HomeMy Public PortalAbout05-25-1995 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MAY 25, 1995
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 9 a.m.Thursday, May 25, 1995,
2 in the Municipal Building in said City. Chairperson Dennis Grimes presided with Earnest Jarvis and Janet Hibner
3 in attendance.The following business was had to-wit:
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 18,1995
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7 The minutes of the May 18, 1995 meeting were approved on a motion by Hibner, second by Jarvis and carried
8 on a unanimous voice vote.
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10 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims submitted by the City Controller's office totaled $559,831.08 most of which was for payroll and payroll
13 taxes. In addition, there was also a claim for $38,720, of which $33,698 was for Steel City Ford for two new
14 pickup trucks for the Street Division. Chairperson Grimes moved to approve the claims, second by Jarvis and
15 the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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17 REQUESTS
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19 A. Hibner presented several handicapped parking space requests which included those made by Tom
20 Woods of North 19th Street; Patricia McFarland on South 14th Street which, after review by the Traffic
21 Safety Division, it was recommended that the space be in front of her home but far enough to the south
22 of A Street to allow for the necessary No Parking within 20 feet of an intersection; Della Sanders on
23 North West 16th Street; Thomas Johnson on South 6th Street; and Residential Management Systems
24 on South 15th Street. Hibner moved to approve the requests along with the stipulation made by the
25 Traffic Safety Division,second by Jarvis and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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27 B. A request made by Al Dillon for a curb cut on South 33rd Street was read by Hibner who said the
28 engineering department had reviewed it and noted that the drive needs to outlet onto one street or
29 another and not in the curved radius of the intersection and possibly needed to have a fire hydrant
30 relocated.The Traffic Safety Division, after reviewing the request, stated that the curb cut should not be
31 made on the radius and needed to be 20 feet from an intersection. Hibner moved to approve the
32 request but only after Dillon submits a new drawing showing exactly where the curb cut is going to be
33 showing that it does meet the requirements as suggested,second by Jarvis and the motion was carried
34 on a unanimous voice vote.
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36 C. Jarvis read a request made by the Richmond Roosters professional baseball team to approve a
37 noise waiver beginning June 20 and running through July and August. He said the latest any of the
38 games will run is 11 p.m. and that will be July 1. He said the others would run around 10 or 10:30 p.m.
39 In its review the Traffic Safety Division stated that there were no objections providing that all
40 appropriate steps would be taken to minimize the noise so that it would not be excessive.Jarvis moved
41 to approve the request,second by Hibner and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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43 D.Another request made by the Roosters asked permission to mount a sign displaying the team's logo
44 which is 5 foot 8 inches high and 21 feet long on the office trailer located at 201 North West 13th Street.
45 After reviewing the request, Captain Mike Chambers of the Traffic Safety Division said he had no
46 objections since it was sufficiently off the roadway. Hibner, however, said the City has a sign ordinance
47 and suggested the request be double checked to make sure it meets the qualifications as far as size is
48 concerned. Jarvis moved to table the request, second by Hibner and the motion was carried on a
49 unanimous voice vote.
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51 E. And yet another request by the Roosters was read by Jarvis who said they asked for signs to
52 indicate to out-of-town visitors how to get to McBride Stadium. Two definite sites mentioned were at
53 National Road West and North West 13th Street and West Main and North West 5th Street. Other
54 locations, they said, were open for discussion. Jarvis suggested that perhaps a committee could be
55 formed which included representatives from the Roosters, Traffic Safety Division and the Street
56 Division to determine the best locations and what the signs should look like because the Roosters want
57 the City to design the signs. Jarvis moved to have Captain Chambers, Street Division Manager Bill
58 Smith and Bob Barrett from the sign shop, to get with the Roosters and bring their suggestions to the
59 Board next week, second by Hibner and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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61 F. Hibner stated that federal law mandates that any employers who have 50 or more drivers with
62 Commercial Drivers Licenses in their employment are requried to implement a mandatory alcohol and
63 controlled substances testing policy. And, since the City falls into that category and does not have a
64 policy for implementing that particular testing, she moved to authorize Chairperson Grimes to sign the
65 policy she presented, second by Jarvis and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
May 25, 1995
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1 CONTRACTS
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5 OTHER MATTERS
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7 A. City Engineer Robert Wiwi brought before the Board for its consideration a consulting agreement
8 with POLIS Research Center at IUPUI, a consulting firm in Indianapolis, to evaluate the existing
9 situation in the City and County buildings and the Sanitary Department, to look at the objectives and
10 goals and come up with some costs as to how those might be reached. Wiwi said this is an ongoing
11 effort of cooperation between the City and the County to evaluate the geographic information systems.
12 He explained that in 1991, a master plan was developed and jointly funded by the City, County and
13 Sanitary Department. He said this Board did approve a network policy Board which is now in place
14 between the City and County. Wiwi said the Wayne County Commissioners had reviewed this
15 agreement Wednesday and approved it, adding that they anticipate the County paying half of the fee
16 which is$13,635.
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18 Wiwi said this agreement will enable all concerned to exchange geographic information. At the request
19 of Jarvis, Wiwi explained how it will work. He said the expectation is to have an overall data base that
20 the City and County and other entities can go into and have a geographic or pictoral view of an area
21 and along with that picture would be a data base. He added that it establishes a means of
22 computerizing a lot of the existing paper work that is now being done by hand. Wiwi said last year 60
23 survey points had been put out in and around Richmond and those data points are a physical
24 monument. He said when a person buys a lot and has it surveyed there are monuments in the ground
25 that a surveyor comes off of and these monuments his office sets are in the same geographic areas so
26 they can be used for future reference. He added that it is a steel rod encased in concrete, noting that
27 they have dug up monuments placed there when the land was first surveyed, adding they are large
28 boulders buried in the ground.
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30 Jarvis said he had asked Wiwi for the explanation because Gertrude"Lucky"Ward was in the audience.
31 She came forward, saying she had been a member of the Resource Inventory Council for a couple of
32 years, noting that this will be very important in coordinating the work of several different departments.
33 She added that she is convinced that all will benefit.Jarvis moved to approve the consulting agreement,
34 second by Hibner and the motion was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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36 B. Jarvis thanked those who participated in the movement of the A-6 Intruder, the U.S. Navy airplane
37 which will be on display at the airport. He apologized for the inconvenience a few people had to endure
38 and commented on the overall smoothness of the 10-hour moving procedure to bring the airplane from
39 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, to Richmond. He invited everyone to the airport to
40 see the plane at any time but particularly on July 1, 1995,when it will be used as the centerpiece for the
41 50th anniversary celebration of the airport. He said that is when the dedication will take place.
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43 PUBLIC COMMENTS
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45 A. Sherman Stamper appeared before the Board to ask if the bid for the City impound business was
46 going to be awarded and Chairperson Grimes said the bid will be awarded by June 1 and they are still
47 being reviewed. He added that it is not necessary for this Board to award the bid because of the dollar
48 value involved.
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50 B. Byron Klute, speaking on behalf of residents of Starr Neighborhood, brought three particular
51 problems to the Board. The first, he said, was a used car dealer who has created a wrecking yard on
52 North E Street; the second, is a home that is owned and operated as an apartment for several people
53 which, he said, violates and has been in violation of major codes of this state for more than two years
54 and is owned by a captain on the Richmond Police Department; and the third is a house, he said,
55 which,from the front appears to be a normal structure, but as you move around to the side you can see
56 it has been literally cracked in two. Klute said that house has been standing that way since Permit No.
57 910 was issued in 1993 and was placed in the window of the home which is unprotected by a fence to
58 keep the people out who might be injured.
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60 Klute said these are the kinds of problems that every person is aware of but unable in his or her own
61 way to persuade the people to help make a difference to bring the neighborhood up to a standard of
62 health and environment and beauty which they would like all their homes to reflect.
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64 Hazel Cox, 413 North 14th Street, said she did not object to the car lot but did object to the used car
65 dealer turning it into a junk yard. She said the car lot is in full view from the street and she asked that
someone from the Board visit the area to see for themselves. She added that there are numerous
vacant buildings, many of the lawns need mowed and several buildings need some repair to keep the
children out so they won't get hurt.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
May 25, 1995
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1 Reba Morris, 215 North15th Street, showed photos of the front and back of the house at 211 South
2 13th Street, to show what a safety hazard it is, noting that it has the back torn off. She said she would
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4 like to see it either taken down or put back together before somebody gets hurt.
5 Victor Malloy, 201 North 14th Street,talked about the house next door to him at 207 North 14th Street.
6 He said April 7, 1992, an inspector came out from the City and listed code violations citing various
7 lighting, ventilation and electrical deficiences. He said a letter was sent April 14 to the owner in 1992,
8 citing the specific violations and giving a deadline of July 17, 1992. On May 10 of this year, Malloy said
9 he called the inspector about major electrical problems inside the house such as extension cords
10 running from the basement into the upstairs. He said that led him to believe that none of these things
11 had been corrected in 1992. He said he talked with an inspector and Hibner about the property and
12 Hibner said it would be corrected and the owner has 30 days to do so. Malloy said he questions why
13 the house had not been condemned or the electricity disconnected. Hibner said people live there and
14 her office has to go by certain requirments to condemn a house. She did tell Malloy that a permit was
15 taken out this morning for the electrical work.
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17 Summing it all up, Klute said, they wanted to know when some action will be taken. Chairperson
18 Grimes said the Board will be reviewing each of the three things mentioned and will be in touch with
19 Klute. Hibner commented that she had personally visited all three sites as well as others Wednesday
20 afternoon, adding that she will be making some recommendations to the inspectors to help remedy the
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23 ADJOURNMENT
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25 There being no further business, on a motion duly made seconded and passed and carried on a unanimous
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