South Sixth Avenue in Clarion Borough Could Soon Be Reconstructed

Chris Rossetti

Chris Rossetti

Published August 7, 2019 4:35 am
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Sixth Avenue and South Street ClarionCLARION, Pa. (EYT) — The first step to reconstruct South Sixth Avenue from South Street to Boundary Street in Clarion Borough was taken by the borough council at the Tuesday, August 6 meeting.

(Photo: The corner of South Street and South Sixth Avenue in Clarion Borough. South Sixth is on the left)

The council approved using the project as a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) activity.

According to borough project manager Todd Colosimo, the project could be spread over a two-year period of CDBG activity or even longer depending on what the total cost would end up being.

“We would tear down the road and built it back up,” Colosimo said. “We would do the stormwater curbs, etc. We would work with the Stormwater Authority on some of that.”

Colosimo said the borough is in the process of qualifying the project for the CDBG money and a specific cost estimate hasn’t been established.

COUNCIL GIVES PERMISSION FOR RESIDENT TO TIE INTO STORMWATER SYSTEM

After a short discussion, the Council on a 6-1 vote agreed to enter into a Storm Sewer Agreement with Teresa McNitt, who lives at 131 South Fourth Avenue, to tie into the borough’s stormwater system.

Ben Aaron voted against the agreement.

According to Colosimo the tie in would be at the inlet on Franklin Street, and the borough would only be responsible for the tie in. The rest of the project would be the responsibility of McNitt.

McNitt had tried to get permission to put stormwater pipes through two neighbors property but only secured the approval of Joshua Fontenot.

Tucker Copenhaver told the Council he didn’t agree to it because the plan called for putting an inlet on his property that he wouldn’t benefit from.

“The drainage would have been on my property, but I would have no benefit from it,” Copenhaver said. “My yard would be dug up with no benefit.”

Colosimo said it is his understanding the inlet would now be put on McNitt’s property.

Fontenot asked if a formal easement agreement was needed, and after some discussion borough solicitor John Marshall said he thought one would be appropriate between McNitt and Fontenot but one wasn’t needed with the borough.

PERMISSION GRANTED TO PAWC TO CLOSE SIDEWALK

The council has permission to Pennsylvania American Water Company’s wastewater division to close the sidewalk on the south side of North Fifth Avenue and Liberty Street for possibly up to three weeks.

PAWC hasn’t given a formal timeframe on when the sidewalk might be closed but needed to get council’s permission to close it if the closure would last longer than two weeks.

The borough will bill PAWC for the permit needed to close the sidewalk, according to councilwoman Rachel Roberts.

BOROUGH LOOKING TO MAKE SIGNAL BUTTON AT SIXTH AVENUE AND MAIN STREET HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

The Council gave permission to have the borough move forward with a project at Sixth Avenue and Main Street that would make the crossing signal handicap accessible.

According to Borough Secretary Linda LaVan-Preston, a request was made to the borough by a legally blind person to make the signal accessible.

LaVan-Preston said while looking at ways to pay for the project, the borough found out it needed to send a letter to PennDOT as part of the change, and that highway aid money was available to pay for the project.

“This request allows us to send the letter to PennDOT,” LaVan-Preston said. “Once we dod that, we will see how the steps go from there.”

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