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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAmerican Aggregates 1973Mr. W. I. Thieme, Chairman American Aggregates Corp. Greenville, Ohio 45331 Dear Mr. Thieme: 13Y: October 24, 1973 In your letter of May 15, 1973, your company offered the Town of. Carmel, Indiana certain lands and rights of way. The Carmel Town Board of Trustees accepts your laid offer and wish to express their sincere appreciation. The Board being as mousy as they are, simply overlooked acknowledging your letter of May 15, and are very sorry to have done so. Yours very truly, Neil B. Schmeltekop Carmel Town Manager v c i1meriran 4ABSrtgut.e8 Inrporatit i Board of Trustees Town of Carmel Carmel, Indiana 46023 Gentlemen: WIT:t Greenbille, i,a 45331 1 October 15, 1973 On May 15, 1973, we directed to your Board a letter out- lining our willingness to cooperate in certain respects with the sewer line extensions running north from your existing sewage treatment plant at 96th Street. While we have had occasional contacts with your engineering representatives, we are uncertain as to the exact status of this project. We would appreciate receiving in- formation on the exact alignment of this sewer line. Does your Board desire to accept our offer of certain lands and rights of way as offered in our May 15th letter? Sincerely yours, l'( W. I. Thieme Chairman CC: Clyde E. Williams Associates, Inc. Attention Mr. Herb Zinsmeister 1902 North Sheridan Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46628 William R. Karns, District Manager American Aggregates Corporation Indianapolis, Indiana Nr. N.J. Thiene, Chairman American Aggregates Corporation Greenville, Ohio 15331 Dear Er. Thieme, Fred Hohl, P.E. Town of Carmel Town Engineer mob' rown of Carmel 130 1ST AVENUE S. W. CARMEL INDIANA GC: Clyde E. Williams Assoc. Er. William R. Karns Town Board of Trustees Neil Schneltekop, Town r Manager, Carmel James Dougherty, Utilities Manager, .Carmel October 18, 1973 A copy of your letter tras directed to me today and I must apologize for the apparent lapse of communication between us. I wish to assure you that we are definitely interested in accepting your offer of certain lands and right of way, and design engineering is rapidly nearing completion by our consultant, Clyde E. VTilh iasm Assoc. I am sending you, under separate cover, a set of the plans.for our Phase I proposed construction. Note that the area map has a red line marked on it. This is future Phase II routing. I am also sending a copy of the proposed R/U descriptions which cover both Phase I and Phase II. Our Town attorney is preparing the legal easement dedications to be presented to you very shottly. I will reccommend that the Town Board take official action to accept your offer at the next regular meeting of the Board of Trustees. Your co- operation is very much appreciated, and I hope this will satisfy your immediate requirements for information. Sincerely yours, ■Itmcriran g$rega #ES (Iorporatitn Board of Trustees Town of Carmel Carmel, Indiana 46032 Gentlemen: t reenbiiie, kin 45331 May 15, 1973 Reference is made to a meeting held May 1, 1973, in our 96th Street plant office, such meeting being attended by repre- sentatives of your Board, by your consulting engineers and by representatives of our corporation. An adjoining landowner, Mr. Erich Mueller, was also present. At this meeting your representatives outlined for us that a new sewer line must be installed promptly running northerly from your present waste water treatment plant on North River Road, and that such new sewer line could take two possible alignments, namely: A It could run north along North River Road to 106th Street, thence east and north again along North River Road to 116th Street. A lateral connector would run west along 106th Street to relieve an overloaded line located farther west. B It could run east from River Road along the north boundary of your treatment plant and thence northerly along the White River until it joined North River Road north of 106th Street. A similar lateral connector would be installed running westward along 106th Street. Both we and the owner immediately north of us, Mr. Erich Mueller, indicated we favored the "river" alignment. Your engineers indicated that, while the river alignment might be the desirable route when the entire project was considered, it appeared from their preliminary estimate of construction cost to be more costly for the initial section to 106th Street and this was the immediate r Board of Trustees problem you faced. May 15, 1973 Page 2 Subsequent to the above referenced meeting, we contacted your engineering consultant, Mr. Herb Zinsmeister of Clyde E. Williams Associates, and outlined that we saw the probability of substantial damages to our mining operations if the North River Road alignment were used. As an inducement for you to select the "river" alignment, we expressed our willingness to do a number of things and these items are hereby confirmed: A We are willing to have the line proceed from a point in North River Road at the north edge of your treatment property, and thence north- east 45 degrees from North River Road until it reaches the desired distance from the White River, and thence northerly across our property in a north northeast direction until it enters property owned by Mr. Mueller. North of 106th Street and south of 116th Street we are willing to allow the alignment to proceed generally along the section line. Where this entire alignment traverses property owned by this corporation, we are willing to give a reasonable width of permanent sewer easement and a reasonable width of construction easement to the Town of Carmel at no cost. B We are also willing to deed a triangular- shaped parcel of land estimated to contain 8.6 acres, located immediately north of your present treat- ment plant, to the Town of Carmel at no cost. This would provide added land for expansion of your waste water treatment plant. The northwest boundary of this triangular- shaped parcel would be the northwest edge of the 45 degree sewer line easement mentioned above. C If needed, we would be willing to advance on a temporary basis to the Town of Carmel up to fifteen percent (15 of the added cost, if any, of the initial phase of the work to 106th Street caused by using the "river" alignment as opposed to the North River Road alignment. Such sum to be advanced would not exceed thirty thousand dollars ($30,000), and would be refunded to us either in cash or credited Board of Trustees May 15, 1973 Page 3 to our account to offset future trunkline sewer charges applying to our lands in the area. Our willingness to do the above three items is specifically conditioned on your selecting the so- called "river" alignment. None of the above items would be applicable should you choose the North River Road alignment which will cause substantial damages to our operations. In granting the permanent easement for this sewer line along the "river" alignment, we would agree that our quarrying operations would be kept a sufficient distance away from the actual sewer line that the vibration, measured at the sewer line itself, would not at any time exceed two inches per second of particle velocity, a figure given by public authorities as safe for structures. (See Bureau of Mines Bulletin #656.) We hope the above accurately confirms the verbal proposals made to your engineering representatives, and that you conclude the "river "alignment is the most advantageous to the Town of Carmel when all factors are considered. WIT:t Yours very truly, w. I. Th i eme Chairman CC: Clyde E. Williams Associates, Inc. 1902 North Sheridan Avenue South Bend, Indiana 46628 Attention Mr. Herb Zinsmeister William R. Karns, District Manager American Aggregates Corporation Indianapolis, Indiana PHONE 846 -6131 WRK /f AMERICAN AGGREGATES CORPORATION Mr. Leroy New 701 Inland Container Building Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 J�GGR EGA ERICA TE CORP. %th GRAY RD. P. 0. BOX 40218 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46240 Dear Leroy: Pursuant to our recent telephone conversation, I am providing you with a written memo informing you that our corporation is willing to cooperate with the Carmel -Clay Community to the extent of providing a place to dispose of sludge from the River Road sanitary station. I might suggest that someone from the sanitary department get in touch with us in order to firm up the location and haul road. As you know, we are trying our best to be an asset to the community, and do desire to remain a vital factor in that area for many years. At some time in the future I would like to get together with you in order to discuss the possibility of American Aggregate being a prime source of raw water for Carmel. I feel that we can provide the communi with a sufficent supply of raw water at a very low cost. If this sounds interesting let me know. May 4, 1971 Very truly yours, W. R. Karns District Manager P.S. Would you provide us with a hold harmless on the sludge and an approximate duration? c iknteritun c4$rrg2ite8 aorporatian Pursuant to the request of the Town to deposit sludge fraction from its White River on property of American we hereby grant permission for such following terms and conditions: Greenbillr, Town of Carmel Carmel, Indiana Attention Mr. Leroy K. New, Town Attorney Gentlemen: July 9, 1971 1. The sludge fraction will be deposited on the parcels of land shown on the attached diagram. 3. The deposit will at all times be in conformance with the applicable laws and ordinances as to public health and sanitation. Ilia 45331 of Carmel for permission plant at 96th Street and Aggregates Corporation, deposit under the 2.. The deposit of sludge will at all times be under the direction of the Indiana manager for American Aggregates Corporation and the town will abide by his instructions as to placement of such sludge fraction. 4. The Indiana manager for American Aggregates Corporation will from time to time direct alternate locations when convenient or desirable to the corporation, and the deposits will be made in such manner and under such practices as will not be offensive to the corporation or the area or surrounding owners. This permission will extend fora period of two years from the date of this letter, and will be subject to renewal at the option of the town and the corporation at the end of said time. Town of Carmel The corporation shall have the right to terminate this permission at any time that the deposit of sludge is not performed in accordance with its instruction and at any time that said deposit becomes a hazard to health or becomes offensive in the use of the corporation's other adjoining land or to adjoining landowners or residents. WCR: t July 9, 1971 Very truly yours, By Page 2 AMERICAN AGGREGATES CORPORATION ahL_,_ William C. Rhodes Secretary and Treasurer Atte rke roof of Carxel 130 1ST AVENUE S. W. CARMEL INDIANA It is hereby resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Carmel that disposal of sludge from the Carmel-Clay Wastewater Plant, located at 96th Street and White River in Hamilton County, be accomplished on an interim basis by controlled spreading on American Aggregates properties in the vicinity of the Plant, with such locations and the method approved by the Indiana State Board of Health and the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board; And be it further resolved, 'that by late 1973, the above described method of sludge disposal will be discontinued, and an approved form of sludge de-watering will lie implemented at the plant site and acceptable sludge disposal sites will be provided with such sludge de-watering process to be continued until comple- tion of construction of the plant expansion to 3.0 MGD capacity, which shall include permanent on-site sludge disposal facilities. Wi lam Pat son, Presi ent Board of Trustees. PHONE 846 6131 AMERICAN AGGREGATES CORPORATION Carmel Town Board Attention: Mr. Owen Kern City Offices Carmel, Indiana 46032 Gentlemen; C GREGATE CORP. 96th GRAY RD. P. 0. BOX 40218 INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA 46240 Pursuant to our recent conversation this letter will serve to indicate our interest in the construction of an interceptor sewer from 126th Street to the sewage plant on 96th Street, As we discussed at the December meeting a mutual interest does exist. If after an investigation, in regard to cost and alignment, is completed I would appreciate an opportunity to again discuss this matter with you. Very truly yours, January 3, 1973 William R. Karns District Manager American Aggregates Corp.