- Alrighty Good evening folks Adam Weiss and public works director for the city of Bloomington I've got 5 31 p.m.
- On Tuesday, August 25th 2026 and this is the regularly scheduled Board of Public Works meeting We are
- in council chambers at 401 North Morton Street here in City Hall Bloomington, Indiana Two members present.
- We don't have member president Elizabeth Caron tonight. So we have a
- Kyla Cox-Deckard going to run the meeting and James Roach here as well. And if you are on Google or
- on the Zoom meet, you can use the raise hand function or the chat function if you have any public comment
- or if you have an agenda item and we will unmute you at that time. There is a Zoom link and meeting
- ID on the agenda posted on the website, et cetera. So I will turn it over to Kyla Cox-Deckard, Vice
- President of the Board of Public Works for tonight's meeting.
- Thank you. I call to order this regular meeting of the Board of Public Works this Tuesday, August 25th
- of 2026. First on the agenda, we have messages from board members. Do we have any messages from the
- board this evening? Next, we have Title VI abatements of 4310 East Hector Drive. Good evening. I'm Sean
- Hampton, Neighborhood Compliance Officer with Housing and Neighborhood Development.
- Am seeking continuous abatement for 4310 East Hector Drive due to excessive growth The first ticket
- was issued in early July from the previous compliance officer of the area I took over that neighborhood
- zone on August 1st and wrote my first ticket which had been the second ticket on August 4th The final
- ticket was issued August 12 resulting in my request for continuous abatement I believe this property
- is vacant in or abandoned and
- And no compliance will be made. No contact has been made with the owner and the owner has not been able
- to be contacted as well. Thank you. Questions from the board on this item. And I take it we don't have
- anyone from the public who's here to speak on this item. Seeing none. Is there a motion.
- Approval of the title six abatement for the property at 4310 East Hector Drive And I second I will call
- the roll Roach. I Cox Deckard. I motion passes
- Next is petitions and remonstrances. If anyone has joined our meeting who would like to make public
- comment on something that is not on our agenda this evening now is the opportunity to do so. If you
- are on Zoom you can use the raised hand function or the chat function to let us know you'd like to make
- a comment about something not on the agenda. If you're present in the room you can approach the microphone.
- Not on Zoom.
- Seeing none. And next we have the consent agenda under the consent agenda. We have resolution twenty
- twenty six dash zero three five pushcart vendor top dog resolution twenty twenty six dash zero three
- six mobile vendor.
- Taco Truck, Resolution 2026-037, Art in the Right of Way, Wrapped in Love, Right of Way Special Event
- with Lotus Festival, Right of Way Special Event with Trades District Block Party, Right of Way Special
- Event Witchfest, Outdoor Lighting Service Agreement with Duke Energy for South Jackson Street and West
- Smith Avenue, Outdoor Lighting Service Agreement with Duke Energy for West 3rd Street and South Fairfield Drive,
- outdoor lighting service agreement with Duke Energy for West Prospect Street and South Jackson Street
- update to preliminary contract with HNTB for 10th Street safety improvements project change orders 2
- and 3 for Patterson Kirkwood Rogers and Grimes paving project and service agreement with Wiley's for
- City Hall flooring as well as the payroll register. Do we have any items that need to be removed from
- the consent agenda this evening.
- Seeing none. Is there any public comment on anything within the consent agenda? Seeing none is there
- a motion I move approval of the consent agenda for the meeting of Tuesday August 25th. All right. I
- second I will call the roll roach. Hi Cox Deckard. I motion passes
- Next we have new business under new business. We have contract with the Rivertown Contractors LLC for
- curb ramp replacement project phase one Good evening board Adam waste and Public Works director on behalf
- of the staff down at the Street Division and Deputy Director Joe Van Dievander So this is a project
- that is going to replace construct 36 curb ramps curbs and sidewalks on Allen Street Adams Street and
- Woodlawn Avenue we Got six RFQs through our
- Procurement portal that were opened at the Board of Public Works work session on August 10th Rivertown
- construction LLC was the low Low bidder on that one in the amount of two hundred and eighteen thousand
- eight hundred and ninety five dollars We also received bids from all-star paving milestone contractors
- smocks smock fans their corporation EMB paving and forced construction company But again Rivertown was the low
- This project and we ask that you approve awarding the contract to Rivertown construction in the amount
- of two hundred and eighteen thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars and zero cents Thank you
- questions on this item just one question out of curiosity more than anything else did this come about
- because of Continuous review of sidewalks and curb ramps or is this an advance of a like a paving project?
- So this is one of our I Believe this is actually I'll confirm via email, but this is going to be I believe
- MPO HSIP money safety improvement program money because in what we've been talking about in our conversations
- about future requests for funding through the MPO is
- curb ramp replacement phase 2 3 4 & 5 and so I'm almost certain this is the first one of those phases
- and those get identified through Not only to get ahead of our future paving projects, but also for specific
- areas where we know we have substandard ramps and Curbs and sidewalks there so even though
- we'd be authorizing this contract
- The money be reimbursed through the federal funds. Let me follow up on that. I don't want to miss it
- on that one. I'll regard regardless as well as a needed project. Thank you. Thank you. Any public comments
- on this item. All right. Is there a motion. I move approval of the contract with Rivertown contractors
- LLC for curb ramp replacement project phase one.
- And I second I will call the roll Roche. Hi Cox Deckard. I motion passes Next is right-of-way closure
- request for a Bynum Fanyo on West Dodd Street Good evening Kyle ball from engineering Bynum Fanyo is
- requesting a temporary closure of the sidewalk adjacent to 221 West Dodd Street
- for a period of three days starting September 1st through to September 3rd of this year. This would
- be on the south sidewalk just adjacent to both the entry or both sides rather of the drive cut to the
- extra space storage facility there on the southern side of West Dodds. This closure would detour
- pedestrians to the north side of West Dodd Street For that time period I did have a discussion with
- vine and venue today and let them know if they need any additional Need to add any scope to this work
- as we discussed in the work session yesterday To please let me know and we'd you know, we'd work that
- out with them Thank you cool questions from the board on this item Any public comments on this item
- Seeing none. Is there a motion? Move I move approval the right-of-way closure requests for Bonifacio
- on West Dodd Street and I second I will call the roll roach. Hi Cox Deckard. I motion passes Next we
- have right-of-way closure request for city of Bloomington utilities on Maple Street and 4th Street Hello
- Zach bill engineering
- CBU is requesting approval of a temporary right of way closure at the intersection of South Maple Street
- and West 4th Street and the intersection of South Fairview Street and West 4th Street to accommodate
- stormwater maintenance work. The request includes temporary closures of the road intersections and sidewalks
- as necessary to safely complete the work. The closures are proposed from August 31st 2026 through September
- 25th 2026 in two phases during overnight hours.
- Pedestrians and vehicular traffic will be maintained shifted or rerouted in accordance with the approved
- maintenance of traffic plan Breaking out in two phases Motorists should use alternate routes while closures
- are in place and expect increased traffic in the surrounding area CB staff will work to minimize disruptions
- and maintain access to nearby homes and businesses throughout the project as with all construction activities
- the schedule is subject to change based on weather and field conditions
- petitioner shall install maintain all required signage barricades and traffic control devices maintain
- access to adjacent properties and limit the closure to the minimum area and duration necessary to complete
- the work Excuse me Questions from the board on this item Any public comment on this item Do we have a motion
- approval of the right-of-way closure requests for city of Bloomington utilities at Maple Street and
- 4th Street and I second I will call the roll roach. I Cox Deckard. I motion passes Next we have right-of-way
- closure requests for Miller pipeline at Bloomfield Road Zach Bell engineering again
- Miller pipeline is requesting approval of an extension for a temporary right-of-way closure at 1455
- West Bloomfield Road to accommodate service upgrades. The request includes temporary closure of a travel
- lane as necessary to safely complete the work. The additional closure is proposed from August 25th through
- September 1st during normal
- Construction hours pedestrian and vehicular traffic will be maintained shifted or rerouted in accordance
- with the approved maintenance of traffic plan Any questions from the board on this item any public comments
- on this item Seeing none is there a motion I Move approval the right-of-way closure requests for a Miller
- pipeline at Bloomfield Road Nice second. I will call the roll
- Hi Cox Deckard. I motion passes All right, next up we have a staff reports
- And again public works director just a couple quick heads up We've got some still major projects going
- on throughout the community with second and Rogers. We've got the worker on the Convention Center So
- still asking the public's patience as we work through all the projects both public and private There
- will be additional night work taking place on South Walnut Street starting tomorrow for a paving contract
- with EMB paving
- Staffs been working with them determine the night work made the most sense to try to limit the traffic
- impacts given all the other Construction projects going there. So from Grimes up to I believe it's first
- Street Maybe second but on walnut that'll get a fresh coat of pavement and they'll start the milling
- on that tomorrow and
- We do have a lane stripe the longline lane striping contractors in town So you may have seen a lot of
- no parking signs around 4th Street down to hillside on Lincoln and Washington that's to facilitate the
- on-street lane markings associated with the bike lanes and the traffic
- just the traffic markings in on Lincoln and Washington from 4th to Hillside so we had to mark a lot
- of no parking to keep the paint from going on to those cars as that work takes place but as soon as
- that dries we'll get the no parking signs removed hopefully it'll be a limited impact on the residents
- down there but it is a large area so
- Wanted to bring that to the board's attention and then last thing we had our last night of budget hearings
- with the City Council last night for our presentation our preliminary presentations Good questions from
- the council have some follow-up to do but overall just pretty standard study budget year as we're kind
- of dealing some with some of the impacts of SEA one and financial Implications that has on municipal
- government. So that's all I have for tonight, but appreciate all that you do Very good. Thank you
- Roger Street now reopened fully. I know to the southern part of it is thinking about the Grimes Grimes
- to whatever that was Kyle's shaking his head. Okay Bridge The second Rogers intersection is definitely
- open I believe the work that was going on just south of there on Roger Street has been largely completed
- with some auxiliary work going on I think there was a water line
- issue there that CBU was working on. So some of those were conflated unintentionally during those two
- things together. And just for awareness the third street two week closure between Walnut and college
- for the Bloomington Convention Center is starting. They're setting up tonight with full implementation.
- Tomorrow morning we are awaiting the second Rogers intersection to be reopened before deploying that.
- So a lot of coordination going on between those two projects right now. But Rogers and second open.
- All right. Thank you. All right. Next up is approval of claims. Any questions from the board on claims.
- We have two claims to approve this evening. Do we have a motion on the first set of claims. I move approval
- of the claims for the period of
- August 15th through August 28th in the amount of one million four hundred and One million four hundred
- and ten thousand two hundred and fifty seven dollars and fifty one cents And I second I will we have
- any public comment on claims All right, I will call the roll Roach I coxdecker I motion passes I
- And do we have a motion on the second set of claims. I move approval for the claims for the period between
- August 1st and August 14th in the amount of two million six hundred and thirty six thousand nine hundred
- and eighty two dollars and one cent. And I second. Do we have any public comment on those claims.
- All right. Seeing none. Call the roll Roach. Hi.
- Cox-deckard I Motion passes. I've got one quick update. I don't find out I will not adjourn on the phase
- one curb ramp project James That is actual local funding through the street division So this is a project
- that they've identified and then we have subsequent ones that we're going to work through the NPO on
- Thank you. All right, seeing as there's nothing else on our agenda. I will call for adjournment. I