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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-12-1986 1%4 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 12, 1986 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular 2 session June 12, 1986 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said 3 City. Ms. Silberstein presided with Mr. Brown and Mr. Willis in attendance. The 4 following business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 5, 1986 7 8 Mr. Willis moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, seconded 9 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 538,185.23 for payment, seconded 14 by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 17 18 Request for Residential Handicapped Parking Space at 212 South llth Street 19 20 In the absence of a recommendation from the Richmond Police Department Traffic 21 Division, Mr. Willis moved to table the request for a residential handicapped parking 22 space to June 19, 1986, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 23 was carried. 24 25 Request for Temporary Closing of 300 Block of S.W. 4th - Block Party 26 27 The following request was received from Officer Richard Shoemaker: 28 III29 Dear Members of the Board: 30 31 We, the neighbors of the 300 block of S.W. 4th St. , are planning our yearly 32 Block Party which we have had for the past seven years. 33 34 We request to block the 300 block of S.W. 4th Street from S.W. C St. to S.W. 35 D St. from the hours of 5:00 P.M. until 10.00 P.M. The date this year eyar 36 will be Friday June 20, 1986. 37 38 Thank you. 39 40 Ms. Silberstein commented that the request has been the same in the past years 41 and there has been no problem with the Traffic Division. 42 43 Mr. Willis moved to approve the temporary street closing for S.W. 4th Street on 44 June 20, 1986 between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M. , seconded by Mr. Brown 45 and on unaimous voice vote the motion was carried. 46 47 Curb Cut Request for Bullerdick Furniture 48 49 Representing Bullerdick Furniture, Inc. was Mr. Robert Burton, Attorney at Law. 50 Mr. Burton informed the Board that the Bullerdick s has purchased the property 51 across the street from their business on South 9th Street (the old Unclaimed Freight 52 Store) and proposed to demolish the structure for parking. Mr. Burton stated they III53 had received approval from the State Highway Department for a curb cut and driveway 54,- and are now asking the City to approve the curb cut and driveway on South 9th Street, 55 approve access to the north-south alley lying immediately to the east and 56 adjoining the property and to remove the barricade and curb at the north end of 57 the alley at the service so traffic may exit east to 10th Street. 58 59 Mr. Willis indicated that with the removal of the building there will be no blind 60 intersections and therefore will allow the opening of the service drive. He added 61 that the request is timely with the need for additional parking in the area since 62 the Raddison opened. 63 64 Mr. Dennis Bronston stated the Planning Department approved of the request along 65 with the Traffic Division with the removal of the structure. He stated the City Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 12, 1986 Page 2 1 had been approached many times in the past to open the service drive, but it was 2 not possible until the building could also be removed. 3 4 Mr. Willis moved to concur with the State Highway Department on the curb cut and 5 driveway requests for Bullerdick Furniture, Inc. , for property located at 15 6 South 9th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 7 was carried. 8 9 Mr. Willis moved to approve a curb cut onto the north south alley immediately east 10 and adjoining the property .at 15 South 9th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 11 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 Mr. Willis moved to have the barricades and curb removed at the service drive joining 14 the alley and service drive to the street and to sign the service drive one way 15 east and place appropriate stop signs, effective with the posting of the signs, 16 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 Mr. Willis moved to remove parking on South 9th Street in the immediate area of 19 the south line of the service drive, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous: voice 20 vote the motion was carried. 21 22 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 23 24 Fire Department 25 26 May Monthly Report 27 28 The May Monthly Report of the Richmond Fire Department showed a total of 60 runs 29 and losses at 27,640.00. 30 31 Mr. Brown asked about 101 violations and only 42 corrected. Ms. Silberstein commented 32 that she also had a question about the stress management classes . She stated that 33 since no one was in attendance from the Fire Department, she suggested that questions 34 be presented in the form of a memo to the Fire Chief. 35 36 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the May Monthly Report of the Fire Department, 37 seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 Off Street Parking 40 41 Barricading of Parking Area at North 10th and Main for Upgrading 42 43 Off Street Parking Manager, Mary Merchanthouse, requested the Board for permission 44 for temporary closing of a leased parking facility in order to upgrade the facility 45 and operate it as an off street parking lot with both reserve parking and two hour 46 parking. 47 48 Work will begin on the lot on June 16, 1986 and should be completed within two 49 (2) weeks for re-opening. Ms. Merchanthouse stated that during work on the lot 50 cars parked there will be towed at the owners expense. 51 52 Mr. Willis moved to barricade the parking lot on the northeast corner of 10th and 53 Main for upgrading starting June 16, 1986, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 54 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 55 56 REVISED GENERAL ORDER NO. 3-1986: FIRE DEPARTMENT 57 58 Ms . Silberstein stated the sentence "Bid sheets shall be circulated no later than 59 3 days after such vacancy or opportunity for promotion/demotion exists, or after 60 such written effective date." was added to General Order No. 3 to made certain 61 that bid sheet circulation will begin within three (3) days of the vacancy. 62 63 Mr. Brown asked about when the vacancy would be filled and Ms. Silberstein 64 commented that the bidding will start in motion within three (3) days, with a seven 65 day posting period regardless of if the promotion/demotion is administratively lib Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 12, 1986 Page 3 1 handled or handled through the Board of Works. Ms . Silberstein also stated that 2 Board of Works approval will be retroactively to approve the pay grade effective 3 with the end of bidding. 111 4.5 Mr. Brown moved to approve and execute Revised General Order No. 3-1986: Fire 6 Department, seconded by Mr. Willis and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 7 carried. 8 9 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 10 11 Mr. Dennis Bronston informed the Board that the Planning Department would be holding 12 a meeting with general contractors in the area for placement on an approval list 13 to be maintained by the Planning Department. The meeting will be June 18, 1986 14 at 7:00 P.M. in the Community Room and contractors wanting to be placed on the 15 list for city sponsored projects should plan to attend. 16 , 17 Mr. Willis asked if it could include contractors doing curb and sidewalk work and 18 Mr. Bronston stated he was certain with some guidelines from Engineering that they 19 could add them to the list. 20 21 Mr. Bronston also announced a meeting sponsored by the Planning Department and 22 the Fire Department with Mr. Charles Coffey of the Indiana Department of Fire 23 Prevention and Building Safety. . The meeting will be on June 25, 1986 at 10:30 24 A.M. in the County Administration Building and is for elected officials, and fire 25 and planning officials in Wayne County. 26 27 ADJOURNMENT 28 29 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 30 meeting was adjourned. 31 32 33 Susan Silberstein, President 34 35 36 ATTEST: 37 Mary Merchanthouse, City Clerk 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 III 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65