Good afternoon.

I'd like to call to order the July 22nd Board of Public Works.

My name is Todd Wilson, the board chair.

I'd like to have our board members introduce themselves, please.

Seba Chonzo.

Susie Corney.

Dan Hake.

Idrish Redman.

Leslie Schulte.

Thank you all.

And also I'd like to introduce our board counsel behind me, Benjamin Moracle, and our board coordinator, Jennifer Domingos.

Our first item on the agenda is the adoption of the July 27, 2026 revised agenda.

Do I have a motion to uh adopt the agenda?

So moved by Susie Courty.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Dan Hake.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

Next item on the agenda or approval of minutes.

Do I have a motion to approve the July 8th meeting minutes?

So move by Adrice Redmond.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Sebeka Jawanza.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

All right, we got a nice agenda item now uh up for us as an infrastructure name and proposal that will be delivered by Natalie Van Donggen.

Please, good afternoon, everyone.

My name is Natalie Van Donggen, and I'm here as a representative of the mayor's office, requesting this board vote to approve the formal naming of the Green Lawn Memorial Bridge.

The structure currently referred to as the Henry Street Bridge sits within a historically and culturally sensitive landscape tied to the former Green Lawn Cemetery.

Archaeological investigations and historical research have confirmed that portions of the cemetery extended into areas now encompassed by the bridge project, prompting the city to adopt a transparent community-guided approach to redevelopment.

Um it's such an iconic structure that you see uh going up uh in our city skyline.

So very proud of that.

Um and I open up for any questions for the uh board members.

No questions, but just a comment of again.

Um I I really appreciate this effort taken forth by the city to um properly um acknowledge the historic nature of that site and the significance to the city.

Um and I think it means a lot for such an iconic bridge that's going up now to be named after such a uh institution, such as the Green Lawn Cemetery and its history here.

So thank you, everyone for whoever put the time in to think this through.

Thank you.

As with everything else involving this project, this has very much been a group effort, and we're all very proud of the outcome.

Thank you for the comments.

Do we have any other questions or comments?

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the name proposal?

So moved by Susie Cordy.

Do I have a second?

Second by Adries Redman.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Thank you.

That motion carries.

Thank you, Natalie.

Next item on our agenda are going to be bid awards.

Uh Nathan Sheets, please.

Good afternoon, Nathan Sheets, Department of Public Works.

Uh this is justification for bid award for project TR25011.

This is our 2025 intersection safety project with Morphe Construction Inc.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to award TR25011, 2025 intersection safety project to Morphe Construction Inc.

in the total not to exceed amount of 1,535,535 dollars on the basis that they are the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

On June 16th, 2026, two bids were received.

The low bidder was Morphe Construction Inc.

in the not to exceed amount of $1,535, $535, which was one percent higher than the engineers' estimate.

Their Part 6 XBE participation indicates that they made a good faith effort to meet the owners' goals of 1583 and 1 with 1.3% MBE, 6.6% WBE, 0% BBE, and 6.2% DOBE.

Their post bid submittal subcontractor supplier participation shows how these goals will be met.

The Office of Minority and Women Business Development reviewed Morphe Construction Inc.

submittal and found that they've put forth a good faith effort.

Um this particular project, uh we've been working on it uh quite some time.

This will actually improve a number of proposed pedestrian crossings throughout Marion County.

There's approximately eight or eleven uh locations where we will be adding uh crosswalks, ramps, pavement markings, and as part of those uh would also include uh RRFBs, which are rectangular rapid flashing beacons.

And if you have any questions, I'd be happy to try to answer them.

Thank you.

Do we have any questions?

Yeah, always a great project to put in crosswalks.

I see there's 11 locations.

Um nine of them in center township and then a couple in the surrounding townships.

How are these locations chosen?

Um yeah, great question.

Um we do try to group these up uh in geographic areas, so that's kind of why we've concentrated uh a lot in that center township area.

We do see when uh we do that uh we tend to get better bid prices because the contractor is already mobilized in that particular area, but it's just hopping around the entire county.

Um our traffic group also puts together um kind of a uh a wish list of sorts um to uh move forward with design on some of these.

So these were really prioritized based upon need.

If you look at a lot of locations, these are around schools, uh churches, locations that have uh high pedestrian uh density and and locations where we have a lot of pedestrians crossing.

Um we do uh from time to time get a lot of uh you know requests.

Hey, can you put in a crosswalk here?

And and um we do have to do an analysis to make sure that just putting in signs and pavement markings.

Sometimes we require that additional infrastructure be installed in order to ensure that that's uh the the safest way to handle things, and so we do go through an analysis to determine whether or not we can do standard crosswalks in signs if we have to upgrade them to RFBs, maybe even Hawk signals and and uh so uh these locations were chosen by uh by our traffic group.

Thank you.

Are any other questions?

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the bid award?

So moved by Sebeka Jawanja.

Do I have a second?

Second by Dan Hake.

All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

That motion carries.

The next item on our agenda are change orders.

Uh Nathan Sheets, please.

Yeah, this is uh change order number two to project BM25182 Union Station Bridge Rehab with William Charles Construction Company LLC.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute change order number two to BM 25182 Union Station Bridge rehab with William Charles Construction Company LLC and the increased amount of 148,873 and 70 cents for a new total not to exceed contract amount of 22 million six hundred sixty-three thousand five hundred thirteen dollars and ninety-nine cents with 182 days added to the intermediate completion date and 81 days added to the substantial and final completion dates.

Uh change order number two will provide compensation and quantity adjustments for various work directives, these ranged uh as you guys are aware when we get in construction.

Um sometimes we have to uh make adjustments based upon uh field conditions.

Um so uh just for instance uh uh there was some steel.

Uh we assumed that we were gonna have to do a lot of steel uh uh work out there, and so there's uh once we got out there, we determined that some of the steel uh was was actually fine.

Um and and so uh less steel work.

Uh we removed uh uh a manhole that was not necessary, um, had to coordinate um with the Signia Hotel, which is currently under construction out there.

It's uh it's kind of a uh perfect storm of projects.

So we've got the Signia Hotel that's under construction, we've got our particular project that's under construction.

There's uh an initiative to redo that piece of Georgia Street between um Capitol and Illinois to help support uh redevelopment in that area and the hotel.

Um and and so uh this uh this particular change order addresses um some of those uh field changes that uh that were made.

It's previously previously mentioned um uh additional 182 days for any intermediate completion date and 81 days added to substantial and final completion dates.

Thank you, Nathan.

Do we have any questions?

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the change order?

So moved by Leslie Schulte.

Do I have a second?

Second by Dress Redman.

Do I have a uh all in favor signify by saying aye?

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

Thank you.

Next item on agenda professional services amendments.

Mark St.

John, please.

Thank you.

Mark St.

John, Chief Engineer for the Department of Public Works.

I have before you amendment number five to BM 24-114, 16th Street over the White River with GAI Consultants Incorporated.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute amendment five to BM-24-114, 16th Street over White River, a professional services agreement with GAI Consultants Incorporated in the increased amount of $57,300 for a new total not to exceed agreement amount of $1,334,151.95 cents.

Additional scope of services and updated rate schedules.

This amendment will also extend the agreement expiration date to December 31st, 2028.

Amendment 5 provides funding, time and updated rates to complete additional requested design work.

This will include include construction phase services associated with design changes for arch ring repair, construction phase utility coordination and construction support.

Happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you, Mark.

Do you have any questions?

Yeah, just one.

Um how is construction coming along?

Yeah, you know, like two or three months ago we had business folks in here and sure.

Just we made a bunch of verbal commitments, then how's that coming along?

Yeah, that's great question.

Um I have an update here that I can provide, and we have some members from our construction team too that can fill in any gaps we might have.

Um I would like to point out this project was bid in 2024, and construction actually started in 2024 on this project.

Uh the initial contract amount was over 15 million dollars, and we're already 50% spent on that construction amount.

There's been a lot of work on the underside of that bridge that was not apparent to the public in the last two years.

Um we are now on top of the bridge.

We have removed the the bridge deck, the existing bridge deck.

Um utility relocations have begun to allow for construction on the really the south three-quarters of the bridge.

Um they are removing the bridge fill.

It's actually been removed, and um they're working on demolition work of the south sidewalk, the spanal wall, and the arch areas.

Um this work is a lot of hand work, a lot of hand chipping.

Um, it has been slow work, but we are coming to the towards the end of that with our first concrete pour scheduled uh later this week.

Um pour pour a portion of the spandrel wall uh and we'll also be looking to pour um some of the the arch repair area later this week as well.

Too um I would say that um this design amendment for our design consultant is reflective of some of the challenges that we have found as we go out there and we work on this bridge for the first time in 80 years.

Um we have uncovered some additional unexpected utility lines.

Um we have been able to determine that those are are not going to conflict or delay the project any further, but there was some additional work with that.

Um a lot of what we thought could be rehabilitation work has turned into full-on reconstruction work, and we continue to work through that.

But um so far the project remains on on schedule.

Um there are also two additional times in the project schedule where utilities will have to do major relocation work so we can get to other portions of the bridge too.

Um so that's another challenge that will be upcoming with construction.

But things are progressing, um, and I think people will start to see a lot of additional movement outside of demolition work, which doesn't look like much while it's going on.

Yep.

Thank you, Mark.

Do we have any other questions?

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the amendment?

So moved by Dan Haig.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Seconded by Susie Courty.

All in favor, signify by saying I.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Motion carries.

Next item on the agenda are purchase agreements.

Uh Margaret Wilson, please.

Hello everyone.

Um, Margaret Wilson, assistant CFO with DPW.

Uh the DPW staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute an agreement for the purchase of three quantum azuzu rear load trucks and uh related equipment for from municipal equipment inc.

These vehicles would be procured through a source well contract.

It's a municipal purchasing cooperative of which the city of Indianapolis is a member.

The total cost is 425,700.

These trucks are for DPW's solid waste division and will be used for the downtown and internal recycling crews.

Um these are three new vehicles, um, and eventually we'll retire to older 2013 vehicles.

Um, and then we again obtain this quite uh price quotation for rear load trucks uh from municipal equipment, uh source well contract number zero six two four two five.

Any questions?

Thank you, Margaret.

Do we have any questions?

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the agreement?

So moved.

So moved by Sabeka Dewanza.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Leslie Schulti.

All in favor signified by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

CNN a motion carries.

Thank you, Margaret.

Next item on our agenda are final acceptances.

And Nathan Sheets, please.

Yes, this is uh final acceptance for project SD 19073.

This is uh for the Dr.

AJ Brown 30th Keystone Drainage Improvement Area with Eagle Valley Inc.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute the final acceptance for SD 19073, Dr.

AJ Brown, 30th Street, Keystone Avenue drainage improvements with Eagle Valley Inc.

The final contract amount is six million forty-two thousand five hundred forty-nine dollars and twenty-one cents.

This board action is for final acceptance of the project.

If you have questions or concerns.

Thank you, Nathan.

Questions.

Seeing none, do I have a motion to approve the final acceptance?

So moved by Idris Redman.

Do I have a second?

Second.

Second by Dan Hake.

All in favor, signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

Uh next on our agenda is a walk on.

Nathan Sheets, please.

Yes, this is uh professional service agreement for inspection services for project SD 23102, 2023 Thoroughfare Drainage Improvement Program Area 7 with Fishback Thompson Carr and Huber Inc.

The engineering division staff recommends the Board of Public Works approve and authorize the director to execute SD 23102, 2023 Thoroughfare Drainage Improvement Program Area 7, a new professional services agreement for inspection with Fishback Tom Thompson Carr and Huber Inc.

in the not-to-exceed total agreement amount of 410,963 and 53 cents with an agreement expiration date of December 31st, 2028.

With an agreement expiration date of December 31st, 2028.

Is for drainage improvements and structural rehabilitation along 10th Street from Shadland Avenue to Midhoffer.

Fishback Thompson Carr and Huber Inc.'s XBE participation will include 16.4% to SJCA, 8.8% to Etiquette Group, 6.6% to Vets, and 1.6% to Monument Engineering LLC Redemption Engineering, which is a DOBE.

Fishback Thompson Carr and Huber Inc.

were selected through RFQ 2023-3.

And uh this particular project is scheduled to bid here um middle of middle of next month.

So we'd really like to get the uh inspection contract uh started that way we can hit the ground running uh once the the project bids and it's successfully awarded.

Thank you, Nathan.

Do we have any questions?

CNN, do I have a motion to approve the PSA?

So moved by Susie Cordy.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Dan Hake.

All in favor signify by saying I.

Aye.

Any opposed?

Seeing none that motion carries.

Uh next item on agenda or other business.

I would like to take this time to uh recognize uh that we have now filled our uh position for the construction administrator and uh Jamie Cole.

Um raise your hand, Jamie, is uh our our new construction administrator, so proud uh to have him in that role.

Um fact when uh I was at DPW as an administrator myself in 2021.

He was the last uh hire I had before I walked out the door, and um it's nice to have that come full circle and for him to work his way up within the department.

Um he's a good leader and uh he's gonna do great in this position.

So congratulations, Jamie.

We're looking forward to it.

Um so at that point I will uh entertain a motion to adjourn.

So moved by Dan Haig.

Do I have a second?

Seconded by Idress Redman.

Thank you all.

This meeting is adjourned.