Bailey Park to be completed soon
The field drainage part of a storm sewer project at Bailey Park is under way and officials said it should be finished before baseball season starts in April. Uniontown Redevelopment Authority Director Mark Yauger said a contractor started working Monday and the part of the project that involves digging up the ball field will be done by March 1.
He said the remainder of the project, which involves installing a new storm water line up a hill from the park to Charles Street will take longer.
Most of a 30-inch main line, which will runs from Redstone Creek to the base of the hill, has been installed and covered up, and the bleachers, which had to be moved for the line installation, have been replaced, Yauger said.
The project includes installing 1,200 feet of line that will be used to drain the larger field.
The authority is using Community Development Block Grant money to fund the $161,693 project.
Yauger said the 2005 CDBG application to the Department of Community and Economic Development is due in Harrisburg on March 4.
While he said he has not yet received all the information needed to submit the application, the said the authority’s allocation will be less than the 2004 allocation.
The authority received about $470,000 last year and is expecting to receive $440,152.
In other business, the authority;
– Agreed to hire McClure and Wolf to perform the 2004 audit for $5,800.
– Renew the authority’s National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials membership for $250.
– Approved Yauger’s attendance at the CDBG conference in State College April 5-6 for $70.