BOW declares emergency for Memorial Park WPA Stone Race Rehab, downtown planning

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One Year Access	$120.00	for 365 days

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While a few weeks ago the Board of Public Works and Safety rejected the bids received to rehab Memorial Park WPA Stone Race channel, on Tuesday it unanimously voted to declare the historic waterway in a state of emergency.

After much discussion, BOW member Dwight Brautigam moved to approve the emergency declaration for the Stone Race Rehabilitation project, consider quotes recommended by the project manager and staff at a special meeting next Tuesday, and vote on it at its June 5 regular meeting in an effort to move forward with the project this summer.

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WPA Stone Race Timeline

The Historic Stone Race is a channel for water flow critical to the city's stormwater management system by collecting storm water runoff. Over the years it has deteriorated requiring rehabilitation, according to a city press release.

It was built in 1937 during the New Deal Era, Works Progress Administration, known as a WPA project, in Huntington City's Memorial Park.

A timeline provided by the city shows:

2020: The City receives a $20,000 matching grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Division of Historic Preservation & Archaeology (DNR-DHPA) and hires Fort Wayne-based Engineering Resources to design the stone race’s rehabilitation.

2021: DNR-DHPA reviews and approves Engineering Resource’s project design plans.

May 2022: Distributing federal funds from the U.S. National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund Program, DNR-DHPA awards the city a $50,000 matching subgrant in May 2022 for the project’s construction phase. DNR-DHPA later increases the subgrant award to $60,000.

December 2022: The city opens construction bids, but no contractors bid for the project.

February 2023: The city opens a second round of construction bids. No acceptable bids are received, and the city assesses how to proceed within the construction timeline under its DNR-DHPA subgrant agreement.

May 2023: The Board of Public Works & Safety authorizes a project emergency to expedite the city’s efforts to secure a construction contract through direct negotiations. The city’s intent in doing so is to begin construction this summer, when less rainfall is typical. The alternative of a third round of bidding could delay the project into next year and see more portions of the wall fail.