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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-28-1990 �J BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA,JUNE 28. 1990 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session June 28, 1990 2 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Hauptstueck presided with Ms. McFarland 3 and Mr. Smith in attendance. Absent: None. Media in attendance: WHON and Palladium Item. The following 4 business was had to-wit: 5 6 BID OPENING- STREET PAVING PROJECTS 7 8 Ms. McFarland moved to close the bidding, seconded by Mr. Smith. and on unanimous voice vote the motion 9 was carried. 10 11 Ms. McFarland moved to accept proof of publication, seconded by Mr. Smith. and on unanimous voice vote the 12 motion was carried. 13 14 Ms. Planck opened the following bids stating that a bid bond and proper bid forms were notorized and in order: 15 16 Barrett Paving: AET(Tack Coat) - $ .76 per gallon 17 #12 surface- $25.05 per ton 18 #11 Binder- $29.94 per ton 19 20 CUI: AET(Tack Coat) - $ .75 per gallon 21 #12 surface- $25.39 per ton 22 #11 Binder- $29.74 per ton 23 24 Ms. McFarland moved to refer the bids to Purchasing, Street and Engineering Departments for study, seconded 25 by Mr. Smith. and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 26 27 28 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 21,1990 29 30 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by Mr. Smith. and 31 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 32 33 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 34 . 35 Ms. McFarland moved to approve claims in the amount of 76,980.00 seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous 36 voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 TABLED ITEMS 39 40 Police Patrol in Townhouse Village Area 41 42 Bob Wiwi reported to the Board that records of November, 1966 indicate that North 35th Place was not 43 accepted as a City Street and that Townhouse Village is responsible for maintenance of the Street. 44 45 Ms. Hauptsteuck reported that the Police Department does patrol the street but not frequently and suggested 46 that a more frequent patrol would be agreeable with the Police Department as well as responding to calls 47 reporting problems on the street. 48 49 Ms. Carter and Ms. Grimes stated that would be an acceptable solution to the problem. 50 51 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENT 52 53 White River Park State Games 54 55 Ms. Linda Hinshaw, 10 Parkway Lane, addressed the Board stating that Richmond is a regional location host for 56 three events; 5-Mile Run,3-Mile Walk and Cycling which will be held in Glen Miller Park on Saturday,June 30. 57 58 Ms. Hinshaw requests the use of public streets for these events which include Elks Road from the East Park 59 Entrance to the Arboretum Entrance from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and a portion of No. 24th Street with 60 barricades at North E Streetand Glen Clourt and various places within the park. She stated that there has been 61 a problem in past years with people removing the barricades and asked assistance with more substantial 62 barricading. Mr. Smith stated he will assist in this matter. 63 64 Ms. Hinshaw stated that REACT members will be stationed along the course to control traffic. 65 Lit Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 28, 1990 Page 2 1 Sgt. Kolentus stated that the traffic division has no problem with this request. 2 3 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the approve the request for use of public streets on June 30, 1990 for events 4 of the White River Parks State Games and for the Street Department to assist with barricades, seconded by Mr. 5 Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 Relief from Noise Ordinance for Cionstruction on East Main Street. 8 9 Mr. Larry Richey of Contractors United addressed the Board requesting relief from the noise ordinance from 10 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. in order for road construction crews to work 24 hour shifts on the East Main Street 11 Project. He stated the project if running behind schedule due to poor weather and the relief is necessary in order 12 to meet their schedule for completion. 13 14 Mr. Wiwi stated to the Board that he supports this request and believes it would be beneficial to the residents to 15 complete the project as soon as possible. 16 17 Dr.Allen Bond of 2515 East Main St. addressed the Board speaking for a group of residents of East Main Street 18 stating that the residents had also caused some delay in the project with other problems that needed to be 19 resolved. Those proplems are now resolved and the residents desire the project be completed as soon as 20 possible and support the request for relief from the noise ordinance. No objections were reaised concerning this 21 matter. 22 23 Ms. Hauptstauck inquired as to how long the 24 hour crews would need to work to get back on schedule. Mr. 24 Richey stated it should take between 14 and 21 days. When work is begun on the North side of the road the 25 work schedule would return to normal 26 27 Mr. Smith moved to grant relief from the noise ordinance from 11:00 p.m.to 7:00 a.m. in order to complete work 28 on the East Main Street Project, seconded by Ms. McFarland and on a unanimous voice vote the motion was 29 carried. 30 31 Temporarily Close One Way Streets at East Main Street from 16th to Elks Road 32 33 Mr. Richey of Contractors Unitedaddressed the Board requesting permission to close one way streets at the 34 Main Street outlet from 11:00 p.m.to 6:00 a.m. in order for construction crews to work on those areas at night. 35 36 Sgt. Kolentus stated he has no problem with this. 37 38 Ms. McFarland moved to approve temporarily closing one way streets at East Main Street from 11:00 p.m. to 39 6:00 a.m.for construction, seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 40 41 Property at 600 South 10th Street 42 43 Mr. Alonzo Eubanks requested that action be taken on the run down condition of the property at 600 So. 10th 44 Street. 45 46 Ms. Sarah Braxton persented a report to the Board regarding an inspection at the above mentioned address 47 which includes action taken on voilations as follows: 48 49 Violation Action 50 51 1. Junk and Debris in Yard Ticket issued on June 28, 1990 52 53 2. Dilapidated Garage Write Order by July 6, 1990 to repair or demolish 54 55 3. Gutter on south side in need of Write letter to owner requesting correction by June 29, 1990. 56 repair; attic exposed to elements 57 due to missing facia board on south 58 side of house. 59 60 4. Weeds Potential problem-to be inspected by weed program administrator 61 by June 29, 1990. 62 63 Mr. Eubanks stated that conditions are much worse than stated in this report as the electrical service box and 64 plumbing are in substandard condition. 65 _- 4.2 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 21, 1990 Page 3 1 Ms. Hauptstueck stated that getting the outside of the property fixed is the only thing the board can do at this 2 time as the house is not occupied. 3 4 Mr. Eubanks also complained about the car repair being done on the vacant lot by people who do not even own 5 the property. 6 7 Ms. Braxton stated that the inspectors and herself have never seen this when they were inspecting or driving by 8 the property. She will again inspect the property for this violation. 9 10 Residential Handicapped Parking 11 12 601 South 12th- New Request 13 318 North 14th-New Request 14 15 Sgt. Randy Kolentus of the Traffic Division informed the Board that he had investigated the requests and they do 16 meet the guidelines. He recommended approval. 17 18 Ms. McFarland moved to approve a residential handicapped parking space at 601 South 12th Street and 318 19 North 14th Street seconded by Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 20 21 Request to Lower East Diversion Ridge on Breckdnridge Drive 22 23 Mr. Alton Hodgin of 3304 Hodgin Road addressed the Board requesting permission to lower the diversion ridge 24 at the end of Breckenridge Drive to allow access to a crop field. 25 26 Mr. Bob Wiwi stated that he has investigated the situation and spoken with Mr. Hodgin concerning the problem. 27 Mr. Wiwi agrees that the east diversion ridge could be lowered between lots 44 and 45. This will allow better 28 access to the crop field by farm equipment. The swale that presently crosses Breckenridge Drive must be 29 maintained to carry the site run-off to the south. Mr. Hodgin agrees to pay for any cost inlowering the ridges and 30 that the existing swale will not be changed. He recommends the Board approve the lowering of the diversion 31 between lots 44 and 45 in Woodgate Addition,with the understanding that the existing swale will be maintained. 32 33 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the request to lower the diversion ridge at the end of Breckenridge Drive 34 between lot 44 and 45 with the supervision of the City Engineer, and at the expense of Mr. Hodgin, seconded by 35 Mr. Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 36 37 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 38 39 40 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT 41 42 Agreement for Professional Services for Industries Road to US 27 43 44 Mr. Wiwi stated the agreememt for professional services with SIECO, Inc., Columbus, Indiana, which is the 45 same firm who did the plans 10 years ago to cut a road fromNW 5th Street to Chester Boulevard. The cost is 46 $60,000.for the plans which is very low because they already have the former plans on file. Changes will need 47 to be made since State Road Specifications have changed in the past 10 years. 48 49 Ms. McFarland moved to approve the signing of agreement for professional services with SIECO Inc., seconded 50 by Mr.Smith and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 ADJOURNMENT 53 54 There being no further business,on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 55 56 57 58 Carrie N. Hauptstueck, President 59 60 61 62 ATTEST: 63 Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk 64 65