July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Bids for new park drive are opened (10/19/07)
Portland Board of Works
By By MIKE SNYDER-
The cost of extending a driveway into a proposed new Portland park will be more than $60,000.
Bids were opened Thursday for the extension of a drive and utilities into Hudson Family Park, which has been proposed and under development for several years on the southeast side of Portland.
The only current visible evidence of a park is an entrance off South Wayne Street consisting of a drive and roundabout with a replica of the South Meridian Street arch bridge in the center.
The new drive into the center of the park will allow access to trails, which are also in the process of development.
The apparent low bid opened Thursday by the Portland Board of Works was from LICA Construction Corp., at $64,292.06.
Also submitting bids Thursday were Tumbusch Construction Inc., St. Henry, Ohio ($68,059.45); JG Cast Construction, Muncie ($106,587); and Dirtworks & Asphalt, Parker City ($121.374).
Board members agreed to submit the bids to The Schneider Corporation, an engineering/consulting firm, for review.
Approximately 30 acres for development of the park was given to the city by the family of local banker/businessman Barry Hudson in 2000. It must be developed by 2010, including a lake and amphitheater, or the land and improvements will be given to Arts Place.
Also OK'd by a board was an agreement between the city and POET Biorefining - Portland, regarding a sewer line which connected the POET plant southwest of Portland to the city's sewage system.
The agreement covers issues flow and rates for the sewer line, which runs northeast from the plant, across the Salamonie River, then east along county road 150 South.
The agreement also stipulates that the city may not annex POET for a period of 10 years. A similar agreement was reached with Tyson Mexican Original prior to its construction in the mid-1990s. The city annexed Tyson and surrounding several years ago.
Also Thursday, the board of works agreed to waive sewer and water tap-in fees for a home being constructed in the 400 block of East Seventh Street by Jay County Habitat for Humanity Inc.
The board told Jeb Bubp, a habitat official, that a deposit for a water meter would not be waived.
The home is being constructed at 440 E. Seventh St.[[In-content Ad]]
Bids were opened Thursday for the extension of a drive and utilities into Hudson Family Park, which has been proposed and under development for several years on the southeast side of Portland.
The only current visible evidence of a park is an entrance off South Wayne Street consisting of a drive and roundabout with a replica of the South Meridian Street arch bridge in the center.
The new drive into the center of the park will allow access to trails, which are also in the process of development.
The apparent low bid opened Thursday by the Portland Board of Works was from LICA Construction Corp., at $64,292.06.
Also submitting bids Thursday were Tumbusch Construction Inc., St. Henry, Ohio ($68,059.45); JG Cast Construction, Muncie ($106,587); and Dirtworks & Asphalt, Parker City ($121.374).
Board members agreed to submit the bids to The Schneider Corporation, an engineering/consulting firm, for review.
Approximately 30 acres for development of the park was given to the city by the family of local banker/businessman Barry Hudson in 2000. It must be developed by 2010, including a lake and amphitheater, or the land and improvements will be given to Arts Place.
Also OK'd by a board was an agreement between the city and POET Biorefining - Portland, regarding a sewer line which connected the POET plant southwest of Portland to the city's sewage system.
The agreement covers issues flow and rates for the sewer line, which runs northeast from the plant, across the Salamonie River, then east along county road 150 South.
The agreement also stipulates that the city may not annex POET for a period of 10 years. A similar agreement was reached with Tyson Mexican Original prior to its construction in the mid-1990s. The city annexed Tyson and surrounding several years ago.
Also Thursday, the board of works agreed to waive sewer and water tap-in fees for a home being constructed in the 400 block of East Seventh Street by Jay County Habitat for Humanity Inc.
The board told Jeb Bubp, a habitat official, that a deposit for a water meter would not be waived.
The home is being constructed at 440 E. Seventh St.[[In-content Ad]]
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