WEBVTT 00:00:00.386 --> 00:00:06.724 - I called to order tonight's meeting of the Board of Public Works on June 30th, 2026. First, we will 00:00:06.724 --> 00:00:13.062 - start with messages from board members. Any messages? I would just like to say it is very, very hot 00:00:13.062 --> 00:00:19.527 - outside and thanks to our public work crews who are still out sanitation street, fleet, doing all the 00:00:19.527 --> 00:00:23.710 - work that needs to be done even when the weather is pretty awful. 00:00:25.282 --> 00:00:32.784 - Next we'll move on to title six abatements. And first we have a request for a continuous abatement at 00:00:32.784 --> 00:00:40.432 - 601 North Monroe Director we've got Kenny life forward and Taylor Brown from city legal or Kenny's from 00:00:40.432 --> 00:00:47.860 - hand and we've got Taylor with city legal This is a continuous abatement request at 601 North Morton 00:00:47.860 --> 00:00:52.126 - Street there were some pictures attached in the agenda of 00:00:52.770 --> 00:01:00.744 - The overgrown grass and weeds staff has been trying to work with the property owner This one appears 00:01:00.744 --> 00:01:08.719 - to be abandoned at this time and we've had no contact So we are asking for a continuous abatement on 00:01:08.719 --> 00:01:16.851 - this property at 601 North Morton Street. Oh I'm saying Morton like I'm at work. I mean Monroe Street. 00:01:16.851 --> 00:01:18.430 - I'm sorry We are at 00:01:18.722 --> 00:01:26.673 - We are at 401 North Morton Street. This is at 601 North Monroe. Let's clarify. Thank you, Taylor. 00:01:26.673 --> 00:01:35.030 - Thank you. Questions from the board? If anyone has public comment tonight and are in council chambers, 00:01:35.030 --> 00:01:43.468 - you may approach the podium. Anyone on Zoom? You can use the raise hand function or chat. Comments from 00:01:43.468 --> 00:01:47.038 - the public? Seeing none, is there a motion? 00:01:48.194 --> 00:01:55.986 - I move approval the request for continuous abatement for the property at 601 North Monroe Street Motion 00:01:55.986 --> 00:02:03.854 - and a second I will call roll Roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is a request for continuous abatement 00:02:03.854 --> 00:02:05.502 - at 700 West Gorley. I 00:02:06.690 --> 00:02:12.740 - public works director for the city of Bloomington this is at 700 West Gorley Pike and this is an abatement 00:02:12.740 --> 00:02:18.563 - request for trash and debris that's true about the entire property this is the old funeral home if you 00:02:18.563 --> 00:02:24.274 - remember on West Gorley Pike there's been a quite a few issues I drove by yesterday just take a look 00:02:24.274 --> 00:02:30.154 - see if any progress had been made it is in really rough condition this is gonna be one we're gonna have 00:02:30.154 --> 00:02:35.978 - to keep after there's some abandoned vehicles there's other abandoned items and trash and such so this 00:02:35.978 --> 00:02:36.656 - will be one 00:02:36.656 --> 00:02:42.611 - one we'll have to keep working on into the future, but asking for a continuous abatement of all the 00:02:42.611 --> 00:02:48.803 - piles of trash and debris that are strewn about the property. And again, we've got Kenny with hand here 00:02:48.803 --> 00:02:54.877 - for any questions. Thank you. Questions from the board? Just one quick question. So this is for trash 00:02:54.877 --> 00:03:01.129 - and debris. So the property owner is keeping the grass and weeds under control. Is that correct? I don't 00:03:01.129 --> 00:03:04.702 - know that there's a lot of grass or weeds on that property. 00:03:04.802 --> 00:03:11.820 - So it is a large lot and they actually do keep the adjoining property their mode. They just will not 00:03:11.820 --> 00:03:18.977 - clean up the trash All right. Thank you Quickly we talked about at the work session yesterday It looks 00:03:18.977 --> 00:03:26.134 - like there were four notices of violation in the fall from October 21 to November 20th and then picked 00:03:26.134 --> 00:03:33.430 - up again April 8th and four more this spring. Was there any communication? with the property owner after 00:03:33.430 --> 00:03:34.750 - that November 20th 00:03:35.778 --> 00:03:42.696 - I don't know the exact date of the communication, but I did reach out and they had a representative 00:03:42.696 --> 00:03:49.960 - reach out to me And they did they cleaned the property up one time. They told me they were it's supposed 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:56.878 - to be torn down and Short they are very long on promises and very short on delivery So after trying 00:03:56.878 --> 00:04:04.350 - several times and then all communication is dried up. So This is where we are with that property. Thank you 00:04:05.794 --> 00:04:15.827 - Any public comment on this item? Is there a motion I Move approval for the request for continuous abatement 00:04:15.827 --> 00:04:25.303 - at 700 West Gorley Pike I Second I will call the roll roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is request 00:04:25.303 --> 00:04:31.806 - for continuous abatement at nine hundred and nine oh two West Cascade 00:04:32.130 --> 00:04:38.088 - Again, this is a continuous abatement request for overgrown lawn and landscape areas at 900 902 West 00:04:38.088 --> 00:04:44.165 - Cascade. This is a local property owner that we've tried to reach out to. There's been several notices 00:04:44.165 --> 00:04:50.064 - of violation issued as is shown in the packet and just have had no response. One of the units Kenny 00:04:50.064 --> 00:04:56.376 - mentioned is probably vacant, but the grass is getting to be waist high with no response from the property 00:04:56.376 --> 00:04:57.438 - owner or tenants. 00:05:01.666 --> 00:05:10.576 - Any questions from the board? No any public comment on this item Seeing none is there a motion I move 00:05:10.576 --> 00:05:19.400 - approval of the request for continuous abatement at nine hundred and nine oh two West Cascade Second 00:05:19.400 --> 00:05:28.310 - I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes Next is the request for continuous abatement at 00:05:28.310 --> 00:05:30.494 - 921 West winding way and 00:05:31.682 --> 00:05:38.448 - Like a broken record, Adam Wason, Public Works Director. This is, again, overgrown grass and weeds at 00:05:38.448 --> 00:05:45.148 - 921 West Winding Way. Have had no response from property owners on this one. There are some pictures 00:05:45.148 --> 00:05:51.914 - attached in the packet. And we will, again, ask for a continuous abatement in the instance that there 00:05:51.914 --> 00:05:58.880 - is no remediation by the property owners. Any questions from the board? Any public comment on this item? 00:05:58.880 --> 00:05:59.742 - Not on Zoom. 00:06:00.930 --> 00:06:08.150 - Is there a motion I move approval the request for continuous abatement for the property at 921 West 00:06:08.150 --> 00:06:15.731 - winding way I second I will call the roll roach. I crown I motion passes Next on the agenda is petitions 00:06:15.731 --> 00:06:23.024 - and remonstrances, which is a time for public comment on any item that is not on tonight's agenda if 00:06:23.024 --> 00:06:28.222 - there's anyone in the public in council chambers, feel free to approach 00:06:28.418 --> 00:06:36.560 - If you are on zoom feel free to raise hand function or chat I hear no one on zoom Okay Next we'll move 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:44.782 - along to the consent agenda tonight's consent agenda is includes the minutes from May 19th 2026 minutes 00:06:44.782 --> 00:06:52.766 - from June 2nd 2026 outdoor lighting service agreement with Duke Energy for East 3rd Street and South 00:06:52.766 --> 00:06:54.110 - Grant Street and 00:06:54.754 --> 00:07:02.802 - Service agreement with Corson for facilities, service agreement with McAllister Machinery for facilities, 00:07:02.802 --> 00:07:10.774 - and payroll. Are there any board questions about the consent agenda? None for me. And no public comment? 00:07:10.774 --> 00:07:18.518 - None. All right. Is there a motion? I move approval of the consent agenda for the meeting of Tuesday, 00:07:18.518 --> 00:07:22.846 - June 30. And I second. I will call the roll. Roach? Aye. 00:07:22.978 --> 00:07:31.346 - Caron I motion passes Moving along to new business. First. We have a contract with DC construction for 00:07:31.346 --> 00:07:39.390 - paving of lots one three and five downtown great Adam Wason public works director again, this is a 00:07:39.778 --> 00:07:45.829 - You saw a contract for this project come through in December of 2025. This was some end of year funding 00:07:45.829 --> 00:07:51.705 - we had to do some additional maintenance in the downtown on some of our infrastructure. So these are 00:07:51.705 --> 00:07:57.639 - the surface parking lots that the city of Bloomington owns in the Kirkwood corridor. So this is going 00:07:57.639 --> 00:08:03.457 - to be behind the Buzzkirk Chumlee Theater, the surface parking lot there. There's a surface parking 00:08:03.457 --> 00:08:08.286 - lot on the west side of North Lincoln across the street from the library that city 00:08:08.834 --> 00:08:15.884 - hones and maintains, and then another surface lot behind Dunkirk Square where you've got Jimmy John's 00:08:15.884 --> 00:08:22.933 - and the Cookie Place and upstairs pub. So those parking lots are all owned by the city of Bloomington 00:08:22.933 --> 00:08:30.052 - and we tried to get a contract executed at the end of last year. Unfortunately, the low bidder on that 00:08:30.052 --> 00:08:36.963 - project, Riverside Paving and Contracting, declined to accept the project in the end and cited some 00:08:36.963 --> 00:08:38.622 - cost increases and they 00:08:38.882 --> 00:08:44.876 - simply backed out of the out of the project and the contract so we at this point in time in an effort 00:08:44.876 --> 00:08:50.870 - to try to Still get this work done this summer and get those parking lots improved are going to go to 00:08:50.870 --> 00:08:56.865 - the secondary bidder Which is DC construction services. We've been coordinating with them extensively 00:08:56.865 --> 00:09:01.566 - over the last couple weeks. They've agreed they can meet our deadlines they and 00:09:02.274 --> 00:09:08.854 - and are willing to work with us even though this wasn't on their original summer schedule. So we really 00:09:08.854 --> 00:09:15.371 - appreciate their efforts to fit this in. We're gonna have this done before that big August rush. It'll 00:09:15.371 --> 00:09:21.698 - go into August, but we're hoping that first week of August will be wrapped up with this project. So 00:09:21.698 --> 00:09:27.836 - this is for a project amount not to exceed $149,483 and zero cents. So we ask for your approval. 00:09:27.836 --> 00:09:30.430 - Thank you. Any questions from the board? 00:09:32.930 --> 00:09:40.741 - Any public comment on this item? All right, is there a motion? I move approval of the contract with 00:09:40.741 --> 00:09:48.552 - DC Construction for paving of lots one, three, and five downtown. And I second. With a motion and a 00:09:48.552 --> 00:09:56.519 - second, I will call the roll. Roach? Aye. Caron? Aye. Motion passes. Next is the right-of-way closure 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:02.846 - request for Kappa Kappa Gamma at South Hawthorne Drive and 1018 East 3rd Street. 00:10:05.250 --> 00:10:11.723 - Petitioner is requesting approval of a temporary right away closure at one thousand eighteen east third 00:10:11.723 --> 00:10:18.009 - Street to accommodate parking lot repaving the request includes temporary closure of the sidewalk as 00:10:18.009 --> 00:10:24.545 - necessary to safely complete the work Closure is proposed to have a duration of four to five days within 00:10:24.545 --> 00:10:30.893 - the month of July during normal business hours pedestrian traffic will be rerouted in accordance with 00:10:30.893 --> 00:10:33.694 - the approved maintenance of traffic plan and 00:10:34.082 --> 00:10:43.191 - So there's a description there. I'm just gonna reroute it to the opposite side of the street Thank you 00:10:43.191 --> 00:10:52.123 - questions from the board Comment from the public no one on zoom All right, is there a motion? I move 00:10:52.123 --> 00:11:01.231 - approval of the right-of-way closure request for Kappa Kappa Gamma at on South Hawthorne Drive for the 00:11:01.231 --> 00:11:02.558 - property at Oh 00:11:03.074 --> 00:11:11.315 - 1018 East 3rd Street my second I will call the roll Roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is a right-of-way 00:11:11.315 --> 00:11:19.401 - closure request for Amy Butler at 115 East 12th Street engineering again petitioners requesting approval 00:11:19.401 --> 00:11:27.488 - of temporary right-of-way closure at 115 East 12th Street to accommodate sidewalk repair work associated 00:11:27.488 --> 00:11:31.262 - with the city sidewalk repair request letter and 00:11:31.938 --> 00:11:38.902 - The request includes temporary closure of the sidewalk as necessary to safely complete the work. It's 00:11:38.902 --> 00:11:45.866 - proposed to have a duration of four to five days and will remain closed until final repairs are made. 00:11:45.866 --> 00:11:52.352 - Work will occur in July and same thing here, just rerouted to the opposite side of the street. 00:11:52.352 --> 00:11:54.878 - Thank you. Questions from the board? 00:11:55.842 --> 00:12:02.642 - We talked yesterday in the work session that this homeowner was doing the work themselves. And we were 00:12:02.642 --> 00:12:09.641 - talking about the putting up signs for the temporary crossings and things like that. Does the city street 00:12:09.641 --> 00:12:16.309 - department ever rent out signs or loan signs for things like that? That's a really good question and 00:12:16.309 --> 00:12:22.978 - something we're actually actively working on. We're currently working with several city departments, 00:12:22.978 --> 00:12:23.902 - public works, 00:12:24.130 --> 00:12:29.819 - planning, transportation, engineering, and others on what we're preliminarily calling a pedestrian facilities 00:12:29.819 --> 00:12:35.198 - operations plan. This is something we've been working on since we've been gathering a bunch of sidewalk 00:12:35.198 --> 00:12:39.646 - data citywide on how we can best approach getting sidewalks improved across the city. 00:12:39.746 --> 00:12:45.807 - One of the programs we're going to suggest in that and try to procure items for is just like you're 00:12:45.807 --> 00:12:52.110 - talking about. If we've got a small scale, couple three panels that need repaired on a sidewalk to have 00:12:52.110 --> 00:12:58.171 - some signage or other packaged here for a smaller contractor or a homeowner to be able to repair in 00:12:58.171 --> 00:13:04.292 - these really smaller scale projects. Not there yet, but trust the homeowner will be able to get some 00:13:04.292 --> 00:13:07.262 - proper signage just to get the traffic detoured. 00:13:07.650 --> 00:13:17.007 - pedestrian traffic detoured as they need for the short period Any public comment on this item Seeing 00:13:17.007 --> 00:13:26.643 - none is there a motion I move approval the right-of-way closure request for Amy Butler at 115 East 12th 00:13:26.643 --> 00:13:33.406 - Street my second I will call the roll roach. I Korone I motion passes. I 00:13:34.882 --> 00:13:41.281 - Last on new business is the right-of-way closure request for Snedegar at the multi-use path on West 00:13:41.281 --> 00:13:47.872 - Gordon Pike Well again engineering petitioners requesting approval of a temporary right-of-way closure 00:13:47.872 --> 00:13:54.271 - at 220 West Gordon Pike to accommodate gas connection The request includes temporary closure of the 00:13:54.271 --> 00:14:00.734 - multi-use trail as necessary to safely complete the work closures proposed July 1st through July 3rd 00:14:00.866 --> 00:14:08.255 - Work to connect the gas should take one day and remain closed overnight for one to two days until it 00:14:08.255 --> 00:14:15.570 - can be repaired. Pedestrian traffic will be rerouted in accordance with the approved maintenance of 00:14:15.570 --> 00:14:23.252 - traffic plan. So same deal here, safely get people across the street at crosswalks. Thank you. Questions 00:14:23.252 --> 00:14:29.982 - from the board? Any public comment on this item? Not on Zoom. All right, is there a motion? 00:14:32.322 --> 00:14:40.121 - Move approval the right-of-way closure requests for Snedeker at For the multi-use path on a West Gordon 00:14:40.121 --> 00:14:47.920 - Pike at 220 West Gordon Pike I Second I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes. Thank you. 00:14:47.920 --> 00:14:55.719 - Thank you. Next is staff reports Looks like a staff report for North Walnut Street. Yeah, so Adam Wason 00:14:55.719 --> 00:15:01.118 - again public works director wanted to get you an update on the close so 00:15:01.506 --> 00:15:25.598 - get an update on the closer for- north Walnut street. 00:15:25.698 --> 00:15:32.211 - So Kyle Baw and the engineering team have been working with Kreider and Kreider and the developers of 00:15:32.211 --> 00:15:38.595 - the big apartment project on 19th Street. And so after making sure everything was in order with the 00:15:38.595 --> 00:15:45.108 - other adjacent property owners, there's a few landlocked properties in there that we needed to try to 00:15:45.108 --> 00:15:51.493 - coordinate some additional access to during the closure of Walnut. So the formal dates of that will 00:15:51.493 --> 00:15:54.302 - begin next Monday and be a two week period. 00:15:54.434 --> 00:16:03.915 - They are going to, hang on one second here. So from July 6th through the 20th, they'll have walnut closed 00:16:03.915 --> 00:16:13.216 - north of 17th. There'll be a closure point on 19th as well for local traffic to be able to utilize 19th 00:16:13.216 --> 00:16:21.534 - and Dunn to get, or 19th Street from Dunn so that those landlocked properties can get there. 00:16:22.306 --> 00:16:30.567 - So the main closure on walnut will be the two weeks from July 6 through the 20th 19th Street will have 00:16:30.567 --> 00:16:38.747 - a closure of one lane at that point in time and then from July 6 through the 3rd of August there will 00:16:38.747 --> 00:16:39.870 - be additional 00:16:40.194 --> 00:16:46.566 - plan closure on 19th Street for finishing this work. So this is all about getting the sewer connections 00:16:46.566 --> 00:16:52.692 - for the Hub 2 project to the sanitary main that is in Walnut Street. This is a complicated and this 00:16:52.692 --> 00:16:58.942 - is one that took a lot of work to really try to figure out all the details of all the properties, how 00:16:58.942 --> 00:17:05.191 - they can get access. You know, even working with the gas station up closer by the bypass to make sure 00:17:05.191 --> 00:17:08.254 - their fuel tanker trucks come in from Gorley Pike 00:17:08.322 --> 00:17:15.233 - instead of coming down college and trying to turn their north and Miller showers Pike or Miller showers 00:17:15.233 --> 00:17:22.211 - Park so lots of lots and lots of coordination going on just wanted to update the board that it is moving 00:17:22.211 --> 00:17:28.922 - from moving to that July 6th date for the Walnut Street closure really appreciate the team at Crider 00:17:28.922 --> 00:17:35.900 - and Crider and over at the hub to it's taken a lot of coordination and we think we've got a plan that'll 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.830 - work you know 00:17:37.058 --> 00:17:47.024 - for something that is gonna be a big project. So happy to try to answer any other questions on that 00:17:47.024 --> 00:17:57.089 - one, but wanted to update the board on those new dates. And then, so one other project to update you 00:17:57.089 --> 00:18:04.862 - on is we had a, what's that? Sure, okay. Okay. I just wanted to say thank you 00:18:05.634 --> 00:18:11.331 - Yeah. My name is James Ford and I'm with Crider and Crider. So I've been working with Zach and Kyle 00:18:11.331 --> 00:18:17.142 - and Andrew and everybody and I appreciate everybody helping get this thing through. I personally went 00:18:17.142 --> 00:18:22.953 - out myself with flyers to all the surrounding homes and businesses on the road and hand them out with 00:18:22.953 --> 00:18:28.708 - what our plans were. Walnut Street will be about two weeks and I know the dates that I had talked to 00:18:28.708 --> 00:18:29.790 - with everybody was 00:18:29.922 --> 00:18:35.519 - two weeks for a Walnut Street closure, and then the one lane on 19th Street, we'll have to take it, 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:41.285 - and local traffic will be able to utilize 19th while we're through there. But I just wanted to set the 00:18:41.285 --> 00:18:46.994 - expectation here when we go through there, the third, that's the first time I've ever heard that date 00:18:46.994 --> 00:18:52.871 - for the third. For August 3rd on 19th Street? For August 3rd on 19th Street is the first time I've heard 00:18:52.871 --> 00:18:55.838 - that date. Okay. For August 3rd. Because originally, 00:18:56.258 --> 00:19:02.536 - I had talked about August 14th because that's when IU comes back in. And I wanted to make sure everything 00:19:02.536 --> 00:19:08.458 - was wrapped up and cleaned up by that date. And then with the confusion, we got pushed a little bit 00:19:08.458 --> 00:19:09.406 - more. So I just 00:19:09.506 --> 00:19:15.839 - we could still have work out there. I don't care if we have to allow full traffic and change some things 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:21.991 - and plans on 19th and whatnot, but depending on what rock we hit when we're putting that line in, our 00:19:21.991 --> 00:19:28.323 - work could still be going on longer than August 3rd on 19th. Walnut will be done in two weeks, you know, 00:19:28.323 --> 00:19:34.355 - no matter what. So, cause I did submit and I don't know if they did it, put it through to you guys. 00:19:34.355 --> 00:19:38.878 - I applied for a noise permit whenever we did all this with Kyle, just way, 00:19:39.138 --> 00:19:44.446 - If we have to, like we hit all kinds of rock, we'll work around the clock to get it done. So just a 00:19:44.446 --> 00:19:50.019 - couple of notes there. So the expectation is that it's hoped to have 19th Street back to a working order 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:55.539 - with at least local traffic, all that accommodated by that August 3rd. We do have a period of time here 00:19:55.539 --> 00:20:00.900 - between, you know, between July 6th, if you're starting to hit rock, the plan is, you know, you guys 00:20:00.900 --> 00:20:06.420 - would be in touch with Kyle and the team to say, hey, we do need that noise permit. We can execute that 00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:08.862 - at a staff level. We knew that might come in, 00:20:09.058 --> 00:20:14.288 - weren't sure if we were gonna need it or not. So that is something we would work with you on a staff 00:20:14.288 --> 00:20:19.674 - level. And if there are those major delays, we'll update the board at that time to let them know what's 00:20:19.674 --> 00:20:24.904 - going on with 19th Street. We all recognize the main focus here is Walnut Street. And so yeah, we'll 00:20:24.904 --> 00:20:29.150 - continue to work with you on that for sure. Yep. Yep, absolutely. Thank you. Yep. 00:20:31.458 --> 00:20:37.520 - All right, so I had one other just real quick update for you on a right away permit. This is the traffic 00:20:37.520 --> 00:20:43.235 - box painting project that the arts that the different organizations work with economic sustainable 00:20:43.235 --> 00:20:49.008 - development on the one that is located near at 122 North walnut got delayed a bit with the rain. So 00:20:49.008 --> 00:20:52.126 - they're going to have a little more time. They've got 00:20:52.354 --> 00:20:58.553 - Appropriate pedestrian right-of-way signs and such and make sure people have access to the ADA ramps 00:20:58.553 --> 00:21:02.910 - But just wanted to update you on that and last thing on a staff report 00:21:03.426 --> 00:21:09.365 - Just public works is working really hard to finish up our American Public Works Association accreditation 00:21:09.365 --> 00:21:14.967 - process. So we've had our peer review and our site review happens. Our onsite review happens in mid 00:21:14.967 --> 00:21:20.682 - July. So you'll we'll keep you updated on that. But things are looking good that we would receive the 00:21:20.682 --> 00:21:26.565 - full accreditation. So real big shout out to Chris Smith and the whole team that's been working on that. 00:21:26.565 --> 00:21:29.310 - So thank you. Congratulations. That's good news. 00:21:31.362 --> 00:21:39.859 - Next on the agenda is the approval of claims any board questions tonight on claims Okay No public comment 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:47.956 - on claims. All right, is there a motion? I Move approval the claims for the meeting of Tuesday, June 00:21:47.956 --> 00:21:56.533 - 30th and the amount of six million of five hundred and eighty thousand nine hundred and sixty five dollars 00:21:56.533 --> 00:22:00.862 - and two cents And I second I will call the roll wrote 00:22:01.442 --> 00:22:07.294 - Corona I motion passes and with nothing else on the agenda. I will call for adjournment