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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE,
CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. MARCH 18. 1993
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 18,
2 1993, in the Municipal Building in said City. Chairperson Janet Hibner presided with Dennis Grimes and Earnest
3 Jarvis in attendance.The following business was had to-wit:
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5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MARCH 11.1993
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7 The minutes of the previous meeting were approved on a motion by Jarvis,second by Grimes and carried by a
8 unanimous voice vote.
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10 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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12 Claims submitted by City Controller Dennis Grimes totaled $263,070.89, which included $236,117.00 for the
13 purchase of the Town &Country Motel as part of the South 37th Street extension project; also $372,676.96 for
14-- supplies and contractual services which included$58,000 paid to Wayne County Circuit Court for the gorge land
15 purchase for which the papers were scheduled to be signed today.Grimes moved to approve the claims,second
16 by Jarvis and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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18 REQUESTS
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20 A. Requests for handicapped parking spaces by Palmer Walter at 2215 Grand Boulevard and Frank
21 Walker at 404 South 7th Street, both held over from the March 11 meeting, were approved through a
22 motion by Jarvis, the chair recognizing its own second and carried by a unanimous voice vote. A
23 request by Loretta Seal at 2223 Grand Boulevard was approved through a motion by Jarvis,second by
24 Grimes and carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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26 B. Jarvis read a letter from Steve Geier of Geier Construction requesting the closing of one lane of
27 traffic at North 8th and E Streets March 22, 1993, for construction work at Richmond Hardware. A
28 letter from the Traffic Safety Division indicated no objection but Jarvis added one of his own concerning
29 the sidewalk which is only about two years old. If damaged, he said, he expects Geier to repair it. The
30 request was approved through a motion by Jarvis,second by Grimes and carried by a unanimous voice
31 vote. Geier asked the Board for a change of date, from March 22 to March 24, adding that the work
32 would be done between 10 a.m.to 3 p.m.
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34 C. A letter from Richard J. Wood, President of Earlham College, was read by Jarvis requesting the
35 Board's help in changing the directional route to the college off of 1-70 using U.S. Highway 27 rather
36 than U.S. 35. The reason for the request, as stated in the letter, is that U.S. 27 South offers "a much
37 more positive introduction to both the city and the college." Chairperson Hibner noted that it is an
38 Indiana State Highway matter to get the signs relocated and she recommended that the City Clerk draft
39 a letter to the State Highway Department as well as to the legislators.She added that the Board has no
40 authority to make the change other than requesting it through the state.Jarvis made the motion that the
41 City Clerk draft a letter to the state asking their assistancein the matter,second by Grimes and carried
42 by a unanimous voice vote. Chairperson Hibner noted that there are limited signage spots on the
43 interstate and it is a possibility that Earlham College will have to share a sign with IU East and Ivy Tech
44 in order not to take up another sign location on the interstate.
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46 D.A request from Richmond Power& Light was read by Jarvis for the closing of seven parallel parking
47 spaces on the east side of the northbound lane of Hub Etchison Parkway from March 29, 1993,through
48 April 12, 1993, for the purpose of installation of equipment at Civic Hall. Jarvis recommended turning.
49 the request over to the Traffic Safety Division for its review and return to the Board at the March 25
50 meeting.
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52 CONTRACTS
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54 A. Bids received for the roof replacement at Fire Station No. 5 were opened by Grimes, checked by
55 Chairperson Hibner as to the proper papers and amounts were announced by Jarvis. Three bids were
56 received which included those from Ralph Reeder & Sons of Indianapolis for $106,378; Enterprise
57 Roofing & Sheet Metal of Dayton, Ohio for $63,835; and Adams Roofing of Muncie for $47,385.
58 Fredericks General Construction of Pendleton returned the specs with no bid. Jarvis moved that-the
59 Board take the bids under advisement, second by Grimes and the motion was carried by a unanimous
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62 B. City Engineer Robert Wiwi explained the four contracts dealing with the Industries Road extension
63 which required action by the Board. These included the attorney contract, the right-of-way agreement
64 between the state and City for Industries Road from Union Pike to U.S.27,the SEICO Inc. contract for
65 engineering services and the Kramer&Associates contract for right-of-way surveying services.
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
March 18, 1993
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1 Giving some background on the project, Wiwi said the overall plan is the extension of Industries Road
2 from North West 5th Street near the Hill's Pet Products over to U.S.27 and Chester Boulevard and it is
3 jointly funded by the State of Indiana through the Federal Highway Program and the Redevelopment
4 Authority which represents the City. He said the agreements must be prepared in order to put the City
5 in line to obtain the matching funds through the Federal Highway Program and with the Board's
6 approval of the four contracts,Wiwi said, it will put his department in a position to move forward.Jarvis
7 noted that the contracts had been reviewed by the City Attorney and the Indiana Department of
8 Transportation before moving that the contracts be approved and signed accordingly, second by
9 Grimes and the motion was carried by a unanimous voice vote.
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11 OTHER MATTERS
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13 A. Prior to reading a letter addressed to Captain Danny McClure from the Indiana Department of
14 Transportation, Greenfield District, Chairperson Hibner said the Traffic Safety Division has had a
15 problem with the timing of traffic signals located at North 8th and A Street, North 9th and A Street;
16 South 8th and A Street, and.South 9th and A Street. It was noted in the letter that the timings had been
17 reviewed and changes had been made at all four intersections. The changes included an increase of
18 the all red phase and the yellow times had been increased from 3.0 to 3.5 seconds. Captain McClure
19 said the action had been requested because of the amount of accidents in those areas which had been
20 attributed to drivers disregarding the signals.
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22 PUBLIC COMMENTS
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26 ADJOURNMENT
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28 There being no further business, on a motion duly made by Jarvis, seconded by Grimes and carried by a
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