Water & Light Committee Meeting
December 27, 2006
Minutes
Chair Cothard called the meeting to order at 18:30:28
Present were Tom Cothard, John Sornson, Dennis Wessels, Scott George, John Rasmussen and Mayor Sandy Decker.
1. Motion by Wessels 2nd by Sornson to approve November 29,2006 minutes Passed 3-0
2. There were no citizen concerns
3. Bruce Beth and Pete Johnson of Forster Engineering gave a presentation on the Electric System Study they have just completed.
4. Heidi Carvin of the Public Benefits Comm. recommended that the Water & Light Comm. provide low-income weatherization assistance to Evansville Town homes.
5. Roger Berg and Matt Brown representing Evansville Town homes requested low-income weatherization assistance. Motion by Wessels 2nd by Sornson to provide 80% of the$42075.33 for the project. Passed 3-0
6. Motion by Wessels 2nd by Sornson to accept bids for two new pick-up trucks (1)2007 short wheel base pick-up from Helgesen Ford @ 23,600.00 (2) 2007 ¾ ton regular cab pick-up from Symdom Chevrolet @ 24,323.14 passed 3-0
7. Chairperson Cothard discussed Truck Signs after a short discussion no action was taken
8. Superintendent George had no report
9. There was nothing more to come before the Comm.
10. Motion by Cothard 2nd by Wessels to Adjourn at 19:47:52 passed 3-0
Submitted J.A. Rasmussen
Sunday, December 3, 2006
Minutes; Water and Light: November 2006
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT UTILITY SHOP, 15 OLD 92
MINUTES
The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Water & Light Committee was held on November 29, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. at the Evansville Utility Shop.
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson
Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to approve the September 27, 2006 (October, 2006 meeting was cancelled) minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
None.
Discussion on inserts in the Water & Light bills.
Discussion of the outstanding balance of the Robert Schaefges account. Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to write off the remaining balance. Motion carried.
Committee Reports – Superintendent Scott George
Discussion of a potential date for a public hearing on the water rate case. No action taken.
Comments by William Dunlop from Foth & Van Dyke on the site plan for the biodiesel plant. No action taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT UTILITY SHOP, 15 OLD 92
MINUTES
The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Water & Light Committee was held on November 29, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. at the Evansville Utility Shop.
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson
Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to approve the September 27, 2006 (October, 2006 meeting was cancelled) minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
None.
Discussion on inserts in the Water & Light bills.
Discussion of the outstanding balance of the Robert Schaefges account. Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to write off the remaining balance. Motion carried.
Committee Reports – Superintendent Scott George
Discussion of a potential date for a public hearing on the water rate case. No action taken.
Comments by William Dunlop from Foth & Van Dyke on the site plan for the biodiesel plant. No action taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Minutes; Water and Light: September 2006
Water & Light Committee Meeting
September 27th 2006
Minutes
Cothard called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM
Present: Tom Cothard, John Sorenson, Dennis Wessels, Scott George, John Rasmussen & Mayor Sandy Decker.
1. Motion by Sornson 2nd Wessels to approve Aug. 30 minutes Passed 3-0
2. There were no citizens present
3. Cothard asked about Madison st. water project (going slow)
4. Scott said it was decided to pay WPPI over 5 years. Also Substation land purchase is proceeding.
5. Mayor Decker asks the committee to apply to have the Stand Pipe added to the Registry of Historical Places. As there is a grant to cover the cost of the application. Motion by Cothard 2nd Sornson to make the application. Passed 3-0
6. Motion by Wessels 2nd by Sornson to adjourn at 7:00 PM Passed 3-0
Submitted J.A.Rasmussen
September 27th 2006
Minutes
Cothard called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM
Present: Tom Cothard, John Sorenson, Dennis Wessels, Scott George, John Rasmussen & Mayor Sandy Decker.
1. Motion by Sornson 2nd Wessels to approve Aug. 30 minutes Passed 3-0
2. There were no citizens present
3. Cothard asked about Madison st. water project (going slow)
4. Scott said it was decided to pay WPPI over 5 years. Also Substation land purchase is proceeding.
5. Mayor Decker asks the committee to apply to have the Stand Pipe added to the Registry of Historical Places. As there is a grant to cover the cost of the application. Motion by Cothard 2nd Sornson to make the application. Passed 3-0
6. Motion by Wessels 2nd by Sornson to adjourn at 7:00 PM Passed 3-0
Submitted J.A.Rasmussen
Minutes: Water and Light: July 2006
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT UTILITY SHOP, 15 OLD 92
MINUTES
The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Water & Light Committee was held on July 26, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. at the Evansville Utility Shop.
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the June 28, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Concern of Brandi Harnack was discussed on receiving a second credit for monthly sewer bill charge on a residential property for watering of a re-done new lawn. Motion by Chairperson Cothard to deny the request, seconded by Alderperson Sornson. Motion carried.
Committee Reports – Foreman John Rasmussen
Foreman Rasmussen reported on the operations of the Water & Light Utility. No action was taken.
Foreman Rasmussen spoke on the status of the PSC forecasted water rate case. Discussion followed. Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to submit the water rate case to the PSC. Motion Carried.
Discussion on the 2006 operating budget and any changes or additions for submitting the proposed 2007 operating budget. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT UTILITY SHOP, 15 OLD 92
MINUTES
The regular monthly meeting of the Evansville Water & Light Committee was held on July 26, 2006, at 6:30 p.m. at the Evansville Utility Shop.
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the June 28, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Concern of Brandi Harnack was discussed on receiving a second credit for monthly sewer bill charge on a residential property for watering of a re-done new lawn. Motion by Chairperson Cothard to deny the request, seconded by Alderperson Sornson. Motion carried.
Committee Reports – Foreman John Rasmussen
Foreman Rasmussen reported on the operations of the Water & Light Utility. No action was taken.
Foreman Rasmussen spoke on the status of the PSC forecasted water rate case. Discussion followed. Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to submit the water rate case to the PSC. Motion Carried.
Discussion on the 2006 operating budget and any changes or additions for submitting the proposed 2007 operating budget. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Miinutes; Water and Light: June 2006
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Alderperson Wessels called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:32 p.m.
Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the May 31, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Judy Hale spoke of concerns of her power being disconnected due to unpaid utility bills, which resulted in food being spoiled in her refrigerator/freezer. She requested that the City of Evansville Water & Light Utility reimburse her for the cost of the spoiled food. Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to deny her request. Motion carried.
Comments from Mike Robinson of North Prairie Productions, LLC. Discussion followed. No action was taken.
Comments from Tom Paque of WPPI of a proposal to join WPPI, and of potential service they could provide to North Prairie Productions, LLC. Discussion followed. No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 operations.
Superintendent George reported on bids submitted for a new asphalt parking lot at the City of Evansville Water & Light shop. Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to accept the low bid by Bartelt Enterprises, Inc for $19,246.84. Motion carried.
Superintendent George reported on five-year capital plan for 2007-2011. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Alderperson Wessels called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:32 p.m.
Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the May 31, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Judy Hale spoke of concerns of her power being disconnected due to unpaid utility bills, which resulted in food being spoiled in her refrigerator/freezer. She requested that the City of Evansville Water & Light Utility reimburse her for the cost of the spoiled food. Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to deny her request. Motion carried.
Comments from Mike Robinson of North Prairie Productions, LLC. Discussion followed. No action was taken.
Comments from Tom Paque of WPPI of a proposal to join WPPI, and of potential service they could provide to North Prairie Productions, LLC. Discussion followed. No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 operations.
Superintendent George reported on bids submitted for a new asphalt parking lot at the City of Evansville Water & Light shop. Motion by Alderperson Wessels, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to accept the low bid by Bartelt Enterprises, Inc for $19,246.84. Motion carried.
Superintendent George reported on five-year capital plan for 2007-2011. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Miniutes; Water and Light: May 2006
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the April 26, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Ald. Fred Juergens spoke of his concerns of utility poles in Franklin Park. There was discussion on various options and potential expenses of removing the poles. Superintendent George agreed to follow up on the issue and report back at a later date. No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 status. Tests of the well have been excellent. Plan is to start operation of the well on Monday, June 5, 2006. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on status of WPPI. Discussion followed. WPPI will attend the next Common Council meeting, June 13, 2006 to discuss potential membership.
Discussion of WECC administered programs. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on capital projects. No action was taken.
Foreman Rasmussen reported on May electric service disconnections. Thirty services were disconnected. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:31 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:30 p.m.
Motion by Chairperson Cothard, seconded by Alderperson Sornson, to approve the April 26, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Ald. Fred Juergens spoke of his concerns of utility poles in Franklin Park. There was discussion on various options and potential expenses of removing the poles. Superintendent George agreed to follow up on the issue and report back at a later date. No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 status. Tests of the well have been excellent. Plan is to start operation of the well on Monday, June 5, 2006. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on status of WPPI. Discussion followed. WPPI will attend the next Common Council meeting, June 13, 2006 to discuss potential membership.
Discussion of WECC administered programs. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on capital projects. No action was taken.
Foreman Rasmussen reported on May electric service disconnections. Thirty services were disconnected. No action was taken.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:31 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Minutes; Water and Light: April 2006
WATER & LIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT OLD HWY 92
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:35 p.m.
Motion by Alderperson Sornson, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to approve the March 29, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Mr. Lewis Farnsworth spoke of his concerns on Deferred Payment Agreements on Utility Service Billings for residential accounts. Superintendent George agreed to follow up on the issue with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC). No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 Construction status. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on the preliminary forecasted water and electric rate case study. There was discussion of the issues involved. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on status of WPPI. Discussion followed. Superintendent George will meet with people at WPPI. WPPI will attend a future Common Council meeting to discuss potential membership.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006
6:30 P.M. AT OLD HWY 92
MINUTES
ROLL CALL IN ATTENDANCE
Thomas Cothard, Chairperson
John Sornson, Alderperson
Dennis Wessels, Alderperson Scott George, Superintendent
John Rasmussen, Foreman
Eric Jepperson, City Finance Director
Chairperson Cothard called the meeting of the City of Evansville Water & Light Committee to order at 6:35 p.m.
Motion by Alderperson Sornson, seconded by Alderperson Wessels, to approve the March 29, 2006 minutes of the Water and Light Committee as printed. Motion carried.
Citizen Concerns
Mr. Lewis Farnsworth spoke of his concerns on Deferred Payment Agreements on Utility Service Billings for residential accounts. Superintendent George agreed to follow up on the issue with the Wisconsin Public Service Commission (PSC). No action was taken.
Committee Reports – Superintendent George
Superintendent George reported on Well #3 Construction status. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on the preliminary forecasted water and electric rate case study. There was discussion of the issues involved. No action was taken.
Superintendent George reported on status of WPPI. Discussion followed. Superintendent George will meet with people at WPPI. WPPI will attend a future Common Council meeting to discuss potential membership.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:03 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Eric Jepperson
These minutes are preliminary and subject to approval by the Water & Light Committee at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
Minutes; Water and Light: January 2006
Evansville Water & Light Committee
Special Meeting
Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 6:00 PM
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
MINUTES
Chairman Cothard called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Present were Chairperson Cothard, Ald. Sornson, and Ald. Wessels. Staff present was Scott George, Superintendent of Water & Light Department, and Bill Connors, City Administrator
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sorson, to defer approval of the minutes of the December 28, 2005, meeting until the next regular meeting on January 25, 2006. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve letter of engagement with Virchow Krause & Co. LLP for year-end bookkeeping services and preparation of the 2005 report to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. Ald. Sornson asked Mr. Connors if it would be possible to hire a person with fewer qualifications to be the city finance director and then use the service of Virchow Krause & Co. each year to perform some of the more complex accounting duties, if the city continues to have difficulty finding a highly qualified person to be the city finance director. Mr. Connors said that would be possible, but he thinks that the combination of salary for the less qualified city finance director plus the fees of Virchow Krause would be greater than the salary of the highly qualified city finance director the city is seeking to hire. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve request from the Evansville Community Partnership for a grant in the amount of $3,950 from public benefits money for the 2006 Evansville Community Earth Day Energy Fair. The members of the committee commented that the Water & Light Department has made a similar contribution to the Energy Fair in past years. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Wessels, to adjourn at 6:15 PM. Motion passed.
Prepared by
William E. Connors
City Administrator
Minutes of meetings of the Water & Light Committee are not official until approved by the committee.
Special Meeting
Tuesday, January 10, 2006, 6:00 PM
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
MINUTES
Chairman Cothard called the meeting to order at 6:10 PM. Present were Chairperson Cothard, Ald. Sornson, and Ald. Wessels. Staff present was Scott George, Superintendent of Water & Light Department, and Bill Connors, City Administrator
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sorson, to defer approval of the minutes of the December 28, 2005, meeting until the next regular meeting on January 25, 2006. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve letter of engagement with Virchow Krause & Co. LLP for year-end bookkeeping services and preparation of the 2005 report to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. Ald. Sornson asked Mr. Connors if it would be possible to hire a person with fewer qualifications to be the city finance director and then use the service of Virchow Krause & Co. each year to perform some of the more complex accounting duties, if the city continues to have difficulty finding a highly qualified person to be the city finance director. Mr. Connors said that would be possible, but he thinks that the combination of salary for the less qualified city finance director plus the fees of Virchow Krause would be greater than the salary of the highly qualified city finance director the city is seeking to hire. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Sornson, to approve request from the Evansville Community Partnership for a grant in the amount of $3,950 from public benefits money for the 2006 Evansville Community Earth Day Energy Fair. The members of the committee commented that the Water & Light Department has made a similar contribution to the Energy Fair in past years. Motion passed.
Motion by Cothard, seconded by Wessels, to adjourn at 6:15 PM. Motion passed.
Prepared by
William E. Connors
City Administrator
Minutes of meetings of the Water & Light Committee are not official until approved by the committee.
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Minutes: Public Works: December 2006 (Met 1/3 because of xmas)
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of November meeting unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
4. Citizen appearances – NA
5. Discussion with Rock County Regarding County. Highway M
Rock County director of Public Works, Benjamin Coopman reviewed the importance of the proposed enhancements to County Highway M, requesting the city of Evansville & Rock County work cooperate on Hwy. M upgrades.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer, provided an update on the proposed changes to Hwy. M:
1. The city plans to extend water & sewer mains to the Biodiesel plant down Hwy. M.
2. North of the railroad tracks to Hwy. 14, the city plans to reconstruct Hwy. M to city urban standards.
3. South of the railroad tracks Hwy. M will be widened past the Biodiesel plant to account for a drive by lane into the plant.
4. Additional access points to Hwy. M from the proposed Industrial park.
The engineer is 75% complete with the road design.
The county requests the city enter into a formal agreement to facilitate cooperation regarding Hwy. M upgrades.
• Assign the City Administrator and City Engineer to investigate a formal agreement with Rock County regarding County Road M unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Requested Rock County to contact the WiDOT regarding painting turning lines on Hwy. M intersection with Hwy. 14.
6. Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street engineering design
A. Review Final Main Street Design
Last month the City Engineer reviewed the Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street and sidewalk elevation designs. Tonight we complete the evaluation by reviewing utility upgrades and street grades.
The sanitary sewer will be 12” PVC buried at the deepest depth located in the center of the road. The Main Street sewer mains will feed into Maple Street sewer main as it’s carried to the wastewater treatment plant. The storm sewer will be 18”concrete pipe buried at the shallowest depth located on the south side of the road. The water mains will be 10” ductile iron located on the north side of the road. Discussed possible special assessment for utility hookup to properties along Main St.
Examined street engineering construction drawings and grade locations. The design minimizes the steps into businesses by use of ramps into the entrances. Discussed strength on roadbed on withstanding truck traffic. The following is the cross section of the new road:
Cross Section of Brick Paver Section of Main Street
• 3.5” Paving Brick
• ¼” bed of sand (and in between the brick)
• 6” to 8” of reinforced concrete
• 6” to 8” of crushed aggregate
Cross Section of Asphalt Section of Main Street
• 4” Asphalt
• 4” of crushed aggregate
• 8” of gravel
Reviewed public comment from the December 21 Main Street Design Open House at Haugan Insurance. Each business owner had individual time with the engineers to discuss exactly how the construction will effect their operation.
• Project timeline is critical for the operation of each business.
• Communication between contractors and businesses critical.
• Each business can expect 6 days of closure do to construction.
• Feedback on the location of light fixtures.
• Night Owl issues. Reconstruct Maple Street to the alley. This change will increase project cost 7%.
• Improved and safe temporary sidewalk into businesses.
• Road signage issues.
• Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street design unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion on downtown side street parking, municipal lot and off-site parking.
In March 2006 we took an inventory of existing off-site parking, municipal lot parking & side street parking in downtown Evansville:
Location Number of Stalls
Main Street 111
Madison Street 33
Maple Street 22
North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) 38
Municipal Lot off Maple Street 55
Municipal Lot behind Grange Mall 14 (32 private lots)
• 273 Total Available Downtown Parking Stalls
Our survey found city’s the North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) at 65% capacity and Municipal Lot off Maple Street at 50% capacity during peak business activity.
Business leaders in attendance unanimously agree that current number of parking stalls is insufficient to support current business activities.
Main Street parking will be unavailable during construction (111 parking stalls) and 10 stalls will be occupied for Old Ace Hardware renovation. An estimate 150 – 170 parking stalls are required during peak business activity. Contractors will require parking for vehicles, equipment & staging materials. The downtown will have approximately 150 available parking stalls during Main St. construction.
We need to locate 50 – 75 additional parking spots.
We reviewed the motions from the March meeting with the newly appointed City Administrator.
• Request city administrator to contact the State employee commuters and ask them to relocate away from North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) during Main Street reconstruction.
• Request city administrator to investigate parking availability for the following locations: 1) old union Co-op location for contractor staging area & equipment parking; 2) Roller rink parking lot, 3) Fire district parking lot, 4) Dean community center & adjacent church parking lot.
• Requested these issues be given top priority by the City Administrator.
7. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
Foth & Van Dyke and Strand engineering firms are cooperating in the design of the storm water and erosion control. Improvements in the design occurred as a result of Strand’s recommendations. Additional storm water modeling required as a part of the design changes. Final storm water design by next public works meeting.
8. Lake Leota Reclamation Update
The V-notch seems to be working properly, but it will take time (months) for the lake to completely drain.
SOLE new web site: lakeleota.org
9. Communications from City Engineer
Combined new Intra-city and future bike path route plans. Made minor adjustments.
• Request Foth & Van Dyke’s to draw up the new Bike Path Route plan unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Noticed that the most recent changes to the City’s Transportation Plan via the Smart Growth Plan have not been incorporated into the City’s Smart Growth Transportation Map.
• Request Foth & Van Dyke’s to update the City’s Smart Growth Transportation Map unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Discussed the time line for awarding bids so the Main Street construction will start in middle of April.
10. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Plowing City Streets
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park. Building is almost erected.
• Cutting down & trimming trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Clean out Dean Center.
• Moving into new Public Works garage.
11. Interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Public Works has been getting the Dean Center ready for the move. Organizing phone and Internet hookups, clean up Dean Center.
The City Engineer submitted City Hall remodeling plans for contractors to bid on January 9. Projected remodeling start date is the last week of January. The project should take 8 weeks with a projected start date of April 2.
12. Review of 2006 Smart Growth Action Items
• Transportation #1.1 - PASER rating for road quality will be reported in March.
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map every 2 years – Updated in 2006 – Complete.
• Transportation #3 – Sidewalk Plan – Completed in 2006.
• Transportation #5.1 – Design road network according to traffic patterns – continuous
• Transportation #5.2 – Adopt a Class B Highway Ordinance – Not Applicable – Complete
• Transportation #6.1 – Reduced speed on USH 14 between Elmer Road & city limits – Complete
• Transportation #9.1 – Downtown parking – part of Main St. reconstruction in 2007 – Complete
• Transportation #9.2 – Replace downtown sidewalks & curbing – Main St. reconstruction in 2007.
• Utilities & Community Facilities #4.1 – Develop a regional storm water management plan with Union township – Not Complete – Part of the Evansville-Union Boundary & Extraterritorial agreements
• Agricultural, Natural & Resources #1 – Require analysis for soils with engineering limitations –Part of public works site plan checklists – complete.
• Agricultural, Natural & Resources #4.1 - Wellhead Protection ordinance enacted in January 2006.
• Economic Development #3.1 – Downtown streetscape plan – Complete
• Economic Development #3.2 – Support the historic design/character by investing in needed lighting, signage, pedestrian amenities, plantings and other improvements identified in the streetscape plan part of Main St. reconstruction in 2007 – Complete.
• Economic Development #3.3 - Complete an evaluation of parking availability and consider opportunities to establish parking on vacant lots, as well as shared parking areas along Union Street - Complete.
• Land Use #3.1 – Expand identification, directional, and historic street signage – Not Complete.
Next month we’ll look into 2007 Smart Growth Action Items
13. New Business
A. Motion to recommend to Council approval of Resolution #2006-52, authorize the representative to file the Recycling Grants to Responsible Units and Recycling Efficiency Incentive grant applications
This motion transfers the Authority for the Recycling grants from Public Works director to City Clerk.
• Recommend to Council approval of Resolution #2006-52, authorizing the City Clerk as representative to file the Recycling Grants to Responsible Units and Recycling Efficiency Incentive grant applications unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
14. Unfinished Business
A. Exchange Street Name Change
Reviewed City Resolution required to change the name of Exchange Street to Union Street. No changes made to the resolution going to council.
B. Citizens Concerns - Reviewed Citizens concerns received during the past month:
• New stop signs on 5th St. – Randy Carlson, 101 N. 5th St. complained that there is already to many stop signs in Evansville and adding more signs were unneccessary.
The city received a request from citizen Joseph Vaughn to add stop signs at the intersections of Lincoln Court and Lincoln Street, Lincoln Street and Higgins Drive, Badger Drive and Higgins Drive, Abbey Drive or Higgins Drive and 5th Street, Meadow Lane or West Main Street and 5th Street, and speed bumps on the 400 block of Badger Drive, 400 block of Lincoln Street, 300 block of Higgins Drive, and Higgins and Fowler Circles.
Public Works reviewed traffic violations in that area. City engineer drew up a traffic count plan. The Police radar speed trailer was used to measure traffic count and speed. The city engineer reviewed the traffic for the 5th Ave. area and recommended adding stop signs at 5th Ave. and Badger & Main St. intersections. This will divert traffic to 6th St. (new West Side collector road expected completion in 2006.)
The City has also received compliments from citizens such as Ron & Ann Marie Bennett 31 N. 5th St. on how the new stop signs are reducing speeds on 5th St. and how much safer the intersection of 5th & Badger is for children walking to school.
15. Meeting adjourned @ 9:07 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, January 22 at 6:00 p.m.
February’s Meeting: Wednesday, February 28 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Wednesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of November meeting unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
4. Citizen appearances – NA
5. Discussion with Rock County Regarding County. Highway M
Rock County director of Public Works, Benjamin Coopman reviewed the importance of the proposed enhancements to County Highway M, requesting the city of Evansville & Rock County work cooperate on Hwy. M upgrades.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer, provided an update on the proposed changes to Hwy. M:
1. The city plans to extend water & sewer mains to the Biodiesel plant down Hwy. M.
2. North of the railroad tracks to Hwy. 14, the city plans to reconstruct Hwy. M to city urban standards.
3. South of the railroad tracks Hwy. M will be widened past the Biodiesel plant to account for a drive by lane into the plant.
4. Additional access points to Hwy. M from the proposed Industrial park.
The engineer is 75% complete with the road design.
The county requests the city enter into a formal agreement to facilitate cooperation regarding Hwy. M upgrades.
• Assign the City Administrator and City Engineer to investigate a formal agreement with Rock County regarding County Road M unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Requested Rock County to contact the WiDOT regarding painting turning lines on Hwy. M intersection with Hwy. 14.
6. Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street engineering design
A. Review Final Main Street Design
Last month the City Engineer reviewed the Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street and sidewalk elevation designs. Tonight we complete the evaluation by reviewing utility upgrades and street grades.
The sanitary sewer will be 12” PVC buried at the deepest depth located in the center of the road. The Main Street sewer mains will feed into Maple Street sewer main as it’s carried to the wastewater treatment plant. The storm sewer will be 18”concrete pipe buried at the shallowest depth located on the south side of the road. The water mains will be 10” ductile iron located on the north side of the road. Discussed possible special assessment for utility hookup to properties along Main St.
Examined street engineering construction drawings and grade locations. The design minimizes the steps into businesses by use of ramps into the entrances. Discussed strength on roadbed on withstanding truck traffic. The following is the cross section of the new road:
Cross Section of Brick Paver Section of Main Street
• 3.5” Paving Brick
• ¼” bed of sand (and in between the brick)
• 6” to 8” of reinforced concrete
• 6” to 8” of crushed aggregate
Cross Section of Asphalt Section of Main Street
• 4” Asphalt
• 4” of crushed aggregate
• 8” of gravel
Reviewed public comment from the December 21 Main Street Design Open House at Haugan Insurance. Each business owner had individual time with the engineers to discuss exactly how the construction will effect their operation.
• Project timeline is critical for the operation of each business.
• Communication between contractors and businesses critical.
• Each business can expect 6 days of closure do to construction.
• Feedback on the location of light fixtures.
• Night Owl issues. Reconstruct Maple Street to the alley. This change will increase project cost 7%.
• Improved and safe temporary sidewalk into businesses.
• Road signage issues.
• Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street design unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion on downtown side street parking, municipal lot and off-site parking.
In March 2006 we took an inventory of existing off-site parking, municipal lot parking & side street parking in downtown Evansville:
Location Number of Stalls
Main Street 111
Madison Street 33
Maple Street 22
North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) 38
Municipal Lot off Maple Street 55
Municipal Lot behind Grange Mall 14 (32 private lots)
• 273 Total Available Downtown Parking Stalls
Our survey found city’s the North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) at 65% capacity and Municipal Lot off Maple Street at 50% capacity during peak business activity.
Business leaders in attendance unanimously agree that current number of parking stalls is insufficient to support current business activities.
Main Street parking will be unavailable during construction (111 parking stalls) and 10 stalls will be occupied for Old Ace Hardware renovation. An estimate 150 – 170 parking stalls are required during peak business activity. Contractors will require parking for vehicles, equipment & staging materials. The downtown will have approximately 150 available parking stalls during Main St. construction.
We need to locate 50 – 75 additional parking spots.
We reviewed the motions from the March meeting with the newly appointed City Administrator.
• Request city administrator to contact the State employee commuters and ask them to relocate away from North Municipal Lot (off Montgomery Ct.) during Main Street reconstruction.
• Request city administrator to investigate parking availability for the following locations: 1) old union Co-op location for contractor staging area & equipment parking; 2) Roller rink parking lot, 3) Fire district parking lot, 4) Dean community center & adjacent church parking lot.
• Requested these issues be given top priority by the City Administrator.
7. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
Foth & Van Dyke and Strand engineering firms are cooperating in the design of the storm water and erosion control. Improvements in the design occurred as a result of Strand’s recommendations. Additional storm water modeling required as a part of the design changes. Final storm water design by next public works meeting.
8. Lake Leota Reclamation Update
The V-notch seems to be working properly, but it will take time (months) for the lake to completely drain.
SOLE new web site: lakeleota.org
9. Communications from City Engineer
Combined new Intra-city and future bike path route plans. Made minor adjustments.
• Request Foth & Van Dyke’s to draw up the new Bike Path Route plan unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Noticed that the most recent changes to the City’s Transportation Plan via the Smart Growth Plan have not been incorporated into the City’s Smart Growth Transportation Map.
• Request Foth & Van Dyke’s to update the City’s Smart Growth Transportation Map unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Discussed the time line for awarding bids so the Main Street construction will start in middle of April.
10. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Plowing City Streets
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park. Building is almost erected.
• Cutting down & trimming trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Clean out Dean Center.
• Moving into new Public Works garage.
11. Interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Public Works has been getting the Dean Center ready for the move. Organizing phone and Internet hookups, clean up Dean Center.
The City Engineer submitted City Hall remodeling plans for contractors to bid on January 9. Projected remodeling start date is the last week of January. The project should take 8 weeks with a projected start date of April 2.
12. Review of 2006 Smart Growth Action Items
• Transportation #1.1 - PASER rating for road quality will be reported in March.
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map every 2 years – Updated in 2006 – Complete.
• Transportation #3 – Sidewalk Plan – Completed in 2006.
• Transportation #5.1 – Design road network according to traffic patterns – continuous
• Transportation #5.2 – Adopt a Class B Highway Ordinance – Not Applicable – Complete
• Transportation #6.1 – Reduced speed on USH 14 between Elmer Road & city limits – Complete
• Transportation #9.1 – Downtown parking – part of Main St. reconstruction in 2007 – Complete
• Transportation #9.2 – Replace downtown sidewalks & curbing – Main St. reconstruction in 2007.
• Utilities & Community Facilities #4.1 – Develop a regional storm water management plan with Union township – Not Complete – Part of the Evansville-Union Boundary & Extraterritorial agreements
• Agricultural, Natural & Resources #1 – Require analysis for soils with engineering limitations –Part of public works site plan checklists – complete.
• Agricultural, Natural & Resources #4.1 - Wellhead Protection ordinance enacted in January 2006.
• Economic Development #3.1 – Downtown streetscape plan – Complete
• Economic Development #3.2 – Support the historic design/character by investing in needed lighting, signage, pedestrian amenities, plantings and other improvements identified in the streetscape plan part of Main St. reconstruction in 2007 – Complete.
• Economic Development #3.3 - Complete an evaluation of parking availability and consider opportunities to establish parking on vacant lots, as well as shared parking areas along Union Street - Complete.
• Land Use #3.1 – Expand identification, directional, and historic street signage – Not Complete.
Next month we’ll look into 2007 Smart Growth Action Items
13. New Business
A. Motion to recommend to Council approval of Resolution #2006-52, authorize the representative to file the Recycling Grants to Responsible Units and Recycling Efficiency Incentive grant applications
This motion transfers the Authority for the Recycling grants from Public Works director to City Clerk.
• Recommend to Council approval of Resolution #2006-52, authorizing the City Clerk as representative to file the Recycling Grants to Responsible Units and Recycling Efficiency Incentive grant applications unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
14. Unfinished Business
A. Exchange Street Name Change
Reviewed City Resolution required to change the name of Exchange Street to Union Street. No changes made to the resolution going to council.
B. Citizens Concerns - Reviewed Citizens concerns received during the past month:
• New stop signs on 5th St. – Randy Carlson, 101 N. 5th St. complained that there is already to many stop signs in Evansville and adding more signs were unneccessary.
The city received a request from citizen Joseph Vaughn to add stop signs at the intersections of Lincoln Court and Lincoln Street, Lincoln Street and Higgins Drive, Badger Drive and Higgins Drive, Abbey Drive or Higgins Drive and 5th Street, Meadow Lane or West Main Street and 5th Street, and speed bumps on the 400 block of Badger Drive, 400 block of Lincoln Street, 300 block of Higgins Drive, and Higgins and Fowler Circles.
Public Works reviewed traffic violations in that area. City engineer drew up a traffic count plan. The Police radar speed trailer was used to measure traffic count and speed. The city engineer reviewed the traffic for the 5th Ave. area and recommended adding stop signs at 5th Ave. and Badger & Main St. intersections. This will divert traffic to 6th St. (new West Side collector road expected completion in 2006.)
The City has also received compliments from citizens such as Ron & Ann Marie Bennett 31 N. 5th St. on how the new stop signs are reducing speeds on 5th St. and how much safer the intersection of 5th & Badger is for children walking to school.
15. Meeting adjourned @ 9:07 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, January 22 at 6:00 p.m.
February’s Meeting: Wednesday, February 28 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minues: Public Works: November 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, November 27, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of October meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances – NA
5. Downtown Stereoscope Plan
A. Review Final Main Street Design
The City Engineer reviewed the Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street design. The city engineer reviewed the location of right a ways along Main St. comparing to location of sidewalks. He reviewed sidewalk width in front of all structures on Main Street. Discussed number of parking spaces & locations.
The City Engineer passed out sidewalk design elevations. The design minimizes the steps into businesses by use of ramps into the entrances. Reviewed all building entrances that will not be barrier free. Only two businesses will not be barrier free. Main Street sidewalk elevations will be distributed to all businesses along Main St.
Reviewed crosswalk locations. Added a crosswalk extended down the west wide of Rail Road Street.
Determined an Open House would be the best approach for Public Comment.
Main Street Design Open House: December 21, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Haugan Insurance
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Terra completed V-notch and cofferdam. They did a very professional job, but there was a lot of pooling behind the rip-rap holding the fabric that runs under the grade down to the new cut in the dam. Dave Sauer said the V-notch was built according to his design. The Rip-rap and Fabric are required to protect the dam substructure. The engineer believes the V-notch is working properly and it will take time (months) for the lake to completely drain. The pooling water seen upstream from the V-notch is from a saturated lake bed.
7. Preliminary Site Plan Review
A. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
• Transportation – Reviewed truck traffic flow into and exiting the facility. Two driveway access into site. Engineer recommends a left turn by-pass lane on CTY M going south. Improvements along County Road M built to urban street standards. Reviewed internal roads and fire access roads. Gravel road adjacent to R/R for track maintenance and fire protection access. Sidewalk to the industrial area not required. Reviewed R/R crossing. Discussed extending connecting road limits along CTY M to city limits.
• Sanitary Sewer – A 611’ sanitary sewer line 8 inches in diameter will run down County Road M connecting the Biodiesel plant to the WWTP. Discussed the potential concentration levels of Methanol in sanitary sewer and determine the levels to be safe and not harmful to the WWTP. A sanitary flow meter and sampling port is included on the site plan. The facility will discharge an average of 65 gpm (100 gpm at peak). This is a huge amount of sanitary discharge. Discussed the use of recirculating chillers. Discussed sanitary sewer hook up fees.
• Highly recommend use of recirculating chillers to reduce the impact on the WWTP unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Storm Sewer – Several on site storage ponds eventually flowing toward 24” storm sewer under County Road M. Process area contained. Reviewed visual inspection system procedures for storm water discharge from process area.
• Water Main – A 10” main required for fire suppression. Service size undefined at this time.
• Recommend North Prairie Productions site plan to planing commission committee contingent upon reviewing Public Works reviewing wastewater discharge plans unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Reviewed bike path locations, made some minor adjustments.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Leaf pickup.
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & trimming trees.
• Lots of street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Completed Water street paving.
10. Interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Public Works has been getting the Dean Center ready for the move. Organizing phone and Internet hookups, clean up Dean Center. Completing moving the YMCA out of the Dean Center has become a distraction. Discussed physical moving issues.
The City Engineer is ready to submit City Hall remodeling plans for contractors to bid. Projected remodeling start date is January 15.
11. Unfinished Business
The city attorny reviewed Evansville’s fence ordinance. His opinion is that a fence should be measured from the ground up. Directed the building inspector to enforce the fense ordinance according to these standards on a complaint basis.
12. New Business
A. Citizens Concerns - Reviewed several Citizens concerns received during the past month:
• Sink Hole at the intersection of Main Street and Court Street – The hole was opened for several day while it’s cause was investigated before it was filled in and repair. Discussed contractor warrentee on recently constructed road.
• Turn lines on HWY 14 and CTY M – several citizens have complained regarding the lack of turning lane signage. A year after requesting identification of turning lanes on Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection, DOT placed small signs identifying the turn lanes on the side of Hwy. 14. The city of Evansville recently painted turning lanes, and requested larger signage from the DOT.
• Missing Sidewalk Connections – One of the newer neighborhoods on the west side has not completed their sidewalk in a timely manner. The location has been noted and will be included in the City’s sidewalk construction plans.
B. Discussion to approve a stop sign at intersection of Orchard View Drive and County Road M.
This recently completed minor collector road is intersecting a major collector and creating safety concerns.
• Recommend to common council an ordinance amending stop sign locations to include a stop sign at the northeast coner of Orchard View Drive and County Road M. intersection unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
C. Exchange Street Name Change
Request City Attorney informs Public Works why Exchange Street name has not been changed to South Union St.
13. Meeting adjourned @ 9:22 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, November 27, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of October meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances – NA
5. Downtown Stereoscope Plan
A. Review Final Main Street Design
The City Engineer reviewed the Foth & Van Dyke’s Main Street design. The city engineer reviewed the location of right a ways along Main St. comparing to location of sidewalks. He reviewed sidewalk width in front of all structures on Main Street. Discussed number of parking spaces & locations.
The City Engineer passed out sidewalk design elevations. The design minimizes the steps into businesses by use of ramps into the entrances. Reviewed all building entrances that will not be barrier free. Only two businesses will not be barrier free. Main Street sidewalk elevations will be distributed to all businesses along Main St.
Reviewed crosswalk locations. Added a crosswalk extended down the west wide of Rail Road Street.
Determined an Open House would be the best approach for Public Comment.
Main Street Design Open House: December 21, 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Haugan Insurance
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Terra completed V-notch and cofferdam. They did a very professional job, but there was a lot of pooling behind the rip-rap holding the fabric that runs under the grade down to the new cut in the dam. Dave Sauer said the V-notch was built according to his design. The Rip-rap and Fabric are required to protect the dam substructure. The engineer believes the V-notch is working properly and it will take time (months) for the lake to completely drain. The pooling water seen upstream from the V-notch is from a saturated lake bed.
7. Preliminary Site Plan Review
A. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
• Transportation – Reviewed truck traffic flow into and exiting the facility. Two driveway access into site. Engineer recommends a left turn by-pass lane on CTY M going south. Improvements along County Road M built to urban street standards. Reviewed internal roads and fire access roads. Gravel road adjacent to R/R for track maintenance and fire protection access. Sidewalk to the industrial area not required. Reviewed R/R crossing. Discussed extending connecting road limits along CTY M to city limits.
• Sanitary Sewer – A 611’ sanitary sewer line 8 inches in diameter will run down County Road M connecting the Biodiesel plant to the WWTP. Discussed the potential concentration levels of Methanol in sanitary sewer and determine the levels to be safe and not harmful to the WWTP. A sanitary flow meter and sampling port is included on the site plan. The facility will discharge an average of 65 gpm (100 gpm at peak). This is a huge amount of sanitary discharge. Discussed the use of recirculating chillers. Discussed sanitary sewer hook up fees.
• Highly recommend use of recirculating chillers to reduce the impact on the WWTP unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Storm Sewer – Several on site storage ponds eventually flowing toward 24” storm sewer under County Road M. Process area contained. Reviewed visual inspection system procedures for storm water discharge from process area.
• Water Main – A 10” main required for fire suppression. Service size undefined at this time.
• Recommend North Prairie Productions site plan to planing commission committee contingent upon reviewing Public Works reviewing wastewater discharge plans unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Reviewed bike path locations, made some minor adjustments.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Leaf pickup.
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & trimming trees.
• Lots of street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Completed Water street paving.
10. Interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Public Works has been getting the Dean Center ready for the move. Organizing phone and Internet hookups, clean up Dean Center. Completing moving the YMCA out of the Dean Center has become a distraction. Discussed physical moving issues.
The City Engineer is ready to submit City Hall remodeling plans for contractors to bid. Projected remodeling start date is January 15.
11. Unfinished Business
The city attorny reviewed Evansville’s fence ordinance. His opinion is that a fence should be measured from the ground up. Directed the building inspector to enforce the fense ordinance according to these standards on a complaint basis.
12. New Business
A. Citizens Concerns - Reviewed several Citizens concerns received during the past month:
• Sink Hole at the intersection of Main Street and Court Street – The hole was opened for several day while it’s cause was investigated before it was filled in and repair. Discussed contractor warrentee on recently constructed road.
• Turn lines on HWY 14 and CTY M – several citizens have complained regarding the lack of turning lane signage. A year after requesting identification of turning lanes on Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection, DOT placed small signs identifying the turn lanes on the side of Hwy. 14. The city of Evansville recently painted turning lanes, and requested larger signage from the DOT.
• Missing Sidewalk Connections – One of the newer neighborhoods on the west side has not completed their sidewalk in a timely manner. The location has been noted and will be included in the City’s sidewalk construction plans.
B. Discussion to approve a stop sign at intersection of Orchard View Drive and County Road M.
This recently completed minor collector road is intersecting a major collector and creating safety concerns.
• Recommend to common council an ordinance amending stop sign locations to include a stop sign at the northeast coner of Orchard View Drive and County Road M. intersection unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
C. Exchange Street Name Change
Request City Attorney informs Public Works why Exchange Street name has not been changed to South Union St.
13. Meeting adjourned @ 9:22 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Wednesday, January 3 at 6:30 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes: Public Works: October 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, October 23, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of September meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances –
• Ray Nipple, 525 S. 5th street countered the claims made by his neighbor Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street regarding the storm water problem and fencing issues. Ray showed pictures of other noncompliant fences located with the city of Evansville. Discussed the storm water problem with the city engineer and determined the storm water problems occurs in the spring when the frozen ground is not allowing the storm water time to seep into the ground. Suggest the property owner at 525 S. 5th street to raise the shed base height.
• Roger Neil, 345 S. Madison Street expressed concern that no change in the appearance of the residence located at 337 S. Madison Street. Well-Fargo bank reviewing bids to clean it up and repair the building prior to selling the property.
5. Downtown Streetscape Plan
A. Review preliminary Main Street design
Driving lane width – The road width will be a consistent 57 feet. The troublesome driving lane width between Madison & Maple Streets would increase from 18½ ft. to 20 ft.
Parking – This design adds about 28 additional angle-parking stalls. Maximum parking option.
Sidewalk – width would be 8’ to 10’ except in front of the bowling alley (4.5’) and roller rink (7’). A standard sidewalk is 5’ wide. Narrow sidewalk areas force removal of streetlights.
• Paver Bricks will be used on Main St. from Maple to 1st
• Request City Attorney to grant Evansville Bowl an encroachment of 1.5’ into the right a way.
• A two-foot wide bump out would increase sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl to 6.5 feet, exceeding the ADA requirement. The bump out will created 3 – 4 compact car parking spaces in front of Evansville bowl.
• City Engineer will review proposed bump out with owners of Night Owl.
• West Main St. midblock crosswalk should line up with the crosswalk between Luchinge Realty and possibly the Westside of the alley by the Grange Mall. Discuss a bumpout at the crosswalk location.
• The street drawing should more accurately reflect the locations of the businesses on Main Street.
• The city engineers will adjust the sidewalk grade to allow for ADA access for businesses.
• The city engineers leave in the plans Roth Accounting driveway access onto Main St.
• Change Railroad Street to one way going north & Mill Street to a one-way going west after Main Street reconstruction. Change Montgomery Court to a temporary two-way street designation during Main St. construction in 2007.
• Installing new light fixtures from the bridge over Allen Creek to 1st Street. The city engineer will draw up a relocation plan for the existing light fixtures on west Main St. to the historic district.
• Place new donation plaques on new west Main St. light fixtures.
• Coordinate location of street light in front of old Ace hardware building with building owners.
• Allen creek bridge replacement will be pushed back to 2008 due to Rock county budget constraints.
• Placing 8 benches/trash receptacles as the following locations: State Farm Insurance or El Burrito Loco, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x). Identified exact locations.
• Request combining planters with benches.
• Discussed number of trees and locations. Try to keep as many existing trees as possible and add 11 additional trees. The exact tree locations will be done after final street design is complete.
• Added number and locations of bike hitches directly to the Main Street design drawing.
Other Main Street Reconstruction Issues
• Discussed pedestrian access & delivery access behind buildings during construction.
Main Street Reconstruction Implementation Timeline
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Review preliminary street design
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Bids for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam due in 2 weeks.
• Grant authority to City Engineer to select contractor if bid for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam in Lake Leota dam is under the budgeted $35,000 unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
7. Preliminary Site Plan Review
A. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
• Sanitary Sewer – A 611’ sanitary sewer line 8 inches in diameter will run down County Road M connecting the Biodiesel plant to the WWTP. Discussed the potential concentration levels of Methanol in sanitary sewer and determine the levels to be safe and not harmful to the WWTP. Discussed sanitary sewer hook up fee.
• Storm Sewer – Several on site storage ponds eventually flowing toward 24” storm sewer under County Road M. Process area contained.
• Water Main – A 10” main required for fire suppression, only require a 2” service.
• Street & Sidewalks – Improvements along County Road M built to urban street standards. Sidewalk to the industrial area not required. Two driveway access into site. Reviewed R/R crossing. Gravel road adjacent to R/R for track maintenance and fire protection access.
• Housing – not required for an industrial site.
• Environmental- Discussed products produced in the manufacturing process, including waste products. Reviewed how the manufactured products are stored on site and shipped off site. Reviewed potential emissions resulting from the manufacturing process.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Communicated to City Engineer citizen concerns regarding the Main/Madison streets intersection construction:
• Closure of Main/Madison intersection. Complete closure of the intersection, and failure to provide suitable temporary pedestrian crossing areas are a major inconvenience. Intersection was closed for over 2 weeks, including 2 weekends. In future, clear contractual requirements as to street closures and other access issues should be incorporated into the Contract Documents put out for bids, and be enforced by City.
• Temporary detour and signage issues. The detour route signage was been confusing. Visitors traveling through Evansville have been confused and irritated. This is bad for City's image and for downtown businesses district has suffered. The detour route signage just did not work. Expect the city engineer to come up with a better signage plan.
• Repaving Madison Street – Madison Street will be repaved with a 2” matte asphalt including butt joints to existing concrete.
• Notice of service interruptions - Interruptions of utility services to business need to be better then a note left overnight on front doors. Engineer and contractors need to be aware that many downtown businesses have a critical need for water supply.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
A. Discussion and possible motion regarding the turn lanes on HWY 14 and CTY M
A year after requesting identification of turning lanes on Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection, WiDOT placed small signs identifying the turn lanes on the side of Hwy. 14. The DOT does not have money in their budget for painting turning lane identification, but will allow the Evansville to paint turning lanes. Wrong time of the year for road painting (drying of paint issue).
• Instruct Public Works director to paint left-hand turn only on Hwy. 14 at Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion on commencement for the interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Selected project champions assigned to plan and complete the transition and remodeling of City Hall.
Public Works Director – Construction Supervisor
City Engineer – Construction timeline and planning coordinator.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Completed turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• ¼ completed constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Completed Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Leaf pickup.
• Water street paving.
10. Volunteer Mowers for City Parks – No volunteers to mow in city parks.
11. New Business - NA
12. Meeting adjourned @ 9:55 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, November 27 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, October 23, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Juergens & Ald. Sornson. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of September meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances –
• Ray Nipple, 525 S. 5th street countered the claims made by his neighbor Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street regarding the storm water problem and fencing issues. Ray showed pictures of other noncompliant fences located with the city of Evansville. Discussed the storm water problem with the city engineer and determined the storm water problems occurs in the spring when the frozen ground is not allowing the storm water time to seep into the ground. Suggest the property owner at 525 S. 5th street to raise the shed base height.
• Roger Neil, 345 S. Madison Street expressed concern that no change in the appearance of the residence located at 337 S. Madison Street. Well-Fargo bank reviewing bids to clean it up and repair the building prior to selling the property.
5. Downtown Streetscape Plan
A. Review preliminary Main Street design
Driving lane width – The road width will be a consistent 57 feet. The troublesome driving lane width between Madison & Maple Streets would increase from 18½ ft. to 20 ft.
Parking – This design adds about 28 additional angle-parking stalls. Maximum parking option.
Sidewalk – width would be 8’ to 10’ except in front of the bowling alley (4.5’) and roller rink (7’). A standard sidewalk is 5’ wide. Narrow sidewalk areas force removal of streetlights.
• Paver Bricks will be used on Main St. from Maple to 1st
• Request City Attorney to grant Evansville Bowl an encroachment of 1.5’ into the right a way.
• A two-foot wide bump out would increase sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl to 6.5 feet, exceeding the ADA requirement. The bump out will created 3 – 4 compact car parking spaces in front of Evansville bowl.
• City Engineer will review proposed bump out with owners of Night Owl.
• West Main St. midblock crosswalk should line up with the crosswalk between Luchinge Realty and possibly the Westside of the alley by the Grange Mall. Discuss a bumpout at the crosswalk location.
• The street drawing should more accurately reflect the locations of the businesses on Main Street.
• The city engineers will adjust the sidewalk grade to allow for ADA access for businesses.
• The city engineers leave in the plans Roth Accounting driveway access onto Main St.
• Change Railroad Street to one way going north & Mill Street to a one-way going west after Main Street reconstruction. Change Montgomery Court to a temporary two-way street designation during Main St. construction in 2007.
• Installing new light fixtures from the bridge over Allen Creek to 1st Street. The city engineer will draw up a relocation plan for the existing light fixtures on west Main St. to the historic district.
• Place new donation plaques on new west Main St. light fixtures.
• Coordinate location of street light in front of old Ace hardware building with building owners.
• Allen creek bridge replacement will be pushed back to 2008 due to Rock county budget constraints.
• Placing 8 benches/trash receptacles as the following locations: State Farm Insurance or El Burrito Loco, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x). Identified exact locations.
• Request combining planters with benches.
• Discussed number of trees and locations. Try to keep as many existing trees as possible and add 11 additional trees. The exact tree locations will be done after final street design is complete.
• Added number and locations of bike hitches directly to the Main Street design drawing.
Other Main Street Reconstruction Issues
• Discussed pedestrian access & delivery access behind buildings during construction.
Main Street Reconstruction Implementation Timeline
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Review preliminary street design
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Bids for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam due in 2 weeks.
• Grant authority to City Engineer to select contractor if bid for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam in Lake Leota dam is under the budgeted $35,000 unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
7. Preliminary Site Plan Review
A. North Prairie Productions Biodiesel Facility
• Sanitary Sewer – A 611’ sanitary sewer line 8 inches in diameter will run down County Road M connecting the Biodiesel plant to the WWTP. Discussed the potential concentration levels of Methanol in sanitary sewer and determine the levels to be safe and not harmful to the WWTP. Discussed sanitary sewer hook up fee.
• Storm Sewer – Several on site storage ponds eventually flowing toward 24” storm sewer under County Road M. Process area contained.
• Water Main – A 10” main required for fire suppression, only require a 2” service.
• Street & Sidewalks – Improvements along County Road M built to urban street standards. Sidewalk to the industrial area not required. Two driveway access into site. Reviewed R/R crossing. Gravel road adjacent to R/R for track maintenance and fire protection access.
• Housing – not required for an industrial site.
• Environmental- Discussed products produced in the manufacturing process, including waste products. Reviewed how the manufactured products are stored on site and shipped off site. Reviewed potential emissions resulting from the manufacturing process.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Communicated to City Engineer citizen concerns regarding the Main/Madison streets intersection construction:
• Closure of Main/Madison intersection. Complete closure of the intersection, and failure to provide suitable temporary pedestrian crossing areas are a major inconvenience. Intersection was closed for over 2 weeks, including 2 weekends. In future, clear contractual requirements as to street closures and other access issues should be incorporated into the Contract Documents put out for bids, and be enforced by City.
• Temporary detour and signage issues. The detour route signage was been confusing. Visitors traveling through Evansville have been confused and irritated. This is bad for City's image and for downtown businesses district has suffered. The detour route signage just did not work. Expect the city engineer to come up with a better signage plan.
• Repaving Madison Street – Madison Street will be repaved with a 2” matte asphalt including butt joints to existing concrete.
• Notice of service interruptions - Interruptions of utility services to business need to be better then a note left overnight on front doors. Engineer and contractors need to be aware that many downtown businesses have a critical need for water supply.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
A. Discussion and possible motion regarding the turn lanes on HWY 14 and CTY M
A year after requesting identification of turning lanes on Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection, WiDOT placed small signs identifying the turn lanes on the side of Hwy. 14. The DOT does not have money in their budget for painting turning lane identification, but will allow the Evansville to paint turning lanes. Wrong time of the year for road painting (drying of paint issue).
• Instruct Public Works director to paint left-hand turn only on Hwy. 14 at Hwy. 14 and County road M intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion on commencement for the interior remodeling of City Hall
On January 1, the city staff will move into the Dean Center while City Hall is remodeled. Selected project champions assigned to plan and complete the transition and remodeling of City Hall.
Public Works Director – Construction Supervisor
City Engineer – Construction timeline and planning coordinator.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Completed turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• ¼ completed constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Completed Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Leaf pickup.
• Water street paving.
10. Volunteer Mowers for City Parks – No volunteers to mow in city parks.
11. New Business - NA
12. Meeting adjourned @ 9:55 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, November 27 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes; Public Works: September 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, September 25, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Sornson, & Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of August meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances –
• Roger Neil, 345 S. Madison street, along with several other neighbors and concerned citizens formally complained about the upkeep and condition of the residence located at 337 S. Madison Street. Photo provided showed junk cars, trash, used needles, and garbage piled up in the yard. The city building inspector has reviewed this residence and stated it’s the “worst property he has ever seen in Evansville”. The building is currently vacant and owned by Well-Fargo bank. Prior to selling the property, bank plans to clean it up and repair the building.
• Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street, showed pictures of the storm water problem on her property. The resident at 535 S. 5th street build a garage and now storm water is backing up under a shed located at 525 S. 5th street. Both buildings were built in accordance to city code. The city building inspector and engineer recommends a storm water gutter system on the garage roof diverting the water away from the shed should eliminate the storm water problem.
• Directed the city engineer to write a letter to the resident at 535 S. 5th street to redirect the storm water away from 525 S. 5th street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street, showed pictures of the fence located along the property line with 535 S. 5th street. Diana Neunenschwander complained about the general appearance of the fence and the height of the fence. The fence is 6’ high, but raised 2’ off the ground. According to city ordinance maximum fence height is 6’. The city building inspector has given verbal notice to the property owner at 525 S. 5th street.
• Directed the city attorney to provide written notice to the resident at 535 S. 5th street to that it is the city’s opinion the fence height is measured from the ground and the fence must comply with the 6 foot height restriction unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
5. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
A. Discussion and possible motion to approve $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam.
The city engineer showed his calculation and preliminary design for cutting a large V-notch into the existing sluice gate and a cofferdam down stream. This design allows for temporary lowering the elevation to facilitate dewatering of the lake. City Engineer received DNR for approval for his plan.
The city engineer requests a budget amendment of $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam.
• Request from finance a budget amendment of $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam in Lake Leota dam unanimously approved on a Sornson-Hammann motion.
6. Downtown Streetscape Plan
A. Review preliminary street design itemized budget
The WiDOT awarded Evansville $398,800 out of the $498,500 requested for downtown street enhancement project. Now we can complete the budget for the downtown renovation plan. We reviewed preliminary street design itemized budget.
Main Street Reconstruction Budget
Since last year the energy costs, steel, asphalt & copper have increased significantly. Therefore, the budgets for the basic improvements have been revised.
Original Budget Current Budget
Street & sidewalk reconstruction & pavement $ 950,000 $1,000,000
Sanitary & Storm Sewers $ 250,000 $ 300,000
Water Mains $ 350,000 $ 400,000
Total $1,550,000 $1,700,000
Street amenities such as paving bricks, lights, trees & bike racks costs:
The cost for Paver Bricks on Main St. from Maple to 1st - $487,000.
Replace light fixtures to match east Main St. - $63,000.
Provide 5 new Benches & Trash receptacles - $9,000
Add 11 additional Trees - $14,000
Bike lane striping, directional signs & hitching posts - $37,000
Total costs for street enhancements - $610,000
Source of revenue for street enhancements:
WiDOT Enhancement Grant- $398,000
Private Donations - $12,000
City of Evansville Match - $200,000
Total revenue for street enhancements - $610,000
Main Street Reconstruction Budget
Street & sidewalk reconstruction & pavement $1,000,000
Sanitary & Storm Sewers $ 300,000
Water Mains $ 400,000
WiDOT Enhancement Grant $ 398,000
City of Evansville Match $ 200,000
Total $2,298,000
• Directed the city finance director to include $2,298,000 for the 2007 Main Street reconstruction Capitol Budget unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Other Main Street Reconstruction Issues
• Discussed cross walk design. Cross walks will be constructed with standard concrete, not paver bricks, to improve ADA accessibility.
• Discussed using asphalt or concrete in handicap parking spaces, not paver bricks, to improve ADA accessibility.
Main Street Reconstruction Implementation Timeline
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Review preliminary street design
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
7. Communications from City Engineer
• Updated construction of monitoring wells at WWTP.
• Updated construction on Madison Street. Soil boring samples significantly different then WiDOT anticipated.
8. Communications of Public Works Director
A. Volunteer Mowers for City Parks - Discussion regarding using volunteers to mow in city parks.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center. Focus on Aware section of the building.
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Begin leaf pickup in October.
9. New Business
A. Establishing Sidewalk Construction Procedures
Discussed establishing procedures for City Clerk to (1) notify property owners prior to sidewalk construction and (2) notifying property owners of sidewalk assessments.
B. Discussion on Cemetery Policies
Several Cemetery issues occurred recently and no one was able to manage the situation with the Public Works director on vacation and city administrator position vacant.
10. Meeting adjourned @ 9:06 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, September 25, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair), Ald. Sornson, & Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of August meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances –
• Roger Neil, 345 S. Madison street, along with several other neighbors and concerned citizens formally complained about the upkeep and condition of the residence located at 337 S. Madison Street. Photo provided showed junk cars, trash, used needles, and garbage piled up in the yard. The city building inspector has reviewed this residence and stated it’s the “worst property he has ever seen in Evansville”. The building is currently vacant and owned by Well-Fargo bank. Prior to selling the property, bank plans to clean it up and repair the building.
• Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street, showed pictures of the storm water problem on her property. The resident at 535 S. 5th street build a garage and now storm water is backing up under a shed located at 525 S. 5th street. Both buildings were built in accordance to city code. The city building inspector and engineer recommends a storm water gutter system on the garage roof diverting the water away from the shed should eliminate the storm water problem.
• Directed the city engineer to write a letter to the resident at 535 S. 5th street to redirect the storm water away from 525 S. 5th street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Diana Neunenschwander, 525 S. 5th street, showed pictures of the fence located along the property line with 535 S. 5th street. Diana Neunenschwander complained about the general appearance of the fence and the height of the fence. The fence is 6’ high, but raised 2’ off the ground. According to city ordinance maximum fence height is 6’. The city building inspector has given verbal notice to the property owner at 525 S. 5th street.
• Directed the city attorney to provide written notice to the resident at 535 S. 5th street to that it is the city’s opinion the fence height is measured from the ground and the fence must comply with the 6 foot height restriction unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
5. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
A. Discussion and possible motion to approve $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam.
The city engineer showed his calculation and preliminary design for cutting a large V-notch into the existing sluice gate and a cofferdam down stream. This design allows for temporary lowering the elevation to facilitate dewatering of the lake. City Engineer received DNR for approval for his plan.
The city engineer requests a budget amendment of $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam.
• Request from finance a budget amendment of $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam in Lake Leota dam unanimously approved on a Sornson-Hammann motion.
6. Downtown Streetscape Plan
A. Review preliminary street design itemized budget
The WiDOT awarded Evansville $398,800 out of the $498,500 requested for downtown street enhancement project. Now we can complete the budget for the downtown renovation plan. We reviewed preliminary street design itemized budget.
Main Street Reconstruction Budget
Since last year the energy costs, steel, asphalt & copper have increased significantly. Therefore, the budgets for the basic improvements have been revised.
Original Budget Current Budget
Street & sidewalk reconstruction & pavement $ 950,000 $1,000,000
Sanitary & Storm Sewers $ 250,000 $ 300,000
Water Mains $ 350,000 $ 400,000
Total $1,550,000 $1,700,000
Street amenities such as paving bricks, lights, trees & bike racks costs:
The cost for Paver Bricks on Main St. from Maple to 1st - $487,000.
Replace light fixtures to match east Main St. - $63,000.
Provide 5 new Benches & Trash receptacles - $9,000
Add 11 additional Trees - $14,000
Bike lane striping, directional signs & hitching posts - $37,000
Total costs for street enhancements - $610,000
Source of revenue for street enhancements:
WiDOT Enhancement Grant- $398,000
Private Donations - $12,000
City of Evansville Match - $200,000
Total revenue for street enhancements - $610,000
Main Street Reconstruction Budget
Street & sidewalk reconstruction & pavement $1,000,000
Sanitary & Storm Sewers $ 300,000
Water Mains $ 400,000
WiDOT Enhancement Grant $ 398,000
City of Evansville Match $ 200,000
Total $2,298,000
• Directed the city finance director to include $2,298,000 for the 2007 Main Street reconstruction Capitol Budget unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Other Main Street Reconstruction Issues
• Discussed cross walk design. Cross walks will be constructed with standard concrete, not paver bricks, to improve ADA accessibility.
• Discussed using asphalt or concrete in handicap parking spaces, not paver bricks, to improve ADA accessibility.
Main Street Reconstruction Implementation Timeline
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Review preliminary street design
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
7. Communications from City Engineer
• Updated construction of monitoring wells at WWTP.
• Updated construction on Madison Street. Soil boring samples significantly different then WiDOT anticipated.
8. Communications of Public Works Director
A. Volunteer Mowers for City Parks - Discussion regarding using volunteers to mow in city parks.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center. Focus on Aware section of the building.
• Sign Replacing
• Constructing new bathrooms in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Begin leaf pickup in October.
9. New Business
A. Establishing Sidewalk Construction Procedures
Discussed establishing procedures for City Clerk to (1) notify property owners prior to sidewalk construction and (2) notifying property owners of sidewalk assessments.
B. Discussion on Cemetery Policies
Several Cemetery issues occurred recently and no one was able to manage the situation with the Public Works director on vacation and city administrator position vacant.
10. Meeting adjourned @ 9:06 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, October 23 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes: Public Works: August 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, August 28, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director and Dave Saucer, City Engineer. Absent: Ald. Sornson. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of July meeting unanimously approved on a Juergens-Hammann motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Downtown Streetscape Plan
The WiDOT will award its $500,000 downtown enhancement grant in 3 weeks.
Once WiDOT the decision, Evansville can start putting together its budget. Discussed timeline for finalizing downtown renovation plan:
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Main Street design budget decisions (i.e. Paving bricks in or out).
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
Jeff Farnsworth discussed “windmill” designs.
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Below is a summary of SOLE’s presentation:
What’s been done?
• Strand Engineering study
• Lake draw down to study lake bed, inspect the dam and compact the silt
• Kiosk to communicate plans and timelines
• Consultations with experienced lake reclamation experts on different methods to remove sediment
• Evaluation of sediment storage locations and logistics
• Determination of what DNR permits and regulations are needed to carry out any reclamation plan
What has been learned?
• The volume of sediment in the lake
• Natural springs in the southwest side
• The history of the dam and sluice
• The need for a lower outlet level to get the remaining water out of the sediment
• The shape of Allen creek through the lake bed
• The causes of the sediment buildup
Where are we now?
• Lake has been drawn down for 10 months
• The dam is in good repair
• The sluice gate has a cement embankment in front of it to prevent sediment blockage
• The cement embankment is too high to complete sediment de-watering
• The project is at a critical juncture in order to proceed with any sediment removal plan
Next Milestones
• In order to get to a point of being able to remove any large quantity of sediment, the outlet level of the lake must be lowered
• Any plan to alter the sluice cement embankment has to be approved and funded by the public works department
• A comprehensive plan to reclaim the lake must be proposed and accepted by the parks committee, the public works committee and the city council
Proposed plan overview
• Get a design of altering the sluice cement sediment embankment approved by the DNR and the public works committee
• Decide the plan for sediment removal
• Decide the plan for removal of the east spillway and building of a fish ladder
• Decide the plan for rebuilding the sluice embankment to function as intended
• Overall project costs and timeline
• Approvals and funding
Step One
• Design of the alteration to the existing sluice sediment embankment must be approved by the DNR dam specialist and the city engineer
• Contractor, cost and timetable must be established
• The overall plan must be submitted to show how the first step fits into the overall plan
• Approval by the committees to alter the sluice must be expeditious to get the job done before fall wet season hampers work
Step Two
• Approval of the overall plan, funding and timeline must be galvanized by the DNR, park and public works committees and the city council to allow continuation of the project
• An environmental impact study must be completed by the DNR
Step Three
• Commencement of the excavation
Authorization confirmation of sediment transport over private lands
Contractor hired
Weather and sediment conditions to dictate start
Contingency plan against mother nature
Step Four
• Removal of east spillway
Redirection of creek though east spillway fork
Rebuilding of sluice sediment embankment retainer to operate as originally to be opened at regular intervals to clear sediment in front of the sluice and allow proper movement of the gate
Step Five
• Redirect the creek back through the rebuilt sluice
• Replace the east spillway with a rock fish ladder
• Refill the lake using the sluice to control the flow incrementally through the outlet and not detrimentally restrict the flow downstream
Step Six
• Establish partnerships with land owners upstream to reduce the amounts of soil erosion flowing into the lake
• Institute preventative measures to ensure proper use of the sluice to prevent excess sediment build up in front of the sluice
• Develop conservation plan to provide for aquatic life and recreational use
Answers to question made during the presentation:
• SOLE estimate dredging cost to be $2/cyd. Total project cost $500,000 to $600,000.
• Discussed how critical the V-notch in the sluice gate in completing dewatering the lake.
City Engineer’s Report on Lake Leota Restoration
• Discussed cutting a large V-notch into the existing sluice gate and a cofferdam down stream. The cofferdam is required if we want to Fill Lake Leota back up again. This will allow us a simple method for draining the filling the lake.
• The city engineer showed his calculation and preliminary designs.
• This design allows for temporary lowering the elevation to facilitate dewatering of the lake.
• The city engineering presented a budget and timeline for the project:
V-notch into the existing sluice gate
Saw cut and removal $4,000
Excavate and soil erosions protection $5,500
Equipment Mobilization $2,500
Cost for V-notching in existing sluice gate $12,500
Cost for Coffer Dam & dewatering $16,000
Total project cost is $28,500 + engineering and an estimated 4 – 6 weeks for completion. The city engineer budget request is for $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam. Budget request will be discussed at next months Public Works meeting.
• Direct City Engineer to submit his plans to DNR for approval unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
7. Communications from City Engineer
A. Approval of Sidewalk Bid
The city received 3 bids for the sidewalk construction at 2nd and Fair Street. The project is estimated at 5,000 sqft and 3 handicap intersections.
1. Rock River Concrete: $4.5 sqft or $22,750.
2. Johnson Brothers: $3.70/sqft (4”), $4.15 sqft (6”) and $260 for each handicap intersection for a total of $19,280.
3. Allen Construction: $22,240.
• Awarded Johnson Brothers bid of $3.70/sqft for 4” sidewalk; $4.15 sqft for 6” sidewalk and $260 for each handicap intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion regarding hiring of additional city engineering services for North Prairie Production biodiesel fuel facility project
North Prairie hired Foth & Van Dyke to provide engineering services for items such as environmental services and site plan design. The city encourages North Prairie to consult Foth & Van Dyke, but we see a potential conflict of interest.
• Recommend the Mayor to hire an engineering firm to review Foth & Van Dyke designs for TID #6 & #7 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
8. Communications of Public Works Director
• Motion to direct Superintendent of Public Works to prohibit parking on Water Street, north side, from South Madison Street to Maple Avenue; and Water Street, south side, from South Madison Street to Almeron Street, until road construction on South Madison Street is completed in 2006
Reviewed Madison Street underground utility work construction schedule and potential detour routes.
• Direct Superintendent of Public Works to prohibit parking on Water Street, north side, from South Madison Street to Maple Avenue and Water Street, south side, from South Madison Street to Almeron Street, until road construction on South Madison Street is completed in 2006 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Competed turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• Starting a new bathroom in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
9. New Business
Westside Park Seeding
Discussed the city purchasing seed rather then the Soccer Club. Discussed two types of sports turf.
10. Meeting adjourned @ 7:46 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, August 28, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director and Dave Saucer, City Engineer. Absent: Ald. Sornson. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of July meeting unanimously approved on a Juergens-Hammann motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Downtown Streetscape Plan
The WiDOT will award its $500,000 downtown enhancement grant in 3 weeks.
Once WiDOT the decision, Evansville can start putting together its budget. Discussed timeline for finalizing downtown renovation plan:
Sept. - Review preliminary street design itemized budget.
Oct. - Main Street design budget decisions (i.e. Paving bricks in or out).
Nov. - Final Main Street renovation budget & design approval.
Dec. - City Engineer present final Main Street engineering drawings and rendering (Public Comment)
Jan. - Main Street Streetscape plan open house
Jeff Farnsworth discussed “windmill” designs.
6. Lake Leota Reclamation Plan
Below is a summary of SOLE’s presentation:
What’s been done?
• Strand Engineering study
• Lake draw down to study lake bed, inspect the dam and compact the silt
• Kiosk to communicate plans and timelines
• Consultations with experienced lake reclamation experts on different methods to remove sediment
• Evaluation of sediment storage locations and logistics
• Determination of what DNR permits and regulations are needed to carry out any reclamation plan
What has been learned?
• The volume of sediment in the lake
• Natural springs in the southwest side
• The history of the dam and sluice
• The need for a lower outlet level to get the remaining water out of the sediment
• The shape of Allen creek through the lake bed
• The causes of the sediment buildup
Where are we now?
• Lake has been drawn down for 10 months
• The dam is in good repair
• The sluice gate has a cement embankment in front of it to prevent sediment blockage
• The cement embankment is too high to complete sediment de-watering
• The project is at a critical juncture in order to proceed with any sediment removal plan
Next Milestones
• In order to get to a point of being able to remove any large quantity of sediment, the outlet level of the lake must be lowered
• Any plan to alter the sluice cement embankment has to be approved and funded by the public works department
• A comprehensive plan to reclaim the lake must be proposed and accepted by the parks committee, the public works committee and the city council
Proposed plan overview
• Get a design of altering the sluice cement sediment embankment approved by the DNR and the public works committee
• Decide the plan for sediment removal
• Decide the plan for removal of the east spillway and building of a fish ladder
• Decide the plan for rebuilding the sluice embankment to function as intended
• Overall project costs and timeline
• Approvals and funding
Step One
• Design of the alteration to the existing sluice sediment embankment must be approved by the DNR dam specialist and the city engineer
• Contractor, cost and timetable must be established
• The overall plan must be submitted to show how the first step fits into the overall plan
• Approval by the committees to alter the sluice must be expeditious to get the job done before fall wet season hampers work
Step Two
• Approval of the overall plan, funding and timeline must be galvanized by the DNR, park and public works committees and the city council to allow continuation of the project
• An environmental impact study must be completed by the DNR
Step Three
• Commencement of the excavation
Authorization confirmation of sediment transport over private lands
Contractor hired
Weather and sediment conditions to dictate start
Contingency plan against mother nature
Step Four
• Removal of east spillway
Redirection of creek though east spillway fork
Rebuilding of sluice sediment embankment retainer to operate as originally to be opened at regular intervals to clear sediment in front of the sluice and allow proper movement of the gate
Step Five
• Redirect the creek back through the rebuilt sluice
• Replace the east spillway with a rock fish ladder
• Refill the lake using the sluice to control the flow incrementally through the outlet and not detrimentally restrict the flow downstream
Step Six
• Establish partnerships with land owners upstream to reduce the amounts of soil erosion flowing into the lake
• Institute preventative measures to ensure proper use of the sluice to prevent excess sediment build up in front of the sluice
• Develop conservation plan to provide for aquatic life and recreational use
Answers to question made during the presentation:
• SOLE estimate dredging cost to be $2/cyd. Total project cost $500,000 to $600,000.
• Discussed how critical the V-notch in the sluice gate in completing dewatering the lake.
City Engineer’s Report on Lake Leota Restoration
• Discussed cutting a large V-notch into the existing sluice gate and a cofferdam down stream. The cofferdam is required if we want to Fill Lake Leota back up again. This will allow us a simple method for draining the filling the lake.
• The city engineer showed his calculation and preliminary designs.
• This design allows for temporary lowering the elevation to facilitate dewatering of the lake.
• The city engineering presented a budget and timeline for the project:
V-notch into the existing sluice gate
Saw cut and removal $4,000
Excavate and soil erosions protection $5,500
Equipment Mobilization $2,500
Cost for V-notching in existing sluice gate $12,500
Cost for Coffer Dam & dewatering $16,000
Total project cost is $28,500 + engineering and an estimated 4 – 6 weeks for completion. The city engineer budget request is for $35,000 for cutting a V-notch and constructing a cofferdam. Budget request will be discussed at next months Public Works meeting.
• Direct City Engineer to submit his plans to DNR for approval unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
7. Communications from City Engineer
A. Approval of Sidewalk Bid
The city received 3 bids for the sidewalk construction at 2nd and Fair Street. The project is estimated at 5,000 sqft and 3 handicap intersections.
1. Rock River Concrete: $4.5 sqft or $22,750.
2. Johnson Brothers: $3.70/sqft (4”), $4.15 sqft (6”) and $260 for each handicap intersection for a total of $19,280.
3. Allen Construction: $22,240.
• Awarded Johnson Brothers bid of $3.70/sqft for 4” sidewalk; $4.15 sqft for 6” sidewalk and $260 for each handicap intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Discussion regarding hiring of additional city engineering services for North Prairie Production biodiesel fuel facility project
North Prairie hired Foth & Van Dyke to provide engineering services for items such as environmental services and site plan design. The city encourages North Prairie to consult Foth & Van Dyke, but we see a potential conflict of interest.
• Recommend the Mayor to hire an engineering firm to review Foth & Van Dyke designs for TID #6 & #7 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
8. Communications of Public Works Director
• Motion to direct Superintendent of Public Works to prohibit parking on Water Street, north side, from South Madison Street to Maple Avenue; and Water Street, south side, from South Madison Street to Almeron Street, until road construction on South Madison Street is completed in 2006
Reviewed Madison Street underground utility work construction schedule and potential detour routes.
• Direct Superintendent of Public Works to prohibit parking on Water Street, north side, from South Madison Street to Maple Avenue and Water Street, south side, from South Madison Street to Almeron Street, until road construction on South Madison Street is completed in 2006 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Competed turning the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop into a youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• Starting a new bathroom in Countryside Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Painting traffic signage
• Sewer cleaning
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
9. New Business
Westside Park Seeding
Discussed the city purchasing seed rather then the Soccer Club. Discussed two types of sports turf.
10. Meeting adjourned @ 7:46 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, September 25 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes; Public Works; July 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director. Absent: Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of June meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Approval of Agenda - Dave Sauer, City Engineer is required to attend a meeting in Broadhead and requested we cover the CMAR report, Badger Drive bids, bridge over Allen creek, and bowling alley encroachment all before 7 p.m. These items were moved up in the agenda.
5. Citizen appearances - NA
6. Main Street Reconstruction
Discussion and possible motion to approve City Bike Path locations
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown.
Reviewed & fine-tuned the current City Street Bicycle plan.
• City Street Bicycle plan unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
Update of Paving Bricks in Main Street Reconstruction in 2007
Jeff Farnsworth is investigating applying for a department of Commerce Community Development block grant. He will ask the residents to fill out a questionnaire.
Bench & Trash Receptacles
Mayor Decker discussed fabricating benches & trash receptacles with Baker manufacturing. Bruce Woods will work with Baker Mfg. on design.
Bike Rack
Jeff Farnsworth submitted a “windmill” bike hitch design with a Baker Mfg. medallion.
7. Lake Leota Restoration
Working on Kiosk in the park.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Approve bids for the "west side park grading project, contract 06EV-4". Project was bid on 7/13/06. The parks committee is making recommendation to public works at their 7/17/06 mtg.
The budget for grading was set at $70,000. This is only enough to grade 4 acres for the 2 Soccer fields.
Discussed on Westside park capitol budget plan. Recommend the following projects be added to the 2007 capitol plan: road & parking lot construction, complete landscaping & Playground.
• R&K and Sons bid of $48,175 for grading 2 Soccer Fields in west side park, contract 06EV-4 unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Approve bids for the "city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades, contract 06EV-2". The project is bidding on 7/18/06.
The budget for city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades was set at $207,000. The construction will take 8 weeks and has been approved by historic preservation.
• Krause Konstruction Co. bid of $139,330 for city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades, contract 06EV-2 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Park & Recreation Board recommended that Public Works discontinue the practice of stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments. The public works director said this location is near the center of the older section of Evansville, expediting the fall leaf pick up process. After completion of leaf pick up in late fall, the leaves are transferred to farm field to use as fertilizer. This practice has been in place for 10 years.
Discussed alternatives to stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments. The Public Works director suggested stockpiling the leaves at the following locations: Leota Park, Wind Prairie Park, city dump and new public works garage.
Ald. Sornson suggested continuing the practice stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments as the lowest cost option.
• Direct Public Works director to use the asphalt area near the new Public Works garage for stockpiling leaves and brush unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Carpeting the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop for youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• Completed new bathrooms in Leota Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
Discussion on potential plans for the use of Seminary park.
Water Street will be paving from Exchange to Main St. in August.
Publics Works director discussed a mutual aid agreement in case of natural disaster with 30 communities including Janesville, Beloit, & Rock County.
10. 2007 Public Works Operating Budget
Recommend the following changes in the operating budget:
• Increase traffic control budget to account for maintenance of new traffic light on Hwy. 14 & county road M intersection.
• Add another seasonal employee for park maintenance.
Request information on the following items:
• Extending Onyx trash removal contract.
• Public benefit for water softener replacement.
• Examine Sewer fees.
• Request reviewing WWTP account balance.
11. Unfinished Business
A. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
• Remove from table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
• Ald. Hammann’s motion for Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits failed for lack of second.
12. New Business
Discussion and possible motion to approve 4-way stop sign at Badger & Higgins Drive intersection
Discussed temporary squaring off interection as a passive speed control measure.
• Recommend to Public Safety an Ordinance amending stop sign locations to include 4-way stop sign at Badger & Higgins Drive intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
13. Meeting adjourned @ 9:27 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, August 28 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director. Absent: Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of June meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Approval of Agenda - Dave Sauer, City Engineer is required to attend a meeting in Broadhead and requested we cover the CMAR report, Badger Drive bids, bridge over Allen creek, and bowling alley encroachment all before 7 p.m. These items were moved up in the agenda.
5. Citizen appearances - NA
6. Main Street Reconstruction
Discussion and possible motion to approve City Bike Path locations
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown.
Reviewed & fine-tuned the current City Street Bicycle plan.
• City Street Bicycle plan unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
Update of Paving Bricks in Main Street Reconstruction in 2007
Jeff Farnsworth is investigating applying for a department of Commerce Community Development block grant. He will ask the residents to fill out a questionnaire.
Bench & Trash Receptacles
Mayor Decker discussed fabricating benches & trash receptacles with Baker manufacturing. Bruce Woods will work with Baker Mfg. on design.
Bike Rack
Jeff Farnsworth submitted a “windmill” bike hitch design with a Baker Mfg. medallion.
7. Lake Leota Restoration
Working on Kiosk in the park.
8. Communications from City Engineer
Approve bids for the "west side park grading project, contract 06EV-4". Project was bid on 7/13/06. The parks committee is making recommendation to public works at their 7/17/06 mtg.
The budget for grading was set at $70,000. This is only enough to grade 4 acres for the 2 Soccer fields.
Discussed on Westside park capitol budget plan. Recommend the following projects be added to the 2007 capitol plan: road & parking lot construction, complete landscaping & Playground.
• R&K and Sons bid of $48,175 for grading 2 Soccer Fields in west side park, contract 06EV-4 unanimously approved on a Hammann- Juergens motion.
Approve bids for the "city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades, contract 06EV-2". The project is bidding on 7/18/06.
The budget for city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades was set at $207,000. The construction will take 8 weeks and has been approved by historic preservation.
• Krause Konstruction Co. bid of $139,330 for city hall roof replacement and exterior upgrades, contract 06EV-2 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Park & Recreation Board recommended that Public Works discontinue the practice of stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments. The public works director said this location is near the center of the older section of Evansville, expediting the fall leaf pick up process. After completion of leaf pick up in late fall, the leaves are transferred to farm field to use as fertilizer. This practice has been in place for 10 years.
Discussed alternatives to stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments. The Public Works director suggested stockpiling the leaves at the following locations: Leota Park, Wind Prairie Park, city dump and new public works garage.
Ald. Sornson suggested continuing the practice stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments as the lowest cost option.
• Direct Public Works director to use the asphalt area near the new Public Works garage for stockpiling leaves and brush unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Current Public Works projects include:
• Carpeting the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop for youth community center.
• Sign Replacing
• Completed new bathrooms in Leota Park.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down & removing storm damaged trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
Discussion on potential plans for the use of Seminary park.
Water Street will be paving from Exchange to Main St. in August.
Publics Works director discussed a mutual aid agreement in case of natural disaster with 30 communities including Janesville, Beloit, & Rock County.
10. 2007 Public Works Operating Budget
Recommend the following changes in the operating budget:
• Increase traffic control budget to account for maintenance of new traffic light on Hwy. 14 & county road M intersection.
• Add another seasonal employee for park maintenance.
Request information on the following items:
• Extending Onyx trash removal contract.
• Public benefit for water softener replacement.
• Examine Sewer fees.
• Request reviewing WWTP account balance.
11. Unfinished Business
A. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
• Remove from table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
• Ald. Hammann’s motion for Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits failed for lack of second.
12. New Business
Discussion and possible motion to approve 4-way stop sign at Badger & Higgins Drive intersection
Discussed temporary squaring off interection as a passive speed control measure.
• Recommend to Public Safety an Ordinance amending stop sign locations to include 4-way stop sign at Badger & Higgins Drive intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
13. Meeting adjourned @ 9:27 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, August 28 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes: Public Works: June 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, June 26, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of May meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Approval of Agenda - Dave Sauer, City Engineer is required to attend a meeting in Broadhead and requested we cover the CMAR report, Badger Drive bids, bridge over Allen creek, and bowling alley encroachment all before 7 p.m. These items were moved up in the agenda.
5. Citizen appearances - NA
6. Lake Leota Restoration
Reviewed Sole’s Kiosk design.
7. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion of Main St. & Sidewalk design in front of Evansville bowl.
Foth & Van Dyke surveyed the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge. The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront encroaches 1.1 feet onto Main St. right a way.
The current Main St. & Sidewalk design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 6:35 p.m.
Discussed the design options for the sidewalk in front of Evansville Bowl. We have two options:
1. Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl. This would require 3 – 4 stalls to be compact only parking.
2. Redevelop Evansville Bowl storefront façade to eliminate the need for a bump out.
Roger Berg, owner of the building, discussed the options with Evansville Bowl management. Since the cost to improve the storefront façade will cost an estimated $35,000, they are requesting a bump out to increase sidewalk width.
The proposed two-foot wide bump out would increase sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl to 6.5 feet, exceeding the ADA requirement. The bump out will created 3 – 4 compact car parking spaces in front of Evansville bowl. This will not change the Main Street reconstruction project cost.
Closed public hearing @ 6:48 p.m.
• Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Review Allen creek bridge design
The city engineer discussed the key points in the WisDOT grant application analysis of the Bridge over Allen creek:
1. The bridge deck requires reconstruction.
2. The bridge railings require reconstruction.
3. The northwest & southwest wing walls are in good condition.
4. The northeast wing wall needs to be replaced.
5. The southeast wing wall will be repaired.
6. The abutments require reconstruction.
The engineer reported that since the bridge was build circa 1930, that reconstruction is warranted. The bridge road width will be narrowed from 48’ to 36” as a traffic calming technique. The difference in road width will be made up in increased sidewalk width.
Open public hearing @ 7:42 p.m.
Street Architect, Bruce Woods, reviewed several bridge styles and railing options. Everyone agreed that option #4, historical bridge design option was the best design.
Closed public hearing @ 7:48 p.m.
• Allen Creek Bridge design using option #4 with modification presented by Bruce Woods unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street amenities (trees, benches, etc.).
Bench & Trash Receptacles
Open public hearing @ 8:24 p.m.
Discussed several historical bench designs. Discussed approaching Baker manufacturing about making historically accurate metal benches & trash receptacles.
Discussed the following bench locations in front of the following businesses: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x). Total of 8 benches/trash receptacles. Discussion on Library bench design & locations.
Closed public hearing @ 8:31 p.m.
• Placing 8 benches/trash receptacles as the following locations: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x) unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Trees
Discussed tree grate designs. Evansville currently uses 3’ x 3’ or 4’ x 4’ grates. City Street Architect Bruce Woods, suggests we used 4’ x 6’ grates and replace all the trees. There are currently 8 trees on Main St.. Discussed reusing the existing 8 grates if they are 4’ x 4’, and purchase 4’ x 6’ for additional trees.
Open public hearing @ 8:34 p.m.
Discussed number of trees and locations. Current plan has 22 trees ($450) & grates ($800). Decided that 10 – 15 trees would be appropriate for Main Street. The exact tree locations will be done after final street design is complete.
Closed public hearing @ 8:47 p.m.
• Plant 10 – 15 trees where appropriate on Main Street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Bike Rack
Discussed several historical & modern bike rack & hitching post designs: rolling racks ($450), bike hitch ($150), and a Bruce Woods Tree bike rack design, building on the grove.
Open public hearing @ 8:53 p.m.
The tree bike rack theme spark ideas such as windmills bike rack & hitching posts with a grove logo placed inside of the “hitch”.
Discussed the following bike rack locations:
• Madison Street: 5 on the north & 5 on the south.
• Library: 10 additional bike hitches at 2 locations (5 near 1st street entrance & near Grange Mall entrance on Main street).
• Maple Street: 5 bike hitches.
• Real Coffee: 2 - 4 bike hitches.
• Allen Creek: 1 bike hitch.
• Place hitches at intervals along Main St. & side streets.
Closed public hearing @ 9:20 p.m.
• Bike hitch locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Other Main Street amenities
Lowest cost drinking fountains are $2,135 (installation not included).
Bike Path design considerations
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown.
Park Board reviewed the current City Street Bicycle plan and made recommendations to Public Works. We fine tuned the plan and next month approve the final version.
8. West Side Storage Water Drainage
A couple of residents voiced their concerns regarding storm water drainage in the 6th street & Vision drive area.
The city engineer discussed the following action plan with the contractor:
• Regrade ditch on West Side of 6th street.
• Cut & replace 65’ of pavement to increase road crown.
These items should be completed within a couple of weeks.
The city engineer plans to check the entrance to drainage swales to retention ponds.
The city engineer expressed frustration that storm water drainage systems are not being constructed according to design. All construction errors to the storm water drainage will be repaired at the developer expense.
9. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Items
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map
Reviewed each City Street and recommend the following changes to the Transportation Network Map:
• Cemetery Road: future minor collector from Main Street to city limits.
• J. Lindemann: major collector
• Brown School road: Minor collector
• Water Street: truck route
• Exchange Street: truck route
• Porter road: minor collector from 5th St. to city limits
• Main Street: minor collector from 4th St. to city limits
10. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street & Main Street storm water sewer & sanitary sewer installation and design.
Bids are due on June 22. Contract awards at next public works meeting.
Construction will probably occur in fall after completion of WisDOT Madison Street railroad crossing replacement.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Badger Drive Road Reconstruction & storm water sewer contractor bids.
This older intersection requires work to improve storm water removal that is undermining the substructure. Three flumes will be placed to facilitate storm water removal along with repairing curbs and cleaning out the ditch. The city engineer also recommends squaring off the intersection to reduce the speeding in this area. Project budget is $125,000.
We received 1 bid for the project from Rock Road for @ $160,000, who wants to start in Mid July. Higher asphalt & excavation costs cited for the $45,000 over budget for project.
Ald. Sornson suggests the bid is too high.
Ald. Hammann wants to see 3 bids for this project.
Ald. Juergens is concern that the residents will be disappointed due to safety & drainage issues.
Ald. Hammann suggests we place a 4-way stop to address speed concerns.
• Badger Drive road reconstruction contractor bid tabled on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve CMAR Report
Influent flow meter used the default calibration constant and had not been calibrated since its installation. The flow meter was reading too high for the first 6 months of last year. After recalibrating the flow meter, the influent flow rate reading reflecting the actual rate of incoming flow. The DNR believes the significantly greater incoming flow versus outgoing flow is an indication of leakage in the ponds. To prove pond leakage is not occurring, the DNR is requiring Evansville’s WWTP to install 3 more groundwater monitoring wells.
The WWTP Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) grade is 2.53 (C grade), down significantly from last year’s 3.08 or a B grade. Two items significantly drop the WWTP rating grade, Ponds & Groundwater. Both grades were negatively effected by the faulty influent flow meter readings.
With the replacement of sewer mains around town, we have seen a significantly drop in clear water seepage into the WWTP. Nitrate & chloride concentrations are higher due to the reduction of clear water seepage into the system.
• WWTP CMAR report unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussion on actions items to address the issues in the CMAR report. Below is a listing of these resolutions:
1. Install 3 more groundwater monitoring wells.
2. Submit report on upgrades required for nitrogen reduction in the wastewater. Examine nitrogen treatment technologies for implementation at the existing WWTP
3. Continue requiring new residential water softeners to be “demand based”.
4. Continue operator-training program.
• Action Items Resolutions report unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
11. 2007 Public Works Capital Budget
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Evansville Public Works 5-year Capital Plan
Review of 2005 Projects
C518 - City Hall Roof Replacement and Main Roof Support – Moved to 2006
C520/C616 - City Hall Renovation – Moved to 2007
Review of 2006 Projects
C607 - Plow Salt box replacement- complete
C608 – Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
• Leota Park Entrance
• Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. – Issues with access on church property.
C609 - Equipment Replacement - $25,000 (bobcat upgrade)
C610 - Flatbed 1 ton truck replacement - ordered
C611 - Water street widening and resurfacing (Exchange to East Main) - $75,000
C612 - New Public Works Garage – In process
C613 - Badger Dr. road reconstruction and storm sewer repair – Move project to 2007 and increase budget to $170,000
C606 - Downtown Streetscaping Design – planning is underway
C617 - Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Maple St. - $20,000
C618 - Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Church St. - $75,000
C631 – Renovate 209 South 1st St. - complete
C631 – Emergency Generator for WWTP - complete
Proposed 2007 Projects
Plow Salt box replacement - $25,000
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Field Mower for Westside Park - $60,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $5,000
Main St. Reconstruction - $900,000 ($300,000 streets, $300,000 W&L; $300,000 WWTP)
Main St. Sanitary Sewer Replacement - $600,000 ($350,000 W&L; $250,000 WWTP)
Street Light Conduit Replacement - $75,000
Main Street Enhancement - $100,000
Allen Creek Bridge - $330,000
Lake Leota Restoration - $25,000
Proposed 2008 Projects
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $5,000
Downtown Streetscaping - $100,000
Resurfacing of Madison St. - $85,000
Reconstruction of Old 92
Increase turning radius at intersection of Madison & Water St.
Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Maple St. - $80,000
Lake Leota Restoration - $25,000
Westside Park - $200,000 (Shelter/Bathroom $125,000 & playground $75,000).
Proposed 2009 Projects
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $10,000
Restoration of Lake Leota - $2.5 M
Westside Park - $475,000 (Ball Field $400,000 & Maintenance Shed $75,000).
Endloader Replacement - $120,000
Plow Truck - $150,000
Mower Replacement
Proposed 2010 Projects
Westside Park Completion - $500,000 (Landscaping, Parking Lot Paving, BB courts, etc.)
Cemetery Truck Replacement - $30,000
Street Sweeper - $150,000
Proposed 2011 Projects
Liberty Street Reconstruction - $2,000,000
Park & Recreations Capitol Project List
Proposed 2007 Projects
Increase solar panels surface area at pool - $10,000
Shelter & equipment in Franklin Park - $10,000
Proposed 2008 Projects
Increase solar panels surface area at pool - $10,000
Skate Park Equipment - $10,000
Dog Park - $25,000
The following projects, not in any order of priority, have not been assigned to a budget year:
1. Restore the creek beds and stone walls in Leonard/Leota Park.
2. Restoration of the Bell Tower and other stonework in the park.
3. Add additional playground equipment to Countryside Park.
4. Plant trees along the "back" side of the pool area.
5. Replace park entrance signs.
6. Shingle the Boy Scout House in Leota Park.
7. Re-pave park roads in Leota Park.
8. Re-construct the lower diamond, as suggested earlier, in Leota Park.
9. Upgrade the playground equipment in Brzezinski Park.
10. Place benches in Seminary Park and Wind Prairie Park.
11. Allocate money to develop a Dog Park.
12. Plant trees to enhance other parks.
• Recommending Public Works 5-yeat Capital Plan to finance unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
13. Communications of Public Works Director
Park & Recreation Board recommended that Public Works discontinue the practice of stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments.
The public works director said this location is near the center of the older section of Evansville, expediting the fall leaf pick up process. After completion of leaf pick up in late fall, the leaves are transferred to farm field to use as fertilizer. This practice has been in place for 10 years.
Another option would be transporting the leaves to the city dump. This would option would cost more in both man-hours and gasoline.
Open public hearing @ 7:17 p.m.
Residents who live in the area, complained about the pile for reasons including safety, health, odor, unsightliness, and the area turning into a trash dump for citizens adding to the pile. Pictures were distributed to illustrating some of these problems.
John Anderson, 310 W. Church St. – described health issues associated with the rotting leaf pile. He also pointed out that the parking lot & sidewalks in that area have been significantly damaged.
Lynn Donahue, 100 College Dr. – suggested we replace the leave pile with a memorial garden.
Patty Johnson, 100 College Dr. – asked for the cost analysis for leaf storage.
Jim Turner, 510 S. Madison – leaves should be hauled to the dump.
Closed public hearing @ 7:28 p.m.
• Direct Public Works director to investigate alternatives to storing leaves behind the Seminary Apartments unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
14. Unfinished Business
A. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
• Remove from table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
City’s extending connecting highway limits on CTH M have not been approved by Rock county. We need to extend the city connecting highway limits on CTH M to the city limits before we have the authority to change speed limits on CTH M.
• Table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Juergens-Hammann motion.
15. New Business
A. Discussion and possible motion to approve 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection
Discussed safety of children and traffic calming required at Fair street.
• Recommend to Public Safety an Ordinance amending stop sign locations to include 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
16. Meeting adjourned @ 11:30 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, June 26, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of May meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Approval of Agenda - Dave Sauer, City Engineer is required to attend a meeting in Broadhead and requested we cover the CMAR report, Badger Drive bids, bridge over Allen creek, and bowling alley encroachment all before 7 p.m. These items were moved up in the agenda.
5. Citizen appearances - NA
6. Lake Leota Restoration
Reviewed Sole’s Kiosk design.
7. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion of Main St. & Sidewalk design in front of Evansville bowl.
Foth & Van Dyke surveyed the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge. The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront encroaches 1.1 feet onto Main St. right a way.
The current Main St. & Sidewalk design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 6:35 p.m.
Discussed the design options for the sidewalk in front of Evansville Bowl. We have two options:
1. Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl. This would require 3 – 4 stalls to be compact only parking.
2. Redevelop Evansville Bowl storefront façade to eliminate the need for a bump out.
Roger Berg, owner of the building, discussed the options with Evansville Bowl management. Since the cost to improve the storefront façade will cost an estimated $35,000, they are requesting a bump out to increase sidewalk width.
The proposed two-foot wide bump out would increase sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl to 6.5 feet, exceeding the ADA requirement. The bump out will created 3 – 4 compact car parking spaces in front of Evansville bowl. This will not change the Main Street reconstruction project cost.
Closed public hearing @ 6:48 p.m.
• Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Review Allen creek bridge design
The city engineer discussed the key points in the WisDOT grant application analysis of the Bridge over Allen creek:
1. The bridge deck requires reconstruction.
2. The bridge railings require reconstruction.
3. The northwest & southwest wing walls are in good condition.
4. The northeast wing wall needs to be replaced.
5. The southeast wing wall will be repaired.
6. The abutments require reconstruction.
The engineer reported that since the bridge was build circa 1930, that reconstruction is warranted. The bridge road width will be narrowed from 48’ to 36” as a traffic calming technique. The difference in road width will be made up in increased sidewalk width.
Open public hearing @ 7:42 p.m.
Street Architect, Bruce Woods, reviewed several bridge styles and railing options. Everyone agreed that option #4, historical bridge design option was the best design.
Closed public hearing @ 7:48 p.m.
• Allen Creek Bridge design using option #4 with modification presented by Bruce Woods unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street amenities (trees, benches, etc.).
Bench & Trash Receptacles
Open public hearing @ 8:24 p.m.
Discussed several historical bench designs. Discussed approaching Baker manufacturing about making historically accurate metal benches & trash receptacles.
Discussed the following bench locations in front of the following businesses: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x). Total of 8 benches/trash receptacles. Discussion on Library bench design & locations.
Closed public hearing @ 8:31 p.m.
• Placing 8 benches/trash receptacles as the following locations: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near Real Coffee, Library (2x) & on bridge (2x) unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Trees
Discussed tree grate designs. Evansville currently uses 3’ x 3’ or 4’ x 4’ grates. City Street Architect Bruce Woods, suggests we used 4’ x 6’ grates and replace all the trees. There are currently 8 trees on Main St.. Discussed reusing the existing 8 grates if they are 4’ x 4’, and purchase 4’ x 6’ for additional trees.
Open public hearing @ 8:34 p.m.
Discussed number of trees and locations. Current plan has 22 trees ($450) & grates ($800). Decided that 10 – 15 trees would be appropriate for Main Street. The exact tree locations will be done after final street design is complete.
Closed public hearing @ 8:47 p.m.
• Plant 10 – 15 trees where appropriate on Main Street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Bike Rack
Discussed several historical & modern bike rack & hitching post designs: rolling racks ($450), bike hitch ($150), and a Bruce Woods Tree bike rack design, building on the grove.
Open public hearing @ 8:53 p.m.
The tree bike rack theme spark ideas such as windmills bike rack & hitching posts with a grove logo placed inside of the “hitch”.
Discussed the following bike rack locations:
• Madison Street: 5 on the north & 5 on the south.
• Library: 10 additional bike hitches at 2 locations (5 near 1st street entrance & near Grange Mall entrance on Main street).
• Maple Street: 5 bike hitches.
• Real Coffee: 2 - 4 bike hitches.
• Allen Creek: 1 bike hitch.
• Place hitches at intervals along Main St. & side streets.
Closed public hearing @ 9:20 p.m.
• Bike hitch locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Other Main Street amenities
Lowest cost drinking fountains are $2,135 (installation not included).
Bike Path design considerations
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown.
Park Board reviewed the current City Street Bicycle plan and made recommendations to Public Works. We fine tuned the plan and next month approve the final version.
8. West Side Storage Water Drainage
A couple of residents voiced their concerns regarding storm water drainage in the 6th street & Vision drive area.
The city engineer discussed the following action plan with the contractor:
• Regrade ditch on West Side of 6th street.
• Cut & replace 65’ of pavement to increase road crown.
These items should be completed within a couple of weeks.
The city engineer plans to check the entrance to drainage swales to retention ponds.
The city engineer expressed frustration that storm water drainage systems are not being constructed according to design. All construction errors to the storm water drainage will be repaired at the developer expense.
9. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Items
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map
Reviewed each City Street and recommend the following changes to the Transportation Network Map:
• Cemetery Road: future minor collector from Main Street to city limits.
• J. Lindemann: major collector
• Brown School road: Minor collector
• Water Street: truck route
• Exchange Street: truck route
• Porter road: minor collector from 5th St. to city limits
• Main Street: minor collector from 4th St. to city limits
10. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street & Main Street storm water sewer & sanitary sewer installation and design.
Bids are due on June 22. Contract awards at next public works meeting.
Construction will probably occur in fall after completion of WisDOT Madison Street railroad crossing replacement.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Badger Drive Road Reconstruction & storm water sewer contractor bids.
This older intersection requires work to improve storm water removal that is undermining the substructure. Three flumes will be placed to facilitate storm water removal along with repairing curbs and cleaning out the ditch. The city engineer also recommends squaring off the intersection to reduce the speeding in this area. Project budget is $125,000.
We received 1 bid for the project from Rock Road for @ $160,000, who wants to start in Mid July. Higher asphalt & excavation costs cited for the $45,000 over budget for project.
Ald. Sornson suggests the bid is too high.
Ald. Hammann wants to see 3 bids for this project.
Ald. Juergens is concern that the residents will be disappointed due to safety & drainage issues.
Ald. Hammann suggests we place a 4-way stop to address speed concerns.
• Badger Drive road reconstruction contractor bid tabled on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve CMAR Report
Influent flow meter used the default calibration constant and had not been calibrated since its installation. The flow meter was reading too high for the first 6 months of last year. After recalibrating the flow meter, the influent flow rate reading reflecting the actual rate of incoming flow. The DNR believes the significantly greater incoming flow versus outgoing flow is an indication of leakage in the ponds. To prove pond leakage is not occurring, the DNR is requiring Evansville’s WWTP to install 3 more groundwater monitoring wells.
The WWTP Compliance Maintenance Annual Report (CMAR) grade is 2.53 (C grade), down significantly from last year’s 3.08 or a B grade. Two items significantly drop the WWTP rating grade, Ponds & Groundwater. Both grades were negatively effected by the faulty influent flow meter readings.
With the replacement of sewer mains around town, we have seen a significantly drop in clear water seepage into the WWTP. Nitrate & chloride concentrations are higher due to the reduction of clear water seepage into the system.
• WWTP CMAR report unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussion on actions items to address the issues in the CMAR report. Below is a listing of these resolutions:
1. Install 3 more groundwater monitoring wells.
2. Submit report on upgrades required for nitrogen reduction in the wastewater. Examine nitrogen treatment technologies for implementation at the existing WWTP
3. Continue requiring new residential water softeners to be “demand based”.
4. Continue operator-training program.
• Action Items Resolutions report unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
11. 2007 Public Works Capital Budget
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Evansville Public Works 5-year Capital Plan
Review of 2005 Projects
C518 - City Hall Roof Replacement and Main Roof Support – Moved to 2006
C520/C616 - City Hall Renovation – Moved to 2007
Review of 2006 Projects
C607 - Plow Salt box replacement- complete
C608 – Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
• Leota Park Entrance
• Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. – Issues with access on church property.
C609 - Equipment Replacement - $25,000 (bobcat upgrade)
C610 - Flatbed 1 ton truck replacement - ordered
C611 - Water street widening and resurfacing (Exchange to East Main) - $75,000
C612 - New Public Works Garage – In process
C613 - Badger Dr. road reconstruction and storm sewer repair – Move project to 2007 and increase budget to $170,000
C606 - Downtown Streetscaping Design – planning is underway
C617 - Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Maple St. - $20,000
C618 - Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Church St. - $75,000
C631 – Renovate 209 South 1st St. - complete
C631 – Emergency Generator for WWTP - complete
Proposed 2007 Projects
Plow Salt box replacement - $25,000
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Field Mower for Westside Park - $60,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $5,000
Main St. Reconstruction - $900,000 ($300,000 streets, $300,000 W&L; $300,000 WWTP)
Main St. Sanitary Sewer Replacement - $600,000 ($350,000 W&L; $250,000 WWTP)
Street Light Conduit Replacement - $75,000
Main Street Enhancement - $100,000
Allen Creek Bridge - $330,000
Lake Leota Restoration - $25,000
Proposed 2008 Projects
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $5,000
Downtown Streetscaping - $100,000
Resurfacing of Madison St. - $85,000
Reconstruction of Old 92
Increase turning radius at intersection of Madison & Water St.
Manhole Addition & St. Repaving on Maple St. - $80,000
Lake Leota Restoration - $25,000
Westside Park - $200,000 (Shelter/Bathroom $125,000 & playground $75,000).
Proposed 2009 Projects
Equipment Replacement - $25,000
Missing sidewalk connections - $25,000
Repair sidewalk sections - $10,000
Restoration of Lake Leota - $2.5 M
Westside Park - $475,000 (Ball Field $400,000 & Maintenance Shed $75,000).
Endloader Replacement - $120,000
Plow Truck - $150,000
Mower Replacement
Proposed 2010 Projects
Westside Park Completion - $500,000 (Landscaping, Parking Lot Paving, BB courts, etc.)
Cemetery Truck Replacement - $30,000
Street Sweeper - $150,000
Proposed 2011 Projects
Liberty Street Reconstruction - $2,000,000
Park & Recreations Capitol Project List
Proposed 2007 Projects
Increase solar panels surface area at pool - $10,000
Shelter & equipment in Franklin Park - $10,000
Proposed 2008 Projects
Increase solar panels surface area at pool - $10,000
Skate Park Equipment - $10,000
Dog Park - $25,000
The following projects, not in any order of priority, have not been assigned to a budget year:
1. Restore the creek beds and stone walls in Leonard/Leota Park.
2. Restoration of the Bell Tower and other stonework in the park.
3. Add additional playground equipment to Countryside Park.
4. Plant trees along the "back" side of the pool area.
5. Replace park entrance signs.
6. Shingle the Boy Scout House in Leota Park.
7. Re-pave park roads in Leota Park.
8. Re-construct the lower diamond, as suggested earlier, in Leota Park.
9. Upgrade the playground equipment in Brzezinski Park.
10. Place benches in Seminary Park and Wind Prairie Park.
11. Allocate money to develop a Dog Park.
12. Plant trees to enhance other parks.
• Recommending Public Works 5-yeat Capital Plan to finance unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
13. Communications of Public Works Director
Park & Recreation Board recommended that Public Works discontinue the practice of stockpiling leaves and brush behind the Seminary Apartments.
The public works director said this location is near the center of the older section of Evansville, expediting the fall leaf pick up process. After completion of leaf pick up in late fall, the leaves are transferred to farm field to use as fertilizer. This practice has been in place for 10 years.
Another option would be transporting the leaves to the city dump. This would option would cost more in both man-hours and gasoline.
Open public hearing @ 7:17 p.m.
Residents who live in the area, complained about the pile for reasons including safety, health, odor, unsightliness, and the area turning into a trash dump for citizens adding to the pile. Pictures were distributed to illustrating some of these problems.
John Anderson, 310 W. Church St. – described health issues associated with the rotting leaf pile. He also pointed out that the parking lot & sidewalks in that area have been significantly damaged.
Lynn Donahue, 100 College Dr. – suggested we replace the leave pile with a memorial garden.
Patty Johnson, 100 College Dr. – asked for the cost analysis for leaf storage.
Jim Turner, 510 S. Madison – leaves should be hauled to the dump.
Closed public hearing @ 7:28 p.m.
• Direct Public Works director to investigate alternatives to storing leaves behind the Seminary Apartments unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
14. Unfinished Business
A. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
• Remove from table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
City’s extending connecting highway limits on CTH M have not been approved by Rock county. We need to extend the city connecting highway limits on CTH M to the city limits before we have the authority to change speed limits on CTH M.
• Table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Juergens-Hammann motion.
15. New Business
A. Discussion and possible motion to approve 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection
Discussed safety of children and traffic calming required at Fair street.
• Recommend to Public Safety an Ordinance amending stop sign locations to include 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
16. Meeting adjourned @ 11:30 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Thursday, July 20 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes: Public Works: May 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, May 22, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of April meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Lake Leota Restoration
Discussed methods to dry out the lake.
Discussed environmental impact study. Foth & Van Dyke will determine how much a study will cost and how long it will take for completion.
Discussed location to place test-dredging sediment.
6. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion of Main St. & Sidewalk design in front of Evansville bowl.
Foth & Van Dyke surveyed the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge. The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront is located outside of city property.
The current Main St. & Sidewalk design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 6:22 p.m.
Discussed the design options for the sidewalk in front of Evansville Bowl. We have two options:
1. Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl. This would require 3 – 4 stalls to be compact only parking.
2. Redevelop Evansville Bowl storefront façade to eliminate the need for a bump out.
Roger Berg will discuss options with Evansville Bowl management.
Closed public hearing @ 6:34 p.m.
• Review Allen creek bridge design – The city engineer has not completed the bridge design.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street amenities (trees, benches, etc.).
Open public hearing @ 6:40 p.m.
Trees
Discussed tree grate designs – currently using 3’ x 3’ or 4’ x 4’ grates. City Street Architect Bruce Woods, suggests we used 4’ x 6’ grates
Discussed tree guard designs.
Discussed tree types. Currently have Honey Locus trees. Oaks & Maple trees are bad choices for Main St. trees.
Jeff Farnsworth (125 Garfield) not in favor of trees. Trees are not historically accurate. Would rather spend money on lighting.
Dick Wolfe suggests that trees are important for a quality Main St. even if they are not historically accurate.
Ald. Hammann identified the current location of trees are locations of additional trees in the current design.
Trash Receptacles
Match to bench design. Place trash receptacles near bench locations. Move old trash receptacles to city parks.
Bench
Discussed several historical & modern bench designs. Mayor Decker will approach Baker manufacturing about making historically accurate metal benches & trash receptacles.
Discussed the following bench locations in front of the following businesses: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near real coffee, Library & near bridge.
Bike Rack
Discussed several historical & modern bike rack & hitching post designs. Baker Manufacturing may also want to make bike racks.
Discussed the following bike rack locations: Five to Ten additional bike racks in front of the Library, Both sides of Madison street, Maple street, near Real Coffee, and Allen creek bridge.
Other Main Street amenities
Drinking fountains near Madison-Main St. intersection. May cost around $5,000, and has the potential to be vandalized.
Discussed several street clock designs.
Closed public hearing @ 7:40 p.m.
• Bike Path design considerations
Bike paths are 5’ wide stripe on the traffic side of the street with bike only lane markers. If street is wide enough, the bike path would be located next to parking lane on the street. If the street is not wide enough for 2 lanes of traffic, then bike path located on one side of the road eliminating a parking lane.
7. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Items
• Public hearing, discussion and possible motion to approve placing the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St.
Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) - Municipal code requires the sidewalk on the East Side of 2nd Street. The school board & citizens have requested to place the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St. to improve safety by eliminating the crossing the road at the Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection. The missing sidewalk connection on the West Side of 2nd St. will be filled in according to its priority at a latter date.
Open public hearing @ 7:50 p.m.
Dean Arnold 140 N. 3rd St. noted that 50% of the kids cross 2nd at Fair Street and therefore a sidewalk on West Side of 2nd St. is not required. Also suggested a 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection.
Wally Fellows 202 Fair St. has concerns regarding grade and sidewalk location.
Tammy Pomplun showed a slide show power point presentation of both sides of 2nd street suggesting that West Side of 2nd St. is the better location for the sidewalk. She also presented a letter with 15 signatures from residents located on both sides of 2nd street.
Closed public hearing @ 8:10 p.m.
Ald. Sornson wants sidewalks on both sides of all streets in the city of Evansville.
Ald. Juergens suggests West Side of 2nd St. is better location for the sidewalk.
Ald. Hammann would like to place a 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection.
• Move sidewalk close to the road along Fair St. unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Place sidewalk on West Side of 2nd St. unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map
Because of Evansville’s natural and man-made geography, there are few corridors for moving traffic from certain sectors of the City to other sectors of the City. For example, a new street around the north end of Lake Leota connecting USH 14 near the City's northern limit with CTH C near the City's northwestern limit would alleviate traffic congestion at the intersections of Main and Madison Streets and Madison and Union Streets. In addition, completing 6th Street so that it is continuous from Croft Road in the south to CTH C in the north would aid traffic flow on the developing West Side.
Evansville is a community that is bisected by state and interstate highway corridors and a railroad corridor. Lake Leota and wetlands also present development limitations. This situation results in issues of connectivity throughout the community. Of particular concern, is the fact that the road network essentially directs traffic from west-side subdivisions onto Main Street and from there onto area highways. This situation is creating a “bottleneck” of traffic downtown. If this pattern of development continues, Evansville will become a linear community (stretching east-west with little growth to the north or south). There is a need to loop roads and develop internal connectivity to take pressures off the highways and Main Street. Development and connecting roads on the north side of Evansville will be important in this effort.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer discussed drawing a future northwest collector street on the Every and Gildner properties. Discussed the best location to place a future collector where the wetland around Allen Creek is narrowest to make the crossing.
Union Town chairman, Kendall Schneider, noted that Allen creek crossing & connection to Hwy. 14 are critical. He would also like to see a 45-MPH speed limit on the future northwest Collector Street.
• Directed the city engineer to draw up proposal for location of future northwest by-pass Collector Street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Utilities & Community Facilities #2 – Intergovernmental cooperation opportunities with Union township
Discussion on intergovernmental cooperation exploring ideas generated at the recent Evansville-Union Township smart growth implementation committee.
Plowing – Union Township wants either buy plows or contract the city to plow rural residential subdivisions (10 - 15 centerline miles). Evansville would be required to hire an additional employee and purchase another plow. This would not be a good fit to save taxpayer money, but Union may use Evansville’s fleet number when purchasing a new plow.
Share sand/salt purchases – Evansville purchases sand/salt directly from Rock county.
Share slurry seal & asphalt purchases – both communities currently purchases in large enough quantities to get a good price.
Renting space in new city garage to store Union Township vehicles - This would be a good fit to save taxpayer money. Evansville needs to determine the appropriate rental charge for Union Township vehicles.
Use new PW garage office area as Union Town Hall – A possibility, but Evansville currently has not plans for a large meeting room to make the garage ADA accessible.
Mowing – Union contracts mowing series twice a year (2nd week of June & 2nd week of September). Evansville does not have the proper equipment, but extra mowing personnel. Union has the proper equipment, but not the personnel.
Shared building inspector – currently share some duties. When Evansville’s existing PW director/building inspector retires, this maybe a great option.
• Land Use #3.1 – Expand identification, directional, and historic street signage
Discussed implementation of directional Wayfinding Signage. No plans to replace historic street signs due to their tendency to blow off the post.
8. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street & Main Street storm water sewer & sanitary sewer installation and design.
Bids are due on June 22. Contract awards at next public works meeting.
Construction will probably occur in fall after completion of WisDOT Madison Street railroad crossing replacement.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Dry walling the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop
• Sign Replacing
• 70% completed building new bathrooms in Leota Park.
• Completed installing solar panels onto Veterans Memorial pool roof.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down storm damaged trees.
• Completed planting of municipal trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
10. New Business
A. Ordinance #2006-12, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at 5th & Badger; 5th & Porter; 5th & West Main as recommended by city engineer in his West Side traffic safety report.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-12, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Ordinance #2006-13, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at Higgins & Badger as recommended by citizens in that neighborhood during recent public hearing on road repair at that intersection.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-13, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
C. Ordinance #2006-14, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at 5th & Vision Dr., and 6th & Vision Dr. Part of 5th & Vision Dr. intersection is located in Union township. 6th & Vision Dr. intersection currently has a sotrm water flume.
• Amend Ordinance #2006-14, to eliminate a stop sign on the southwest side of 5th & Vision Dr. intersection (located in Union township) unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-14, amending stop sign locations as ammended by Public Works unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
D. Ordinance #2006-15, amending stop sign locations
3-way stop signs located at Brown School road & J. Lindemann Drive. Traffic has significantly increase since Ace hardware opened. Recommended by citizens in that neighborhood during recent public hearing at Planning Commission.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-15, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
E. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
We need to extend the city connecting highway limits on CTH M to the city limits before we have the authority to change speed limits on CTH M.
• Table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
F. Discussion on extending the city connecting highway limits on CTH M from USH 14 to city limits (north & south)
City limits now starts at Countryside Drive in the north to newly annex property south of USH 14. The city would be responsible for road maintenance for this section of road.
The city plans to widen CTH M and construct curb & gutter south of USH 14 as part of the new industrial park. North of USH 14, the city is planning a sidewalk and possibly a bike lane along CTH M.
• Recommend to Evansville common council extending the city connecting highway limits on CTH M from USH 14 to city limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
G. Discussion regarding the possibility of establishing a public road between CTH M and Brown School Road through the Piggly Wiggly’s access drive (parcel 6-27-959.A1), the one-way alley north of Brighter Beginnings Day Care Center (parcel 6-27-959.A2), and part of Lot 1 of Grand Orchard Estates Subdivision with financing from potential Tax Incremental District No. 6
The proposal is constructing a boulevard with ultility power lines down the middle connecting Brownschool road with CTH M through the northside of Piggly Wiggly’s parking lot.
A septic field located under the north road would need to be replaced, potential issue with access off CTH M, and city would purchase additional land.
No action taken.
11. Meeting adjourned @ 9:50 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, June 26 at 6:00 p.m.
July’s meeting moved to Thursday, July 20 at 6:00 p.m. (vacation conflict)
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, May 22, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director, Dave Sauer, City Engineer & Bruce Woods, Street Architect. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of April meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Lake Leota Restoration
Discussed methods to dry out the lake.
Discussed environmental impact study. Foth & Van Dyke will determine how much a study will cost and how long it will take for completion.
Discussed location to place test-dredging sediment.
6. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion of Main St. & Sidewalk design in front of Evansville bowl.
Foth & Van Dyke surveyed the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge. The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront is located outside of city property.
The current Main St. & Sidewalk design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 6:22 p.m.
Discussed the design options for the sidewalk in front of Evansville Bowl. We have two options:
1. Change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl. This would require 3 – 4 stalls to be compact only parking.
2. Redevelop Evansville Bowl storefront façade to eliminate the need for a bump out.
Roger Berg will discuss options with Evansville Bowl management.
Closed public hearing @ 6:34 p.m.
• Review Allen creek bridge design – The city engineer has not completed the bridge design.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Main Street amenities (trees, benches, etc.).
Open public hearing @ 6:40 p.m.
Trees
Discussed tree grate designs – currently using 3’ x 3’ or 4’ x 4’ grates. City Street Architect Bruce Woods, suggests we used 4’ x 6’ grates
Discussed tree guard designs.
Discussed tree types. Currently have Honey Locus trees. Oaks & Maple trees are bad choices for Main St. trees.
Jeff Farnsworth (125 Garfield) not in favor of trees. Trees are not historically accurate. Would rather spend money on lighting.
Dick Wolfe suggests that trees are important for a quality Main St. even if they are not historically accurate.
Ald. Hammann identified the current location of trees are locations of additional trees in the current design.
Trash Receptacles
Match to bench design. Place trash receptacles near bench locations. Move old trash receptacles to city parks.
Bench
Discussed several historical & modern bench designs. Mayor Decker will approach Baker manufacturing about making historically accurate metal benches & trash receptacles.
Discussed the following bench locations in front of the following businesses: State Farm Insurance, Grange building, Old Ace Hardware, near real coffee, Library & near bridge.
Bike Rack
Discussed several historical & modern bike rack & hitching post designs. Baker Manufacturing may also want to make bike racks.
Discussed the following bike rack locations: Five to Ten additional bike racks in front of the Library, Both sides of Madison street, Maple street, near Real Coffee, and Allen creek bridge.
Other Main Street amenities
Drinking fountains near Madison-Main St. intersection. May cost around $5,000, and has the potential to be vandalized.
Discussed several street clock designs.
Closed public hearing @ 7:40 p.m.
• Bike Path design considerations
Bike paths are 5’ wide stripe on the traffic side of the street with bike only lane markers. If street is wide enough, the bike path would be located next to parking lane on the street. If the street is not wide enough for 2 lanes of traffic, then bike path located on one side of the road eliminating a parking lane.
7. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Items
• Public hearing, discussion and possible motion to approve placing the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St.
Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) - Municipal code requires the sidewalk on the East Side of 2nd Street. The school board & citizens have requested to place the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St. to improve safety by eliminating the crossing the road at the Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection. The missing sidewalk connection on the West Side of 2nd St. will be filled in according to its priority at a latter date.
Open public hearing @ 7:50 p.m.
Dean Arnold 140 N. 3rd St. noted that 50% of the kids cross 2nd at Fair Street and therefore a sidewalk on West Side of 2nd St. is not required. Also suggested a 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection.
Wally Fellows 202 Fair St. has concerns regarding grade and sidewalk location.
Tammy Pomplun showed a slide show power point presentation of both sides of 2nd street suggesting that West Side of 2nd St. is the better location for the sidewalk. She also presented a letter with 15 signatures from residents located on both sides of 2nd street.
Closed public hearing @ 8:10 p.m.
Ald. Sornson wants sidewalks on both sides of all streets in the city of Evansville.
Ald. Juergens suggests West Side of 2nd St. is better location for the sidewalk.
Ald. Hammann would like to place a 3-way stop sign at Fair St. & 2nd St. intersection.
• Move sidewalk close to the road along Fair St. unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Place sidewalk on West Side of 2nd St. unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
• Transportation #1.2 – Review Transportation Network Map
Because of Evansville’s natural and man-made geography, there are few corridors for moving traffic from certain sectors of the City to other sectors of the City. For example, a new street around the north end of Lake Leota connecting USH 14 near the City's northern limit with CTH C near the City's northwestern limit would alleviate traffic congestion at the intersections of Main and Madison Streets and Madison and Union Streets. In addition, completing 6th Street so that it is continuous from Croft Road in the south to CTH C in the north would aid traffic flow on the developing West Side.
Evansville is a community that is bisected by state and interstate highway corridors and a railroad corridor. Lake Leota and wetlands also present development limitations. This situation results in issues of connectivity throughout the community. Of particular concern, is the fact that the road network essentially directs traffic from west-side subdivisions onto Main Street and from there onto area highways. This situation is creating a “bottleneck” of traffic downtown. If this pattern of development continues, Evansville will become a linear community (stretching east-west with little growth to the north or south). There is a need to loop roads and develop internal connectivity to take pressures off the highways and Main Street. Development and connecting roads on the north side of Evansville will be important in this effort.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer discussed drawing a future northwest collector street on the Every and Gildner properties. Discussed the best location to place a future collector where the wetland around Allen Creek is narrowest to make the crossing.
Union Town chairman, Kendall Schneider, noted that Allen creek crossing & connection to Hwy. 14 are critical. He would also like to see a 45-MPH speed limit on the future northwest Collector Street.
• Directed the city engineer to draw up proposal for location of future northwest by-pass Collector Street unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Utilities & Community Facilities #2 – Intergovernmental cooperation opportunities with Union township
Discussion on intergovernmental cooperation exploring ideas generated at the recent Evansville-Union Township smart growth implementation committee.
Plowing – Union Township wants either buy plows or contract the city to plow rural residential subdivisions (10 - 15 centerline miles). Evansville would be required to hire an additional employee and purchase another plow. This would not be a good fit to save taxpayer money, but Union may use Evansville’s fleet number when purchasing a new plow.
Share sand/salt purchases – Evansville purchases sand/salt directly from Rock county.
Share slurry seal & asphalt purchases – both communities currently purchases in large enough quantities to get a good price.
Renting space in new city garage to store Union Township vehicles - This would be a good fit to save taxpayer money. Evansville needs to determine the appropriate rental charge for Union Township vehicles.
Use new PW garage office area as Union Town Hall – A possibility, but Evansville currently has not plans for a large meeting room to make the garage ADA accessible.
Mowing – Union contracts mowing series twice a year (2nd week of June & 2nd week of September). Evansville does not have the proper equipment, but extra mowing personnel. Union has the proper equipment, but not the personnel.
Shared building inspector – currently share some duties. When Evansville’s existing PW director/building inspector retires, this maybe a great option.
• Land Use #3.1 – Expand identification, directional, and historic street signage
Discussed implementation of directional Wayfinding Signage. No plans to replace historic street signs due to their tendency to blow off the post.
8. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street & Main Street storm water sewer & sanitary sewer installation and design.
Bids are due on June 22. Contract awards at next public works meeting.
Construction will probably occur in fall after completion of WisDOT Madison Street railroad crossing replacement.
9. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Dry walling the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop
• Sign Replacing
• 70% completed building new bathrooms in Leota Park.
• Completed installing solar panels onto Veterans Memorial pool roof.
• Mowing at cemetery & city parks.
• Cutting down storm damaged trees.
• Completed planting of municipal trees.
• Street sweeping.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
10. New Business
A. Ordinance #2006-12, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at 5th & Badger; 5th & Porter; 5th & West Main as recommended by city engineer in his West Side traffic safety report.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-12, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
B. Ordinance #2006-13, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at Higgins & Badger as recommended by citizens in that neighborhood during recent public hearing on road repair at that intersection.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-13, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
C. Ordinance #2006-14, amending stop sign locations
4-way stop signs located at 5th & Vision Dr., and 6th & Vision Dr. Part of 5th & Vision Dr. intersection is located in Union township. 6th & Vision Dr. intersection currently has a sotrm water flume.
• Amend Ordinance #2006-14, to eliminate a stop sign on the southwest side of 5th & Vision Dr. intersection (located in Union township) unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-14, amending stop sign locations as ammended by Public Works unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
D. Ordinance #2006-15, amending stop sign locations
3-way stop signs located at Brown School road & J. Lindemann Drive. Traffic has significantly increase since Ace hardware opened. Recommended by citizens in that neighborhood during recent public hearing at Planning Commission.
• Send to Evansville common council Ordinance #2006-15, amending stop sign locations unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
E. Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits
Discussed reducing speed limit on county road M to 35 MPH within city limits.
We need to extend the city connecting highway limits on CTH M to the city limits before we have the authority to change speed limits on CTH M.
• Table Ordinance #2006-__, amending Municipal Code relative to speed limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
F. Discussion on extending the city connecting highway limits on CTH M from USH 14 to city limits (north & south)
City limits now starts at Countryside Drive in the north to newly annex property south of USH 14. The city would be responsible for road maintenance for this section of road.
The city plans to widen CTH M and construct curb & gutter south of USH 14 as part of the new industrial park. North of USH 14, the city is planning a sidewalk and possibly a bike lane along CTH M.
• Recommend to Evansville common council extending the city connecting highway limits on CTH M from USH 14 to city limits unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
G. Discussion regarding the possibility of establishing a public road between CTH M and Brown School Road through the Piggly Wiggly’s access drive (parcel 6-27-959.A1), the one-way alley north of Brighter Beginnings Day Care Center (parcel 6-27-959.A2), and part of Lot 1 of Grand Orchard Estates Subdivision with financing from potential Tax Incremental District No. 6
The proposal is constructing a boulevard with ultility power lines down the middle connecting Brownschool road with CTH M through the northside of Piggly Wiggly’s parking lot.
A septic field located under the north road would need to be replaced, potential issue with access off CTH M, and city would purchase additional land.
No action taken.
11. Meeting adjourned @ 9:50 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, June 26 at 6:00 p.m.
July’s meeting moved to Thursday, July 20 at 6:00 p.m. (vacation conflict)
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Minutes: Public Works: April 2006
Public Works Committee Meeting Minutes
Regular Meeting
Monday, April 24, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Absent: Bruce Woods. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of March meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Lake Leota Restoration
Sole reviewed Lake Leota drawdown goals:
1. Compact the Sediment. SOLE indicate that the sediment drying has lowered the lake bottom by 6 inches.
2. Removed rough fish that roil the sediment when the lake is full.
3. Remove, or cause to die, undesirable water-plant growth.
4. Assess the Structural Integrity of the dam. City engineer found only a small cosmetic crack in the dam structure.
5. Assess the quality of the water.
6. Repair the dam’s sluice gate.
7. Assessment of sediment.
The only action item not complete was drying of the lake and test dredging. The warm winter and unexpected springs made it impossible to dry.
Additional Opportunities:
• Test Excavations
• Private Excavations
• Dry Season Compacting
• Public Awareness
Open Public Hearing @ 6:10 p.m.
Ald. Juergens reviewed last weeks Park Board public hearing.
Gil Wiedenhoeft requested support from public works committee to assist in dewatering of the lake.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer indicated as Allen creek’s flow reduces, the water table would also reduce. He suggests we let nature take its course this summer to dry out the lake. He suggested potentially cutting in a stand pipe.
Closed Public Hearing @ 6:19 p.m.
Ald. Hammann reviewed the June 2004, The Lake Leota Dredging Plan by Strand Engineers & Associated. We are currently doing the drawdown, mechanical dredging followed by limited hydraulic dredging approach outlined in the report. Since we have not completed the Lake Dredging Environmental Impact Study, the maximum amount of soil to be removed at this time is 3,000 cyds , about 1% of what is required to completely dredge the lake. The city has money allocated in 2009 to dredge Lake Leota. That is 3 years for now.
Hammann suggested the best we could achieve by not refilling the lake is removing 1% of its sediment. Then we would refill the lake again in 2007 and draw it down again in 2008 in anticipation of a serious mechanical followed by limited hydraulic dredging in 2009.
If this is the game plan, we need to complete several action items outline in the Strand Report:
1) Fill out the test-dredging permit – now!
2) Begin Environmental Impact Study (8 – 12 months required to complete)
3) Determine and finalize spoil site location
4) Complete dredging design
5) Final Dredging Permit
Items 2 to 5 need to be completed by 2008, that’s 18 months away.
• Lake Leota allowed to continue to dry out during the summer of 2006 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
6. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion and possible motion to approve concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection.
The city engineer provided the costs & timing involved in using concrete pavement versus asphalt pavement at the intersection. Concrete costs 50% more then asphalt pavement and take up to 2 weeks to construct, but can last twice longer thereby reducing maintenance cost. The state DOT will pay a portion of the cost. The main reason to use concrete at intersection is to prevent damage by compression and shear force by heavy vehicles.
Open public hearing @ 6:47 p.m.
Betsy Ahner (20 S. 1st St.) mentioned that a concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection would match the Main St. & Union St. intersection.
Open public hearing @ 6:50 p.m.
• Concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve removal of light fixtures to match east Main St.
The city engineer provided background information comparing the light fixture along East & West Main Street. The new lights fixtures installed on east Main St. directs the light onto the pavement, while the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. scatters the light. The engineer requests that we change the globe and relocate the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. to the historic district.
Open public hearing @ 6:59 p.m.
Jim McGoey (224 W. Church) believes the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main Street are too tall for a downtown environment. Suggests relocating the old lights to the historic district, but we need a plan for replacing these lights.
John Decker (143 W. Main St.) suggests we relocate donation plaques on existing lights.
Close public hearing @ 7:08 p.m.
• Request city engineer to investigate the cost for installing new light fixtures from the bridge over Allen Creek to 1st St., a plan and cost to relocate the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. to the historic district by July’s public works meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Jurgens motion.
• Place new donation plaques on new west Main St. light fixtures unanimously approved on a Sornson-Jurgens motion.
• Discussion on off-site & municipal lot parking
Evansville Chamber of Commerce formed a task force to examine this issue. Public Works Director,
Dave Wartenweiler has been assigned to this task force.
• Discussion of preliminary Main St. Street & Sidewalk design.
Last meeting we assigned Foth & Van Dyke to survey the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge.
The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront encroaches onto city property. The current design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk within the right-of-way to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 7:21 p.m.
Discussion on how to resolve Evansville Bowl store front encroaching onto city property. We have two options:
1. change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl.
2. change Evansville Bowl storefront façade from encroaching onto city property.
Close public hearing @ 7:30 p.m.
Request the city clerk to invite Evansville Bowl owner to next public works meeting.
• Discussion on Paving Bricks Grant Application
Thanks to John Decker, Jeff Farnsworth, Chris Eager, Bruce Woods & everyone at ECP for all their efforts in successfully applying to the DOT enhancement program. The grant application is for $500,000.
The key elements in the grant applications are:
1. bicycle & pedestrian facilities
2. historic downtown features: paving bricks, lighting plan, etc.
3. landscaping & streetscaping plans
Included with the grant application were endorsements by State Senator Jon Erpenbach, Assemblymen Brett Davis, Evansville Chamber of Commerce, Historic Preservation Commission, Grove Society, ECP & Redevelopment Authority.
• Discussion on Bike Trails
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Identifying Evansville Trailways was a project Ald. Hammann started when he was park board chair. The most recent focus has been incorporating the “circle the city” portion as part of new residential subdivision development in planning commission. Now we are going to turn our attention to linking the downtown and historic district to other areas around the community.
Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. This situation presents some challenges to Cyclists. Cyclists either have to share the sidewalks with pedestrians or share the roadways with vehicles. Sidewalk width is not adequate in all areas to simultaneously accommodate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. Similarly, it is not advisable for cyclists to share the roadways with motor vehicles, particularly along the highway corridors that traverse the City given high traffic volumes and speeds. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown. Potential trail routes are illustrated on the Transportation Network Map.
To address this issue, the City of Evansville developed a Trailways Plan. This plan seeks to provide a combination of trails, sidewalks, and bicycle routes to:
• Connect school facilities to City parks;
• Link City parks to shopping areas; and
• Create a ring trail around the current perimeter of the City.
The location of these planned trails is illustrated on the Transportation Network Map as well as the Future Land Use Maps.
Discussed the following action plan:
1. Park Board reviews the current Intra City Street Bicycle plan and make a recommendations to Public Works. The plan focus on the following:
• Connect school facilities to City parks;
• Link City parks to shopping areas; and
• Follow the Historic district as closely as possible (Historic building bike/walk)
2. The city engineers to review what is needed to make a safe bike path on city streets.
Our goal is to have an intra city street bicycle plan by July.
Open Public Hearing @ 7:47 p.m.
John Decker (143 W. Main St.) stated that implementing an intra city street bicycle plan is critical even if Evansville does not receive the DOT street enhancement grant.
Open Public Hearing @ 7:50 p.m.
Next month we plan to explore the following topic pertaining to Downtown Streetscaping:
• Main St. & Sidewalk design
• Bridge over Allen creek design
• Street amenities such as, benches, bike racks, trash receptacle & trees.
• Bike Path design considerations
7. Discussion and possible motion regarding special assessment against property owned by George Howell at northeast corner of Exchange St. and Water St.
The City Engineer described location, work done, deed giving the city an easement for running storm sewer, waiving cost for running new sanitary sewer and water laterals, but special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter applied.
George Howell presented a copy of the agreement with the city and stated there was a verbal agreement waiving cost the special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter. George Howell stated he was also promised a driveway. Before construction his property did not have a storm water problem, not it contains standing water. George Howell said his vacation lot does not require sanitary sewer and water laterals. George Howell wants the city to either purchase the storm sewer easement or remove the special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter ($2,336).
The City Engineer and Public Works director verified that George Howell’s agreement was the same that many other property owners sign throughout the Hwy. 14 construction project. The City Engineer stated that the current storm water problem on George Howell’s property would be fixed.
Since city ordinance requires building to be located 2’ above the curb line, George Howell ask who is going to raise his property up?
• Deny the request to waive the special assessment against property owned by George Howell at northeast corner of Exchange St. and Water St. unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
8. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Plan
• Discussion and possible motion to approve 2006 sidewalk construction plans
Considerations Prioritization of Sidewalk Connections: Safety; Areas Connecting Schools, Parks & Business District; Medical Centers, Collector Streets, Traffic Levels & In Fill.
The 2006 budget for new sidewalk construction is $25,000.
Critical (ASAP) Sidewalk Connections
Priority Sidewalk Connection Estimated Cost Construction Year
1 West Main St. (Prentice St. – Spencer Dr.) $ 9,000 2005
2 West J. Lindemann Dr. $ 3,600 2005
3 Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) $17,500 2006
4 Madison St. - Grove St. (Leota Park entrance) $ 4,400 2006
5 Infill lots on Spencer & Campion drive $ 1,500 2005
6 Garfield Ave. (4th - 5th)
7 Liberty St. (5th – Prentice & Prentice - Crawford)
Leota Park Entrance – Suggest placing the sidewalk on the south side of the street up to the backer building.
Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) - Municipal code requires the sidewalk on the East Side of 2nd Street. The school board & citizens have requested to place the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St. to improve safety by eliminating the crossing the road at the Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection. The missing sidewalk connection on the West Side of 2nd St. will be filled in according to its priority at a latter date.
• Request Planning Commission to grant a variance in the municipal code request to place the sidewalk on the West Side of 2nd St. unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Important Sidewalk Connections
Priority Sidewalk Connection
1 5th St. (Garfield Ave. – Hwy. C) & North Tip of 4th
2 Church St. (4th - 5th)
3 East County Road M (north of Hwy. 14)
4 Countryside Drive
5 Brown school road
Lower Priority Sidewalk Connections
Water Street (east of Exchange St.); Clifton St. (north of Grove St.); North Edge of Sherman CT.; 3rd St. (North of Garfield Ave.); Park Drive; Higgins Dr.; Prentice St. & Walker St. (Almeron - Cherry)
Sidewalk Connections to be complete as development occurs
Cemetery St.; 6th St. (South of Vision) & 6h St. (North of Abey); and Mill St. & RR St Intersection
Sidewalk Connections to be complete as part of Madison St. resurfacing in 2008
Old 92 (1st – S. Madison St.)
Sidewalk Connections located in Union Township
5th St. (City Limits – High School)
Not Required Sidewalk Connections
Frances St.; 2nd St. – West Side (Highland - Fair St.); Fowler CT.; Liberty Lane; & Kinsey CT.
9. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street storm water sewer, sanitary sewer and water main design.
The city engineer has not completed has Madison street design.
• Table approval Madison Street storm water sewer, sanitary sewer and water main design unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve storm water project on Badger & Higgins Drive
This older intersection requires work to improve storm water removal that is undermining the substructure. Three flumes will be placed to facilitate storm water removal along with repairing curbs and cleaning out the ditch.
The city engineer also recommends squaring off the intersection to reduce the speeding in this area.
The engineer’s proposal is under budget for this project.
• Storm water project on Badger & Higgins Drive unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
10. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Repairing the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop
• Pot Hole Replacing
• Sign Replacing
• 60% completed building new bathrooms in Leota Park
• Installing solar panels onto Veterans Memorial pool roof.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Street sweeping.
The Public Works requested $1,000 for Rock county conservation committee for “clean sweep” hazardous waste disposal program.
• Recommend to finance $1,000 for Rock county conservation committee for “clean sweep” hazardous waste disposal program unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
11. New Business - NA
12. Meeting adjourned @ 9:30 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, May 22 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
Regular Meeting
Monday, April 24, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
City Hall, 31 S. Madison St., Evansville, WI
1. Call the meeting to order @ 6:00 PM.
2. Roll Call: Ald. Hammann (Chair) & Ald. Sornson , Ald. Juergens. Staff: Dave Wartenweiler, Public Works Director & Dave Sauer, City Engineer. Absent: Bruce Woods. Quorum attained.
3. Minutes of March meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
4. Citizen appearances - NA
5. Lake Leota Restoration
Sole reviewed Lake Leota drawdown goals:
1. Compact the Sediment. SOLE indicate that the sediment drying has lowered the lake bottom by 6 inches.
2. Removed rough fish that roil the sediment when the lake is full.
3. Remove, or cause to die, undesirable water-plant growth.
4. Assess the Structural Integrity of the dam. City engineer found only a small cosmetic crack in the dam structure.
5. Assess the quality of the water.
6. Repair the dam’s sluice gate.
7. Assessment of sediment.
The only action item not complete was drying of the lake and test dredging. The warm winter and unexpected springs made it impossible to dry.
Additional Opportunities:
• Test Excavations
• Private Excavations
• Dry Season Compacting
• Public Awareness
Open Public Hearing @ 6:10 p.m.
Ald. Juergens reviewed last weeks Park Board public hearing.
Gil Wiedenhoeft requested support from public works committee to assist in dewatering of the lake.
City Engineer, Dave Sauer indicated as Allen creek’s flow reduces, the water table would also reduce. He suggests we let nature take its course this summer to dry out the lake. He suggested potentially cutting in a stand pipe.
Closed Public Hearing @ 6:19 p.m.
Ald. Hammann reviewed the June 2004, The Lake Leota Dredging Plan by Strand Engineers & Associated. We are currently doing the drawdown, mechanical dredging followed by limited hydraulic dredging approach outlined in the report. Since we have not completed the Lake Dredging Environmental Impact Study, the maximum amount of soil to be removed at this time is 3,000 cyds , about 1% of what is required to completely dredge the lake. The city has money allocated in 2009 to dredge Lake Leota. That is 3 years for now.
Hammann suggested the best we could achieve by not refilling the lake is removing 1% of its sediment. Then we would refill the lake again in 2007 and draw it down again in 2008 in anticipation of a serious mechanical followed by limited hydraulic dredging in 2009.
If this is the game plan, we need to complete several action items outline in the Strand Report:
1) Fill out the test-dredging permit – now!
2) Begin Environmental Impact Study (8 – 12 months required to complete)
3) Determine and finalize spoil site location
4) Complete dredging design
5) Final Dredging Permit
Items 2 to 5 need to be completed by 2008, that’s 18 months away.
• Lake Leota allowed to continue to dry out during the summer of 2006 unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
6. Main Street Reconstruction Public Hearing
• Discussion and possible motion to approve concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection.
The city engineer provided the costs & timing involved in using concrete pavement versus asphalt pavement at the intersection. Concrete costs 50% more then asphalt pavement and take up to 2 weeks to construct, but can last twice longer thereby reducing maintenance cost. The state DOT will pay a portion of the cost. The main reason to use concrete at intersection is to prevent damage by compression and shear force by heavy vehicles.
Open public hearing @ 6:47 p.m.
Betsy Ahner (20 S. 1st St.) mentioned that a concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection would match the Main St. & Union St. intersection.
Open public hearing @ 6:50 p.m.
• Concrete pavement for Madison-Main St. intersection unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve removal of light fixtures to match east Main St.
The city engineer provided background information comparing the light fixture along East & West Main Street. The new lights fixtures installed on east Main St. directs the light onto the pavement, while the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. scatters the light. The engineer requests that we change the globe and relocate the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. to the historic district.
Open public hearing @ 6:59 p.m.
Jim McGoey (224 W. Church) believes the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main Street are too tall for a downtown environment. Suggests relocating the old lights to the historic district, but we need a plan for replacing these lights.
John Decker (143 W. Main St.) suggests we relocate donation plaques on existing lights.
Close public hearing @ 7:08 p.m.
• Request city engineer to investigate the cost for installing new light fixtures from the bridge over Allen Creek to 1st St., a plan and cost to relocate the existing lights fixtures installed on west Main St. to the historic district by July’s public works meeting unanimously approved on a Hammann-Jurgens motion.
• Place new donation plaques on new west Main St. light fixtures unanimously approved on a Sornson-Jurgens motion.
• Discussion on off-site & municipal lot parking
Evansville Chamber of Commerce formed a task force to examine this issue. Public Works Director,
Dave Wartenweiler has been assigned to this task force.
• Discussion of preliminary Main St. Street & Sidewalk design.
Last meeting we assigned Foth & Van Dyke to survey the property line on both sides of Main Street east of Maple Street to the Allen Creek Bridge.
The city engineer found that Evansville's Bowl storefront encroaches onto city property. The current design has 4’ wide sidewalk in front of Evansville bowl. ADA requires a 5’ wide sidewalk. The city engineer suggests we design the sidewalk within the right-of-way to meet the ADA requirement.
Open public hearing @ 7:21 p.m.
Discussion on how to resolve Evansville Bowl store front encroaching onto city property. We have two options:
1. change the road design by adding a bump out in front of Evansville Bowl.
2. change Evansville Bowl storefront façade from encroaching onto city property.
Close public hearing @ 7:30 p.m.
Request the city clerk to invite Evansville Bowl owner to next public works meeting.
• Discussion on Paving Bricks Grant Application
Thanks to John Decker, Jeff Farnsworth, Chris Eager, Bruce Woods & everyone at ECP for all their efforts in successfully applying to the DOT enhancement program. The grant application is for $500,000.
The key elements in the grant applications are:
1. bicycle & pedestrian facilities
2. historic downtown features: paving bricks, lighting plan, etc.
3. landscaping & streetscaping plans
Included with the grant application were endorsements by State Senator Jon Erpenbach, Assemblymen Brett Davis, Evansville Chamber of Commerce, Historic Preservation Commission, Grove Society, ECP & Redevelopment Authority.
• Discussion on Bike Trails
Bike Trails are a critical part of the DOT grant application. Identifying Evansville Trailways was a project Ald. Hammann started when he was park board chair. The most recent focus has been incorporating the “circle the city” portion as part of new residential subdivision development in planning commission. Now we are going to turn our attention to linking the downtown and historic district to other areas around the community.
Presently, there are no bike trail routes through the City. This situation presents some challenges to Cyclists. Cyclists either have to share the sidewalks with pedestrians or share the roadways with vehicles. Sidewalk width is not adequate in all areas to simultaneously accommodate the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. Similarly, it is not advisable for cyclists to share the roadways with motor vehicles, particularly along the highway corridors that traverse the City given high traffic volumes and speeds. Local trails are needed to complement the sidewalk system and provide additional choices for pedestrians, cyclists and outdoor enthusiasts. Ideally, trails would traverse the City to link together residential areas, parks and recreation facilities, schools, and the downtown. Potential trail routes are illustrated on the Transportation Network Map.
To address this issue, the City of Evansville developed a Trailways Plan. This plan seeks to provide a combination of trails, sidewalks, and bicycle routes to:
• Connect school facilities to City parks;
• Link City parks to shopping areas; and
• Create a ring trail around the current perimeter of the City.
The location of these planned trails is illustrated on the Transportation Network Map as well as the Future Land Use Maps.
Discussed the following action plan:
1. Park Board reviews the current Intra City Street Bicycle plan and make a recommendations to Public Works. The plan focus on the following:
• Connect school facilities to City parks;
• Link City parks to shopping areas; and
• Follow the Historic district as closely as possible (Historic building bike/walk)
2. The city engineers to review what is needed to make a safe bike path on city streets.
Our goal is to have an intra city street bicycle plan by July.
Open Public Hearing @ 7:47 p.m.
John Decker (143 W. Main St.) stated that implementing an intra city street bicycle plan is critical even if Evansville does not receive the DOT street enhancement grant.
Open Public Hearing @ 7:50 p.m.
Next month we plan to explore the following topic pertaining to Downtown Streetscaping:
• Main St. & Sidewalk design
• Bridge over Allen creek design
• Street amenities such as, benches, bike racks, trash receptacle & trees.
• Bike Path design considerations
7. Discussion and possible motion regarding special assessment against property owned by George Howell at northeast corner of Exchange St. and Water St.
The City Engineer described location, work done, deed giving the city an easement for running storm sewer, waiving cost for running new sanitary sewer and water laterals, but special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter applied.
George Howell presented a copy of the agreement with the city and stated there was a verbal agreement waiving cost the special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter. George Howell stated he was also promised a driveway. Before construction his property did not have a storm water problem, not it contains standing water. George Howell said his vacation lot does not require sanitary sewer and water laterals. George Howell wants the city to either purchase the storm sewer easement or remove the special assessment for sidewalk, curb & gutter ($2,336).
The City Engineer and Public Works director verified that George Howell’s agreement was the same that many other property owners sign throughout the Hwy. 14 construction project. The City Engineer stated that the current storm water problem on George Howell’s property would be fixed.
Since city ordinance requires building to be located 2’ above the curb line, George Howell ask who is going to raise his property up?
• Deny the request to waive the special assessment against property owned by George Howell at northeast corner of Exchange St. and Water St. unanimously approved on a Juergens-Sornson motion.
8. 2006 Public Works Smart Growth Plan Action Plan
• Discussion and possible motion to approve 2006 sidewalk construction plans
Considerations Prioritization of Sidewalk Connections: Safety; Areas Connecting Schools, Parks & Business District; Medical Centers, Collector Streets, Traffic Levels & In Fill.
The 2006 budget for new sidewalk construction is $25,000.
Critical (ASAP) Sidewalk Connections
Priority Sidewalk Connection Estimated Cost Construction Year
1 West Main St. (Prentice St. – Spencer Dr.) $ 9,000 2005
2 West J. Lindemann Dr. $ 3,600 2005
3 Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) $17,500 2006
4 Madison St. - Grove St. (Leota Park entrance) $ 4,400 2006
5 Infill lots on Spencer & Campion drive $ 1,500 2005
6 Garfield Ave. (4th - 5th)
7 Liberty St. (5th – Prentice & Prentice - Crawford)
Leota Park Entrance – Suggest placing the sidewalk on the south side of the street up to the backer building.
Fair St. (2nd - 3rd) & 2nd St. (Highland - Fair St.) - Municipal code requires the sidewalk on the East Side of 2nd Street. The school board & citizens have requested to place the sidewalk on the west side of 2nd St. to improve safety by eliminating the crossing the road at the Fair St. & 2nd St. uncontrolled intersection. The missing sidewalk connection on the West Side of 2nd St. will be filled in according to its priority at a latter date.
• Request Planning Commission to grant a variance in the municipal code request to place the sidewalk on the West Side of 2nd St. unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
Important Sidewalk Connections
Priority Sidewalk Connection
1 5th St. (Garfield Ave. – Hwy. C) & North Tip of 4th
2 Church St. (4th - 5th)
3 East County Road M (north of Hwy. 14)
4 Countryside Drive
5 Brown school road
Lower Priority Sidewalk Connections
Water Street (east of Exchange St.); Clifton St. (north of Grove St.); North Edge of Sherman CT.; 3rd St. (North of Garfield Ave.); Park Drive; Higgins Dr.; Prentice St. & Walker St. (Almeron - Cherry)
Sidewalk Connections to be complete as development occurs
Cemetery St.; 6th St. (South of Vision) & 6h St. (North of Abey); and Mill St. & RR St Intersection
Sidewalk Connections to be complete as part of Madison St. resurfacing in 2008
Old 92 (1st – S. Madison St.)
Sidewalk Connections located in Union Township
5th St. (City Limits – High School)
Not Required Sidewalk Connections
Frances St.; 2nd St. – West Side (Highland - Fair St.); Fowler CT.; Liberty Lane; & Kinsey CT.
9. Communications from City Engineer
• Discussion and possible motion to approve Madison Street storm water sewer, sanitary sewer and water main design.
The city engineer has not completed has Madison street design.
• Table approval Madison Street storm water sewer, sanitary sewer and water main design unanimously approved on a Hammann-Sornson motion.
• Discussion and possible motion to approve storm water project on Badger & Higgins Drive
This older intersection requires work to improve storm water removal that is undermining the substructure. Three flumes will be placed to facilitate storm water removal along with repairing curbs and cleaning out the ditch.
The city engineer also recommends squaring off the intersection to reduce the speeding in this area.
The engineer’s proposal is under budget for this project.
• Storm water project on Badger & Higgins Drive unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
10. Communications of Public Works Director
Current Public Works projects include:
• Repairing the former Farnsworth Ceramic Shop
• Pot Hole Replacing
• Sign Replacing
• 60% completed building new bathrooms in Leota Park
• Installing solar panels onto Veterans Memorial pool roof.
• Brush pickup 1st week of each month.
• Street sweeping.
The Public Works requested $1,000 for Rock county conservation committee for “clean sweep” hazardous waste disposal program.
• Recommend to finance $1,000 for Rock county conservation committee for “clean sweep” hazardous waste disposal program unanimously approved on a Hammann-Juergens motion.
11. New Business - NA
12. Meeting adjourned @ 9:30 p.m. on a Hammann-Juergens motion
Next Meeting: Monday, May 22 at 6:00 p.m.
Bill Hammann Chair, Public Works Committee
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