HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-10-1997 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 10, 1997
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 10, 1997,
2 in the Municipal Building in said City. President Robert Goodwin presided with Robin Henry, Bruce Metzger and
3 Assistant City Attorney Steve Rabe in attendance.The following business was had to-wit:
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES _
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7 The minutes of the meetings of March 27 and April 3, 1997 were approved on a motion by Henry, second by
8 Metzger and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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10 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims for payment submitted by the City Controller's office were read by Henry who noted they totaled
13 $506,617.56 and moved to approve, second by Metzger and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice
14 vote.
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16 President Goodwin recognized two students from Centerville High School in the audience.
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18 REQUESTS
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20 A. President Goodwin delayed this request until someone from Russell & Geier Contracting Inc. could
21 explain it. When no representative appeared, President Goodwin read a letter from Stephen A. Geier
22 stating the intent is to install brick paving between the existing concrete sidewalk on South B Street and
23 the new south exit door on the Olde Richmond Inn at 138 South 5th Street. It further stated in the letter
24 that the existing sidewalk would remain and the outside seating would extend onto the existing
25 sidewalk no further than within 48 inches of the sidewalk cutouts for the trees.Also, it stated, no fencing
26 or barricades would be installed around the created seating area.
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28 Captain John Farmer of the Traffic Safety Division expressed his only concern would be that it would
29 become a common request. He said other areas do not have the aesthetics that this one does and he
30 would have a problem with future requests and would recommend that all these be reviewed to
31 determine whether or not they have an extended sidewalk situation such as this one does. Metzger
32 moved to approve the request, second by Henry and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice
33 vote.
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35 B. Ruth Mills-Varnell appeared before the Board explaining the Richmond Art Museum will be
36 celebrating its 99th anniversary on June 14 with an Arts Fest on the grounds of Richmond High School.
37 She requested permission to hang banners on the light poles on Hub Etchison Parkway from mid-May
38 through the June 14 to celebrate that event and banners from mid-May through October of 1998 which
39 would be the 100th anniversary celebration.
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41 She said the Arts Fest will be a one-day event from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will include artists from the
42 region, food, entertainment and children's activities. She added that it will be a family affair and there
43 will be no admission. Captain Farmer said he had no problem except for contacting RP & L to get
44 permission to use their poles and President Goodwin said he had already done that and there is no
45 problem. Metzger moved to approve both requests, second by Henry and the motion was carried on a
46 unanimous voice vote.
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48 C. A request for additional on-street parking north of Hibberd Middle School was made for the
49 Richmond Basketball Club 11 and Under state tourney to be held April 11 and April 12. Captain Farmer
50 said he had spoken with Councilmember Jack Elstro to see if there had been problems with this in the
51 past and finding none, he said it is not a significant intrusion in the neighborhood. He explained that
52 parking had been removed to make room for buses to load and unload in a safe manner for C.R.
53 Richardson Elementary School and Hibberd but saw nothing wrong with allowing parking for the two
54 days requested. Henry moved to approve the request, second by Metzger and the motion was carried
55 on a unanimous voice vote.
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57 CONTRACTS
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59 A. City Engineer Bob Wiwi explained Change Order No. 12 for South 37th Street, stating that as a
60 result of the project some drainage flow off the side of the site, an adjoining property owner requested
61 the Board consider installing a drain, storm sewer, to allow the flow to go underground to the Scott
62 Ditch. Wiwi said this is at the south end of the project at the intersection of Hodgin Road and South
63 37th Street and upon contacting the Indiana Department of Transportation, which is the co-sponsor of
64 this project, they agreed to honor the request. He said the installion of an underground sewer will carry
65 water from Hodgin Road to the Scott Ditch following an existing easement that was granted to RP & L
to that location to get it over to the ditch. He said the amount of the change order is $44,664.30.
Metzger moved to approve the request, second by Henry and the motion was carried on a unanimous
voice vote.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
April 10, 1997
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1 B. Assistant City Attorney Steve Rabe explained that the Firefighter contract which took effect January
2 1 had one condition that negotiations would be reopened when details of the City's new insurance plan
3 became available. Rabe said those negotiations were reopened and the Firefighters agreed to accept
4 and incorporated the provisions of the new plan as an addendum to their contract. He added that the
5 insurance policy was adopted by the City April 1. Henry moved to approve the addendum to the
6 Firefighters contact, second by Metzger and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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8 C. Rabe also brought before the Board the renewal of the towing contract of City-owned vehicles with
9 Pardo's which was held over from last week. He said the contract is set to expire April 30, 1997 and
10 contains a provision to renew the contract for an additional year at the same cost. He recommended
11 that it be approved by the Board. President Goodwin pointed out that there was a letter from
12 Purchasing Manager Vicki Stevens recommending extension of the contract. Henry so moved, second
13 by Metzger and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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15 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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17 A. President Goodwin recognized those in the audience wishing to appear before the Board and asked
18 Omer and Joan Burke, owners of Joan's.Cafe on South 5th Street, and Ben Kovach, a customer, to
19 come forward. Omer Burke stated that he and his wife did not know of the No Parking signs the Board
20 authorized last week to be placed in front of Marvin's Auto Sales and KMH across the street from the
21 restaurant at 712 and 720 South 5th Street until they were installed Friday morning. He made several
22 comments about the situation, noting that it does present a parking problem and he feels the signs
23 should come down.
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25 Joan Burke stated that she can see out the widows of the restaurant and if anyone pulls into the drive
26 she would ask them to move their car. She presented a letter written by a representative of Templeton's
27 Music Store, also in that area, stating that it is also an inconvenience to their customers. Kovach said
28 he is a regular customer at Joan's and he could not understand the No Parking signs being posted. He
29 spoke in support of Joan Burke.
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31 President Goodwin said he had been in that area twice this week, re-looking at the site, and at this point
32 felt it should be taken under advisement. He noted the Board did have a request from Marvin Smith,
33 owner of Marvin's Auto Sales, as a result of a truck picking up towmotors which could not get in and out
34 of the site and that was the reasoning behind the approval of the No Parking sign request. However, he
35 said,the Board obviously needs to take another look at it. Marvin Smith, who was also present, handed
36 a letter from KMH Systems to Metzger, requesting it be read. It was written by Terry Burk who stated
37 that the area needed to be kept clear for customer access.
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39 Smith said he and others around him on the west side of South 5th Street agree that the No Parking
40 has helped increase visibility. Smith stated he had been located there since 1988 and parking has
41 never been controlled until these signs went up last week. He said it has taken care of the problem. He
42 said he could not see why three spots in front of his business and KMH would destroy business at
43 Joan's.
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45 President Goodwin said the Board would take the issue under advisement and invited all parties
46 involved to attend the Board of Works meeting next week on April 17.
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48 ADJOURNMENT
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50 There being no further business, on a motion duly made seconded and passed and carried on a unanimous
51 voice vote,the meeting was adjourned.
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57 Robert Goodwin, President
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62 ATTEST:
63 Norma Schroeder, Clerk
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