October 22, 2012
10/23/12 What seemed to be an insurmountable problem last week has obviously been resolved with the Culver Main Street Project Up and Running. Last week the job was shut down due to an error by the Engineering Company DLZ. After several meetings between DLZ Management and our town council, CrC and town attorney, the future of the mainstreet project seemed questionable. On Tuesday Oct 16th a special session was called and the town council and CRC were informed that the work would resume on the following day. “We have figured out a solution” stated Town Manager Dave Schoeff.
The problem was in the calculations for the curb and in some areas the downtown would have 1inch of curb or no curb at all. This was unacceptable to the Utilities Manager Bob Porter. “As long as I am an employee here, that construction will not happen, promised Porter. The solution is to lessen the decline or slant of the sidewalks and instead of milling the Main Street, from Washington street to Madison street, 1.5″ down they are going to have to mill 3.5″ to 4” down. “We have two Bids, one from E&B paving and one from Reith-Riley.” “As soon as we choose one we can get started” stated Schoeff.
The bid from Reith-Riley was accepted for $42,850 by the three town council members present, Sally Ricciardi, Ed Pinder, and Lynn Overmyer.