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HomeMy Public PortalAbout01-21-1988 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND,INDIANA,JANUARY 21, 1988 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session January 14, 1988 2 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Mr. Brown presided with Mr.Willis in attendance. 3 . Absent: Mr. Barden. The following business was had to-wit: 4 5 CONTINUATION OF UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING-901 NORTH I STREET 6 7 Mr. Brown opened the continuation of an Unsafe Building Hearing on property located at 901 North I Street 8 pursuant to an Order issued to Mr. Oran Wilson on October 7, 1987. The hearing had been continued from 9 January 7, 1988 to January 21, 1988 for a commitment from a prospective purchaser for repairs to be made to 10 the property. 11 12 The Clerk administered the Oath to give testimony to Mr. Dennis Bronston. Mr. Bronston informed the Board that 13 Mr. Gibbs the prospective purchaser and Ms. Sandra Rowe, representing the Second National Bank, are 14 present. 15 16 Mr. Brown gave opportunity for the owner of record or other interested parties to make comment. 17 18 The Clerk administered the Oath to give testimony to Mr. Bill Gibbs, RR 1 Liberty, Indiana. Mr. Gibbs informed 19 the Board that he was considering the purchase of the property. He said it seemed structurally sound and it 20 depends on the requirements of the City as to whether he purchases the property or not. He said the property 21 needs some cosmetic work which he can do and he does have estimates from a licensed contractor on electrical 22 and furnace. Mr. Gibbs said he would like to repair the property and sell it on contract. 23 24 Mr. Willis commented that the Plan Department would need to inspect all furnaces, etc. and he feels the work 25 necessary cannot be completed for less that the estimates originally submitted. 26 27 The Clerk administered the Oath to give testimony to Ms. Sandra Rowe of the Second National Bank. Ms. Rowe 28 explained the property had been tied up in foreclosure proceedings since February of 1987 and the Bank was 29 30 unaware of the condemnation proceedings until November of 1987. She said at that time they proceeded to get the original quotes they submitted and she has had another electrician look at the property and is awaiting his 31 quote, which should be around 2,000.00 to 2,100.00. She said she has also requested an electrician from Ohio 32 to give a quote. 33 34 Mr. Willis reminded Ms. Rowe that the electrician would need to be licensed in the State of Indiana. 35 36 Mr. Bronston said that she could inform the electrician that tests are given quarterly. He added that he shared 37 Ms. Rowe's concerns on the original estimates being high. 38 39 Ms. Rowe informed the Board that the plumbing seems to be OK to where it is brought into the structure and that 40 the interior pipes and plumbing seems to be intact. 41 42 Mr. Willis asked if they were willing to put up a performance bond and make a commitment for repairs in order to 43 get it out from in front of the Board. 44 45 Ms. Rowe stated they would like to be able to do that, but they could not commit without other estimates being 46 received to see how they stood financially. 47 48 Mr. Gibbs told the Board that if the estimates are too high to make a commitment, he would not do so, but if he 49 can reasonably get the structure to code, even persons living in the structure could make the cosmetic repairs. 50 51 Mr. Brown asked what financial commitment Mr. Gibbs could make and live with and Mr. Gibbs said the felt the 52 2,000.00 figure on electrical was reasonable and he could put no more than 5,000.00 into the repairs. He said 53 the exterior is not that bad and the roof seems to be all right, but if it needs repaired he would be able to get that 54 done. 55 56 Mr.Willis asked how long was needed to complete repairs if they are reasonable and Mr. Gibbs said the April 30, 57 1988 deadline was reasonable for the electrical and furnace repairs, but other might take longer depending on 58 weather. 59 60 Mr. Willis suggested the Board table the matter for a couple of weeks to see if it financially reasonable to save 61 the structure and if all sources have been exhausted by then the Board will be prepared to order the structure 62 down. 63 64 Mr.Willis moved to continue the Unsafe Building Hearing on property located at 901 North I Street to February 4, 65 1988,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd January 21, 1988 Page 2 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 14.1988 2 3 Mr.Willis moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,seconded by Mr. Brown and 4 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 5 6 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 7 8 Mr. Willis moved to approve claims in the amount of 686,808.27 for payment, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 9 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 12 13 Rose Festival Requests for 1988 14 15 10KRun 16 17 The Richmond Area Rose Festival requested approval for the route for the 10 K Run to be held on June 25, 1988. 18 The foot race takes a 6.2 mile path through the City starting and finishing in the first block of North 7th Street. 19 The request also asked that the alleys leading to 7th Street from South A to North A be blocked for the time of 20 the race and that pylons be set up on the north lane of South L Street between South 21st and South 13th 21 Streets. 22 23 Captain Williams explained this was the same route as in the past and they did not expect any problems. 24 25 Mr. Willis moved to approve the route for the 10 K Run on June 25, 1988 and to provide the necessary traffic 26 control,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 Vendor Locations 29 30 The Richmond Area Rose Festival requested permission to close 6th Street from the south side of the service 31 drive at the rear of the 600 Building on North 6th Street to a point on South 6th Street beginning at the north side 32 of the Second National Bank drive and extending across 6th Street at an angle to the northeast corner of the 33 service drive south of Elder Beerman on South 6th Street for vendors to be located. The closing would need to 34 begin on June 21, 1988 at 6:00 PM and would extend through June 26, 1988 at 8:00 PM. In addition they 35 requested access to a specified area of the parking lot north of the American Legion for vendor parking. 36 37 Captain Williams stated the request was the same as in the past. 38 39 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request as proposed to located vendors on 6th Street and to provide vendor 40 parking,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 41 42 One Mile Run 43 44 The Richmond Area Rose Festival requested a police escort for the one mile run to precede the Rose Festival 45 Parade on June 26, 1988 to begin at 1:50 PM from Glen Miller Park,west on Main to North 16th to North A Street 46 and ending at North 10th Street. 47 48 Captain Williams informed the Board the request was the same as in the past. 49 50 Mr. Willis moved to approve the route for the One Mile Run on June 26, 1988 and to provide a police escort, 51 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 52 53 Rose Festival Parade 54 55 The Richmond Area Rose Festival requested the Rose Festival Parade route be approve with the parade to be 56 held on June 26, 1988 starting at 2:00 PM. The route would begin at Glen Miller Park,west on Main Street to 16th 57 Street to North A and finish at 10th Streets. 58 59 Captain Williams said the route is the same as in the past and they have no problems with crowd and traffic 60 control. 61 62 Mr. Willis moved to approve the route for the Rose Festival Parade to be held on June 26, 1988, seconded by 63 Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 64 65 Parade Route Signs and Flags Board of Works Minutes Cont'd January 21, 1988 Page 3 1 The Richmond Area Rose Festival requested permission to mount Rose Festival parade signs and flags on 2 Richmond Power& Light Utility Poles from mid-June through mid-July, 1988. They would be mounted on poles 3 along the parade route and on two poles at 8th and Promenade and 9th and Promenade. 4 5 Mr. Robert Hankosky, Distribution Engineer with RP&L, had no problems with the flags and signs, but expressed 6 concern if any banners would be used that they be made of the proper materials to allow wind to pass through the 7 banners. 8 9 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request to mount signs and flags on Richmond Power& Light utility poles, with 10 any banners being approved by Richmond Power& Light, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 11 the motion was carried. 12 13 Residential Handicapped Parking Requests 14 105 North 20th Street 15 16 Captain Williams informed the Board that the request of Margaret Parks of 105 North 20th Street for a residential 17 handicapped parking space should be denied due to off street parking available. He explained Ms. Parks has a 18 garage available and had two vehicles with one being kept in the garage. 19 20 Mr. Willis moved to deny the request for a residential handicapped parking space at 105 North 20th Street, 21 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 Handicapped Parking Space for Wayne County Courthouse 24 25 The Board received a request from Mr. George Hachey, Superintendent of Public Buildings for Wayne County. 26 Mr. Hachey asked the Board to establish a handicapped parking place for vans on the East side of the 27 Courthouse on the bricked area. This would accommodate vans with wheel chair lifts that are unable to use the 28 regular handicapped designations. 29 30 Mr. Willis explained he had looked at the situation and this would be parallel parking 22 ft. long along the west 31 curb line of the brick area on South 4th Street. 32 33 Captain Williams commented this would be no problem for the Traffic Division. 34 35 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request for a handicapped parking space in the brick inset on the west side of 36 South 4th Street adjacent to the Wayne County Courthouse, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 37 vote the motion was carried. 38 39 Richmond Power&Light-Remove 250 Watt Light on South 5th 40 41 Mr. Hankosky explained to the Board that RP&L was installing a remove control device on their gate on South 42 5th Street and there is currently a 250 watt street light at this location. He said they will need to remove this light 43 and they will replace it with a 400 watt sodium to provide adequate lighting for the surveillance camera. This will 44 be on RP&L property and will reduce the billing to the City with the removal of the street light. 45 46 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 47 48 Fire Department-Use of City Vehicle to Attend Fire Academy 49 50 Chief Trotter presented the following request to the Board: 51 52 We have four departmental employees enrolled in a National Fire Academy Firefighter Health &Safety 53 Instruction Course. 54 55 This course will be held January 30 and 31. 56 57 Please consider this petition to the Board of Works for the use of a city vehicle (Assistant Chief's car) 58 to be used to drive to Emmitsburg, MD on January 29 and to return on February 1. 59 60 Mr. Willis commented he was delighted to hear local employees were going to the Academy and inquired about 61 the course they would be taking. 62 63 Chief Trotter said it would be in health and safety and we have 4 of the 40 approved spaces for Indiana. 64 65 Mr.Willis moved to approve the use of a City vehicle for transportation of Fire Department employees to the 0 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd January 21, 1988 Page 4 1 National Fire Academy from January 29, 1988 through February 1, 1988, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 2 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Planning,Permits and Inspections 5 6 Status Report on 1223 Sheridan Street-Unsafe Accessory Building 7 8 The unsafe accessory building was to have been removed per a hearing held on January 7, 1988. Mr. Bronston 9 reported it had not been removed and he would start proceedings to cause removal if it was not down by 10 February 4, 1988. 11 12 112 North 15th Street 13 14 Mr. Bronston informed the Board that this structure is owned by James Auto Theater, Inc. and is presently 15 unsecured. He said he has sent the notice to the owner of record to secure the premises and if the owner has 16 not requested the proper hearing by January 22, 1988, he will proceed with the securing of the property. 17 18 Mr. Willis said he would prefer the structure be secured immediately and be done under emergency action of the 19 Board. 20 21 Mr. Bronston said they will be able to secure the structure by January 25, 1988 on the proper notification. 22 23 Mr. Willis continued to express his concern over the structure remaining unsecured and moved to secure the 24 structure immediately under an emergency order of the Board, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 25 vote the motion was carried. 26 27 Police Department-Traffic Division 28 29 Limit Parking in 100 Block of South 8th Street 30 31 Captain Ron Williams requested the Board to limit paring to two hours during week days in the 100 Block of South 32 8th Street. He said all residences and businesses were contacted for input and were in favor of the proposal due 33 to the amount of cars parked there all day by employees of the uptown business community. 34 35 He said there were many businesses in this area and this will hopefully create a turnover for their customers. 36 37 Mr.Willis moved to approve two hour limited parking during the week days in the 100 Block of South 8th Street, 38 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 BOARD OF WORKS MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 41 42 1988 Wayne Township Fire Contract 43 44 The Clerk explained to the Board this was the annual contract with Wayne Township for fire services to be 45 provided by the Richmond Fire Department. The amount of 161,483.00 will be paid for 1988 and this is 46 established on a prior approved formula less the pay back on the loan from Wayne Township for the purchase of 47 the aerial truck. 48 49 Mr. Willis moved to approve and execute the Agreement for Fire Department Services between the City of 50 Richmond and Wayne Township for the calendar year 1988, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 51 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 62 John Brown,Vice President 63 64 65 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk