The Frankfort Board of Works did something a little unusual Monday — held two meetings in one day from mid-morning to early evening.
In the early morning part on Monday, the Board of Works met with Envoy to talk about the possibility of a new housing and parking study in the downtown area. The early evening part was the regular second meeting of the month for the BOW.
“We have a lot of work to do now on our end,” said Frankfort Mayor Judy Sheets. “We need to figure out which direction we want to go in, what services we would want to use them for and then also would it be a city project or would it be a redevelopment project. There was a lot to discuss and that’s why we wanted to have that meeting.”
Sheets added Envoy didn’t give a proposal for a project, but rather stated what they could do.
Rich Taylor of Envoy said the city needed to do an updated housing study before they think about a parking study. He also said a new study should be done every two years.
“As businesses come in and, of course, the county owns that land behind their new building going to be, we have Prairie Creek Park and as time goes on, we just keep adding to downtown,” said Sheets. “We’ve got to figure out how we’re going to do moving forward.”
As it stands now, the City is under no deadlines on what they want to do. Also, there has not been an area discussed publicly as to where they might want to have the new housing and parking study at.
In other news, the Board of Works approved a new ADA plan.
“I’m very satisfied with the plan,” said Sheets. “This is something we definitely needed to have happen. We have an ADA plan in place and it has been brought up to date. But, probably not the way it should have been.”
The BOW also received an update on the progress of a letter of support for Phase III of the Maish Road project.
“We’ve got to get that it in by the first of December,” said Sheets.
Sheets added they have decided not to take out the bridge in the area because it still has 18 years of life.
The BOW also accepted a bid of $38,856.90 from AG Sports Surfaces for the new pickleball courts at Dorner Park. They have not received a bid on the fencing needed to surround the new courts.