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Stop sign moved

From Union to Jefferson Street

By Angie Landsverk


The parking reconfiguration behind Waupaca’s library and city hall changed the location of stop signs at the intersection of Jefferson and Union streets.

Motorists used to stop on Union Street, but now stop on Jefferson Street, Justin Berrens told the common council on Oct. 16.

Berrens, the city’s director of public works, said the council is amending the city’s traffic map.

“Be very careful as you drive through,” said Mayor Brian Smith.

He said people should drive defensively in that area until everyone gets used to the change.

Also that evening, the council approved eight-hour parking on both sides of Jefferson Street, from East Union to East Fulton streets, as well as in the parking lot in that block.

The parking lot there also had eight-hour parking prior to the project.

On East Fulton and East Union streets, two-hour parking remains as before the parking was reconfigured.

In other business on Oct. 16, the council voted 9-0 to create a South Park Donation Trust Fund.

Ald. Steve Hackett was absent.

Kathy Kasza, the city’s finance director and treasurer, said funds were set aside for improvements in South Park.

The Friends of Waupaca Parks created a fund to accept those donations.

With the improvements completed, that fund has a residual balance of $138,754, she said.

Staff recommended setting the funds aside for future improvements at South Park, as was the intention of the donors.

The principal amount will be separate from other city funds, Kasza said.

Interest earned may be used for improvements within the city’s park system, or reinvested.

It will take a majority vote of the council to allow the principal funds to be used for an improvement project in South Park.

Parks and Recreation Director Andrew Whitman said the donors were made aware of the plan to create a trust fund.

“We received one response. It was positive,” he said.

Whitman said they are being transparent so both the council and donors know where the money is going.

The donated funds will stay in South Park, while the city will also be able to make improvements in other parks with the interest earned on the principal, he said.

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