announced that it appears that Evansville will be approved for the $400,000 grant they had applied for for the paving bricks on Main Street. The project proposal came in as number 14 and the list was for 25 projects. Good News.
Mr. Decker clarified that the proposal was scaled down to $400,000 because the city had consulted with the agency granting the money and said anything higher was unrealistic given the many applications they had to review and the money available.
So---the project proposal was scaled back to include the brick paving from Madison and Main to Maple Street. If some other money becomes available, there is the possibility to lengthen to Railroad Street.
The city contribution to the project will be about $100,000 and it is in the budget. No surprises.
In the Public Works minutes there was talk of a budget item of $100,000 for "ammenities", which was mentioned in the discussioon of historic benches. I don't recall seeing a budget item of $100,000 for brick pavers. Do you?
ReplyDeleteWell, if we know now that we are paying that amount for the brick pavers, we are probably going to get the benches from people donating money for them and having a bronze plague(sic) on the back of the bench as we did with the historic street lights.
ReplyDeleteThere should be more thought than just "well now we know what it will cost". Once that info is determined, we should then consider the cost/benefit of the expense against other needs in town such as the West Side Park and the Lake.
ReplyDeleteAre bricks on Main St really more valuable to the city than an attractive lake? Will more people enjoy the bricks than a playground on the West side?
To agree to pay for something before the price is known is irresponsible.