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Tippecanoe County Drainage Board approves Elliot Ditch bid, construction contracts and multiple subdivision approvals
Summary
The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board awarded the corrected low bid for the Elliot Ditch 3A project, approved a construction observation contract, accepted letters of credit and granted construction or conditional approvals for IU Health West Lafayette and two subdivisions. A city-requested trail petition tied to the IU Health project was noted as not received and will be tracked for next month.
The Tippecanoe County Drainage Board on May 27 approved a slate of routine construction and subdivision items, including a corrected low bid for the Elliot Ditch 3A project, a construction observation contract, acceptance of letters of credit and construction approvals for two residential developments.
Board staff reported that three bids were opened for the Lower Elliot two-stage ditch, reach three. A numerical error in the apparent low bid was discovered and corrected by staff (a $3,460 correction), yielding a corrected low bid of $1,396,958. Staff recommended awarding the contract to the corrected low bidder, identified in the transcript as “his constructors.” The board moved, seconded and approved the award by voice vote.
The board also approved a construction observation contract from TIERD Design for $114,750 to provide observation services on the Elliot Ditch 3A project, and accepted letters of credit related to a commercial subdivision identified in the transcript as 330 Klondike LLC (letter of credit number 55006145). The transcript’s dollar figure for the letters of credit is ambiguous in the record and is flagged for clarification.
The board granted construction approval for Windborne (transcript: “Windborn Rural Estates”), a seven-lot rural-estate subdivision presented by Bob Gross of RW Gross and Associates. Staff noted the site’s floodplain delineation had been approved and that the project met the ordinance exemption for detention; the board approved construction as recommended.
For Krauss Acres, a roughly 36-acre, 124-lot single-family subdivision presented by Nigel Hensley, staff and the applicant described the site as draining to an unnamed tributary of Dismal Creek (inside a special drainage impact area). The applicant said release rates and pad elevations were adjusted to meet the Dismal Creek restricted release rate and freeboard requirements. The board granted conditional approval subject to the items listed in the Burke memo dated May 27, 2026.
The meeting closed routine business with staff reporting no additional items and a motion to adjourn.
Quotes and attribution: A staff presenter summarized the bid correction: "actually it was $3,460 ... the new math corrected bid value for his constructor is 1,396,958." Bob Gross said the Windborne subdivision "meets the exemption for detention criteria in the ordinance." Nigel Hensley summarized Krauss Acres as "an approximate 36 acre site with 124 single family lots" and said the team had adjusted pad elevations and release rates to comply with the Dismal Creek requirements.
What’s next: The board recorded approvals and directed follow-up on items listed in the respective staff memos. One item noted for follow-up was a petition related to a trail encroachment on the IU Health West Lafayette project; staff and the applicant agreed to locate and re-submit the petition for consideration at the next drainage board meeting.
