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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-28-1988 Id° BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA, APRIL 28, 1988 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session April 28, 1988 at 111 2 the hour of 9:00 A.M.in the Municipal Building in said City. Mr. Barden presided with Mr. Brown and Mr.Willis in 3 attendance. Absent:None. The following business was had to-wit: 4 5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 21,1988 AND APRIL 25,1988 6 7 Mr. Brown moved to approve the minutes of the previous meetings as prepared,seconded by Mr. Barden and 8 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 9 10 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 11 12 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 167,157.71 for payment, seconded by Mr. Barden and on 13 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 TABLED ITEMS 16 17 24th and Hawkins Road Guardrail 18 19 Marshall Smith, representing the Traffic Division, informed the Board that the matter was awaiting review by Mr. 20 Willis and the Traffic Division feels the addition of a guardrail in this area would be good. 21 22 Due to Mr.Willis being detained,the matter will remain table for his comments. 23 24 Reeveston and Henley Road Stop Signs 25 26 Lt. Smith updated the Board on the history of the stop signs at this intersection with the reason being to make 27 the crossing safer for children crossing Henley to Charles School. He said that this situation no longer exists 28 since the school is providing bus service for these children. 29 30 Lt. Smith stated that a traffic study of the intersection taken over an eleven hour period showed 2300 vehicles 31 used the intersection with only 12%of the traffic being on Reeveston Road. He said they believe there is ample 32 time to make turns onto Henley from Reeveston and the Traffic Division recommended the removal of the stop 33 signs on Henley and the placement of warning signs on Reeveston that cross traffic does not stop. 34 35 Mr. Willis, now being in attendance, stated that the Board could always try and correct the situation if 36 necessary. 37 38 Lt. Smith said the major problem in the area is speed,but that it is not a high accident area. He asked the Board 39 to approve the recommendation effective immediately. 40 41 Mr. Brown moved, upon recommendation of the Traffic Division,to remove the stop signs on Henley Road at the 42 intersection of Reeveston and to place warning signs on Reeveston stating that cross traffic does not stop, 43 effective immediately, seconded by Mr.Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 44 45 Handicapped Ramps at 5th and Main Streets 46 47 Mr. Willis requested this item to remain tabled until all studies are completed on the request to vacate Main 48 Street from 3rd to 5th since the design of the area will have a lot to do with the intersection. 49 50 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 51 52 South 4th Street Fair 53 54 Ms.Gertrude Ward, Chairman of the Fourth Street Fair Committee, requested the temporary closing of South 4th 55 Street from A to E Street on October 1, and 2, 1988 for the 8th Annual 4th Street Fair. She also requested a rain 56 date of October 8th and 9th. Ms. Ward said they would also be having the horse drawn rides on 3rd and 4th 57 Streets with vendors located on 4th Street. 58 59 Mr.Willis moved to approve the request for the temporary closing of South 4th Street from A to E on the dates 60 requested, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 61 62 Re-open South 15th Street-Greenwood Apartments 63 64 Ms. Gaye Williams, of Greenwood Apartments, informed the Board that there is only one access to Greenwood 65 Apartments currently and they would be able to get City bus service and to provide a better area for the school (1 I Board of Works Minutes Cont'd / April 28, 1988 Page 2 1 bus pick ups if they would be able to re-open South 15th Street. 2 3 Mr. Willis commented that he felt they would be able to put a driveway onto South 15th with just a curb cut 4 request. 5 6 Mr. Mark Sharits, also representing Greenwood, told the Board they would take the fence down and put in a 7 gravel base for a two year period, allowing it to settle. He questioned about needing a curb cut. 8 9 Mr.Willis commented that removing the fence and putting a driveway into an existing roadway was just making a 10 curb cut. 11 12 Mr. Barden stated his concerns about 15th not being the best street to accommodate a large volume of traffic 13 and asked if they were just looking at this for limited traffic for the buses. 14 15 Mr. Sharits said that was the major concern and it would alleviate a hazard with the school bus having to back up 16 and also allow city bus service. 17 18 Mr. Dennis Bronston informed the Board the time allotted for the gravel base would be one year then 19 improvements would have to made. Mr. Bronston also expressed concern over 30 ft.of right of way that would 20 need to be repaired before it could be used. 21 22 Mr. Willis suggested the Board approve curb cut procedures and the Engineer's Office would assist with the 23 design to match the driveway with 15th Street. 24 25 Mr. Willis moved to approve a curb cut, pursuant to it being handled through correct procedures,for Greenwood 26 Apartments,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 Lions Club Flea Market 29 30 The Board received a request from the Lions Club of Richmond to use the City Parking Garage for its annual Flea 31 Market on June 19, 1988. Set up will begin at 5:00 AM and it will be finished by 8:00 PM. 32 33 Off Street Parking Manager, Mary Merchanthouse,said there was no problem with the request. 34 35 Mr. Brown moved to approve the use of the Parking Garage on June 19, 1988 for the annual Lions Club Flea 36 Market, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 Use of City Building Parking Lot for Rose Festival Helicopter Rides 39 40 Mr. Barden said the City had received the Proof of Insurance for the annual helicopter rides offered in 41 connection with the Rose Festival. The rides will be offered on June 25th and 26th, 1988 and will use the City 42 Building Parking Lot, including the County area. 43 44 Mr. Brown moved to approve the use of the City Building Parking Lot for Helicopter Rides on June 25th and 26th, 45 1988, subject to approval by the County Commissioners, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote 46 the motion was carried. 47 48 Request of Post 315 for Handicapped Parking 49 50 Mr. Bill Stack, Commander of Post 315, requested two handicapped parking spaces on Main Street for persons 51 using the Post. Mr. Stack explained there were three car lengths of yellow curb from 11th Street east on Main in 52 front of their facility and they have very little parking since they have no off street parking facility. 53 54 Mayor Waltermann explained to the Board that the yellow curb had been designated as such for a bus stop that 55 was no longer in use. 56 57 Lt. Smith said part of the yellow curb is now being used for a loading zone, but he would have no problem with 58 using the third car length for one handicapped space. 59 60 Mr. Willis moved to approve one handicapped parking space in the 1100 block of Main Street for Post 315, 61 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 62 63 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 64 65 POLICE DEPARTMENT Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 28, 1988 Page 3 1 Advancement of Probationary Patrolwoman Gloria Fant 2 3 Major Don Ponder read the following request to the Board: _ 4 5 I recommend that Officer Gloria J. Fant be advanced from the rank of Probationary Patrolman to that of 6 Patrolman on the Richmond Police Department. 7 8 This officer has successfully completed her probationary period as required. This officer's date of hire 9 was April 27, 1987. 10 11 Request this be effective April 27, 1988. 12 13 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz, Chief 14 15 Mr. Brown moved to approve the advancement of Gloria J. Fant to Patrolwoman effective April 27, 1988, 16 seconded by Mr.Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 The Board offered their congratulations. 19 20 FIRE DEPARTMENT 21 22 Request to Use Equipment for Parade Participation 23 24 Chief Trotter requested Board approval for its participation of equipment and on duty personnel for the following 25 parades: 26 27 May 15-East Side Optimist Kick off for Girl's softball 28 May 7-Veterans of Foreign Wars, Loyalty Day Parade 29 June 18-Rose Festival Moon Light Parade 30 June 26-Rose Festival Parade 31 July 9-Richmond State Hospital Carnival Parade 32 33 Mr. Willis moved to approve the use of Fire Department equipment, vehicles and personnel at the various 34 parades as requested,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 PLANNING.PERMITS AND INSPECTION 37 38 Monthly Report-Weights and Measures Division 39 40 The March/April Monthly Report showed a total of 260 inspections completed with 214 corrections made, 46 41 being condemned and no confiscations. 42 43 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the Monthly Report of the Weights and Measures Division, seconded by Mr. 44 Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 45 46 BOARD OF WORKS MISCELLANEOUS 47 48 IU East Traffic Light Status 49 50 Mr.Willis reported that the State had capitulated on some requirements and as soon as all easements are signed 51 and recorded the project is ready to go. 52 53 CONTINUATION OF UNSAFE BUILDING HEARINGS 54 55 314 North 19th Street 56 57 Mr. Bronston reported to the Board that this hearing had been continued until ownership of the property could be 58 determined. He said the property has since been purchased by the Church, which was the adjoining property 59 owner and they are requesting demolition. Mr. Bronston recommended the Order be modified to wreck and 60 removed the unsafe premises located at 314 North 19th Street. 61 62 Mr. Willis moved to modify the Order issued on unsafe premises located at 314 North 19th Street to wreck and 63 remove the unsafe premises immediately, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 64 carried. 65 1112 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 28, 1988 ° Page4 1 741 South 5th Street 2 3 Mr. Barden opened the continued hearing on unsafe premises located a 741 South 5th Street. The Clerk 4 administered the oath to give testimony to Mr. Dennis Bronston and Mr.Thomas King. 5 6 Mr. Bronston stated that he had spoken with Mr. King and Mr. King was present to submit a schedule of repairs 7 to the Board. 8 9 Mr.Thomas King submitted his repair schedule to the Board showing completion of the work to be by October 31, 10 1988. 11 Mr. Brown asked if there was also cosmetic work to be done and Mr. King said there was and he would be starting 12 the outside work weather permitting and also doing the carpentry work himself. 13 14 Mr. Bronston examined the scheduled of repairs submitted by Mr. King and informed the Board he did not 15 consider it to be satisfactory since there were no costs included. 16 17 Mr. Brown indicated that the Board needed the cost estimates and a financial commitment in order to make any 18 decisions. 19 20 Mr. King said he was financially able to complete the work and had not included any cost because he would be 21 doing most of the work himself. He said he had received a $3,000.00 home improvement loan and holds the 22 warranty deed to the property. 23 24 Mr. Barden asked if the Board would continue the hearing for one week,would Mr. King meet with Mr. Bronston 25 and get the desired information for the Board. 26 27 Mr.Willis said he would also like to see the Board give consideration to a performance bond with a completion 28 date of November 30, 1988. 29 30 Mr. Bronston recommended the Board continue the hearing longer than one week to give Mr. King ample time to 31 get the cost estimates. 32 33 Mr. Willis moved to continue the Unsafe Building Hearing on property located 741 South 5th Street to May 12, 34 1988 at 9:30 AM,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 UNFINISHED BUSINESS 37 38 South 28th Street Right of Way 39 40 Mr. Bronston presented the Board the site development plans for the proposed right of way improvement by 41 Christ Presbyterian Church on South 28th Street. 42 43 Mr. Barden said he has established a meeting date for all interested parties to discuss this issue. 44 45 24th and Hawkins Road Guardrail 46 47 Mr.Willis informed the Board that he had missed the discussion held prior in this meeting on the guardrail,but he 48 had investigated the area and recommended the guardrail be installed. 49 50 Mr. Brown moved to approve the installation of a guardrail at 24th and Hawkins Road,seconded by Mr.Willis and 51 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 52 53 ADJOURNMENT 54 55 There being no further business,on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 56 57 58 59 60 61 Kenneth E. Barden, President 62 63 64 65 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk