UPDATE #2 (FROM A CITY OFFICIAL):Â This is an approved rubble site for Friessen Construction. Â The remediation plan for the property is to convert it into open space, although no specific plans have ever been approved.
UPDATE:Â A city official called me about the landfill, they are looking into it. They told me that there is no immediate plans to make a park in that area, he confirmed that with Director of Parks and Rec, Don Kearney. They are also going to check with directors Cotter and Cooper to see what the plans are. This should be interesting. They drove by it and it appeared to them it was a concrete pit.
From a South DaCola foot soldier;
I was visiting a friend who lives on North Shawnee. As she was showing me her home, I was shocked when I looked out the back of her home. There is a large vacant area that looks like a landfill. She said that the residents in that area have been told that it will eventually be a park.
The address is 3301 East 3rd Street and that it currently belongs to Friessen Construction Inc.
Given the current climate at City Hall regarding “code enforcement” I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!!
I’m sure that the City must be aware of this “mess” because as developers put together neighborhoods they must “set aside” a certain number of acres for park land. I believe that the homes in this area are at least ten years old.
Directions: At the intersection of 6th St and Cleveland, go east (Twin Towers is the second turn on the north side of 6th St) Twin Towers is one block long and dead ends at the vacant property I am talking about. Turn left onto 5th Street, you will see the landfill area in the back of the homes that line the north side of 5th St. Turn right onto Shawnee and once again you can see the landfill behind the homes on the east side of Shawnee. Follow Shawnee north, it curves off to the east and becomes 3rd Street, from the north side of this vacant property (3301 East 3rd Street) you can see the landfill area by looking to the south.
The “better view” is by looking in the back of the homes on 5th Street and on Shawnee.