The fence along East Third Street overlooking the painting of Lucille Ball’s famous chocolate scene will be improved as part of the streetscape project that will be taking place along East Third Street from Main to Pine streets; Potters Alley from East Second to East Third streets; and Black Bear Court from Potters Alley to Pine Street. Work is expected to start after the Jamestown Cruise-In on Friday, Aug. 16. P-J photo by Dennis Phillips

The Jamestown City Council has approved the last of three streetscape projects that will be funded by the state Downtown Revitalization Initiative program.

At a meeting earlier this week, the council approved the streetscape project that will take place along East Third Street from Main to Pine streets; Potters Alley from East Second to East Third streets; and Black Bear Court from Potters Alley to Pine Street. The project will cost $274,385 and will be done by R. Patti Concrete.

Earlier this month, Jeff Lehman, city public works director, said funding from the Downtown Revitalization Initiative will be used for the streetscape project. This is the last of three streetscape projects city officials received $610,000 from the state to perform. The other projects occurred around the Reg Lenna Center for the Arts along East Third Street and on Cherry Street between Third and Fourth streets.

Lehman said there will be concrete stamping, which looks like cobblestone around Black Bear Court. He also said the fence along Third Street that looks over to the painting of Lucille Ball’s famous chocolate scene will be improved. He added work will start after the Jamestown Cruise-In on Friday, Aug. 16.

In other business, the council approved a construction project for concrete work along Price and Van Buren streets between Prendergast and Lakeview avenues. Lehman said R. Patti Concrete was the lowest bid at $144,035 for this project.Lehman said even though it was the lowest of the two bids received, the bid was still higher than expected. He said that is why the concrete work will be done on Price Street this year while the work on Van Buren will take place next year. The project is being paid for by Community Development Block Grant funding.

The council approved concrete work that would be done along Monroe Street to alleviate flooding problems around the area of Ben Weitsman of Jamestown scrap metal yard. Lehman said an 18-inch pipe will be replaced by a 24-inch pipe and an additional 18-inch pipe will be added. He said the reason there won’t be two 24-inch pipes installed is because of electric lines under the street, which only allows for the second pipe to be 18 inches. S.Tabone Paving & Sealcoating was the lowest bid at $60,746.