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®CITY OF SOUTH BEND I OFFICE OF THE CLERK issue along Riverside is similar to that on Michigan Street. We will try to take a look at that for next ye . Curb and sidewalk construction is annual.In addition to the work we are self-performing we are also bidding out a portion of that work. That budget is the same as it has been in the past at $700,000 as well as $150,000 for the portion we call the reimbursement program where residents can apply,hire their own contractor, and then get reimbursed. We've seen forty to seventy percent (40% - 70%) recovery by residents on that reimbursement program. I'll say, anecdotally, in 2018 we bid out curb and sidewalk,we looked at the average cost of doing a property versus the average over the past few years. Unfortunately the numbers this year were about twice as much as what we've seen in the past. That speaks to where the market is right now. A lot of our projects are coming in high. We tend to rebid quite a few projects. It is what it is, unfortunately. This year it costs us, on average, about $2,700 to do one (1) property's curb and sidewalk. Laster it was about$1,800 or$1,900. She went on,This is the Safe Routes to School program. This is a project that will be this fall. The actual construction cost for this is$1.5 million. The City's obligation is$450,000. I put this in here because it's actually in our 2018 budget. It was in our 2018 budget but it will be built in 2019. So we are excited to see that happen. That is 2,600 feet of curb and over two (2) miles of sidewalk. These projects really can make a dent in our needs. The Lincoln Way East Corridor Project is a sidewalk project as well. So in the section of Lincoln Way East from Sample to Twyckenham,this is a combination of work between DCI, Parks and us. It just so happens that this .ye INDOT is coming through and repaving that section of Lincoln Way East. We put this project together in coordination with them in order to do a little bit of a road diet. We are going to move the northern edge curb line in and then they will come along and do the paving. That will be moved in this fall because they are getting ready to do that work this fall. We are about ready to bid out that project. It is a little bit complicated as there are right-of-way issues there. Most of the property is owned by the property owners on the other side so that makes it an expensive project.We are still working out all those details. We won't be affecting any private property. That will be paid for with a combination of the River West TIF and the Parks Bond. She continued, We just had the public hearing for the Coal Line Trail. We are still in the public comment period and that closes next week. That is a two (2)phase project. It will begin at Lincoln Way West and will go to Riverside Drive. The second (2nd) phase will be Riverside Drive to the East Bank Trail. It is going to be a multiuse path,will be twelve(12)feet wide,there will be lining, amenities and signage all incorporated in that. We are excited for that. It is on target to be completed by 2020. That is funded by River West TIF. The 2019 Community Crossings project, as I mentioned before, it will be the $1.2 million and it is City-wide paving. We have $1.2 million of paving and I have also asked for an additional $600,000 from LRSA for paving. We are hoping to get$1.8 million of paving bid out to contractors next year in addition to what we would be self- performing. We are trying to make a difference there. She went on, The Western Avenue Corridor phase three (3) is the next segment of the Western Avenue streetscaping. We have budgeted $2 million from River West TIF as well as the future storm water utility capital. That will be four (4) blocks from Falcon to Dundee. We will also replace that old infrastructure. We have water main and sewers that will be worked on. Bendix Drive has been mentioned but that will be $4.8 million. The City's contribution will be $2.5 million.We plan to bid that out in the fall of 2019.The Corby Ironwood Rockne intersection,same thing, we will bid that out next ye . That is $1.2 million. The Olive Street project is not as far along as we want to be. We just began talking to property owners. I put this up here (referencing EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building I 227W Jefferson Bvld I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.9221 If 574.235.9173 TTD574.235.55671www.southbendin.gov 9