Eric Shafer of Waste Management's Westside Landfill shakes hands with Mayor Allen Balog during presentation of a Certificate of Recognition for donating landfill space for debris from demolition of a building at 110 East Michigan Avenue. The Three Rivers City Commission has authorized preliminary design work for an East Parking Lot addition on the now vacant site.
The Three Rivers City Commission has approved the appropriation of $3,500 from the East Parking Lot fund balance to hire DLZ Engineering, Inc. to perform preliminary design work for an addition to the East Parking Lot on property at 110 East Michigan Avenue that until recently was the site of a two-story, brick building. The action came during the commission meeting Tuesday evening (December 15th).
As noted in a staff report, the commission on October 6th authorized Tom Meyer of Meyer Ventures LLC to demolish the building at a cost of less than $7,500. Additionally, Eric Shafer, engineer/manager at Waste Management’s Westside Landfill, donated the space – in Waste Management’s name – for just over 276 tons (276.47) of debris generated by the demolition. At $26 a ton, this amounted to a donation to the City of Three Rivers of nearly $7,200 (7,188.22).
This now vacant property at 110 East Michigan Avenue is targeted for development of an addition to the East Parking Lot, also known as the Portage River Parking Plaza.
According to the staff report, after building removal, site clean-up and installation of backfill on the site, City Manager Joe Bippus and Special Projects Engineer Merritt Brown met with representatives of DLZ, the firm that handled design and engineering for the East Parking Lot and the pedestrian deck system on the east side of the downtown stores. Subsequent to that meeting, DLZ submitted a proposal to develop up to three black and white concept designs for the additional parking lot that would be sited behind the stores located at 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and part of 11 North Main Street and south of the existing parking lot.
Each design would show access points to the proposed lot, traffic flows, and number of additional parking spaces. The city would then review, discuss and select one concept after which DLZ would provide one 24-inch by 36-inch base map of the chosen concept and design. Additional services such as color renderings, design engineering, and construction engineering would be available at additional cost.
In a related matter, Mayor Allen Balog presented a Certificate of Recognition to Shafer expressing gratitude for Waste Management’s donation of landfill space for the demolition debris.
