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HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-04-1990 9,7 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 4, 1990 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session October 4, 1990 2 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms.Hauptsteuck presided with Ms. McFarland 3 and Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent None. Media in attendance: None. The following business was had 4 to-wit: 5 6 7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 27.1990 8 9 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,seconded by Mr. Smith and 10 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 11 12 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 13 . 14 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of 1,294,754.87 seconded by Mr. Smith and on 15 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 18 19 Residential Handicapped Parking 20 21 515 South 12th St. 22 23 Captain Myers informed the Board that this residence meets the guidelines for reserved residential handicaped 24 parking and recommends approval of the request. 25 26 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the request for reserved residential handicapped parking at 515 So. 12th St., 27 seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 28 29 41 South 11th St. 30 31 Mr. Hartamn of 41 So. 11th St. was present to appeal the Boards denial of reserved residential handicapped 32 parking. Mr. Hartman stated that he is not permited to park in the area at the rear of the house which he rents. 33 Capt. Myers stated that he has been unable to contact the property owner to confirm parking arangements for 34 the tenant and requested the appeal be tabled for one week. 35 36 Ms. McFarland moved to table the appeal for reserved residential handicapped parking at 41 So. 11th St. until 37 October 11, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 40 Curb Cut Requests 41 42 4351 So. A Street and 1417 So.J Street 43 44 Mr. Wiwi stated that he has inspected the locations for curb cut requests at 4351 So. A St. and 1417 so. J St. 45 and recommends approval. 46 47 Mr. Smith moved to approve the requests for curb cuts at 4351 So. A St. and 1417 So. J St., seconded by Ms. 48 McFarland and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 49 50 51 Temporary Placement of a Dumpster in Alley behind Hoods Music Store 52 53 There being no one present to speak for this request Ms. McFarland moved to table the request until October 54 11, seconded by Mr.Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 55 56 57 Mr.Jim Morrow-Removal of Brick Sidewalks and Widening of South 6th St. 58 59 Mr. Morrow of 520 So. H Street, representing residents and property owners of So. 6th St. from E to H, 60 appealed to the Board to widen So. 6th St.from E to H and remove the hazardous brick sidewalks and replace 61 them with new curbs and sidewalks. Mr. Morrow stated that he has a petition with 35 signatures requesting this 62 be done. 63 64 Mr. Smith stated that his department is looking into the situation and will make a recommendation for the project. 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd Octobert 4, 1990 Page 2 1 Scaffolding in Alley between So.7th and 8th Street 2 3 Mr. Beard of Beard Masonry stated that his firm is working on the rear of the Oddfellows building and requests 4 the Board to permit scaffolding to be erected in the alley that would be 5 feet wide and 12 feet high. He stated 5 that barriers would be placed around the scaffolding to prevent materials fromdropping into the alley and causing 6 injury. 7 8 Capt. Myers stated that a dumplster will need to be relocated in order to permit the passage of vehicles in the 9 alley while the scaffolding in erected. 10 11 Mr. Smith moved to approve the requests of Mr. Beard to erect scaffolding in the alley behind the Oddfellows 12 building and to relocate a dumpster to allow for traffic to pass, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on unanimous 13 voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 16 TABLED ITEMS 17 18 Right of Way Engroachment-Prestwick Square Apartments 19 20 Mr. Dick Mosier, representing MP Realty Group, presented the Board with an agreement for right-of-way 21 encroachment for their approval. 22 23 City Attorney, Mr. Metzger advised the Board that he has reviewed the agreement and recommends that the 24 Board accept the Agreement for encroachment of right-of-way. 25 26 Ms. McFarland moved to accept the agreement for encroachment of right-of-way with MP Realty Group for the 27 purpose of erecting a brick wall at the entrance to Prestwick Square Apartments at South 18th and L Street, 28 seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 29 30 Holiday Parade 31 32 Mr.William Taft, Executive Director of Main Street Richmond Wayne County, informed the Board that he has 33 checked with organizers sponsoring the 5K run on the same day and is assured that the run will be totally 34 finished by 11:00 A.M. 35 36 Capt. Myers confirmed that the 5K run will be finished in time for the parade to start at 11:00. This will put some 37 strain on the traffic division, however, Capt. Myers stated that they are willing to cooperated. 38 39 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the request for a Holiday Parade on November 24, 1990 at 11:00 A.M. 40 beginning at 16th and Main Street, proceeding West to 10th Street then South on 10th St.to the City parking lot, 41 seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 42 43 44 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 45 46 Purchasing Office 47 48 Set bid Date for Dump Truck with Snow Package 49 50 Purchasing Director, Ms. Planck requested the Board set November 1, 1990 to accept bids for a single axle 51 dump truck with snow package for the Street Department. Ms. Planck stated that the funds are in place for this 52 purchase. 53 54 Ms. McFarland moved to set November 1, 1990 as the date to accept bids for a single axle dump truck with a 55 snow package, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 56 57 Bus Bench Advertising 58 59 Purchasing Director, Ms. Planck stated that the bids were reviewed by the Mr. Metzger, Ms. McFarland, Ms. 60 Quinter and herself. It is the recommendation of reviewing the bids to reject all bids and allow Rose View to take 61 care of the Bus Bench Advertising. Rose View needs the revenue and feels this will not be more than they can 62 handle since they already handle the advertising for the buses. 63 64 Mr. Metzger will work with the Hall of Fame on any outstanding contracts they may have with their advertisers. 65 99 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd October 4, 1990 Page 3 1 Ms. McFarland moved to reject all bids for bus bench adbertising and allow Rose View to handle their own 2 advertising, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Car Wash Contract 5 6 Purchasing Director, Ms. Planck recommended to the Board that they increase the contract amount with 7 Sparkling Image Car Wash to $3,000. per quarter with a maximum of 750 washes per quarter and to make the 8 contract retroactive to include the last quarter(July, August, Sept.). She stated that the Police Department, who 9 is the largest user, has the budget to cover the increase. Ms. Planck stated that Mr. Metzger is working on the 10 new contract and is not prepared for signing at this time. 11 12 Ms. McFarland moved to table the approval of a new contract until October 11, 1990, seconded by Mr. Smith 13 and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Contract for Services on North E Street Project 16 17 Mr. Wiwi explained to the Board that only partial funds are available for this project. This has been explained to 18 the contractor and they understand that. There is also an"Unavailability of Funds"section in the contract. 19 20 Ms. McFarland moved to execute the contract for the North E Street Project, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a 21 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 Fire Department 24 25 Hiring of Probationary Firefighter-Peter McDaniel 26 27 Fire Chief Sticco presented Peter McDaniel who has successfully completed all department testing and 28 requirements in addition to PERF-required approval on physical and psychological evaluations. Chief Sticco 29 recommends the hiring of Mr. McDaniel as a probationary firefighter effective Wednesday,October 3, 1990. 30 31 Ms. McFarland moved to approve hiring Peter McDaniel as a probationary firefighter, seconded by Mr. Smith 32 and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 33 34 Mayor Frank H. Waltermann administered the oath of office to Peter McDaniel to become a Probationary 35 Firefighter.The Mayor congratulated Mr. McDaniel and introduced him to the Board members. 36 37 Planning, Permits and Inspections 38 39 August and September Monthly Reports 40 41 Ms. McFarland moved to accept and file the August and September monthly reports from Planning, Permits and 42 Inspections, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 43 44 MISELLANEOUS 45 46 Release and Satisfaction of Mortgage 47 48 Ms. McFarland stated this is the historic loan of Marshall Douglas Gibson III and Pamela Ann Chamberlain 49 Gibson and Richmrd R. McClure and Angela Kay McClure that has been paid in full. 50 51 Ms. McFarland moved toapprove and sign the Release and Satisfaction of Mortgage of Marshall Douglas 52 Gibson III and Pamela Ann Chamberlain Gibson and Richmrd R. McClure and Angela Kay McClure, seconded 53 by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 54 55 56 UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING CONTINUED 57 58 334-336-3361/2 South 8th Street 59 60 Ms. Braxton reported to the Board that Mr. Foster, owner of the property is ready to begin work on one side and 61 would like to get one side finished so he can rent it and have some income to work on the other side. Ms. 62 Braxton requests to modify the order and allow 90 days from today to complete the entire project. Mr. Foster is 63 working closly with the planning department on the project. 64 65 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the request to modify the order and allow 90 days from today to complete the project, seconded by Mr. Smith and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. Janet McFarland, President Pro Tem ATTEST: