Street Department News
Spring 2010 Brush & Limb Collection
Posted: 06/04/2011
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Complete Story...Road Repairs
Posted: 07/27/2010
Earlier this spring due to a severe freeze-thaw cycle and heavy truck traffic, portions of CR 875 E, CR 500 S, CR 400 S and CR 800 E were temporarily repaired with gravel. These emergency repairs were done this way due to the fact that asphalt was not yet being produced and was therefore unavailable. The permanent asphalt repairs were legally required to be advertised for public bid, and the low bidder will be awarded the contract by the end of June. These temporary gravel sections are expected to be repaired with asphalt during the month of July.
UPDATE: The contract has been awarded but a specific schedule has not been submitted by the contractor. By contract, all repairs are to be substantially complete by September 20th, and town staff is pressing the contractor to commence work.
2010 Heavy Trash Collection
Posted: 05/03/2010
In an effort to minimize the amount of material being incinerated or placed in landfills, the Town has partnered with, Disposal Alternatives Organization, to collect and recycle certain items. Ray’s Trash Service will collect and dispose of all other items.
For disposal of toxic items such as oil-based paints, oil and gasoline, please contact the Boone County Solid Waste Management District at (765) 483-0687.
Please For questions, please contact the Zionsville Street Dept. at 873-4544.
Stormwater Utility Creation
Posted: 04/16/2010
To view the Utility Rate Study Report, click on the following link:
The activities required of the Town are encompassed in six basic categories called Minimum Control Measures (MCM’s):
1. Public Education & Outreach
Develop and initiate public education programs addressing the impacts of stormwater leaving our community.
2. Public Participation & Involvement
Getting the residents and property owners involved in activities that promote clean-water practices.
3. Illicit Discharge Detection & Elimination
Seeking out and eliminating sources of water pollution.
4. Construction Site Runoff Control
Ensuring that all construction sites are operated and maintained in such a way as to reduce or eliminate pollution leaving their sites.
5. Post-Construction Runoff Control
Developing requirements of new development that promote clean water even after the construction is over.
6. Good Housekeeping & Pollution Prevention
Seeing that the Town itself conducts operations and maintains its facilities in a manner that does not introduce pollution into our own waterways.
Beyond all the Federal and State requirements, keeping our precious water resources as clean as they can be is simply the right thing to do! No matter what is happening on the land, whether it is agriculture, industry, or just plain lawn care activities, the water that flows across it picks up pollutants. These pollutants are often things that we don’t consider “pollution” and include items such as grass clippings, sediment, detergents from washing vehicles, and even fertilizers and pet waste. All these things eventually find there way into our water either through surface flow or absorption into the groundwater. Urbanization has led to higher concentrations of many things entering our waterways, causing them to become contaminated to the point where they can no longer support the natural aquatic life-cycle necessary for consistently clean water. The more junk that goes into our water, the more expensive it becomes to clean it back up before it comes back to our faucets!
Why a utility?
As with any infrastructure-based facility, there is a cost to maintain the system as well as expand it in the future. The utility and accompanying rate will fund the required components listed above as well as provide money for items and activities such as:
• Full-time inspection of construction projects
• Planning for future development
• Repairing old pipes
• Installing methods to clean up stormwater
• Acquisition of land for detention and pollution treatment
• Specialized equipment
• Upsizing pipes to reduce flooding
• Maintaining an accurate inventory of the entire drainage system
By forming a utility, a dedicated funding source is established to fund only the elements of the stormwater program. Without a dedicated funding source, the needs of the stormwater program will compete financially with all other essential Town services, including fixing streets and sidewalks and hiring police officers and fire-fighters.
How is the rate established?
All of the 11,077 property parcels within the Town were inventoried through aerial-based photography programs. Of these, 6,047 are single-family residential properties under 2 acres. A representative sample of 303 parcels was chosen, and each of those parcels was measured to determine the amount of impervious surface (houses, barns, sheds, driveways, etc). On average, the typical parcel includes about 4400 square feet of impervious surface. This average square footage forms the base rate, or what is called an Equivalent Residential Unit (ERU). All other property classes and residential properties over 2 acres will then be individually measured and a multiple of the base ERU calculated, resulting in a specific rate for such parcels.
How much will I pay?
For the average property owner with one parcel less than or equal to two acres, the base ERU is $2.87 per month for those in the urban Zionsville zone, and $2.58 per month in the rural Zionsville zone. All other property sizes and types will be individually calculated as multiples of the base rate as described above.
Why is the rate different?
The rate difference between the two areas of Zionsville approximates the established property tax rate differential. Rain doesn’t care where it falls, and will pick up contaminants in any area. However, since a portion of the rate is dedicated to repairing existing infrastructure, it is less likely that rural areas rely on pipes and other hard infrastructure, and thus there is less need for repair and maintenance in these areas.
Turkeyfoot Avenue Pathway Public Meeting Scheduled for March 23rd
Posted: 03/09/2010
A meeting has been scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 23rd in the Community Room at the Zionsville Town Hall to present the Turkeyfoot Avenue Pathway alignment options. A survey of the east side of Turkeyfoot Ave. has been completed and digitally mapped. Public comment will be taken at this time after which the Town engineers will assist staff in making a recommendation for one side of Turkeyfoot Ave. over the other. Design is expected to be complete by June, 2010, after which time any necessary easement and/or ROW acquisitions will be pursued. For further information, please contact the Zionsville Street Department at 873-4544.
Accepting Applications for Stormwater Program Manager
Posted: 02/03/2010
The Town Council of the Town of Zionsville has approved the new position of Stormwater Program Manager within the Zionsville Street Department. The chosen candidate will have a good working knowledge of and experience with Phase II NDPES permit requirements under 327 IAC 15-13 and 327 IAC 15-5, experience in both technical and managerial aspects of stormwater management as well as field experience in drainage problem resolution. Please click on the following link to download the job description and an application . If the links do not appear in the body of this text, please click the title link above. Interested parties should submit resumes to:
via mail:
Lance A. Lantz
Town of Zionsville
1100 W. Oak St.
Zionsville, IN 46077
via email:
llantz@zionsville-in.gov
All resumes must be submitted prior to February 28, 2010.
106th St. Dedication Ceremony
Posted: 12/10/2009
As the realignment and reconfiguration of 106th Street is complete, a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony has been scheduled for December 17th at 3:00 pm. The location of the ceremony will be the intersection of new 106th Street and Dahlia Drive just east of Zionsville Road. Parking will be available along Dahlia Drive.
The winners of the street naming contest will also be recognized and awarded a street sign bearing the name of the winning selection.
Streetscape Parking Space Line Striping Friday, November 20
Posted: 11/19/2009
Line striping crews are scheduled to be on-site in the downtown area beginning early Friday morning to install the pavement markings on Cedar, Pine and Hawthorne Streets between 1st Street and Elm St. Parking restrictions will be in place and effective on all three streets after 7:00 am. The crews will lay out the pavement markings on all three streets beginning on Cedar Street and working south. Streets will remain passable when work is not being actively performed. After layout, striping will begin on Cedar Street, then Pine Street then Hawthorne Street. Once the striping and markings are completed on each street segment, the street will be reopened and parking restrictions lifted.
Pending weather delay, all work will be completed by Friday afternoon.
New 106th Street Traffic Restrictions - UPDATED
Posted: 10/15/2009
On Monday, October 19th, traffic will not be allowed to turn onto 106th Street from Zionsville Road for 2-3 hours beginning around 9:30 AM to allow the contractor to place the final surface layer of asphalt on the new 106th St. alignment. On Tuesday, October 20th, the same restriction will be in place for 2-3 hours in the late afternoon. During the paving, traffic on Zionsville Road will not be permitted to turn east onto 106th St. However, traffic coming from the Michigan Road, Bennett Parkway and Andrade Industrial Park area will be directed via flagged traffic control through the construction area. This restriction will only be in place while the paving takes place in the section of 106th St. between Zionsville Road and Dahlia Drive, the new connector street.
2009 Street Repair
Posted: 07/31/2009
The 2009 street repair program is scheduled to begin the week of August 3rd. Contractors will begin working on portions of 6th St. in front of Eagle Elementary as well as Ash St. from 6th St. to Maple St. Traffic will be able to pass through the area, but drivers should be on the lookout for flaggers directing traffic. This work is expected to be complete before the start of the school season.
Also as a part of this year's program, North 8th St. will be completely reconstructed in a fashion similar to 9th St. last year. This includes the portion of 8th St. from SR 334 to Poplar St., and entails the complete removal of the roadway, installation of sub-surface drainage, curbs, driveway approaches, and placement of new asphalt. Through-traffic will be prohibited, but emergency access and access to homes will be maintained. This portion of the project is currently scheduled to begin the week of August 10th, but may be pushed back until August 17th. The construction currently experienced in this block is the result of Vectren Energy moving gas main lines and service lines.
Anyone with questions should contact the Zionsville Street Department at 317-873-4544.