1. WELLNESS CENTER: Three architect interviews were conducted by the committee (Ken Bresnan, Chuck Burgin, Vernon Delpasce, Vicky Foresman, Jill Johnson, Todd Kielkopf, John Sirianni, Mike Teigland, Mark Vickroy, Tim Zisoff) on Tuesday the 7th and a firm will be recommended at the June 20 council meeting.
Negotiations/discussions continue on the Summercrest Hills Development Agreement and land purchase agreement.
2. REDISTRICTING: Staff is working on a new city redistricting map based on the new population census number (14,782). The draft map will be brought to council study on July 11.
3. STREET REPLACEMENT PROJECT: Snyder’s Jenifer Croat asked to delay committee discussion of the 2011 replacement project until July 11 when more information will be available.
4. SUMP PUMP DRAINAGE SYSTEM: Community Development Director Chuck Burgin sent RFP’s for sump pump tile drains (in parkings) for W. Euclid, W. Jackson, North “K” and E. Ashland. These tiles are placed in the parkings and property owners connect their sump pumps to them to minimize water issues in the neighborhoods. Storm Water Utility revenues fund these projects that have been very popular with residents.
A recommendation will be on the June 20 Council agenda.
5. WEATHER: The city received around 7” of rain from early Thursday morning thru Friday morning. Consequently many basements had water and/or sewage. The staff did its best to work with home owners.
We received approximately 60 phone calls regarding sewer/water in residential basements. Due to amount of calls, the City of Indianola will be contracting for free curbside pickup of flood and backup damaged items for city residents. Citizens can call City Hall at 961-9410 by noon on Monday, June 13th to be put on the curbside pickup list. Items will need to be placed on the curb no later than 5:00 pm on the 13th.
Actual pickup will begin on the morning of the 14th.
6. TRAFFIC SIGNAL: The signal at 12th and E Hwy 92 (high school) will be modified by the Indianola Schools to accommodate the new driveway entering the Middle School (see map). The signal is primarily a pedestrian crossing now and only goes red (east/west) when the ped crossing button is pushed. The modifications will include loop detectors to call for e/w red when cars are on the north or south legs.
7. STOP SIGN: It came to our attention that a few neighbors were concerned about a southbound stop sign on Fairway at Orchard (council set a hearing date for June 20). After discussing with Tab Bartling and the resident asking for the stop sign, a yield will be recommended instead. The change will be discussed at the June 20 public hearing.
