I called to order tonight's meeting of the Board of Public Works on June 30th, 2026. First, we will
start with messages from board members. Any messages? I would just like to say it is very, very hot
outside and thanks to our public work crews who are still out sanitation street, fleet, doing all the
work that needs to be done even when the weather is pretty awful.
Next we'll move on to title six abatements. And first we have a request for a continuous abatement at
601 North Monroe Director we've got Kenny life forward and Taylor Brown from city legal or Kenny's from
hand and we've got Taylor with city legal This is a continuous abatement request at 601 North Morton
Street there were some pictures attached in the agenda of
The overgrown grass and weeds staff has been trying to work with the property owner This one appears
to be abandoned at this time and we've had no contact So we are asking for a continuous abatement on
this property at 601 North Morton Street. Oh I'm saying Morton like I'm at work. I mean Monroe Street.
I'm sorry We are at
We are at 401 North Morton Street. This is at 601 North Monroe. Let's clarify. Thank you, Taylor.
Thank you. Questions from the board? If anyone has public comment tonight and are in council chambers,
you may approach the podium. Anyone on Zoom? You can use the raise hand function or chat. Comments from
the public? Seeing none, is there a motion?
I move approval the request for continuous abatement for the property at 601 North Monroe Street Motion
and a second I will call roll Roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is a request for continuous abatement
at 700 West Gorley. I
public works director for the city of Bloomington this is at 700 West Gorley Pike and this is an abatement
request for trash and debris that's true about the entire property this is the old funeral home if you
remember on West Gorley Pike there's been a quite a few issues I drove by yesterday just take a look
see if any progress had been made it is in really rough condition this is gonna be one we're gonna have
to keep after there's some abandoned vehicles there's other abandoned items and trash and such so this
will be one
one we'll have to keep working on into the future, but asking for a continuous abatement of all the
piles of trash and debris that are strewn about the property. And again, we've got Kenny with hand here
for any questions. Thank you. Questions from the board? Just one quick question. So this is for trash
and debris. So the property owner is keeping the grass and weeds under control. Is that correct? I don't
know that there's a lot of grass or weeds on that property.
So it is a large lot and they actually do keep the adjoining property their mode. They just will not
clean up the trash All right. Thank you Quickly we talked about at the work session yesterday It looks
like there were four notices of violation in the fall from October 21 to November 20th and then picked
up again April 8th and four more this spring. Was there any communication? with the property owner after
that November 20th
I don't know the exact date of the communication, but I did reach out and they had a representative
reach out to me And they did they cleaned the property up one time. They told me they were it's supposed
to be torn down and Short they are very long on promises and very short on delivery So after trying
several times and then all communication is dried up. So This is where we are with that property. Thank you
Any public comment on this item? Is there a motion I Move approval for the request for continuous abatement
at 700 West Gorley Pike I Second I will call the roll roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is request
for continuous abatement at nine hundred and nine oh two West Cascade
Again, this is a continuous abatement request for overgrown lawn and landscape areas at 900 902 West
Cascade. This is a local property owner that we've tried to reach out to. There's been several notices
of violation issued as is shown in the packet and just have had no response. One of the units Kenny
mentioned is probably vacant, but the grass is getting to be waist high with no response from the property
owner or tenants.
Any questions from the board? No any public comment on this item Seeing none is there a motion I move
approval of the request for continuous abatement at nine hundred and nine oh two West Cascade Second
I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes Next is the request for continuous abatement at
921 West winding way and
Like a broken record, Adam Wason, Public Works Director. This is, again, overgrown grass and weeds at
921 West Winding Way. Have had no response from property owners on this one. There are some pictures
attached in the packet. And we will, again, ask for a continuous abatement in the instance that there
is no remediation by the property owners. Any questions from the board? Any public comment on this item?
Not on Zoom.
Is there a motion I move approval the request for continuous abatement for the property at 921 West
winding way I second I will call the roll roach. I crown I motion passes Next on the agenda is petitions
and remonstrances, which is a time for public comment on any item that is not on tonight's agenda if
there's anyone in the public in council chambers, feel free to approach
If you are on zoom feel free to raise hand function or chat I hear no one on zoom Okay Next we'll move
along to the consent agenda tonight's consent agenda is includes the minutes from May 19th 2026 minutes
from June 2nd 2026 outdoor lighting service agreement with Duke Energy for East 3rd Street and South
Grant Street and
Service agreement with Corson for facilities, service agreement with McAllister Machinery for facilities,
and payroll. Are there any board questions about the consent agenda? None for me. And no public comment?
None. All right. Is there a motion? I move approval of the consent agenda for the meeting of Tuesday,
June 30. And I second. I will call the roll. Roach? Aye.
Caron I motion passes Moving along to new business. First. We have a contract with DC construction for
paving of lots one three and five downtown great Adam Wason public works director again, this is a
You saw a contract for this project come through in December of 2025. This was some end of year funding
we had to do some additional maintenance in the downtown on some of our infrastructure. So these are
the surface parking lots that the city of Bloomington owns in the Kirkwood corridor. So this is going
to be behind the Buzzkirk Chumlee Theater, the surface parking lot there. There's a surface parking
lot on the west side of North Lincoln across the street from the library that city
hones and maintains, and then another surface lot behind Dunkirk Square where you've got Jimmy John's
and the Cookie Place and upstairs pub. So those parking lots are all owned by the city of Bloomington
and we tried to get a contract executed at the end of last year. Unfortunately, the low bidder on that
project, Riverside Paving and Contracting, declined to accept the project in the end and cited some
cost increases and they
simply backed out of the out of the project and the contract so we at this point in time in an effort
to try to Still get this work done this summer and get those parking lots improved are going to go to
the secondary bidder Which is DC construction services. We've been coordinating with them extensively
over the last couple weeks. They've agreed they can meet our deadlines they and
and are willing to work with us even though this wasn't on their original summer schedule. So we really
appreciate their efforts to fit this in. We're gonna have this done before that big August rush. It'll
go into August, but we're hoping that first week of August will be wrapped up with this project. So
this is for a project amount not to exceed $149,483 and zero cents. So we ask for your approval.
Thank you. Any questions from the board?
Any public comment on this item? All right, is there a motion? I move approval of the contract with
DC Construction for paving of lots one, three, and five downtown. And I second. With a motion and a
second, I will call the roll. Roach? Aye. Caron? Aye. Motion passes. Next is the right-of-way closure
request for Kappa Kappa Gamma at South Hawthorne Drive and 1018 East 3rd Street.
Petitioner is requesting approval of a temporary right away closure at one thousand eighteen east third
Street to accommodate parking lot repaving the request includes temporary closure of the sidewalk as
necessary to safely complete the work Closure is proposed to have a duration of four to five days within
the month of July during normal business hours pedestrian traffic will be rerouted in accordance with
the approved maintenance of traffic plan and
So there's a description there. I'm just gonna reroute it to the opposite side of the street Thank you
questions from the board Comment from the public no one on zoom All right, is there a motion? I move
approval of the right-of-way closure request for Kappa Kappa Gamma at on South Hawthorne Drive for the
property at Oh
1018 East 3rd Street my second I will call the roll Roach. I Korone I motion passes Next is a right-of-way
closure request for Amy Butler at 115 East 12th Street engineering again petitioners requesting approval
of temporary right-of-way closure at 115 East 12th Street to accommodate sidewalk repair work associated
with the city sidewalk repair request letter and
The request includes temporary closure of the sidewalk as necessary to safely complete the work. It's
proposed to have a duration of four to five days and will remain closed until final repairs are made.
Work will occur in July and same thing here, just rerouted to the opposite side of the street.
Thank you. Questions from the board?
We talked yesterday in the work session that this homeowner was doing the work themselves. And we were
talking about the putting up signs for the temporary crossings and things like that. Does the city street
department ever rent out signs or loan signs for things like that? That's a really good question and
something we're actually actively working on. We're currently working with several city departments,
public works,
planning, transportation, engineering, and others on what we're preliminarily calling a pedestrian facilities
operations plan. This is something we've been working on since we've been gathering a bunch of sidewalk
data citywide on how we can best approach getting sidewalks improved across the city.
One of the programs we're going to suggest in that and try to procure items for is just like you're
talking about. If we've got a small scale, couple three panels that need repaired on a sidewalk to have
some signage or other packaged here for a smaller contractor or a homeowner to be able to repair in
these really smaller scale projects. Not there yet, but trust the homeowner will be able to get some
proper signage just to get the traffic detoured.
pedestrian traffic detoured as they need for the short period Any public comment on this item Seeing
none is there a motion I move approval the right-of-way closure request for Amy Butler at 115 East 12th
Street my second I will call the roll roach. I Korone I motion passes. I
Last on new business is the right-of-way closure request for Snedegar at the multi-use path on West
Gordon Pike Well again engineering petitioners requesting approval of a temporary right-of-way closure
at 220 West Gordon Pike to accommodate gas connection The request includes temporary closure of the
multi-use trail as necessary to safely complete the work closures proposed July 1st through July 3rd
Work to connect the gas should take one day and remain closed overnight for one to two days until it
can be repaired. Pedestrian traffic will be rerouted in accordance with the approved maintenance of
traffic plan. So same deal here, safely get people across the street at crosswalks. Thank you. Questions
from the board? Any public comment on this item? Not on Zoom. All right, is there a motion?
Move approval the right-of-way closure requests for Snedeker at For the multi-use path on a West Gordon
Pike at 220 West Gordon Pike I Second I will call the roll Roach. Hi Caron. I motion passes. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is staff reports Looks like a staff report for North Walnut Street. Yeah, so Adam Wason
again public works director wanted to get you an update on the close so
get an update on the closer for- north Walnut street.
So Kyle Baw and the engineering team have been working with Kreider and Kreider and the developers of
the big apartment project on 19th Street. And so after making sure everything was in order with the
other adjacent property owners, there's a few landlocked properties in there that we needed to try to
coordinate some additional access to during the closure of Walnut. So the formal dates of that will
begin next Monday and be a two week period.
They are going to, hang on one second here. So from July 6th through the 20th, they'll have walnut closed
north of 17th. There'll be a closure point on 19th as well for local traffic to be able to utilize 19th
and Dunn to get, or 19th Street from Dunn so that those landlocked properties can get there.
So the main closure on walnut will be the two weeks from July 6 through the 20th 19th Street will have
a closure of one lane at that point in time and then from July 6 through the 3rd of August there will
be additional
plan closure on 19th Street for finishing this work. So this is all about getting the sewer connections
for the Hub 2 project to the sanitary main that is in Walnut Street. This is a complicated and this
is one that took a lot of work to really try to figure out all the details of all the properties, how
they can get access. You know, even working with the gas station up closer by the bypass to make sure
their fuel tanker trucks come in from Gorley Pike
instead of coming down college and trying to turn their north and Miller showers Pike or Miller showers
Park so lots of lots and lots of coordination going on just wanted to update the board that it is moving
from moving to that July 6th date for the Walnut Street closure really appreciate the team at Crider
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
work you know
for something that is gonna be a big project. So happy to try to answer any other questions on that
one, but wanted to update the board on those new dates. And then, so one other project to update you
on is we had a, what's that? Sure, okay. Okay. I just wanted to say thank you
Yeah. My name is James Ford and I'm with Crider and Crider. So I've been working with Zach and Kyle
and Andrew and everybody and I appreciate everybody helping get this thing through. I personally went
out myself with flyers to all the surrounding homes and businesses on the road and hand them out with
what our plans were. Walnut Street will be about two weeks and I know the dates that I had talked to
with everybody was
two weeks for a Walnut Street closure, and then the one lane on 19th Street, we'll have to take it,
and local traffic will be able to utilize 19th while we're through there. But I just wanted to set the
expectation here when we go through there, the third, that's the first time I've ever heard that date
for the third. For August 3rd on 19th Street? For August 3rd on 19th Street is the first time I've heard
that date. Okay. For August 3rd. Because originally,
I had talked about August 14th because that's when IU comes back in. And I wanted to make sure everything
was wrapped up and cleaned up by that date. And then with the confusion, we got pushed a little bit
more. So I just
we could still have work out there. I don't care if we have to allow full traffic and change some things
and plans on 19th and whatnot, but depending on what rock we hit when we're putting that line in, our
work could still be going on longer than August 3rd on 19th. Walnut will be done in two weeks, you know,
no matter what. So, cause I did submit and I don't know if they did it, put it through to you guys.
I applied for a noise permit whenever we did all this with Kyle, just way,
If we have to, like we hit all kinds of rock, we'll work around the clock to get it done. So just a
couple of notes there. So the expectation is that it's hoped to have 19th Street back to a working order
with at least local traffic, all that accommodated by that August 3rd. We do have a period of time here
between, you know, between July 6th, if you're starting to hit rock, the plan is, you know, you guys
would be in touch with Kyle and the team to say, hey, we do need that noise permit. We can execute that
at a staff level. We knew that might come in,
weren't sure if we were gonna need it or not. So that is something we would work with you on a staff
level. And if there are those major delays, we'll update the board at that time to let them know what's
going on with 19th Street. We all recognize the main focus here is Walnut Street. And so yeah, we'll
continue to work with you on that for sure. Yep. Yep, absolutely. Thank you. Yep.
All right, so I had one other just real quick update for you on a right away permit. This is the traffic
box painting project that the arts that the different organizations work with economic sustainable
development on the one that is located near at 122 North walnut got delayed a bit with the rain. So
they're going to have a little more time. They've got
Appropriate pedestrian right-of-way signs and such and make sure people have access to the ADA ramps
But just wanted to update you on that and last thing on a staff report
Just public works is working really hard to finish up our American Public Works Association accreditation
process. So we've had our peer review and our site review happens. Our onsite review happens in mid
July. So you'll we'll keep you updated on that. But things are looking good that we would receive the
full accreditation. So real big shout out to Chris Smith and the whole team that's been working on that.
So thank you. Congratulations. That's good news.
Next on the agenda is the approval of claims any board questions tonight on claims Okay No public comment
on claims. All right, is there a motion? I Move approval the claims for the meeting of Tuesday, June
30th and the amount of six million of five hundred and eighty thousand nine hundred and sixty five dollars
and two cents And I second I will call the roll wrote
Corona I motion passes and with nothing else on the agenda. I will call for adjournment