INDIANAPOLIS GREENWAYS DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEEREVISED MINUTES OF PUBLIC MEETING -- February 17, 2005 City County Building -- Room 118 Voting Members Present: SILVER, Shikany, MOONEY, PAPENMEIER, MYERS, SOMMERS Payne, HICKS,and BARTON Voting Members Absent: Dorsa, VOLLMER, HENNEKE, MASON, JOHN, and QUINN Others Present: Ray Irvin, Terri Van Zant, Lori Keys (Indy Parks Greenways) Meeting called to order at 5:07 PM The Minutes from the January 2005 IGDC subcommittee meetings were approved. PROJECT UPDATES: KEYS, VAN ZANT and IRVIN reported on the following: Eagle Creek Greenway -- This 16-mile corridor transects the B&O, White River Greenway, and Pleasant Run Trail. Storrow/Kinsella combined the trail plans with the plans for Eagle Creek Sports complex, thereby reducing the total project cost. Construction is on hold for the winter for the 1.8-mile trail piece that will connect 56th and 46th Streets. Both the north parking lot and the binder coat of asphalt at the south end are installed, and the soccer fields were seeded last year. DPW's improvements along 56th St. from Lafayette Rd. to Guion will make this project more accessible to the area. DPW/56th St improvements -- As part of a road improvement project for 56th Street from Lafayette Road to Guion Road, DPW has designed an 8-foot asphalt path from Georgetown Road to the existing path along 56th from Lafayette Road to Eagle Creek Park. This project is part of the envisioned Pike Township Connectivity Plan. Fall Creek Greenway -- Plans for Phase II from 56th to Skiles Test (Shadeland Ave.) to be bid by INDOT next month. Construction to begin in summer of 2005. Monon to Central -- Butler Fairman and Seufert has completed the trail design. A TEA grant was re-submitted to INDOT in Dec. for $1.2 million to fund this phase, and if awarded, construction could begin in 2006. 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. A potential for partnership exists with the team of engineers aiming to eliminate CSOs along the Fall Creek Reach. South White River Trail -- Greenways submitted a TE grant application to INDOT for $1.8 million to fund this project. INDOT awarded $850,000 in October 2004. Ninebark completed construction documents for this 2-mile trail piece from the zoo to Raymond St. 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 -- Pogues Run Art and Nature Park officially opened Nov. 5, 2004 when a Memorandum of Understanding between Indy Parks and DPW was signed. Parks Rangers will regularly patrol this 40-acre site, encompassed by a 1.5-mile loop trail. In partnership with DPW, the Caleb Mills Organization, IUPUI, the Indianapolis Foundation, local neighborhoods, schools, and local arts groups, Indy Greenways will develop and manage the basin as an art and nature park. DPR Greenways is working with trail neighbors to develop trail amenities, and with DPR Planning to hire a design firm for a site master plan, install a sign recognizing partners, and resurface the trail. The Caleb Mills Organization just received a $5,000 grant from the Noyes Foundation for Pogues Run, and they raised $1,200 at their second annual Pogues Run fundraiser September 18, 2004. A directional sign will be installed DeQuincey Ave. Pennsy Corridor -- The Pennsy Corridor runs from Arlington, 6-7 miles 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. Fifty percent trail design plans are complete. Nine adjacent property owners agreed to support the trail in July 2004. 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. New project schedule issued February 15. Upcoming Volunteer Projects 6th Annual Fall Creek Cleanup -- March 26, 2005 17th Annual White River Cleanup -- April 2, 2005 1st Annual Pogues Run Corridor Cleanup -- May 21, 2005 SUBCOMMITTEE UPDATES Arts Subcommittee: Greenways staff is preparing a report on potential murals for this subcommittee. Maintenance and Design -- Contract mowing, remove litter pickup and use CSW, save $$ no schedule mowing, as needed per inspection add list to web site, for possible donation. Marketing -- No report Property -- No report. Safety and Security -- No report Meeting adjourned 6:20 Respectfully submitted by Lori Keys and Terri Van Zant, Indy Parks Greenways *All IGDC meetings are recorded and aired on WCTY Channel 16, copies available through WCTY. |