Homeowners with property touching the Nickel Plate Trail will be eligible to apply for a grant program of up to $2,000, defraying the cost of installing screening, privacy, or
buffering improvements.  If a homeowner’s property frontage along the trail exceeds 300 feet, the owner may be eligible for an additional $500 grant.  The Fishers Board of Public Works and Safety voted Monday in favor of the program that is aimed at funding improvements such as planting trees & shrubs, constructing fencing and other improvements as reviewed and approved by city staff.  Funds from the Nickel Plate Trail bond will fund the program and is budgeted to cost the city $181,000.  The city will establish an application process…for more information, use this link.

In other Board of Works actions:

–Three Legal contracts were renewed for the city’s outside counsel.  Attorney Jennifer Messer will continue to handle economic develop issues.  Barnes & Thornburg will take care of bond issues and Krieg Devault will once again handle planning and zoning for the city.