Construction Update
for the Week of October 30, 2017

Please note that construction schedules are subject to change due to weather, site issues, etc.

Unsure about which is your area? Visit the Blueprint map and type in your address to find out!

Cooke Glenmont

• Continuing maintenance
• Plants will continue to be installed over the next few weeks. Some additional plants will be installed in the spring.

Schreyer Springs

• Complete rain garden excavation on Lawnview Dr.
• Fairoaks Dr. will have water service tie-in scheduled for Monday
• Once rain garden excavation is completed on Lawnview crews will begin excavation on Fairoaks
• Downspouts and Lateral lines are being installed within Lawnview, Eastlea and Cooke Rd

Weisheimer Indian Springs Green Infrastructure

• Rain garden excavation is ongoing on E Schreyer Pl
• A second crew is installing new storm pipe on E Weisheimer Rd

Weisheimer Indian Springs Pervious Pavement

• Cooke Way and Alley 2 is scheduled to begin having paver bricks installed this week!
• Dixon Ct. will experience a more in-depth street excavation. At this time access to the street during working hours will be very limited. Please coordinate with the outreach team if you have accomodations that need to be addressed.

Blenheim Glencoe

• Finish storm line work on Fallis Rd.
• Continue water line work will on Foster Rd.
• Crews will move to Richards Rd once they have completed the work on Foster and Fallis
• Basin excavation for all Blenheim Glencoe sites will occur in 2018. This fall and early spring will be site prep and waterline/storm sewer work.

Morse Dominion

• Crews anticipate beginning site prep in the field in November. Detailed schedules will be provided in the coming weeks. Affected residents will receive a minimum 1-week notice prior to crews beginning any work.

Overbrook Chatham

• Site prep work will begin late November/early December. Affected residents will receive a minimum 1-week notice prior to crews beginning any work.
• Survey crews will be out marking bumpout dimensions and conducting additional site reviews over the next few weeks.

Please contact the Blueprint Outreach Team with any questions or concerns! Please note, if you do not receive a call back immediately it means we are collecting the necessary information to address your inquiry. We appreciate your patience!

For questions or concerns regarding Columbia Gas/Miller Pipeline work, please contact Kristin Begg, External Affairs Specialist for Columbia Gas of Ohio, (614) 460-5464 or kbegg@nisource.com.

As always, please reach out with questions or concerns by calling614-645-1253 or emailing blueprint@columbus.gov!

Please be advised a single lane flagging operation will be performed on Wednesday Evening, November 1st between the hours of 10pm and 6am.

Location: Indianola Ave between the intersections of Acton Rd and Richards Rd. Southbound curb lane and southbound right lane. * Scope of work: Prep for Waterline Tap. * Two way traffic shall remain open at all times. * Southbound bike lane will be closed during lane shift operation.

Please be advised a lane shift operation will be performed on Monday, October 30th between the hours of 9am and 4pm.

Location: Indianola Ave between the intersections of Acton Rd and Richards Rd. Southbound curb lane and southbound right lane. * Scope of work: Waterline tap. * Two way traffic shall remain open at all times. * Southbound bike lane will be closed during flagging operations.

ZONING & VARIANCE COMMITTEE MEETING

Monday October 10th: 7:30-8:30pm Clinton Heights Lutheran Church

Variance Applications will be heard: 

MORPC Seeking Public Comment on Franklin County Energy Study Draft Report through October 25

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) is seeking public comment on the Franklin County Energy Study draft report through October 25, 2017 (comments due by 5:00pm).  Let us know your thoughts!  The draft report and more information about how to submit comments can be found at www.morpc.org/EnergyStudy.

The Franklin County Energy Study provides a data-driven assessment of energy use and production across key sectors of the economy.  The report identifies all major forms of energy produced and consumed in Franklin County. Knowing where we are now is necessary to get to where we are going. This study establishes the energy baseline and serves as the starting point from which success is measured. By understanding how energy flows from its source to where we live and work, how we use it, and what this process does to our environment, we can begin to develop ways to increase the beneficial effects it has on our economy and quality of life.

We would like to know what key findings are most interesting to you and how the study can be improved.  Feel free to follow up if you have questions and please share this with your networks.

Thanks,
Brandi

Brandi Whetstone

Senior Program Manager, Energy & Air Quality | Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission
T: 614.233.4174 | M: 614.595.8631 | bwhetstone@morpc.org

111 Liberty Street, Suite 100 | Columbus, OH 43215

The October 17 meeting of the Clintonville Neighborhood Plan Committee has been canceled.

Four Topics

1. Project Blueprint
I’ve been touch with our area Project BluePrint contact Leslie Westervelt for updates to the Project Blueprint process. Leslie and the project Blueprint staff did the presentation at the Clintonville Women’s Club on August 3rd.

Here is a basic outline of how Project BluePrint plans to handle the next design phase in Clintonville which includes sections of District 3 & 4:

a. Design Review Meeting #1: There will be a design review when the project design phase is 30% complete. This review will likely be held in January or early 2018. Residents will receive notice via door hangers and/or mail from the Department of Public Utilities. The meeting will be a plan review likely held at Whetstone Park or at an area church. The previous phase of Project Blueprint had one advance meeting at the 60% stage of design completion.

b. Design Review Meeting #2: There will be an additional design review when the project design phase is 60% complete. Notification will be given in a similar manner.

c. Objections: It has not yet been determined that rain gardens are to be part of the run-off solution to our part of the neighborhood. If you are vehemently opposed to having a rain garden in the tree lawn or right of way contiguous to your property please contact Leslie Westervelt and provide her with your name and street address. There is no guarantee that this action would prevent an unwanted rain garden but the landscape designers are open to making adjustments whenever possible.

d. Contact: Leslie Westerfelt’s contact information is:
Direct: 614.645.5970
Cell: 614.674.1258
Fax: 614.724.0144
Email: LRwesterfelt@columbus.gov

When I become aware of meetings/ information they will be posted on the CAC Facebook page and at clintonvilleareacommission.org
Meetings have been posted in the past and we will continue to post them in the future, we can’t make you read stuff, but we will post anyway

2. E Dunedin Rd- Parking & Traffic Situation
Earlier this summer I (Judy Minister, Disctrict 4) did a neighborhood survey that was sent to our city liaison. The department was in transition and action was not taken on this item. We have a new city liaison, I made contact with him on October 5th. He followed up with an email today. He will review the survey with appropriate departments. Hoping to reach a workable solution.

3. CPD Sargent Smith Memorial
We discussed possible locations for a memorial tree and/or garden for officer Steven Smith. Some suggested locations were: WNB Memory Lane, Como Park & the Colerain median areas. The topic was sent for input to the CAC Planning and Development Committee.

4. Medical Marijuana
In November applications for site specific Medical Marijuana dispensaries are due. There will be five dispensaries in Franklin County. One location specific inquiry was made for a space across from Graceland Shopping Center. The locations must be at least 500 ft from a school, park, church or addiction treatment facility. CAC has no input on this matter, however we were notified by the applicant that his location met the criteria.

Project Blueprint Update October 9

CAC chair, Libby Wetherholt, received a call this morning from a group that is planning a medical marijuana dispensary in a store front on the east side of High Street, north of Morse Rd across from Graceland Shopping Center. They stated they will be sending her their documents today.

The group noted they have already been “approved” by the City of Columbus. Libby has contacted Sandra Lopez, Legislative Analyst, with the city to find out if CAC has any role in the process or if we are simply notified. We hope to have more information today and will discuss at the CAC meeting this evening.

The CAC October 5th meeting will be held at 7pm at the Whetstone library meeting room. One of the main topics on the agenda is discussion of a possible memorial for Officer Smith. Officer Smith was shot by an arsonist in 2016 on W. California.

Rain Garden Update from the city of Columbus. Department of Public Utilites
Cooke-Glenmont:
· Completing final closeout items.
· Bumpouts on Glenmont will have additional plantings added in the spring.
· We are currently coordinating with DPS to identify a different solution for the white reflective delineators that have been installed (have received several comments from residents on that street). We are working to strike a balance between safety requirements and aesthetics.
· Fence barrier around the large basin at Glenmont Place will be installed in the next few weeks.