INDIANAPOLIS GREENWAYS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEREVISED MINUTES OF PUBLIC MEETING -- August 17, 2004 City County Building - Room 107 Voting Members Present: SILVER, HICKS, JOHN, VOLLMER, MYERS, DORSA, MOONEY, SOMMERS and SHIKANY Voting Members Absent: PAPENMEIER, PAYNE, QUINN, HENNEKE, and BARTON Others Present: Parks Director Joseph Wynns, Ray Irvin, Lori Block and Terri Van Zant (Indy Parks Greenways) and Paul Smith (Parks) Meeting called to order at 5:05 PM Minutes from July 20, 2004 meeting approved Director Wynns addressed and thanked committee members on their importance and commitment to the Indianapolis Greenways System. The Mayor's Indy Works Plan was introduced and briefly discussed. Paul Smith, Parks Real Estate Manager was introduced. Mr. Smith discussed Parks low dollars for land acquisition and its reliance on the generosity of developers. PROJECT UPDATES: BLOCK, IRVIN and VAN ZANT reported on the following: Eagle Creek Greenway -- Construction is in progress for this 1.8-mile trail, which will connect 56th and 46th Streets. Storrow/Kinsella combined the trail plans with the Pike Youth Soccer development plans, thereby reducing the total project cost. The parking lot at north end is installed. Soccer fields have been graded; Gradex began digging ponds. Trail to be constructed South to North. An informative sign was installed at 56th Street recognizing all partners involved in the joint project and with a large visual of the plan of the area. Fall Creek Greenway -- Phase I (Monon to Keystone Ave.) is now complete. The new concrete box culvert recently constructed to repair Labor Day flood damage at Tacoma Ave. will prevent future flood damage to the asphalt. Indy Parks needs to install small retaining wall at Millersville Rd. to repair erosion from the railroad tracks. Plans for Phase II from 56th to Skiles Test (Shadeland Ave.) were submitted to INDOT for review; currently awaiting bid. Construction should begin in 2005. Monon to Central -- Butler Fairman & Seufert has completed the trail design. A TEA grant was submitted to INDOT for $1.2 million to fund this phase, and if awarded, construction could begin in 2005. Meridian to Stadium Dr. -- This reach of Fall Creek was scoped as part of the Central Waterfront Masterplan Update by the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE). The ACOE will continue to work on this trail's development. South White River Trail -- Greenways submitted a TE grant application to INDOT for $1.8 million to fund this project. Ninebark is developing construction documents for this 2-mile trail piece from the zoo to Raymond St.; they submitted 90% review of these plans. The trail will include several interpretive signs at the trailheads. Partnerships with National Starch, General Motors and Eli Lilly continue to facilitate trail development. Pogues Run -- Work continues to open this 40-acre wetland mitigation/flood control project in 2004. Encompassed by a 1.5-mile loop trail, the basin will become part of Indy Greenways as an art and nature park. Greenways is working with local neighborhoods to develop trail amenities and with DPR Planning to resurface the trail. Trail opening is pending 1) a signed Memorandum of Understanding between Indy Parks and DPW, and 2) appropriate signage displayed onsite. A service learning project being scheduled for all with Arsenal Tech High School and IUPUI students. A second fundraiser, organized by Caleb Mills Organization, is set for September 18. Pennsy Corridor -- The Pennsy Corridor runs from Arlington, east to the county line, south of Washington St. The future Indianapolis Pennsy Trail will connect to the existing Pleasant Run Greenway Trail, the Town of Cumberland's future Pennsy Trail, and eventually east to Greenfield. Nine adjacent property owners agreed to support the trail in meetings last month. The city continues to focus on land acquisition, which could begin this year, as the MPO has designated money for such needs. Development could begin as early as 2006. IUPUI Summer Volunteers -- A partnership between Indy Greenways and IUPUI allowed 3 volunteers to assist with greenway projects this summer. Projects included landscape beds maintenance, trail repairs, library improvements, and most recently, art murals. Students painted a wall for a Monon Trail mural at 49th St. Central Canal Towpath Closing at 52nd St. -- Due to bridge repair on 52nd St., Canal Towpath users need to detour west from the trail to Lester St., in the Rocky Ripple neighborhood. Greenways Art -- Two new murals were completed this summer at 49th Street and the Monon. The mural at Gleaner's on 16th and the Monon was featured in a June Indianapolis Star article. We continue to promote the Mayor's Cultural Initiative by promoting and installing art along the greenways. A volunteer artist from the Arthur Jordan YMCA will begin a mural on Ace Hardware's wall near 86th and the Monon this month. A volunteer group from Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation is already planning a mural for April 2005. SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES -- deferred until September's meeting. NEW BUSINESS:New partnerships: Meeting adjourned 6:17 Respectfully submitted by Terri Van Zant, Indy Parks Greenways *All IGDC meetings are recorded and aired on WCTY Channel 16, copies available through WCTY. |