Board approves CIB funds for Marquette Greenway match, downtown station flagging and Marina screen wall review

The board approved three Community Improvement Board funding requests submitted by Dean Button. First, the city will provide the 20% local match to INDOT for the Marquette Greenway trail construction between Kennedy and Klein; staff reported the project bid came in about $1,000,000 under the engineer's estimate, saving roughly $200,000 compared with earlier estimates.

Second, the board approved a $50,000 allocation to cover flagging services at the downtown Hammond station through the end of the year. Third, the board approved $4,669.50 to cover Norfolk Southern's review fee for plans for a screen wall along Indianapolis Boulevard near the Indiana–Illinois state line. Each request was recommended by staff and approved by voice vote.