Fw: IPL Trees & Electricity

Community leaders and residents, I rely on you to forward the following service information.   Thank  you for your support in getting the information distributed. 

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·         Tree Trimming and Pruning

·         Tree Pruning Standards: Project Cooperation

·         Right Tree, Right Place

Trees & Electricity

While we appreciate the beauty and importance of trees in our community, misplaced or improperly maintained trees often cause power outages during severe weather and can be dangerous when branches come in contact with power lines. Prevention is the key, and that is why IPL has a comprehensive tree-pruning, line-clearing program that operates on a 36-month cycle.

We work year-round to prevent existing trees from causing outages or danger to you. We also work with Indy Parks and Recreation and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to continually plant the right trees in the right places through our Trees For Tomorrow program.

For the seventh time, IPL was named a Tree Line USA Utility by the Arbor Day Foundation in 2010. More information about this award.

Remember…
If you see a downed power line, stay away from it and call IPL immediately at 317.261.8111.

TREE PRUNING QUESTIONS?

Call the IPL Line Clearing Department at 317.261.8128.
Office hours are 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you call after hours, please leave a message. An IPL representative will return your call the next business day.

General Info

Hey Neighbors, just some basic info for you to chew on. Yesterday I filed a complaint on the Mayor Action Center. It was in reference to the fallen tree in the Greeway north of the Pleasant Run Creek, and the potholes on Maple Ln. I also noted potholes on Poplar and Norway.

 

Today a city crew was filling potholes on Maple La, and a Parks Dept worker was looking at the fallen tree. I was quite surprised and happy to see this quick action.

 

Also I recieved an email from Barb on the Parkway about a shopping cart at the bridge and that another car went over the berm and knocked over a trail sign. I will be sending an email to Ben Hunter District 21 Councillor about alternatives in slowing traffic in that strech of the parkway. Today I took two shopping carts back to their respective businesses. A neighbor on the Parkway had a metal shopping cart out for heavy trash, which they didn't take.

 

Today I also talked to Joseph Jarzen from Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. I asked him about the tree clearing on the Greenway and he said that there are plans on doing all of the Greenways just does not know exactly when.

 

I will be sending Ben Hunter an email covering some of the issues that we are facing.

 

If anyone was wondering about the Citizens Energy working on the mains in our area, I asked some of the workers and they stated that they had to replace and add new valve shutoffs.

 

Friendly reminder..........March 22nd 7pm Next Neighborhood Meeting.

 

Dan

Fw: News From the Historic Irvington Community Council

News from the Historic Irvington Community Council Dear Neighbors, We have been asked to share this information with you to help support House Bill 1111 - the Historic Tax Credit Bill.  Please consider offering support by contacting the Senate Appropriations Committee. HB 1111 - Historic Tax Credit Bill Last week at the annual HUNI meeting, we were asked to get our neighbors in the historic districts to email their senators and (more importantly at this time) to the members of the Senate Appropriations Committee to urge them to support HB1111 (the historic tax credit bill ) by assuring that it is passed out of the Senate Appropriates Committee so that it can be heard by the full Senate.  The last chance for that to happen is Thursday, so please act fast! The members of the Senate Appropriations Committee are: Luke Kenley (Chair), Ed Charbonneau, Phil Boots, Brandt Hershman, Connie Lawson, Patricia Miller, Ryan Mishler, Brant Waltz, and Thomas Wyss.  Their email addresses can be accessed at http://www.in.gov/bin/gegislative/listing/listing-2.pl?data-district&chamber-Senate  if you have trouble with this, just google Indiana General Assembly and click on the Senators. It will take to their email addresses. The more emails that they receive; the greater the chance would be for positive action.  So get as many of your neighbors as possible to send an email.  Five emails from individuals would be better than one email from a neighborhood association. If you want to give them reasons to pass this bill, here are a few: Historic preservation creates revenue.             For every dollar spent, it generates $3. Historic preservation creates jobs:  Recentdata shows the following comparison: In Delaware, $1 million spent of the rehabilitation of a historic structure means 14.6 jobs, in comparison to 11.2 job in new construction and 9.2 jobs in manufacturing for the same $1million. In Georgia, $1 million per industry creates 16.1 jobs in historic preservation compared to 14.9 in new construction, 10.4 in poultry processing, 8.7 in air transportation, 4.0 in computer manufacturing and 3.5 in automobile manufacturing Indiana data would show the same reality of more jobs than even manufacturing or agriculture. Preservation creates jobs! Many of these Senators are from small communities and need to understand that historic preservation does not benefit just large cities:  Small and medium sized communities would benefit from the state tax credit where there isn't a strong real estate market.  It provides an offsetting benefit to encourage investment in reusing existing structures. Thanks for your help with this action.  We have one of the lowest historic preservation tax credits in the country. This bill will benefit preservation in Indiana significantly if we can get it passed.  .

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