July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
City, county to confer on project (10/27/03)
Wayne Street, Boundary Pike to be reconstructed
A major street reconstruction project on the southeast side of Portland may eventually need some help from the Jay County Drainage Board.
The $5 million project, which is in the final planning stages, would include the reconstruction of Wayne Street and Boundary Pike, including the separation of storm and sanitary sewers and the addition of new sidewalks and streetscaping. A grant has already been approved for the project, with the city’s share at 20 percent, or approximately $1 million.
Two of the major goals will be to improve drainage in southeast Portland and to separate three combined sewers.
Officials from Bonar Group joined Portland Mayor Jim Hedges this morning in preliminary discussions with Commissioners Gary Theurer and Mike Leonhard, who were meeting as the county drainage board. Commissioner Milo Miller Jr. was not in attendance.
Gary Smith of Bonar Group said that one of the components of the preliminary reconstruction plans would be to remove an existing 24-inch tile that runs near the east edge of Portland and create a large open ditch.
The J. Greaf Tile begins near Heather Park Apartments along Boundary Pike and runs to the north and east across undeveloped land, eventually dumping into the Salamonie River near Portland Pool.
Commissioners’ attorney Brad Burkett said this morning that the path of least resistance for those plans would be to gain the approval of two major landowners affected — Anna Belle Lare of rural Portland and Jon Study, who lives in Michigan. If the property owners are against the project, a variety of options, including condemnation, could be explored.
Lare owns a large chunk of land to the northeast of Heather Park Apartments and just south of county road 100 South (Seventh Street), while Study owns land between 100 South and the nature trails that are part of Weiler-Wilson Park.
Hedges said this morning that construction may begin next spring, with completion expected sometime in 2005.
Also this morning, a representative from a company that operates a retirement community just west of Jay County Hospital asked the drainage board for help in solving what he believes is a possible blockage of a tile that helps drain the area.
Scott Neff, representing the owners of Heritage Commons, said he believes that the Landauer Tile might be clogged. That tile drains storm water, including water from a retention pond along West Votaw Street, from the community.
A second series of condominiums is planned directly north of an assisted living center at the site and work is currently under way.
Although drainage plans for the new work have not been approved, an earlier approval of plans for the company included a larger assisted living complex with increased parking, so no additional storm water run-off should be created.
Theurer and Leonhard agreed to allow work to continue on the project while county surveyor Brad Daniels and Neff explore possible problems with the tile, which is in the Wehrly Watershed.
In other business this morning the commissioners:
•Heard Roy Leverich, secretary of the Jay County Cemetery Commission, say he recently was contacted by a bishop from the Amish community who was checking into rules and regulations governing the creation of a new cemetery.
Burkett, after some research, said it appears that anyone starting a new cemetery after 1997 must post $100,000 in cash with the State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service, a division of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.
There are currently no provisions or restrictions on the creating of a cemetery in the county’s zoning ordinance.
•Received a request from Linda Smith, who lives northwest of Portland, that an unnamed tile in the Loblolly Watershed be checked. Smith lives on county road 100 West, between county roads 200 North and 300 North.
Smith, who is also the county health nurse, also requested and received permission to create a new line item in the county health maintenance fund to purchase flu vaccines for county employees.[[In-content Ad]]
The $5 million project, which is in the final planning stages, would include the reconstruction of Wayne Street and Boundary Pike, including the separation of storm and sanitary sewers and the addition of new sidewalks and streetscaping. A grant has already been approved for the project, with the city’s share at 20 percent, or approximately $1 million.
Two of the major goals will be to improve drainage in southeast Portland and to separate three combined sewers.
Officials from Bonar Group joined Portland Mayor Jim Hedges this morning in preliminary discussions with Commissioners Gary Theurer and Mike Leonhard, who were meeting as the county drainage board. Commissioner Milo Miller Jr. was not in attendance.
Gary Smith of Bonar Group said that one of the components of the preliminary reconstruction plans would be to remove an existing 24-inch tile that runs near the east edge of Portland and create a large open ditch.
The J. Greaf Tile begins near Heather Park Apartments along Boundary Pike and runs to the north and east across undeveloped land, eventually dumping into the Salamonie River near Portland Pool.
Commissioners’ attorney Brad Burkett said this morning that the path of least resistance for those plans would be to gain the approval of two major landowners affected — Anna Belle Lare of rural Portland and Jon Study, who lives in Michigan. If the property owners are against the project, a variety of options, including condemnation, could be explored.
Lare owns a large chunk of land to the northeast of Heather Park Apartments and just south of county road 100 South (Seventh Street), while Study owns land between 100 South and the nature trails that are part of Weiler-Wilson Park.
Hedges said this morning that construction may begin next spring, with completion expected sometime in 2005.
Also this morning, a representative from a company that operates a retirement community just west of Jay County Hospital asked the drainage board for help in solving what he believes is a possible blockage of a tile that helps drain the area.
Scott Neff, representing the owners of Heritage Commons, said he believes that the Landauer Tile might be clogged. That tile drains storm water, including water from a retention pond along West Votaw Street, from the community.
A second series of condominiums is planned directly north of an assisted living center at the site and work is currently under way.
Although drainage plans for the new work have not been approved, an earlier approval of plans for the company included a larger assisted living complex with increased parking, so no additional storm water run-off should be created.
Theurer and Leonhard agreed to allow work to continue on the project while county surveyor Brad Daniels and Neff explore possible problems with the tile, which is in the Wehrly Watershed.
In other business this morning the commissioners:
•Heard Roy Leverich, secretary of the Jay County Cemetery Commission, say he recently was contacted by a bishop from the Amish community who was checking into rules and regulations governing the creation of a new cemetery.
Burkett, after some research, said it appears that anyone starting a new cemetery after 1997 must post $100,000 in cash with the State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service, a division of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency.
There are currently no provisions or restrictions on the creating of a cemetery in the county’s zoning ordinance.
•Received a request from Linda Smith, who lives northwest of Portland, that an unnamed tile in the Loblolly Watershed be checked. Smith lives on county road 100 West, between county roads 200 North and 300 North.
Smith, who is also the county health nurse, also requested and received permission to create a new line item in the county health maintenance fund to purchase flu vaccines for county employees.[[In-content Ad]]
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