Day 47; Another Washout...

Good afternoon.

Well, a week that showed good promise, ended with a wash out due to the rain last night. There is nobody feeling it any worse than our friends on Woodland Circle. What a soft and gooey mess.

Road Crews worked all morning to get enough secure material down to provide a driving surface. It was really not good down there today with at lease one resident getting stuck in some mud. It is still not that good on Woodland....if you can park off that street for the day/night, please do so. If you need to get directly to your home, I wish you well in your attempt. It will continue to improve as the soils dry out.

NEW FEATURE: I have been having a multitude of "Rumors" pointed out to me that I want to address. So this is a new feature call RTR---RESOLVE THE RUMOR!!!

1. "The Lower Bluff projects are behind". No, not even close. We are actually probably ahead as indicated by the move to the Upper Bluff next week with removal of pavement and pipe work beginning up there the first week of June.
2. "The street projects already have cost over runs and they may be as much as a $1 Million in over runs". Again, No, not even close. We have made 1 payment which was considerable less $ than expected. A greater indicator however is those unanticipated expenses of which we have had very very few.
3. "We thought all the sanitary mains were getting replaced". No, we are doing spot repairs to both sanitary and storm lines. There was a major storm system enhancement in the Lower Bluff. We televised all of the sanitary and storm lines when we planned these projects so we know where problems may exist and we are making repairs where needed.
4. "The DNR is still holding back the Village Permits so we may have to wait until next year to do these projects in the Upper Bluff". This is partially true in that we dont have the permits yet, but we are awfully close. I was expecting our Chapter 30 permit from the DNR for the Beach outfall this week as I was told by the DNR that it would be mailed midweek....it must be with the check cuz it did not get here yet. Also, the Historical Society has promised me that I would get our clearance letter from them on Monday or Tuesday of next week and then we just need to deliver that to the DNR who will be ready with our permit. Close, we are very close and we are moving ahead as though permits are in hand.

....As a reminder, you can ask me questions as a part of this blog--it is interactive. You ask a question and I can then reply. If you dont want to have everybody know that YOU asked the question, that part can stay anonymous. If you have questions, please ask and I will clarify. Quite honestly, it is discouraging to have such inaccurate rumors floating about the Village and I want people to be fully informed.

Thats it for now. Have a good weekend. T