COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL OCTOBER 11, 2017
Jekyll and Hyde
11A
Swinging Bridge
denied grant
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
Jekyll and Hyde is currently playing
at the Cottage Grove Theatre. See
A1 for complete review. Photos by
Emily Bly.
City approves agreement with SLSD
School district can avoid additional bond for Harrison construction
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
The South Lane School District (SLSD)
is saving up to $20,000 thanks to the city of
Cottage Grove. This, according to planning
and development manager Faye Stewart
who presented to the city council on Mon-
day night.
The agenda called for the council to
discuss an intergovernmental agreement
between the city and SLSD regarding the
bonding of public improvements for the
new elementary school.
"Under the development code, perfor-
mance bonds for all public improvements
shall be issued for the city in the amount
of the improvements," Stewart said. "What
we've found with the school district is that it
has two bonds in place."
SLSD currently has a bond for the cost of
the project with its general contractor and a
bond with a sand and gravel company.
"As I understand it," councilman Jake
Boone ventured, "The school district would
normally have to put up some money that
says, 'we promise we'll fi nish our project
and won't screw up and make the city fi x
it.' But they already have a contractor telling
them they won't screw up and they'll fi x it
so rather than making the school district ef-
fectively, double bond, we're saying let the
district drive this."
Cottage Grove City Manager Richard
Meyers agreed, saying, "We put the bonds
in place because contractors can disappear.
We have some strong feelings the school
district won't disappear on us," he said. "So
having this agreement isn't unusual. We
know they're going to be around.
Cottage Grove City
Manager
Richard
Meyers had sad news
for the council during
the Monday, October 9
meeting.
The city's Swinging
Bridge was not includ-
ed on a preliminary list
of projects that applied
for a grant through the
state parks commis-
sion.
"We went a presented and more than likely, that list will be im-
proved in November," Meyers said. "So we won't make the offi cial
announcement that we have not been funded but we were not on
that list."
The city was hoping to earn between $135,000 and $150,000 to
fund repairs of the Swinging Bridge.
Meyers told the council the city will now be looking towards oth-
er funding options.
The city was presented with three options for repairing or replac-
ing the bridge earlier this year and the board opted to put its effort
behind the second option.
The plan would provide the most movement for the bridge while
still maintaining its design.
The price tag for a bridge that would look like the Swinging
Bridge and provide movement similar to the current bridge was es-
timated at $261,000.
"Basically, the option is using the existing bridge and replacing
the aspects that have failed like the upper cables and the decking,"
city engineer Bradsby previously told The Sentinel. While the re-
placements would enable to bridge to swing, OBEC reported that it
would exceed the 50 pounds per lineal foot safety standard.
SLSD
Continued from A1
worry me,” she said.
In the latest report, Cottage Grove High School had 35 less stu-
dents than last year, Bohemia had fi ve less and Harrison had 12
more students.
Parent noted that the district is set up to handle the ebbs and fl ows
of attendance. Issues only arise when it hits extremes in either di-
rection. A few years ago, the district had 70 students less than the
previous year and one year had 40 students more than the year be-
fore.
“We can handle it. It’ll fl uctuate, we’ll get more kids in, things
will change. So, we’re not worried about that right now,” said Par-
ent. “I get these [updates] weekly and this drives our entire budget.”
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