Do you park on Fourth Avenue between Grant and Dodge Street for more than two hours?
No you don’t—or at least, not for much longer.
“We haven’t had a crash yet, but I expect it’s coming,” Stanley Police Chief Lance Weiland said at the Tuesday, Sept. 8 committee of the whole meeting of the area just outside bus turnaround on the school’s north side.
With the south side of Fourth Avenue between Grant and Dodge already with no parking signs, the matter was discussed in council.
“I think they’re just parking there to have a shortcut before they go to the office,” Wards 4 and 9 Alderperson Laurie Foster said.
The area in question will be a marked route for a bicycle path as well.
“What do we need to do as a city council to have this two-hour parking restriction put in place?” Ward 2 Alderperson Jason Meyer asked, stating that he would be in favor of it, due to safety. “We just need to figure out how to do it properly.
“I guess maybe address the situation with administration,” Ward 1 Alderperson Mark Fitzsimmons said of city and school district cooperation.
“I think it needs some investigating to determine what the process is,” Ward 3 Alderperson Therese Metzger said.
The council ultimately approved two hour parking enforcement on Fourth Avenue between Grant and Dodge beginning Oct. 1, pending review of the ordinance.
Also related to Fourth Avenue but on the other end were library change orders related to the D.R. Moon Memorial Library project. The council approved Hoeft Change Order 15 in the modified amount of $2,025.82 as well as Change Order 16 in the modified amount of $1,299.50. It also approved Change Order 23 for a modified amount of $597.46 and Change Order 25 for $3,140.10. Each had been recommended by the Library Board and passed without opposition.
The council rescinded its previous action on Hoeft Change Order 31, which had been approved at $3,816.25 during the Aug. 20 meeting. Members then approved the revised change order at an updated amount of $4,370.72. The council also approved Change Order 34 for $3,225 and Change Order 38 for $1,623.25.
Together, the approved library change orders totaled $16,281.85, using the revised amount for Change Order 31 rather than the amount that was rescinded.
The council also approved a separate Change Order 9 for the city’s Central Water Treatment project. That change order totaled $8,261.40, as recommended by CBS Squared.
Including both the library and water treatment project items, the approved change orders totaled $24,543.25.
Change order 36 was tabled while change order 39 was rejected. The library continues to near completion, with a new sign going in above the entrance to the addition last week.