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HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-24-1991 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. JANUARY 24. 1991 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session January 24, 2 1991, at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with MS. 3 McFarland and Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent: None. Media in attendance: Palladium Item. The following 4 business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 17.1990 7 8 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,seconded by Mr. Smith and 9 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Mr. Smith moved to approve claims in the amount of 292,667.30 for payment, seconded by Ms. McFarland and 14 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 17 18 Reserved Residential Handicapped Parking Requests 19 20 114 North 22nd Street-New 21 422 South 13th Street- Renewal 22 23 Lt. Randy Kolentus recommended to the Board that the request for 422 South 13th Street for a renewal be 24 approved as they continue to meet the guidelines as established. He requested the Board to table the request 25 at 114 North 22nd Street for one week for additional information. 26 27 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the renewal of a space at 422 South 13th Street and to table the request at 28 114 North 22nd Street for one week, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 29 carried. 30 31 Request for Temporary Closing of Portion of North A for Parade on February 2.1991 32 33 Mr. Donald Fulle, VFW Post 65, representing the Post 65, Post 315 and other veterans organizations, requested 34 the Board for permission to block a portion of North A Street and North 5th Street on February 2, 1991 for a 35 support march for our troops station in Saudi Arabia. He said they will line up on North A between 11th and 12th 36 Streets and complete the march at the Freedom Fountain. Mr. Fulle said they would be starting at 1:30 PM. 37 38 Lt. Kolentus informed the Board that Traffic Division had no problems. 39 40 Mr. Smith moved to approve the temporary closing of a portion of North A Street on February 2, 1991 for a 41 Support the Troops March to the Freedom Fountain, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote 42 the motion was carried. 43 44 Complaints by Residents of 600 Block of North 9th regarding Trucks 45 46 Mr. Leland Johnson, a resident of the 600 block of North 9th Street, informed the Board that Lt. Kolentus had 47 provided some traffic control for the area in the form of yellow curbs and No Truck signs, but the trucks still 48 continue to travel the street. He asked the Board to have the violators cited. 49 50 Ms. McFarland added that Mr. Vernon Guess, a resident of the area, had also spoken with her and she had 51 spoken with Chief Rice regarding the matter. 52 53 Lt. Kolentus said most of the trucks are vendors doing business in the area with Mosey. He said he had spoken 54 with Mosey and ask them to change their routes. Lt. Kolentus said they would try to step up their watch in the 55 area. 56 57 Mr.Johnson said that Rumpke was also in violation and Lt. Kolentus said he would notify Rumpke also. 58 59 TABLED ITEMS 60 61 Temporary Closing of Portion of Right of Way between Indiana Ave. and N.W. L Street 62 63 Mr.Wiwi informed the Board that he was still in favor of closing a portion of this right of way to solve the problem 64 of dumping in this area. 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd January 24, 1991 Page 2 1 Mr. Bruce Metzger informed the Board that the Engineering Office had done title work on the right of way and 2 Mr.Williamson's property. He said that Mr.Williamson's deed does reserve an easement,but it is not supported 3 anywhere else in the chain of title, except the most current deed. Mr. Metzger said the easement that is 4 supported in the chain of title goes to the north to N.W. L Street and not south to Indiana Avenue. 5 6 Mr. Harold Williamson questioned Mr. Metzger how he accessed this information and Mr. Metzger said the title 7 search indicated the easement was to the north. 8 9 Mr. Williamson said his abstract showed an easement to the south and Mr. Metzger said the first time this 10 easement shows up in in the deed to Mr.Williamson and since the City of Richmond owned the property, no one 11 else had a right to grant an easement, except the City. 12 13 Ms. Hauptstueck suggested the matter might be tabled and Mr. Metzger disagreed and felt confident that the title 14 work done by the Engineer was correct. He said that if Mr. Williamson was in dispute, he needed to bring in a 15 surveyor to support his position. Mr. Metzger told the Board that if Mr. Williamson can dispute the point, the 16 Board can consider the issue again. Mr. Metzger added that the research done by the City is clear and the City 17 owns the right of way and no one else had rights to grant an easement. 18 19 Mr. Smith asked Mr. Wiwi when he intended to close the right of way and Mr. Wiwi said as soon as he had 20 authority to close it he would get it cleaned up and make a permanent closing to assist with the dumping 21 problems. 22 23 Mr. Metzger said this was also not safe to be used as a road. 24 25 Mr. Williamson told the Board that closing the right of way would not stop the dumping and would make it 26 inaccessible to be controlled. He said if the area was cleaned up and kept clean it would help keep others from 27 dumping there. 28 29 Ms. McFarland asked Traffic Division if it would present a problem to close this right of way and Captain Ponder 30 said no it would not and the right of way was difficult to travel anyway. 31 32 Ms. Hauptstueck asked if someone could enter the area from the access to the North and get to the closed 33 portion and Mr.Wiwi said that could happen, but they could close the north with an accessible barricade. 34 35 Mr. Smith moved to approve the temporary closing of the south section of a right of way between Indiana 36 Avenue and N.W.L Street,seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 The Board asked Mr. Metzger to share his information with Mr.Williamson regarding the dedicated easements. 39 40 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 41 42 PURCHASING OFFICE 43 44 Award Bids for Gasoline and Fuel for 1991 45 46 Ms. Annie Planck explained to the Board that based on usage for 1990, she recommended that the bid for 47 purchase of all gasoline and bulk fuel go to Farm Bureau as the lowest overall bidder meeting specifications. 48 Ms. Planck said that the prices will fluctuate with the market, but the City will be able to access the base price at 49 any time and see if they feel any increase is excessive. 50 51 Ms. McFarland moved to award the bid for bulk purchases of gasoline and fuel for 1991 to Farm Bureau, 52 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 53 54 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 55 56 Agreement with Wayne Township for Fire Services 57 58 The Agreement between the City and Wayne Township for Fire Services for 1991 was presented for approval 59 and execution. The agreement had been approved by Wayne Township and is based on a previously approved 60 payment schedule. 61 62 Mr. Smith moved to approve and execute the agreement between the City and Wayne Township for Fire 63 Services for 1991, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 64 65 ADJOURNMENT There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk