Brings Elementary , and Middle School Projects Within Budget
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25C Volume 112, Issue 18 Lowell Area Readers Since 1893 Wednesday, March 11,1992 A long Main Street Snow/ See what March brings mm Lowell when snow is absent in January and February. Lowell received approximately 3.5 inches of LIBRARY STORY TIMES • V " I snow Tuesdav. Kent County Library System offers monthly story limes for pre-schoolers, suggested ages three and one half to five. w Pre-registration is necessary. For more information, call your local Kent County Library branch or Youth Services Department, 774-3253. The story time schedule for the Lowell branch, 325 W. Main, 897-9596, is Friday. March 13,1 P.M. The Alto branch story time, 6059 Linfield, 868-6038 is scheduled for Tuesday, City to ask James Street property owners to split March 10, 2 P.M. FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS CPR TRAINING cost of road replacement & curb and gutter ^ Hop to it and learn CPR. The Lowell Area Fire Department The Lowell City Council will recommend at the James After a review, the Council agreed to recommend at the ^ will be sponsoring an American Heart Association adult CPR Street Public bearing set for March 16 that the City and March 16 public hearing that the City cover the $19,000 cost course April 9, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Fire Department. property owners split the road replacement and curb and to replace two inch water mains with eight inch mains Cost is $5. To register call 897-9679. gutter cost half-and-half. The Council also agreed that the 532,000 for sanitary sewer At the Feb. 18 City Council meeting, the Council requested be covered by special assessment. Thai would break down to that City Manager, Dave Pasquale research what costs for the $20.84 per lineal foot per property owner. MOBILE MAMMOGRAPHY UNIT improvements were charged to property owners for the sewer The $52,000 for road replacement and $24,000 for curb and separation program in the early 1970'$. The cost allocation as gutter would be split by the City and James St. property The Butterworth Mobile Mammography Unit will be at of Oct. 20,1972 was as follows: owners. That cost would be (See Box) $38,000 each. Family Fare on April 10. Total Estimated Project Cost: Call 776-1372 for appointment. Walk-ins may be accepted Total assessments - $ 1.2 mil- The fee for road replacement $2,428,390.59 % if time allows. lion were based on $1,000 for and curb and gutter would be each benefiting parcel and S3 Federal Grant (HUD) 528,390.59 $24.75 per lineal foot per prop- NO CHARGE TAX RETURNS FOR SENIORS per square foot of property. The erty owner. general fund contributed the Amount of Bond Issue 1,800,000.00 While this is what will be l ax returns for senior citizens arc being prepared at no planned remainder. Cash on Hand (general fund) 100,000.00 suggested by the Council it is all charge by A.A.R.P. trained counselors at the Senior Center on "In reviewing the minutes at subject to change following the South Hudson Street. that time, the Council didn't state public hearing with property Appointments can be made by calling 897-5949. a specific percentage breakdown between the City and prop- owners on March 16. erty owner," Pasquale said. "An assessment was determined The Council also designated Block Grant funds to street LOWELL AREA SCHOOLS from the full intent of improvements. From the costs shown, improvements be utilized toward the booster pump station. PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCE SCHEDULE property owners paid approximately 50 percent of the project "This would reduce cost to everyone in the district," Mayor costs." James Maatman explained. Hie Lowell Area Schools parent/teacher conferences are Pasquale further explained that street overlay projects such A public hearing was established for March 16 to establish scheduled for the following dales: March 11, Full day for as North Jefferson, Monroe, and Church were funded totally use of the Block Grant Funding. These monies total $27,737. elementary students, conferences 6 to 8 p.m.; March 12, One- by stale shared revenues. School administration closes on land; brings elementary , and middle school projects within budget While it has been considered a done deal for quite some Because of the anticipated increased cost for water and * Specialized fire protection for the audio visual and tele- lime now, Lowell Schools officially closed on the 185 acres sewer, four items will be put out to bid as ad alternates. What communications room. of land on which the new high school will sit. this means is, if the bids come in low enough so the items can * Eliminating performance bonds for any contracts under The formality of signing all the papers was completed. be completed and still remain within budget, the work will be $50,000. 0 Lowell Schools paid Steve Wittenbach $455,243.87 for its done. If not, the work would have to be delayed until a later Eliminating louver blinds at the new elementary build- 180 acres. It also purchased five adjacent acres belonging to date. ing (previously the Middle School). Adrian Hayes for $20,000. The total purchase price was Items that will be bid out as ad alternates include all * Acoustical panels at Bushnell Elementary in the music $475,243.87. That came in under the $500,000 budgeted for asphalt paving of parking lots, press box building, and room. the purchase of land. concession building. * Cleaning and relamping all florescent lights in Alto, 0 "We are hopeful of beginning constmclion by June," These reductions would total $340,000. Bushnell and new elementary building. Lowell Superintendent Fritz Esch said. "Drawings have not "We're trying to cut and delay projects within the bond * Under counter lighting fixtures at new elementary and yet been completed on the site plan." issue that we feel we can complete at a later dale, " Esch said. Bushnell. The most significant roadblock now remains the availabil- Project one, the three elementary buildings, reductions of * Delete gym equipment to lower backboards. ity of water and sewer. Talks continue between the governing $ 187,000 had to be made to bring the project within budget. * Delete most of landscaping in new elementary on play- bodies. Project two, the new Middle School, reductions of ground area. Because of the distance the school will have to run pipe to $108,000 will be made to bring the project within budget, * Outdoor drinking fountains at new elementary school. get water/sewer utilities to the land, the approximately $1.6 according to Lowell School's director of instruction, Jim * Eliminating some repair of mechanical work and tem- million budgeted will fall substantially short of the mark. White. perature control. Esch agreed the school's cost to run the lines could run up to Some of the deletions being made for the new middle school ^ $2.5 million. Some of the deletions being made for the elementary project project include: ' In an effort to make up for the added costs in providing include: * Performance bonds for any contract under $50,000. water and sewer, to the new high school, Esch said some * Painting lines for basketball and four square on the * Acoustical wall panels. items have had to be put out as ad alternates. asphalt. Land, cont'd., pg. 8 The Lowell Ledger-Wednesday, March 11,1992-Pagc 2 The Lowell Ledger-Wednesday, March 11,1992-Page 3 day morning. March 3.1992. RIGNEY - Mr. James B. She is survived by her daugh- Rigney. aged 76, of Wyo- ter and her husband. Dianne ming, passed away Thursday. Obituaries L. and Harold C. Ripley of March 5. 1992. He is sur- Alto; granddaughters. Terri vived by his children. June oming Events BURR1 - Mrs. Delores Jean Clyde (Gerta) Chatman Jr. of O'Connor. Sandra L. and Randy Werner of (Chaiman) Burn, aged 61. of Baldwin, Charles (Karen) McCarty. Beverly A. Houghton. MI. Patrick Rigney Caledonia, passed away Tues- Chatman of Greenville; sev- of Grand Rapids. Timothy Koetsier; five great-grand- Notices in The Ledger's EVERY 1 ST 4 3RD TUES- at 6:30 p.m. at Cumberland at 7 p.m. speaker and goodfood. For day. March 3. 1992 after a eral nieces and nephews; and Rigney. Sally and Doug Weigh-ins at 5:45 p.m. children. Mrs. Harvey was "Coming Events" are free Retirement Village. Phone, long and courageous battle many dear friends who loved Beaudoin of Alto; 12 grand- DAY: Lowell Lions Club more info call 897-7047. preceded in death by her hus- of charge to any non-profit 897-4810 for information. EVERY SECOND with cancer. Surviving are her her so. A Memorial Mass was meets at 6:30 p.m. at Look EVERY TUESDAY band. Richard D. Harvey and children. several great-grand- organization in the Lowell THURSDAY: Lowell VFW EVERY SUNDAY husband. William; mother. held Saturday at Holy Family Memorial Fire Station, MORNING - Ladies, join son. Mark D. Harvey. Also children; sister-in-law. Betty Ada, Alto, and Saranac South Hudson, Lowell. EVERY FIRST WEDNES- Auxiliary No. 8303 meets EVENING: Royal Rangers Helen (Clyde Sr.) Chatman Catholic Church. Caledonia. us for Coffee Break Bible surviving are her sister. Rigney of Comstock Park; area. We prefer such no- DAY : Lowell Area Jaycees at 3:30 p.m. at the VFW for the boys. Missionettes of Baldwin; children. Mike MI. At her request cremation Study and Children's Story nephew. Paul Rigney of Rock- tices to be kept brief and to EVERY TUESDAY Hour at Calvary Christian meet at 7 p.