Loading...
HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-08-1987 d BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 8,1987 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session October 8, 1987 2 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. Ms. Silberstein presided with Mr. Brown and Mr. 3 Willis in attendance. Absent: None. The following business was had to-wit: 4 5 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 1,1987 6 7 Mr. Brown moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded by Mr. Willis and on 8 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 9 10 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 11 12 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 420,053.03, seconded by Mr. Willis and on 13 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 TABLED ITEMS 16 17 Restricted Parking on Butler Street(1000 to 1200 Blocks) 18 19 Ms. Silberstein announced the Board had requested the item of parking being restricted to the West side of the 20 1000 through the 1200 blocks of Butler Street for citizen input. There had been no public comment received and 21 and the contact from the residents in the prior petition presented to the Board indicated they wanted the problem 22 solved and stresses no actual preference for the solution. 23 24 Mr.Willis moved to restrict parking to the west side of Butler Street, with no parking on the east side, in the 1000 25 through 1200 blocks,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 26 27 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 28 29 Residential Handicapped Parking Requests 30 31 610 South 9th St. 32 33 The request of Mr. Wilbur Snow of 610 South 9th Street was presented for a residential handicapped parking 34 space. Mr.Snow has Permit No.3027 with an expiration date of 4-17-88. 35 36 Captain Williams informed the Board that Mr. Wilbur Snow was in attendance and would like to address the 37 Board. 38 39 Mr.Snow stated that he had hardening of the arteries and was unable to climb steps. Mr. Snow said that he has 40 parking available in the rear of his home, but is unable to walk that far and to climb the steps at the rear of his 41 property and would like to request handicapped parking in the front of his home. 42 43 Ms. Silberstein explained that the Board has a no off street parking requirement for handicapped parking 44 spaces, as many street spaces would be dedicated and handicapped parking spaces are used as a last resort. 45 46 Mr.Snow informed the Board that it was only 50'from the front of his home and was 112'from the rear parking. 47 48 Ms.Silberstein stated she did receive input from a neighbor, protesting the request for handicapped parking due 49 to traffic congestion in the area and off street parking available. 50 51 Mr. Willis suggested that neighbors might use the space to the rear of Mr. Snow's house for paring and Ms. 52 Silberstein stated the Board would not be able to recommend that solution. Ms. Silberstein asked if Mr. Snow 53 had investigated the possibility of making the rear parking more accessible. 54 55 Mr. Snow stated it would be difficult to make a path to his house for his car due to a fence and accessory 56 building. 57 58 Ms. Silberstein commented the Board has denied these requests with off street parking available. 59 60 Mr. Brown asked how many cars were at Mr. Snow's home and Mr. Snow indicated there were three,but only he 61 would be using the street parking. 62 63 Captain Williams informed the Board that he had encouraged Mr. Snow to bring the car up closer and stated that 64 the Board needed to live by the established rules. 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd October 8, 1987 Page 2 1 Mr.Willis commented that even though Mr. Snow had a clear hardship, it was hard when making an exception to 2 be arbitrary and fair. 3 4 With no member of the Board making a motion on the request, Ms. Silberstein stepped down from the President's 5 position, only to uphold the rules, and moved to deny the residential handicapped parking request for Mr.Wilbur 6 Snow at 610 South 9th Street due to off street parking being available , seconded by Mr. Willis and on a voice 7. vote,with Mr. Brown voting no,the motion was carried. 8 9 1115 North B Street 10 11 The request of Vernon Hunter for a residential handicapped parking space at 1115 North B Street was presented 12 to the Board. Mr. Hunter has Permit No.58288 with an expiration date of 7/14/91. 13 14 Captain Williams informed the Board the request did meet the guidelines. 15 16 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request for a residential handicapped parking space at 1115 North B Street, 17 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 POW-MIA WALK 20 21 Ms. Silberstein acknowledged receipt of correspondence from Ms. Sonia Brock, Secretary to the Mayor, 22 regarding a group that will be arriving in Richmond on October 13, 1987, staying overnight and continuing on to 23 Washington the following day. The group will be walking on Route 40 and started out in Decatur, Illinois on their 24 way to Washington D.C.for services on Veterans Day in November. 25 26 The Board was requested to approve the route of travel. 27 28 Mr.Silberstein indicated the approval should be made contingent to the group staying on the sidewalks. 29 30 Mr. Willis moved to approve the use of Route 40 through Richmond on October 13, and 14th for an organized 31 demonstration for POW's and MIA's, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 32 carried. 33 34 UAW-CAP COUNCIL RALLY 35 36 A request was presented to the Board from Mr. Fred Davis, Chairman of the UAW Wayne-Randolph County 37 Community Action Program Council. Mr. Davis requested permission from the Board to hold a rally against plant 38 closings and plant runaways on Saturday, November 7, 1987 starting at 11:00 AM. The rally would include 39 approximately 300 and start at the edge of Glen Miller Park on 22nd Street, proceeding west on US 40 to North 40 ' 12th Street and then to Townsend Center for speakers. 41 42 Ms. Silberstein suggested the request be conditioned on using the sidewalks and the Police assisting with 43 intersections. 44 45 Captain Williams said he would have Officers monitor the intersections to make certain there would be no traffic 46 tie ups. 47 48 Mr. Brown moved to approve the route requested for the UAW-Wayne Randolph CAP Council rally on November 49 7, 1987,seconded by Mr.Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 50 51 FIRST FEDERAL REQUEST TO HANG BANNERS 52 53 Ms. Kim Hodges, representing First Federal, requested permission from the Board to hang a banner from a utility 54 pole to their building in celebration of the 100th year. The banner would be hung from October 19, 1987 through 55 October 23, 1987 and they have received permission from Richmond Power&Light to use the pole. The banner 56 would be 15 feet to 20 feet above the sidewalk. 57 58 Mr. Willis moved to approve the request of First Federal to hang a banner over the sidewalk from October 19, 59 1987 to October 23, 1987,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 62 63 FIRE DEPARTMENT 64 65 September Monthly Report o6 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd October 8, 1987 Page 3 1 Assistant Chief Don Atkins presented the September Monthly Report of the Richmond Fire Department to the 2 Board. The report showed a total of 73 runs being made with a total fire loss of 7,015. Assistant Chief Atkins 3 also reported that the burning of the house on Chester Boulevard for training purposes had gone very well and 4 they are using two other properties at that location for other kinds of training. 5 6 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the September Monthly Report of the Fire Department,seconded by Mr.Willis 7 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 8 9 Mr.Willis expressed his congratulations to the Fire Department on the low fire losses and the training program. 10 11 Assistant Chief Atkins reminded the public about the Smoke Detector Ordinance an all should check their 12 detectors. 13 14 Mr.Willis also asked the press to assist in notifying the public there is no open burning, including leaves. 15 16 Ms. Silberstein also commented on the excellent Fire Prevention programs being presented in the schools. 17 18 POLICE DEPARTMENT-TRAFFIC SAFETY 19 20 Reduction of Speed on Chester Boulevard 21 22 Captain Williams informed the Board of the concern of the speed of vehicles on Chester Boulevard and this is 23 one of the areas the state should look at in preparation of expansion in that area. 24 25 Captain Williams shared a letter he had written to the State Department of Highways concerning the speed and 26 requested the Board to endorse the letter and also send a letter of support from the Board. 27 28 Ms. Silberstein stated she would draft a letter with the Board's permission. 29 30 Mr. Willis expressed concern over curb cuts and the need to track them in order to keep traffic platooned. 31 32 Captain Williams said 25,000 cars move daily on Chester Boulevard at a high rate of speed. 33 34 Mr.Willis moved to authorize the Board of Public Works and Safety to draft a letter to the Indiana Department of 35 Highways expressing concern over the high rate of speed on Chester Boulevard, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 36 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 PURCHASING DEPARTMENT 39 40 Award Bid for Fire Department Rescue Unit 41 42 Ms. Stout informed the Board that two bids were received, one from Hoosier Fire at 45,868.00 and one from 43 Indiana Fire Apparatus Co., Inc. at 41,160. with a thirty to sixty day delivery. Ms. Stout stated the Fire 44 Department Mechanic had inspected the unit from Indiana Fire Apparatus and it meets and exceeds the 45 specifications. They will also put the unit on the cab and chassis. 46 47 Ms. Stout recommended the Board award the bid to Indiana Fire Apparatus Co., Inc. She added that delivery 48 could be expected by mid December. 49 50 Chief Trotter stated the Department was very happy with the bid and it does meet the intent of the specifications. 51 52 Mr. Willis moved to award the bid for the Fire Department Rescue Unit to Indiana Fire Apparatus Co., Inc. at a 53 total price of 41,160.00,seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 54 55 PUBLIC WORKS-ROSE VIEW TRANSIT 56 57 Bus Bench Contract 58 59 Ms. Stout, representing Ms. McFarland, informed the Board that they had worked out the contract for the Bus 60 Bench Advertising with Mr. Robert O'Maley,Attorney for the Indiana Football Hall of Fame. Ms. Stout indicated 61 that Mr.•Barden had approved all changes in the contract. On questions regarding Section 1-E, Ms. Stout said if 62 the City damages the benches,they City will be responsible for repair and on Section 1-G the 30 day time period 63 was left in since without profit being returned there would be just cause to cancel the agreement. 64 65 Ms. Stout said the percent of gross revenues to be paid to the City of 35%. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd October 8, 1987 Page 4 1 Ms. Stout said Mr. O'Maley was in agreement with the Contract as presented and will get the proper signatures 2 from the Hall of Fame upon approval by the Board. 3 4 Ms. Silberstein requested the Agreement be approved retroactive to October 1, 1987. 5 6 Mr.Willis moved to approve the execute the Agreement between the City of Richmond and the Indiana Football 7 of Fame for Bus Bench Advertising, effective October 10, 1987, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 8 voice vote the motion was carried. 9 10 ADJOURNMENT 11 12 There being no further business, on a motion duly made,seconded and passed the meeting was adjourned. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Susan Silberstein, President 20 21 22 23 ATTEST: 24 Mary Merchanthouse,City Clerk 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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