Downtown Project is Behind Schedule
Members of the Downtown Revitalization Committee met this week and learned of several new developments:
--The plan is behind schedule due to delays at LandPlan, the firm that is working on the revitalization program, and the Federal Department of Transportation.
--Finished work at the corner of Third & Main cannot be totally completed unless new storm drainage work is done by the city, which does not have the $240,000 to do it in the budget.
--Newspaper publisher Pete Crow has promised to renovate several of the storefront buildings he owns on Third Street provided the city can re-do the alley behind his newspaper offices by March 1, 2006, to accommodate large trucks delivering newsprint, according to City Manager Bill Galletly..
Galletly explained to the group that GMSA has never had funding in its budget for the storm drainage work at the corner of Third & Main, and that "we are only talking about 5 or 10 feet of work on the corner not being finished."
LandPlan, the group in charge of design work for the project, had stated that it cannot wrap the "new look" around the corner unless the storm drain project is finished first.
Galletly also went over the storm, sewer, and water line work that is to be done in downtown Grove which will be started shortly, which would include "completely new copper water lines all the way to the building walls." On the North side of Third, sidewalks will be completely ripped out and new utilities put underneath by GMSA, then LandPlan will install the all-new look sidewalks.
Chairman Larry Stout said "we need to visit with the City Council to make sure they are up to date on the plan."
The original schedule called for survey work to be done in November, plans to the city in February for design work, bids to be advertised in June, bids opened in July, work to start in August, and completion by December, for Phase One. The project is several months behind schedule and all three phases probably won't be completed until 2008, committee members were told.
The project has $297,668 in Federal Funding and $198,445 in city matching funds currently, for Phase One. This money is "in the bank" said Galletly.
--The plan is behind schedule due to delays at LandPlan, the firm that is working on the revitalization program, and the Federal Department of Transportation.
--Finished work at the corner of Third & Main cannot be totally completed unless new storm drainage work is done by the city, which does not have the $240,000 to do it in the budget.
--Newspaper publisher Pete Crow has promised to renovate several of the storefront buildings he owns on Third Street provided the city can re-do the alley behind his newspaper offices by March 1, 2006, to accommodate large trucks delivering newsprint, according to City Manager Bill Galletly..
Galletly explained to the group that GMSA has never had funding in its budget for the storm drainage work at the corner of Third & Main, and that "we are only talking about 5 or 10 feet of work on the corner not being finished."
LandPlan, the group in charge of design work for the project, had stated that it cannot wrap the "new look" around the corner unless the storm drain project is finished first.
Galletly also went over the storm, sewer, and water line work that is to be done in downtown Grove which will be started shortly, which would include "completely new copper water lines all the way to the building walls." On the North side of Third, sidewalks will be completely ripped out and new utilities put underneath by GMSA, then LandPlan will install the all-new look sidewalks.
Chairman Larry Stout said "we need to visit with the City Council to make sure they are up to date on the plan."
The original schedule called for survey work to be done in November, plans to the city in February for design work, bids to be advertised in June, bids opened in July, work to start in August, and completion by December, for Phase One. The project is several months behind schedule and all three phases probably won't be completed until 2008, committee members were told.
The project has $297,668 in Federal Funding and $198,445 in city matching funds currently, for Phase One. This money is "in the bank" said Galletly.
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