Dave sends in this photo of a sign on Chipotle’s door.  Looks like they’re “almost done” and will open next Wednesday, November 13th.

My apologies!  See my corrections below and in the headline.

On the agenda for tonight’s Decatur City Commission meeting: providing $1 million more to renovate Ebster Pool.

Back in August, the city estimated $1 million to renovate Ebster Pool with the following new amenities:

• Changes to the pool to reduce its length from 25 meters to 25 yards and to widen the pool to provide 8 lanes for competitive swimming.
• Overhead lighting to allow longer hours for swimming meets.
• New mechanical systems to replace the original filtration tanks and pumps installed when the pool was built over 30 years ago.
• Complete renovation of the bathhouse to include new men’s and women’s changing rooms, a family changing room, new staff office.
• New lift for disabled swimmers, new water fountains, fencing and other amenities

Now a letter from Deputy City Manager Hugh Saxon states that the pool renovation will cost an additional $1,094,000 to complete the project as part of the Beacon Hill complex development.  That’s an extra $94,000.  Mr. Saxon says that there are still funds to in the project’s larger budget to cover the increase.

In an effort to limit costs Mr. Saxon notes…

…we are planning to re-use existing shade structures and to rough-in a spray pad. As we get closer to completing the entire Beacon project. We’ll be better able to determine whether we can add back the equipment for the spray pad.

There’s only one contested race in Decatur this year: Decatur Board of Education District 1 Post A.

Everyone else up for election is running unopposed.

So, before you cast your electronic ballots on the morrow, check out Mark Arnold and Lewis Jones’ webpages.  And on a more topical front, you can also check out this recent post on Decaturish, where the candidates are asked their position on the K-3 rezoning process currently underway.

Interested in checking out the unopposed candidates webpages?  I know you are. Well, here are those links as well.

Decatur City Commission

• Fred Boykin
• Patti Garrett

Decatur Board of Education

• Annie Caiola

This probably is less exciting than it sounds.   How’s that for an intro?

In order to continue to provide access to the Decatur Conference Center from Commerce Drive and NOT grant a perpetual easement to a private entity (which was a concern to some commissioners), the City Manager is recommending to the City Commission this evening that they extend Montgomery Street across Commerce as a “public way” to where the planned driveway for the 160 Clairemont development will begin.  As noted in Ms. Merriss’ note…

This “public way” will provide ingress and egress to the 160 Clairemont property, but will also be accessible by any member of the public and will benefit all adjoining properties.

If approved, the “public way” will be in line for some lovely thermoplastic striping.  That and you can feel free to call it “Montgomery Street” if you want.  But it’s not a street, it’s a “public way”.

Do you like to cross streets using your feet?  Then boy do I have news for you.

If you were in downtown Decatur on Saturday you may have noticed the a few refreshed crosswalks.

Chris sent in this photo of new striping being put down at Ponce and Church on Saturday morning.