Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Infrastructure Stormwater topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Lewis Avenue detention basin project cleared for bidding after $2.75 million grant; city outlines 2025 MFT road program
Summary
City staff told the public works committee the Lewis Avenue detention basin phase 1 will be bid in the next 30 days after the city secured a $2.75 million grant; staff also outlined a $1.63 million Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) program budget that includes a $1.1 million resurfacing allocation.
City engineers told the Public Works Committee on June 16 that work on the Lewis Avenue Detention Basin Phase 1 will be put out to bid within about 30 days after the city finalized grant paperwork.
Steve, the city engineer, said the city has received a $2,750,000 grant for the detention basin project administered through Lake County, and that utility relocations are under way. "The grant paperwork has been finalized. We're currently working on utility relocations in the Detention Basin area," Steve said. He said the project will begin in the fall and that planting and final restoration would follow in the spring.
Steve also described a Phase 2 scope to upsize storm sewer pipes, including pipes along Twentieth Street and Broadway, to increase conveyance capacity in the Pettibone Creek watershed. He said the approach "creates storage on a big storm event" and will reduce basement and street flooding in upstream neighborhoods, naming Sherman Avenue as an example of an area that has seen repeated basement flooding.
On roads, Steve presented the Motor Fuel Tax (MFT) estimate of maintenance costs for FY2026. The MFT program total described was $1,632,750, which included a $1,100,000 budget for the 2025 resurfacing program, $250,000 for streetlight operations and repairs, and engineering and testing line items (preliminary engineering $56,250; inspection $66,000; material testing $30,000; total engineering/testing $152,250).
Steve said the city has not yet selected specific roads for the 2025 resurfacing and typically bids the project in late August for work that begins in the fall and concludes the following spring. On the detention basin, he said bidding is expected soon and the first phase of excavation and basin construction could be completed before the end of the year, with remaining restoration in spring depending on weather.
No council vote was taken at the committee meeting; staff described project timelines, funding status, and next steps for bidding and construction.
