COLUMBUS, Ind. — No one objected during a public hearing about a proposal to seek a grant providing a community water line to serve the Garden City Mobile Home community, located off State Road 11.
Following Monday’s hearing, the Bartholomew County commissioners gave their approval to seek a $500,000 federal Community Development Block Grant for the project, administered by the Indiana Office of Community and Urban Affairs.
The only person to speak during Monday’s hearing was mobile home park owner Dana DelSignore, who said the process of bringing city water to his community has been ongoing since the 1970s.
“This has been a long process,” DelSignore said via video conference. “Hopefully, we’ll see some fruition and conclusion of a lot of people’s efforts.”
Commissioner Larry Kleinhenz also emphasized this project, which involves the mobile home park, the Columbus City Utilities and the commissioners, has been in the works for a long time.
Tentative plans call for the installation of a 4,750-foot water main to be hooked up to city water near the county fairgrounds to achieve the initial connection. If funding can be obtained, a 12-inch water main will run from near the existing Water Treatment Plant No. 2 on Spears Street, continue north through an agricultural field along a future extension of Southside Drive until it reaches Garden Street, according to the project description.
From there, the water main will run below an easement acquired from Columbus Regional Health System before utilizing an existing conduit under the railroad tracks to reach the mobile home park, the plans state.
For the complete story, see Tuesday’s Republic.
