because the
- appeal is coming to us not by the permit holder and
- The appeal is coming to us by a subcontractor who is being told that they are responsible for the fine
- Though they actually are not the ones who have been fined And the reason that their fine is large is
- because their general contractor has violated the city requirements on multiple occasions So I guess
- this is a question for legal and
- Is there a reason why we have an appeal from a subcontractor when it was the general contractor who
- was fined? Hey Alex Pratt with city legal again this probably traces back to the city code section I
- Was looking at
- It's actually in the proposed order. I think just a sec So a responsible party any person who whether
- property manager principal agent owner lessee tenant contractor build an architect engineer Add individually
- in concert with another causes maintain suffers. So the code specifically refers to contractor and
- in addition with the engineering practice of associating the Responsible party with the permit holder
- just points to wells and wells in this case It's possible to change that in the future if the code is
- changed to reflect a subcontractor in this wording As a responsible party, but again that that would
- have to be a
- Clarified with engineering whether a subcontractor would need them to apply for a permit to be considered
- the responsible party in this case We're just looking at the code and practice Sorry Well, my question
- is why has the city accepted an appeal not from the responsible party the actual appeal did come from
- Wells and Wells and
- the actual paperwork for the appeal. The representative for the contractor that came today is Crider
- and Crider if that makes sense. But the actual appeal is from Jesse Graber from Wells and Wells which
- should be in the documentation in there. So he actually filed for the appeal. We're just hearing on
- his behalf from Crider Crider and he is not president. He is not.
- Are there other questions from the board? No. Is there a motion from the board? Do you need to open
- it to the public or not for an appeal? I move that we I suppose we vote on this depending on how it's phrased.
- That we uphold the appeal of notice of violation to Wells and Wells issued on August 15th twenty twenty
- five. Was that a motion to that was a motion to uphold the appeal uphold the violation or grant the
- appeal. Would you like to dismiss the violation or uphold the order. I'm sorry. What's the cleanest
- way for how this is worded.
- Uphold would you like to approve the appeal? So no fine. Okay, I will move that we Don't know the cleanest
- way to do this there it should be the third option on the order to uphold
- The NOV and assess fines regarding violation of BMC is that that's the question I'm asking Or would
- you like to uphold and assess okay, I move that we uphold the notice of violation and assessed fines
- regarding the violation of BMC 12.08 use of the right of way Second
- All right. We have a motion in a second. I will call the roll. Crone abstain. Roach. No. Okay. So we
- have an abstention a no vote for upholding the notice of violation on the fine.
- And I vote yes for upholding the notice violation and the fine so legal So we have to have a majority
- of votes yes in order for the motion to pass so the motion fails So will we entertain another motion
- Yes, if you choose so there is no decision right another motion Yep, is there another motion? Okay,
- I move we uphold the notice of violation Regarding the violation and assess fines of $500 second All
- right, we have a motion in a second I will call the roll crown This is fine. Yes
- Yes, and Cox Deckard no motion passes Thank you for hearing me out on this case and I just like to come
- in Let's know that a lot of this stuff on non city projects, you know like other projects we work at
- the city we have a project manager with the city and
- Directly working with us on any issues that we ever have on something like that if they see something
- wrong on a city street They address it it gets fixed immediately at least We've always fixed it immediately
- and I assume anybody else would when they're told to on a project like this one with a general contractor
- it's less working together not necessarily with us in the general contractor but more the city and the
- general contractor and
- It's less working together with the city and the general contractor and more just the governing body
- Assessing and Marie and them have been great on that job because it's been you know, the job's been
- difficult I mean let alone all the rock excavation for everything we've done there and the the amount
- of pedestrians that go through there And connecting to old and aging infrastructure gas lines falling
- apart out there I mean, it's been it's been a project and it'll be really nice for it to be done for
- the city and
- But it is a huge burden upon the contractors whenever we're out there working on things like this. And
- it's just tough dealing with all those things as to a city project when you have somebody working directly
- with you from the city to at least make sure everything's on the up and up and going in the right way
- when it comes to that. But I appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. We appreciate
- the work that you do.
- All right. Next up is petitions and remonstrances. If anyone is either in the room or on Zoom who would
- like to make a public comment about something not on the agenda now is the opportunity to do so. And
- if you're on Zoom you can use the raise hand function or the chat function to let us know you'd like
- to make a comment. None on Zoom.
- Seeing none. Next we have the consent agenda under the consent agenda. We have the minutes from August
- 12th of 2025 minutes from August 26th of 2025.
- Resolution 2025-081, Canopy of Lights 2025. Memorandum of Understanding for Hopewell Commons between
- City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation, City of Bloomington Utilities, and City of Bloomington Public
- Works. Outdoor Lighting Service Agreement with Duke Energy for West 2nd Street from South Walker Street
- to South Morton Street. Outdoor Lighting Service Agreement with Duke Energy for North Indiana Avenue
- from East Cottage Grove Avenue to East 13th Street. Change order package number one with the ENB paving
- for the North Walnut Street
- resurfacing project amendment to preliminary engineering contract with Kim Lee horn and Associates Inc
- for the Grimes at Walnut signal replacement project and payroll Do we have any items that need to be
- removed from the consent agenda this evening? We did make an adjustment to the consent agenda for the
- contract for tree trimming for the second Street modernization project at the work session to go forward
- on consent and
- So we will add the contract for tree trimming for a second street modernization project as well under
- that consent agenda. Any thing else that needs to be adjusted for the consent agenda. Seeing none is
- there a motion on the consent agenda. I move that we approve the consent agenda for tonight's meeting
- of November 3rd 2025.
- Second All right. Do we have any public comments on anything within the consent agenda? None on zoom
- Seeing none we have a motion in a second. I will call the roll crown. I Roach I Cox Deckard I motion
- passes Next we have new business first under new business is sidewalk and alley closure for phase three
- of Poplar's redevelopment
- Good evening, Kyle Wall from Engineering. F.A. Wilhelm is requesting sidewalk and alley closure on the
- south side of East 7th Street between Dun & Grant and the east-west alley also between Dun & Grant just
- south side of the property as part of the Poplar Street Development Project located at 400 East 7th
- Street. So this request is to accommodate equipment and material movement for construction activities
- with a planned
- Extension of the current closure so from November 13th of this year through June 18th of 2026 Thank
- you questions from the board None for me none for me Any public comments on this item None on zoom
- All right. Seeing none, I will. Do we have a motion? I move that we approve the sidewalk and alley closure
- for phase three of the Poplar's redevelopment. Second. All right. We have a motion and a second. So
- I will call the roll crown. I roach. Hi. Cox Deckard. I motion passes. Next up, we have bike lane closure
- extension for Poplar's redevelopment.
- Kyle Ball Engineering again. Effie Wilhelm is requesting a bike lane closure in the same parcel that
- I just described. So this is on the south side of East 7th Street adjacent to 400 East 7th. So this
- request is a little bit tricky. So last summer, sorry, this summer,
- We worked with them to get the bike lane closure set up with the expectation that we would have that
- reopened by mid-November of 2025. So now that we're hearing the extension, engineering staff does not
- feel that this is in the best interest of the public. The impact to the adjacent properties, the ridership
- of that particular corridor is down. We have gotten public
- Complaints about those that we want to make sure that we you know state that we hear and understand
- So at this time staff does not recommend approval of this request. We do have some representatives from
- FA Wilhelm In the room here if you would like to have any questions with them Thank you questions from
- the board on this item And I would like to hear from the petitioner, please
- going to give you some handouts. Same with you Elizabeth to help carry daily manhand project manager F.A.
- Wilhelm Dylan rash assistant project manager Wilhelm. Those documents right there outline our scope
- of work in regards to masonry across the north face of that building from right now at current point in time.
- to its finish with just brick and limestone. There's also caulking and some more finish work that needs
- to occur. Our proposal to the engineering department was to extend our use of the bike lane through
- the month of February. The second page of that handout really outlines what is in effect a problem with
- the bike lane and that's those very north faces of the building and the equipment that has to boom up
- to our scaffold
- A lot of that in order to do that it has to sit in the bike lane slightly or right up against it We
- feel it's in the best interest of the public and everybody involved that we're not so close to people
- biking running through that lane while we're booming up and moving material so close to that bike lane
- and then To go along with that simply in the bike lane itself so
- Getting us through the month of February with that work puts us basically on the very east side of the
- building and we can manage a project much safer at that point. Without that space for us and contractors
- involved it's a logistical nightmare. You have anything to add there Dylan in regards to that. Yeah
- I've got some photos if you'd like to see them and if I can send you in any of this documentation via email.
- Just ask we're an open book on the subject So the request is actually through February That's what we
- had requested as an alternative We originally had asked through the month of June as an alternative
- we feel if we are able to at least have that space through the month of February an official turnover
- date of March 2nd
- We could get the majority of that work that affects that bike lane complete and would have a much much
- easier way of completing that work without disrupting the public right next to it. That'll be operating.
- I looked at the agenda prior to this meeting. I saw some of the paperwork still says that June date
- and that was our original request. But engineering department highly suggested to amend that.
- basically our request now gets us critical path and You'll see that's on that northern most extent of
- the project so we could work within the courtyards. I'll be at less efficiently but In terms of the
- bike lane that spells it out Are we ready for questions Yes, okay
- Would that end of February March 2 dates would that not only give you the Time to finish the majority
- of the work that might impact that bike lane, but also get it cleaned up and ready for traffic Yes,
- okay Would we expect if you do not have control or
- Access to the bike lane after March 2nd and you need to do Still the easternmost part of the site Would
- we expect that you would come back with a request to close? Part of Dunn Street to accommodate a crane
- for the eastern side Yes, the eastern side of Dunn Street say separate topic to this we have an outline
- and a timeline for all that work on the eastern part in regards to closing down the parking and
- Along done right there done would still be maintained but that's the north side of the building. Could
- you do within the courtyard as opposed to closing done. Yes. Thank you. You mentioned that June dates
- would have been.
- Preferable to late February. Can you speak a little bit about what? Compromises you might be making
- or what kind of additional Logistics you're having to consider to do that work, but before the end of
- February then expanding it to June The main thing is there is along that north face you're gonna have
- scaffolding all set up and it's gonna be about 12 feet off the north face of the building so that
- Areas along the north roadway, which is critical to getting not just masonry work, but the whole scope
- of the projects work done It essentially blocks off the access to certain spots of the project If the
- bike lane is not in our use With the bike lane we're able to have the scaffold up and also do some booming
- up along with having traffic still flow inside our project along that north roadway without the bike
- lane that goes away and
- The preference of through June it just allows us to operate within the site more and we're able to lay
- down materials inside the site In a quantity that's much more than what we would if we didn't have the
- bike lane And then it allows less traffic on Dunn Street from our laydown yard That was the preference
- through June just more operation within the construction site as possible But as an alternative at the
- very least
- with the north face of that masonry work getting done by the end of February we're able to maintain
- a north roadway because the masonry works out of the way. I would add that maintaining the bike lane
- in our use it greatly helps us with deliveries which is a hefty logistical challenge at this job site.
- Can you speak a little bit about The your general timeline Are you ahead of schedule? Are you behind
- schedule? How is this impacting? Total project completion The project itself is mostly on schedule the
- main Scope of work that's behind schedules the masonry work the limestone production delayed us and
- really set us in the position we're in with with masonry progress as it sits right now and
- Then what the masonry pushes is a site concrete around the building especially the north face. Those
- two items are what's being pushed and theoretically beyond schedule finish at this point is the masonry
- and the site concrete work as it stands right now. Most all other scopes of work are doing pretty well.
- Are there other questions from the board? None for me. Thank you. Are there any public comments on this
- item? None on Zoom.
- Is there a motion from the board? I Move that we approve the bike lane closure extension for the Poplar's
- redevelopment second And do we need to add dates to that Sure, I move that we approve the bike lane
- closure extension for the Poplar's redevelopment through the month of February 2026 Second
- All right. We have a motion and a second. I will call the roll. Crone. Aye. Roach. Aye. Cox Deckard.
- Aye. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next up we have Ali closure at 205 East
- Kirkwood closure for northern alley for loading and unloading of trucks by service master. Hello.
- Zach Bell engineering field specialist Service master is requesting approval to close the alley to the
- north of 205 East Kirkwood Avenue for four weeks as part of restoration work for First Christian Church
- This request is to accommodate loading and hauling of materials. The traffic control would be in place
- from November 12th through December 10th there is a possibility of them starting earlier if masonry
- work on the east side is completed ahead of schedule and
- and the alley is reopened. Additionally six parking spaces will be also reserved through that time period
- if approved. Sheena Nicholson from service master has supplied maintenance of traffic plans. Thank you.
- Questions from the board. I have none. None for me. All right. Any public comments on this item.
- None on Zoom seeing none. Is there a motion. I move that we approve the alley closure at 2 0 5 East
- Kirkwood closure for northern alley for loading and unloading of trucks by service master. Second.
- All right. We have a motion and a second. I will call the roll. Caron I Roach I Cox Deckard I motion passes.
- Next we have road and sidewalk closure for work related to Banneker Center stair repair by LRT restoration
- technologies. Zach Bell again engineering field specialist LRT restoration technologies is requesting
- sidewalk and road closures one block west of 7th Street and the sidewalk on the north side of 7th at
- 930 West 7th Street as part of a project at the Banneker Community Center.
- This request is to accommodate machinery for the placement of the limestone steps. The traffic control
- would be in place from November 4th through November 25th. Additionally, several spark parking spaces
- will also be reserved through that time period if approved. Eric Spangler from LRT has supplied maintenance
- of traffic plans for all work. Thank you. Questions from the board.
- At the work session we talked about the homes on the south side of the streets So I took a look at them
- on Google Earth and none of them do have driveways One has access from the north-south street to the
- west and the other has access from an alley a north-south alley but In the Google Earth picture it does
- show their trash cans out on the street
- So I would urge you to work with them on the where they should be placing their trash cans their trash
- bins during the construction period Absolutely, and then also another request in the future for projects
- with a maintenance of traffic plan We want to see that maintenance of traffic. Okay, we want to see
- where those detours are Okay for the benefit of the public the assumption is that the nearest cross
- streets Would include some detour signs. Is that right? Correct. Okay
- Yeah, the sidewalk detours would be placed at the curb ramps that would facilitate easy passing and
- have the indicator strips and stuff. Right. And vehicle traffic too. Right. Yes, we can play some detours
- signs that would that would direct people around the closure. Right. Yeah, we could we could actually
- see that on map next time. OK. Any other questions from the board?
- None. Is there a motion from the board. I move that we approve the road and sidewalk closure for work
- related to Banneker Center stair repair by LRT restoration technologies. Second. Do we have any public
- comments on this item.
- Yes, I'm Eric Spangler with LRT and I Might have miscommunicated but it's it's looking like it's gonna
- be more December 4th through December instead of November So I just want to make that clarification
- because the materials not gonna be available until the 24th of November So the dates changed to December
- 4th to December 25th, okay Thank you for confirming that
- So we have a motion and a second with a date adjustment. I Will call the roll Caron I Roach I Was that
- an I yes, thank you Okay, coxdecker to I motion passes I
- Next up we have sidewalk closure for commercial driveway installation at 2655 South Adams Street by
- a United rentals that fell again United rental is requesting approval to close the sidewalk on the east
- side of Adams Street at 2655 South Adams For one week as part of driveway installation at Cornerstone
- Christian Fellowship the traffic control would be in place for one week between the dates of November
- 4th and November 25th 2025 and
- Venom fan you the applicant has supplied sidewalk detour maintenance of traffic plan Thank you questions
- from the board I Have none The maintenance of pedestrian traffic is it on the west side of Adams then
- the the closure will be on the east side where they're installing a driveway and similar to LRT's closure
- We would we will send them at across Appropriate crosswalks to the west side. Okay and there's a good
- sidewalk that you know, very compliant it will be a simple detour the the I Know the street there between
- those two ponds. There's no stop condition. So you might consider the crossing to happen at the roundabout,
- right? And again, please include those plans in the future
- Absolutely. Any public comments on this item. None on Zoom. Is there a motion. I move that we approve
- the sidewalk closure for commercial driveway installation at twenty six fifty five South Adams Street
- by United rental. Second.
- All right, I will call the roll crown. Aye. Roach. Aye. Cox Deckard. Aye. Motion passes. Next, we have
- change order package one with Weddle Brothers for CMC Logistics Center. Good evening, Max Litwin, Deputy
- Chief of Fire. This change order is to cover items that have come up that are needed for completion
- of the project of those items.
- About three percent is change in scope. Ten point six percent is unforeseen work for a total of thirteen
- point six percent. A majority of these are related to soil on site that's unusable that resulted in
- need for stabilization. Trucking out the unusable soil and trucking in usable soil that combined with
- some requests here to UDO requirements for the entire Winston Thomas parcel is what constitutes most
- of this cost you see.
- from the board on this item just a couple so the Unsuitable soil what it just wasn't Was there voids
- was there you know trash and things like that in there? It's mostly it's trash. It's dumping from over
- the years I think that the extent of that wasn't known it went deep and there was really nothing we
- could use so Costs were we tried to mitigate whatever cost we could through stabilization, but a lot
- of it just had to be trucked out and
- And replaced and the the UDO requirements briefly Can you describe that a little bit more those consist
- of so part of that there's a couple parts to this but Part of it is that this has triggered UDO requirements
- for the entire Winston Thomas site. So Items that maybe would normally be small become large when it's
- the entire parcel. So that's that's a part of it and
- Honestly, that's most of it. So I think we're talking about like sidewalk work on Specific items. Yes.
- Sorry sidewalks islands in parking areas trees landscaping Things of those nature. Okay Thank you Welcome
- I just want to confirm something we discussed at the work session, which is it appears there's a 20% cutoff in
- to change orders but the 10.6 percent of unforeseen work we're told by staff does not eat into part
- of that 20 percent. So we're only at 3 percent essentially due to the change in scope not including
- the unforeseen work. That is correct. Thank you. Yeah that's figures pertinent to divide those numbers
- out there. It is. Thank you. Any other questions from the board.
- None for me none for me Is there a motion I move that we approve change order package one with Weddle
- Brothers for CMC Logistics Center second All right, I will call the roll current. I Roach I Cox Deckard
- I motion passes Thank you. Thank you. Thanks Next we have contract with precision concrete for trip
- hazard elimination in various locations. I
- Miranda Beaver of Public Works for Joe Van Dievander of the Street Department This is a service agreement
- with precision concrete that we've used through our cooperative purchasing by board Contract this is
- a Proposing a saw cut solution and not grinding for the city of Bloomington to remove sidewalk trip
- hazards on sidewalks located in various locations
- Trip hazards will be eliminated leaving a maximum running slope ramp of one to eight as permitted to
- meet ADA requirements precision concrete services will correct one thousand five hundred and forty two
- trip hazards and this is a continuous project to repair all the trip hazards within the city and This
- service agreement is not to exceed the amount of ninety five thousand dollars Thank you questions from the board
- Couple saw cut solution versus grinding so we're talking about instead of cutting down Lips and things
- like that. We're taking out a section of sidewalk and replacing it, right? Yes. Okay, and would all
- the work that's precision concrete be doing is saw cutting or is it just to allow for some saw cutting here and
- Grinding there for these trip hazards. I believe that is a saw cut solution only Some of the other contracts
- that you've seen come through from precision for those were grinding And you may see some come back
- through for grinding It just depends on what area and what type of sidewalks currently there great.
- Thank you Any other questions from the board none for me I
- Is there a motion on this item? I move that we approve the contract with precision concrete for trip
- hazard elimination in various locations second All right, I will call the roll Corrine I Roach I Cox
- Deckard I motion passes Next we have staff reports and other business Miranda Beaver for public works.
- I would just like I
- If you could state for the record that I can use your stamp for signature for this as you are via zoom.
- Yes I will state for the record that you can use my signature as my or my signature stamp as my signature
- on the documents for this meeting. Thank you. All right. Next up is approval of claims. Do you have
- any questions on the claims.
- Any public comments on claims? None on zoom Seeing none is there a motion I move that we approve claims
- tonight in the amount of seven hundred twenty four thousand eight hundred forty six dollars and fifty
- seven cents second All right. I will call the roll crown. I Roach I Cox Decker I
- Motion passes and seeing as there is nothing else on our agenda this evening, I will call for adjournment.
- Thank you. Thanks, Kyla. Thank you.