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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA.
MAY 28, 1992
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session on Thursday,
2 May 28, 1992 in said City. Thomas Milligan presided with Earnest Jarvis and Dennis Grimes in attendance.The
3 following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 21.1992
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8 The minutes of the previous meeting were approved on a motion by Jarvis, seconded by Grimes and carried by
9 a unanimous voice vote.
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12 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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14 Claims submitted by the City Controller were for$48,765.54 for supplies and contractual services with the major
15 expense being $15,269.55 to DeLucio & Sons as a progress payment for the Central Garage project. Grimes
16 made a motion for approval,seconded by Jarvis and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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19 REQUESTS
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21 A. Milligan administered the enforcement officer's oath to Earl Liebert, inspector in the Department of
22 Law,giving him the authority to issue ordinance violation tickets,citing people for violations.
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24 B. Residential handicapped parking permit requests heard included those from Mary Rasner at 1126
25 North D Street, Martha L. Smith at 512 South 8th Street and Gerald Thomas at 135 South 13th Street.
26 Rasner and Smith's requests were approved on a motion by Jarvis,second by Grimes and carried on a
27 unanimous voice vote. Thomas's request was denied upon recommendation of the Traffic Division of
28 the Richmond Police Department which found adequate parking at the rear of his property.On a motion
29 by Jarvis to deny the request, seconded by Grimes it was carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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31 C. Councilmember Don McBride appeared before the Board speaking on behalf of Bill Fuller at 1325
32 Boyer Street. McBride requested reconsideration of the denial of Fuller's request for a residential
33 handicapped parking permit. McBride said Fuller is a double amputee and needs the parking space for
34 those who care for him every day and he felt it was time to revise the ordinance to provide for
35 extenuating circumstances under which Fuller's case would fall. In response to McBride, Milligan
36 pointed out that an amendment of the ordinance or creation of a new type of special parking district
37 related to handicapped persons for medical purposes would be required.Jarvis made a motion to deny
38 McBride's request, seconded by Grimes and carried by a unanimous voice vote. Milligan assured
39 McBride that he would be willing to work with him to see if there is a way the situation can be resolved.
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41 D. Captain McClure reported that he had received a request from Elizabeth White who lives in the area
42 of North 21st and Maple Drive to replace a yield sign with a stop sign at the intersection considering
43 there had been several near accidents. McClure said after surveying the area he found that it was not
44 heavily traveled but the yield sign was weather beaten and needed replaced and he recommended
45 replacing it with a stop sign. Jarvis made a motion to approve the request, seconded by Grimes and
46 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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48 CONTRACTS
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50 A. Jarvis read a request from Robert Wiwi, City Engineer to disburse funds from the Redevelopment
51 Authority Bond issue for payment of$1,880.81 to Seico, Inc. for engineering services rendered by the
52 company on Dana Parkway. Jarvis made a motion to accept the request, seconded by Grimes and
53 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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55 B.Jarvis presented a second request by Robert Wiwi for payment to Seico, Inc. of$13,927.42 for work
56 done on the extension of Industries Road to U.S. 27 which includes a large bridge over the Whitewater
57 River. The installment payment,Jarvis said, would bring the total to $87,195.36 on the project which is
58 not to exceed $92,260. Jarvis recommended approval through a motion, seconded by Grimes and
59 carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
May 28, 1992
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1 C. Milligan asked for the approval of an agreement between the City and Butler, Fairman and Seufert
2 Inc. , an engineering firm in Indianapolis, for designing the road through the area which will be referred
3 to as the South 37th Street project.The road will run from the stoplight at Elks Country Club on National
4 Road East to South A Street and will eventually go over to Hodgin Road. The long range plan is to take
5 the road all the way out to Wernle Road at some point according to Milligan. Services rendered by the
6 Indianapolis firm shall not exceed $22,500 and the city will be billed on hourly rates against that total
7 figure. Invoices will be sumitted on a monthly basis as the project progresses. Jarvis made the motion
8 for approval,seconded by Grimes and carried on a unanimous voice vote.
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11 PUBLIC HEARING
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13 Jarvis introduced Bill Smith, Street Division Manager, who along with his staff studied the problem with the
14 sidewalks on South Sixth Street, explaining that replacing the sidewalks will be a very large undertaking and
15 finances will not allow it to be done this year. Referring to a map of the area, Smith said replacing the sidewalks
16 in the 600 and 700 blocks of South Sixth Street and the ones on South G Street will take about three months and
17 cost an estimated $8,500 for materials alone. He said the excavation work, however, could possibly be started
18 some time this winter.
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20 Giving some background, Jarvis said work was started on the sidewalks about two years ago but ran into a
21 problem with historic preservationists who wanted to preserve the Star bricks and re-lay them. However, the
22 organization, he said, had had ample time to do their part but had not done so. He said that area has some of
23 the worst sidewalks in the city and because they are in such bad shape children there don't have the luxury of
24 playing on a sidewalk.
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26 Gertrude "Lucky" Ward, member of Wayne County Historical Society and treasurer of Neighborhood
27 Preservation Services, appeared before the board saying that she appreciated the cooperation her organization
28 received from the City two years ago. She said the area is definitely an historic area although it is not on the
29 National Register. She said her organization had been able to do a portion of the sidewalk using the community
30 services workers but winter came along and stopped the work. She added that it was not just a brick sidewalk
31 problem because the fire trucks have difficulty in maneuvering in the street as well as other problems such as
32 trees and the Color Box expansion.
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34 Jim Morrow, who lives on the corner of South H and South Sixth Streets, questioned the historic value of the
35 neighborhood. He said the postman has trouble delivering the mail and prefers to walk in the street. Another
36 resident of the area, Valdene Hunter, said she had lived there for five years and she had been told repeatedly
37 something would be done.
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39 Sandy Davis, a resident of 600 South Sixth Street, said her daughter, Laura Centers, is handicapped and has
40 stumbled and fallen several times in front of their residence. Kate Maines of 603 South Sixth Street said she had
41 lived there 20 years and has vision problems. She added that she walks in the street from her house to South E
42 Street because the sidewalks are so bad.Another property owner, Roger Craft, said it was a practical matter that
43 the sidewalks be replaced. Milligan read a letter from Scott Brewer of 621 South Sixth Street, requesting
44 replacement of the sidewalks with concrete. Milligan said he also received May 19, 1992 a copy of a petition
45 signed by 20 different individuals, some of whom live on South Sixth Street, supporting the replacement of the
46 bricks with concrete.
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48 Milligan said all of these comments and Smith's recommendations would be taken into consideration by the
49 Board. Grimes made a motion to take the matter under advisement, seconded by Jarvis and carried on a
50 unanimous voice vote.
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52 OTHER MATTERS
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54 Exhibit A attached hereto was presented by Jarvis as a list of charges for material and labor for street signs
55 destroyed by motorists or other persons. On motion by Jarvis, seconded by Grimes and approved by
56 unanimous voice vote, the policy of charging persons who are responsible for the destruction of street signs
57 pursuant to Exhibit A was approved. Grimes stated the controller's office would mail invoices to persons and
58 collect the funds based upon incident reports to be furnished by the Police Department. Milligan recommended
59 that copies of invoices also be mailed to such person's insurance company if shown on the Police Department
60 incident report.
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Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
May 28, 1992
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1 Police Chief Dennis Rice presented a survey of 100 randomly selected people who had reported crimes. Rice
2 was pleased with the response, but disappointed that no blacks were included. 94.5 percent were satisfied with
3 service they had received and only 3 percent expressed disatisfaction. Questions included those asking if the
4 officer was courteous, neat and orderly in appearance, professional in attitude and manner and knowledgeable
5 about the problem.They learned a lot because this was the first survey he had conducted as chief, Rice said.
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8 ADJOURNMENT
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10 There being no further business,on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned.
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15 Thomas Milligan, Chairman
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19 Norma Carnes, City Clerk
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