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UPDATE ON WATER, SEWERS, ROADS, LIGHTING, TRAILS FOR SOUTH BEND

5/18/2019

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(28 Areas Covered on where your tax dollars are being spent)

** WASTEWATER CAPITAL PROJECTS **

$6,332,400 of Electrical Improvements
$800,000 Digester Gas Utilization (to be bid)
$500,000 Ameritech-Parkland Lift Station Upgrade (to be bid)
$110,000 Wastewater Treatment Plant Riverbank Stabilization
$2,200,000 for Douglas Road Life Station Relocation (to be bid)

** CURB & SIDEWALK REIMBURSEMENT **

$150,000 to match part of what homeowners are expected to pay for curbs and sidewalks

NOTE: $150,000 - Council Members claim to be assisting neighborhoods.
They have no problem voting for over $5,000,000 to $500K Condos and a $1.5M Penthouse for the Cascades.
    FYI, $5,000,000 could also have resurfaced 50 lane miles of roads.
    FYI, $5,000,000 could give 6 miles of sidewalks, 7,890 feet of curbs and 390 curb ramps

** STREETS: LASALLE & MARQUETTE **

INDOT LPA Project (80/20 funding) 
This means INDOT is paying 80% of this and the City is paying the other 20%
$1,589,000 for 2 miles of sidewalks, 2,630 feet of curbs, 130 Curb Ramps

** CURB & SIDEWALK PROGRAM **

$500,000 for curb, sidewalks, ramps, tree replacement around the City
   (Council Members can pick the areas)

NOTE: These 3 programs amount to $2,239,000

** COMMUNITY INVESTMENT **

$5,000,000 for "The Cascades"Architectural Elements 
   (Not sure if this is in addition to the $5M they already got)
$200,000 Main & Jefferson Earthwork Retention
$5,000,000 Commerce Center Pre-cast Panels
$1,300,000 Tech Resource Center (Catalyst II) 
$400,000 Drewry's Debris Cleanup
$100,000 More House Demolitions
$1,000,000 Gemini - Masonry, Stair and Site Improvements
$1,500,000 Lafayette Building Improvements
$1,000,000 Liberty Tower Masonry Repair, Storefront Glasswork, Site Work
    (Above and beyond what they have already received)
$500,000 Main Street/Wayne Street Garage Improvements
$75,000 Unity Gardens Site Improvement
$4,000,000 St. Joseph County Library 
   (Community Investment will cover this until the City has the funds)

** WATER CAPITAL FUNDED by RWDA/SSDA TIF **

$630,000 Edison Filtration Plant Roof Repair (to be bid)
$1,000,000 Olive GAC Plant Improvements (to be bid)
$233,000 Cleveland Well Improvements Construction (to be bid)
$2,347,000 South Well Field Improvements (to be bid)
$800,000 SR 23 from US 20 to Mayflower - New Main (to be bid)
$400,000 Water Main, Hydrant, Valve Replacement
$1,500,000 Pinhook Water Treatment Plant Upgrades
$950,000 North Station Treatment Upgrade
$616,000 Fellows Reservoir and Booster Station
$55,000 Ireland Tank and Booster Station

** VPA - VENUE PARKS AND ARTS **

Howard Park Reconstruction
West Bank Trail Improvements
Seitz Park Reconstruction, Phases 1 & 2
Leeper Park Improvements (to be bid)
Pulaski Park Improvements
O'Brien Center
VPA Athletic Courts
VPA Restrooms
Muessel Grove Restroom
Erskine Clubhouse
Century Center Upgrades

** FIRE DEPARTMENT **

Station 9 - Completion June 2019
$3,652,500 Cost
Fire Training Center - Completion August 2019
$649,937 Cost
Station #3 and #6 to accomodate women firefighters
Budget TBD

** LIGHT UP SOUTH BEND **

$200,000 (to be bid)
Partnering with I&M Power to install additional street lights
Lamppost program to install solar street lights
Logan - Mishawaka Ave - 30th Street Railroad Tracks
Lincolnway West - Williams - Colfax - LaPorte - Blaine (to be bid)

** TRAFFIC CALMING **

$250,000 plus grants (to be bid)

** SEWER & MANHOLE LINING **

$3,125,000 CSO 018 72" Sewer and other locations (to be bid)

** IRONWOOD & MISHAWAKA SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS **

$171,285.37 for Emergency Vehicle Signal Pre-emption at 
   20th & Mishawaka Ave and Ironwood & Mishwaka Ave
   ADA Improvements
   Signal Updates
   Pavement Markings
   Completion August 2019

** US 20 SANITARY SEWER EXTENSION **

$766,957 for 4,397 LFT of 12" diameter sewer main, 12 48" Manholes, 
   Connect Terre Verde Hills and to accomodate the new Chocolate Cafe location

** SMALL DRAINAGE PROJECTS **

$24,765 Lathrop between Riverside Drive and Parkview Place May 2019
$312,596 Olivia Circle, Hawbaker Street, Creekwater
$240,000 Overlook Court, Laurel Woods, East Bank Trail

** WEST SIDE QUIET ZONE **

$350,000 Silence train horns, pavement markings, signage, channelization

** COMMUNITY CROSSING PROJECT (INDOT) **

$1,200,000 50/50 matching funding (to be bid)
HMA Overlay, pavement grooving and thermoplastic pavement installation for 4 streets

** MICHIGAN STREET PAVING **

$1,800,000 Western to Colfax Ave (to be bid)

** TRAFFIC SIGNL INVENTORY **

$93,560 to do a light inventory, review timing and suggest improvements

** EWING & FELLOWS TRAFFIC SIGNAL **

$150,000 Replacement

** BENDIX DRIVE RECONSTRUCTION **

$2,000,000 INDOT LPA 80/20 Funding for new 3 lane concrete 
Reconfiguration of Nimtz Parkway and Boland Drive

** WESTERN AVENUE CORRIDOR **

$2,724,000 for Streetscape, new water main, sewer separation, concrete overlay

** SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING BEACONS **

$100,000 INDOT 90/10 funding

** RIVERBANK STABILIZATION **

$45,000 near Yukon and Riverside Drive

** LINCOLNWAY EAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENTS **

$1,455,000 for a Bike Trail

** COAL LINE TRAIL BIKE TRAIL **

$2,870,000 Phase One
$4,360,000 Phase Two

** Morris Theatre Plaster Repair **
  Ceilings were damaged when a beam was installed for $268,044.74  
  for the Phantom of the Opera Show to hold a 1,000 pound chandelier
  This was project #117-034 June 22, 2017, as an "Emergency Procurement"
  This is normally defined as, "Emergency Contract means a contract that 
  is awarded on an emergency basis due to a threat of harm to person 
  or property or threat of disruption of governmental services."
  The beam for a Musical is an "Emergency" at over $268K. It will 
  now cost even more for the taxpayers to repair the damage caused by it.

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