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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12-06-1990 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND. INDIANA. DECEMBER 6. 1990 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session December 6, 2 1990 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Ms. 3 McFarland in attendance. Absent: Mr.Smith. Media in attendance: Palladium Item,WKBV and WHON> The 4 following business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 29.1990 7 8 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by Ms. 9 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of $86,701.14, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on 14 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 17 18 Signage Complaint-Ms.Sarah Braxton 19 20 Ms. Sarah Braxton informed the Board that she has received a complaint from Mr. Robert Shelton of South 8th 21 and E Street regarding signage. Ms. Braxton said she had spoken with Mr.Shelton regarding a problem with his 22 signage and he is now upset over other signs in public right of way, specifically Lingle Real Estate. Ms. Braxton 23 told the Board she wanted to notify them of the problem and she would be looking into it. 24 25 TABLED ITEMS 26 27 Sale of Property at 838 North 12th Street 28 29 Mr. Bruce Metzger informed the Board he has researched the sale of the property at 838 North 12th and the 30 Board had the option of accepting the bid from Habitat for Humanity since they had advertised the sale the 31 second time. He told the Board that the 2,500.00 bid would probably give a 2,000.00 return to the City after 32 closing costs. 33 34 Ms. Hauptstueck clarified that if the Board rejected the bid they could get a real estate agent or put the property 35 up for auction and Mr. Metzger indicated that was correct and they would need to re-advertise the sale of the 36 property. 37 38 Ms. Hauptstueck stated the City had 5,300.00 in the property with additional expenses of winterizing, roof 39 repairs making approximately a 6,500.00 investment. 40 41 Mr. Metzger said the Law Office could support the Board on either decision of awarding the bid or re-advertising 42 the sale. He said the issue was not legal, but policy and Habitat may be able to do some good with the property. 43 44 Ms. McFarland asked how long it would take to re-advertise and put up for auction and Mr. Metzger felt 30 to 60 45 days with the advertisement period. 46 47 Ms. McFarland expressed concerns over further costs of advertisement and the auction costs. 48 49 Mr. Curtis Gilmore, Habitat for Humanity, told the Board their mission was to rehab houses to provide decent 50 housing for low income. He said they would sell the houses under contract with no interest or profit included in 51 the sale price and the prospective purchaser would also be required to provide "sweat equity" as part of the 52 purchase of the house. Mr. Gilmore told the Board that Habitat would maintain first option to buy back any 53 house they rehabilitated and sold to protect their interest and keep it from being a profit situation for anyone. 54 55 Ms. Hauptstueck asked if they monitored properties for maintenance and Mr. Gilmore said they did and they 56 follow guidelines from Habitat for Humanity International and he could supply these guidelines to the Board. 57 58 Ms. McFarland asked about placement of families and if they would address the problems of homeless and 59 families living in substandard conditions. 60 61 Mr. Gilmore said they would take people from substandard conditions and they would be required to be 62 employed in order to make monthly payments. 63 64 Ms. Hauptstueck agreed that Habitat would provide a good community project, but expressed concerns over a 65 4,500.00 loss on the sale of the property. / (e Board of Works Minutes Cont'd December 6, 1990 Page 2 1 Ms. McFarland stated she was not certain the Board would recoup any more of the costs if they continue to try 2 and sell the property with the costs of selling and maintaining it until it would be sold. 3 4 Ms. Hauptstueck asked Mr. Gilmore how habitat arrived at their 2,500.00 bid and Mr. Gilmore said that Mr. Tom 5 Bogner arrived at the figure and they tried to take all costs into consideration and allow for a cost effective sale of 6 the property to a low income family. 7 8 Ms. Sarah Braxton told the Board the Planning Office supported Habitat and she would like to see them have a 9 chance with this property. 10 11 Ms. Hauptstueck clarified that 2,000.00 was what the City would realize from the sale and Mr. Metzger said that 12 would be a good estimate with closing costs coming out of the 2,500.00. Mr. Metzger added that the Habitat 13 program is similar to the City's Homestead ordinance. 14 15 Ms. McFarland commented that Habitat is a good organization and they fit the goals of the City of Richmond 16 toward addressing the homeless problem and with this in mind, Ms. McFarland moved to award the $2,500.00 17 bid for property at 838 North 12th Street be accepted from Habitat for Humanity, seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck 18 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 19 20 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 21 22 POLICE DEPARTMENT/TRAFFIC DIVISION 23 24 Handicapped Parking in 1700 Blcck of North C Street 25 26 Lt. Kolentus told the Board he had investigated the complaint and had moved the sign 30' west of the original 27 location. He said the persons requesting the sign was unhappy with the move and did not feel she should pay 28 for the sign and asked it be removed. 29 30 PUBLIC WORKS 31 32 Monthly Report 33 34 Mr. Wiwi presented the Board with the November Monthly Report and noted a correction needed to be made to 35 reflect it was engineer and not contractor on the Industries Road to US 27 project. 36 37 There being no further input, Ms. McFarland moved to accept and file the Public Works Monthly Report, 38 seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 South 6th Street Sidewalks 41 42 Ms. Hauptstueck inquired of Mr. Wiwi the status of the brick sidewalks on South 6th Street and specifically why 43 concrete sidewalks were installed for Mr.Jim Morrow and the Board was not notified. 44 45 Mr. Wiwi informed the Board that he had spoken with Mr. Morrow three months ago and told him if he supplied 46 the labor for new concrete sidewalks, the City would provide materials. Mr. Wiwi said this precedent had been 47 set in the past and Mr. Morrow did supply the labor and he did meet the commitment to provide materials. Mr. 48 Wiwi said this commitment had been made prior to the issue arising on the volunteer repair/replacement of the 49 sidewalks. He said the Mr. Morrow is located at the south end of 6th Street and his sidewalks are a continuation 50 of an existing concrete sidewalk. Mr. Wiwi said there are also concrete sidewalks at the north end of 6th Street 51 and he did not feel this would endanger the integrity of the brick sidewalks in the area. 52 53 Ms. McFarland asked what the City was providing for the brick rehab work and Mr. Wiwi said the bricks, base 54 material,back fill and screening material. 55 56 Ms. McFarland said the Board had only approved sand and tar paper and Mr.Wiwi said the limestone screening 57 was in place of sand and there would be no tar paper provided. He said the cost was no more expensive for the 58 limestone and Engineering was providing some lay out assistance. 59 60 Ms. McFarland asked Mr. Metzger if the City was providing materials to an individual if there should be a 61 contract and Mr. Metzger indicated there should be with the Board making final approval. 62 63 Ms. McFarland asked about liability for the City and Mr. Metzger said there would be less liability with a private 64 contractor doing the work. 65 Mr.Wiwi asked if Mr. Metzger would draw up a standard contract form and Mr. Wiwi said he would. / P7 Board of Works cont'd December 6, 1990 Page 3 1 FIRE DEPARTMENT 2 3 Fire Prevention Monthly Report 4 5 The October Monthly Report showed a total of 99 inspections made with four investigations for arson. There 6 were also 47 educational programs presented. 7 8 There being no comment, Ms. McFarland moved to accept and file the Fire Department Monthly Report, 9 seconded by Ms. Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 BOARD OF WORKS MISCELLANEOUS 12 13 The Interest Disclosure Statement of Lt. Danny McClure for the sale of one IBM computer to the City was 14 presented. The Statement disclosed the sale at 1,000.00 on an 1,800.00 investment. 15 16 Ms. McFarland moved to approve and file the Interest Disclosure State of Lt. Danny McClure, seconded by Ms. 17 Hauptstueck and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 ADJOURNMENT 20 21 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 22 23 24 25 26 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President 27 28 29 30 31 ATTEST: 32 Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65