HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-17-1985 •
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 17, 1985
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular
2 session October 17, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said
III3 City. Ms. Maness presided with Ms. Silberstein in attendance. Mr. Brown was absent.
4 The following business was had to-wit:
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6 9:00 A.M. UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING CONTINUED
7 800 NORTH H STREET
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9 Mr. Dennis Bronston, Code Enforcement Officer of the Planning Department, reported
10 to the Board that no progress had been made on the modified order on property
11 belonging to Mr. Charles Satterfield at 800 North H Street. Mr. Bronston stated
12 the modified order on the property was to allow thirty (30) days for the repair of
13 the roof and for substantial progress to be made on the property to bring it to code.
14 Mr. Bronston said that although Mr. Satterfield has good intentions, he has made no
15 good faith effort to repair the structure and therefore he recommends the Board
16 proceed with the receiving of quotes to remove the unsafe structure.
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18 Ms. Silberstein clarified that the Board did not need to act on the Order since the
19 removal of the structure was also included in the order along with the thirty (30)
20 day extension for repairs to begin.
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22 Ms. Maness added that quotes can be received for the removal of the structure, but
23 that funds for the removal will not be available until January of 1986.
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25 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 10, 1985
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27 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,
III28 seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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30 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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32 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 226,805.34, seconded
33 by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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35 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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37 Street Department
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39 Leaf Removal Program
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41 Mr. Bill Hillard, Street Commissioner, informed the Board that the Street Department
42 will be picking up leaves everyday until November 18, 1985 and will be able to have
43 four (4) pick-ups in each zone in the City. Mr. Hillard also announced that in
44 addition to the daily removal program, the Street Department would be having special
45 Saturday removal .of leaves starting on October 19, 1985 for west of the River, October
46 26, 1985 for east of the River, November 2, 1985 for west.of the River and November
47 9, 1985 for east of the River.
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49 Mr. Hillard reminded the public that open burning of leaves is prohibited within the
50 City. Mr. Hillard also thanked his employees for their dedication and help in making
51 the leaf removal program work for the City.
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111 53 Police Department
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55 Revocation of Special Police Powers of William Williams
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57 Chief Joseph Nimitz read the following letter to the Board: .
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59 Dear Board Members:
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61 Request that the police powers of William Williams, Richmond Police Reserve
62 Officer be revoked.
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64 Please make this request effective immediately.
65 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz, Chief of Police
Board of Works Minutes Cont'd
October 17, 1985
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1 Ms. Silberstein moved to revoke the special police powers of Reserve Officer William
2 Williams, effective immediately, seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote
3 the motion was carried.
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5 RICBMOND POWER & LIGHT
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7 Request to Rearrange Street Lights on Fort Wayne Avenue
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9 City Clerk Mary Merchanthouse explained that due to the new RP&L substation at North
10 17th and J Streets and a change in the transmission lines, it had became necessary
11 to rearrange the street lights on Fort Wayne Avenue between North 6th and 8th Streets
.12 to accomodate the transmission lines.
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14 The project includes the removal of eleven (11) sodium lights and the installation
15 of seven (7) 250-watt sodium pendant street lights in this area and will result in
16 an annual savings of 427.68 for the City.
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18 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of Richmond Power & Light to remove
19 eleven (11) sodium street lights and replace them with seven (7) 250-watt sodium
20 street lights on Fort Wayne Avenue between North 6th and 8th Streets, seconded by
21 Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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23 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND CAS
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25 Rose City Grand Prix for 1986 - Richmond Jaycees
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27 The request of the Richmond Jaycees for approval of the use of City Streets and parking
28 lots for the 1986 Grand Prix Cart Race was presented to the Board for action
29 with the exclusion of the use of North 7th Street between Promenade and North A
30 Street.
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32 Traffic Captain Farmer stated that with North 7th Street no longer in the request
33 the route for the cart race was the same as in past years and the Traffic Division
34 had no objections to this route. Captain Farmer explained that the Jaycees would
35 be using the North 5th and 6th Street from the service drives to North A Street for
36 the additional space they needed instead of North 7th Street.
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38 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of the Richmond Jaycees for use of
39 specified city streets, access drives and parking lots on June 7th and 8th, 1986 with
40 the rain date to be June 28th and 29th, 1986 for Rose City Grand Prix, seconded by
41 Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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43 Approval of Request to Designate 900 and 1000 Blocks of N.W. D One-way
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45 Mr. Dale Sharits, representing the residents of the 900 and 1000 blocks of N.W. D
46 Street requested the Board of Works to designate that portion of the street one-
47 way. Mr. Sharits stated that a survey of residents that had been presented to the
48 Board showed 100% agreement on the one-way designation and that the majority of residents
49 preferred the street be designated one-way east.
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51 Mr. Sharits explained to the Board that the residents of the street feel this is
52 necessary for the safety of the children living on the street since Johns Manville
53 changed access routes to their parking lot. Mr. Sharits said that the
54 re-routing of traffic into the parking lot has caused a high volume of traffic six
55 (6) times daily on N.W. D Street and that the residents are particularly concerned
56 with the shift change between 2:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M. when the children are getting
57 out of school.
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59 Mr. Sharits also asked the Board to install speed bumps in the alley to the north
60 of N.W. D Street to slow down the speeding traffic through the alley.
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62 Also speaking for the request to designate N.W. D Street one-way was Mr. Alton Shultz,
63 1009 N.W. D Street. Mr. Shultz told the Board that the main concern of the residents
64 was for the safety of the children in the area.
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October 17, 1985
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1 Also speaking was Janice Dawls, 1027 N.W. D Street. Mrs. Dawls told the Board that
2 she had personally witnessed children in danger of being struck by speeding
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5 Mr. Jim Perrin of 932 N.W. D Street told the Board that N.W. D Street is not very
6 wide and there are also many heavy trucks using the street.
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8 Mr. Sharits stated to the Board that the residents did not want to give up parking
9 on redirect the traffic and place speed bumps in the alley.
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11 Ms. Silberstein asked if the one-way designation would cure speeding and Mr. Sharits
12 stated that it was the lesser of two (2) -evils. He explained that the one-way
13 traffic would address the inbound traffic which is spread over a longer period of
14 time and that people are willing to maintain close supervision over their children
15 for the twenty (20) minutes or so that vehicles would be leaving the plant.
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17 Traffic Captain Farmer stated that the Police Department will support the request
18 for the one-way designation and feels this will minimize the problem. He also said
19 he will check on the truck traffic.
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21 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the one-way eastbound designation for the 900 and
22. 1000 blocks of N.W. D Street, effective with the placement of signs and to authorize
23 the placement of speed bumbs in the alley north of N.W. D Street, seconded by Ms.
24 Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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26 Approval for GTE Employees to use Portion of City Parking Lot for Fund Raising Event
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III28 Mr. Jack Cost of 780 Keyser Lane requested permission for employees of General
29 Telephone to use 500 square feet of the municipal parking lot between North 6th and
30 7th Streets on October 26, 1985 from 7:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. to hold a garage sale
31 event to raise funds for two (2) disadvantaged families of GTE employees.
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33 Ms. Silberstein clarified that this would be a non-profit fund raiser and Mr. Cost
34 explained that funds raised would go to assist these families and left over items
35 from the sale would be donated to other charities.
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37 Mr. Barden stated that although the Farmer's Market had use of that particular parking
38 lot it was not an exclusive use. Mr. Barden said that the GTE employees should
39 execute a hold harmless agreement with the City for the use of the lot.
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41 Off Street Parking Manager Mary Merchanthouse explained that in order to off set
42 possible lost revenues for unavailable parking spaces that vendors using the lot
43 are charged for using the parking spaces.
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45 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of General Telephone employess to use
46 500 square feet of the North 7th Street parking lot on October 26, 1985 from 7:00
47 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. for a charity fund raising garage sale, subject to an indemnity
48 agreement being signed, seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion
49 was carried.
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51 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
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111 53 Councilmember Lynn Morris thanked the Police Depailauent for their assistance with
54 the recent grand opening of the Gennett Ballroom in connection with the Arts
55 Consortium.
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57 Councilmember Morris also asked the Board to investigate the walk wait light at 16th
58 Street and East Main. She explained that she is once again hearing concerns of
59 residents of Sycamore Square regarding the length of the walk light.
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61 Ms. Maness asked Councilmember Morris to discuss this issue with Captain Farmer.
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63 Signs in Public Right-of-Way
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65 City Attorney Ken Barden reminded the public that the City is enforcing the litter
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l ordinance and that signs in public right of way including being attached to trees
2 and utility poles is a violation of this ordinance. Mr. Barden stated there is
3 a $25.00 fine for this violation.
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5 Ms. Maness explained that the Board of Public Works and Safety has the power to grant
6 exceptions regarding signs, under controller circumstances.
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8 ADJOURNMENT
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10 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the
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15 Cathy A. Maness, President
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