Lafayette Board of Works approves $14.96M lead service line replacement contract
The Lafayette Board of Public Works and Safety on June 30 approved a $14,959,865 contract with Atlas Excavating for Phase II of the city's lead service line replacement project. Funding comes from remaining bond money and new state revolving fund grants and loans.
Other recent board actions
At its June 23 meeting, the board approved $3,312,286.94 in municipal claims and issued permits for three special events: a Joint Religious Service on July 5, the Downtown Blues & Jazz Festival on July 25 (which will close 5th Street), and Beers and More Along the Wabash on Aug. 29.
On June 30, the board also approved a $67,046 change order for the Creasy Lane CCMG project, authorized advertising the S. 5th Street concrete project, and greenlit a July 18 block party request from Walk by Faith Church and a German Fest banner across Columbia Street from July 21 to Aug. 4. Bids for the Treece Meadows concrete project were taken under advisement.
Historic preservation and redevelopment
Agenda documents show the Historic Preservation Commission on June 22 was scheduled to consider two projects: a perimeter fence and stucco-to-brick wall replacement at 800 Cincinnati Street (St. James Church), and exterior renovations of the Lafayette Theater at 600 Main Street. Committee reports and approval of past minutes were also listed.
The Redevelopment Commission on June 25 was set to take up several items related to the Lafayette Theater, including a resolution amending the Creasy/Central economic development area, a resolution declaring intent to reimburse project costs, and a resolution recommending a tax abatement for Tecspan Concrete Structures. Also on the agenda: the sale of a 0.35-acre parcel between S. 6th and S. 7th streets, a change order for the Park East Boulevard project, and tax abatement compliance extensions for Caterpillar and General Electric.
Coming up
The City Council meets July 6 to consider designating economic revitalization areas for tax abatements for Nanshan America Aluminum Technologies and Tecspan Concrete Structures, a rezoning of S. 7th Street (Ordinance 2026-18), and appropriation of local option highway user tax funds (Ordinance 2026-19). An annual tax abatement compliance resolution is also on the agenda.
The Board of Works will meet July 7 to approve a contract for the Treece Meadows Concrete Project Phase 1, review bids for the Columbian Park Neighborhood Ramp Project, consider Change Order #2 for Creasy Lane, and handle an animal control appeal for resident Aura Gonzalez.
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