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HomeMy Public PortalAbout08-15-1985 111 BOARD OF PUBLIC MKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHM)ND, INDIANA, AUGUST 15, 1985 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular 2 session August 15, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said 3 City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance. III 4 The following business was had to wit: _ 5 . 6 9:00 A.M. INOPERABLE VEHICLE HEARINGS ON PROPERTIES LOCATED AT 1110 CROSSHALL 7 STREET, 235 N.W. E STREET AND 605 SOUTH 12TH STREET 8 9 Pair. Dennis Bronston, Code Enforcement Officer, told the Board that the nuisances 10 at 1110 Crosshall Street and 235 N.W. E Street had been removed and he recommended 11 the complaints be dismissed. 12 13 Ms. Silberstein moved to dismiss the complaints on inoperable vehicles located 14 at 1110 Crosshall Street and 235 N.W. E Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 15 voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 Mr. Bronston informed the Board that the inoperable vehicle at 605 South 12th Street 18 was still at that address as of August 15, 1985 and he wished to proceed with the 19 hearing. 20 21 Mr. Barden told the Board that Mr. Ellis Armstead, owner of the inoperable vehicle 22 at 605 South Street had been properly notified of the hearing and an affidavit 23 of service was presented. 24 25 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Service, seconded by Mr. 26 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 III28 The Clerk administered the Oath to give testimony to Mr. Bronston. Mr. Bronston . 29 told the Board that the vehicle was still located on the property at 605 South 30 5th Street as of the morning of August 15, 1985 and he presented a picture of the 31 vehicle taken this morning. He stated this is the second time an inoperable vehicle 32 hearing has been initiated at this location, but the first one had been dismissed 33 with the removal of the vehicle. 34 35 Mr. Bronston explained that the picture was taken from an adjoining property, but . 36 the vehicle could be viewed from the alley. 37 38 The Clerk administered the Oath to give testimony to Mr. Ellis Armstead, owner 39 of the inoperable vehicle at 605 South 12th Street. Mr. Armstead informed the 40 Board that the vehicle now on his property is registered, has plates and is insured. 41 He stated that he was working on the vehicle and he had driven the vehicle two 42 (2) weeks ago. 43 44 Mr. Bronston stated that if the vehicle is licensed and operable, he would request 45 to dismiss the complaint. 46 47 Ms. Maness stated the vehicle appeared to have a flat tire and Mr. Armstead stated 48 it did and he is trying to restore the vehicle for sale. 49 50 Mr. Bronston stated that if Mr. Armstead will demonstrate the vehicle is licensed 51 and operable he will ask to dismiss the complaint. 52 III53 Ms. Maness requested the hearing be continued to give Mr. Ellis time to demonstrate 54 to Mr. Bronston that this is an operable, licensed vehicle. 55 56 Ms. Silberstein moved to continue the Inoperable Vehicle Hearing on a nuisance 57 located at 605 South 12th Street to August 22, 1985 at 9:00 A.M., seconded by Mr. 58 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 59 60 UNSAFE BUILDING HEARINGS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 824 NORTH 11TH STREET, 61 1906 MAPLE DRIVE AND 800 NORTH H STREET. 62 63 Mr. Dennis Bronston informed the Board that the unsafe building at 1906 Maple Drive 64 had been removed and that the property at 824 North llth Street had been transferred 65 by Ouit Claim Deed to a new owner and the new owner had not received a copy of • Board of Works Minutes Cont'd • • August 15, 1985 Page 2 1 the Order. Mr. Bronston stated demolition of this structure at 824 North llth,. 2 Street had started and he has been assured the new owner intends to cause the 3 structure to be removed. 4 111 5 Mr. Bronston recommended to the Board that the complaint on 1906 Maple Drive be 6 dismissed and that the Board continue the hearing on the property at 824 North 7 llth Street for thirty (30) days to notifiy the new owner and see how the demolition 8 is progressing. 9 10 Ms. Silberstein moved to dismiss the complaint on an unsafe building at 1906 Maple 11 Drive, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 12 13 Ms. Silberstein moved to continue the unsafe building hearing on property located 14 at 824 South llth Street to September 19, 1985 at 9:00 A.M., seconded by Mr. Brown 15 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 Mr. Bronston informed the Board that he had just received the title search on 18 the property at 800 North H Street and that it showed five (5) liens against the 19 property and that the lien holders must be notified of the the Order issued on 20 this property. Mr. Bronston asked the Board to continue the hearing for fourteen 21 (14) days in order to notify the lien holders of the Order. 22 23 Ms. Silberstein moved to continue the unsafe building hearing on property located 24 at 800 North H Street to August 29, 1985 at 9:00 A.M., seconded by Mr. Brown and 25 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 26 27 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 8, 1985 28 -- 29 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, 30 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 31 32 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 33 34 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 16,710.40 for payment, seconded 35 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 36 37 TABLED ITEMS 38 39 Handicapped Ramp on Public Right of Way at North D and Ft. Wayne Avenue. 40 41 Mr. Barden stated that it has been determined that an easement would be the proper 42 way to handle this request and he was still continuing the paper work. 43 44 Ms. Neva Marsio, representing M & H Realty, told the Board that they would need 45 to know as soon as possible. 46 47 Ms. Maness stated the item would return on the August 29, 1985 agenda. 48 49 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 50 51 Police DepaL Lment 52 53 Retirement of Traffic Captain Dan Wogoman 54 55 Police Chief Nimitz read the following letter from Captain Wogoman to the Board: 56 57 Joseph A. Nimitz 58 59 It has been indeed a pleasure to have served the Richmond Police Department, • 60 the City of Richmond and it's Citizens. 61 62 Therefore, having served for 24 years, 5 months, and 5 days, I request to 63 be placed on the Retirement Roll of the Richmond Police DepaiUrient, effective 64 August 13, 1985. 65 /s/ Dan Wogoman, Captain 111 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd August 15, 1985 Page 3 1 Chief Nimitz read the following letter to the Board: 2 3 Board of Public Works and Safety 4 5 Attached find a copy of the letter of retirement from Captain Daniel Wogoman, 6 effective August 13, 1985. 7 8 I recommend acceptance of Capt. Wogoman's retirement as he has exceeded the 9 minimum 20 years service requirement for retirement. 10 11 Capt. Wogoman will have served the City of Richmond for twenty four years, 12 five months and five days. 13 14 I further recommend he be placed on the retired roll as of August 14, 1985. 15 16 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz 17 . Chief of Police 18 19 Chief Nimitz stated that Captain Wogoman had done a very attentive and good job 20 for the Richmond Police Department. 21 22 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the retirement of Captain Daniel Wogoman effective 23 August 13, 1985, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 24 carried. 25 26 The best wishes and thanks of the Board were extended to Captain Wogoman. 27 28 Planning Depal lauent III 29 30 July Monthly Report of Building Division 31 32 Mr. Bronston presented the July monthly report of the Building Division. The report 33 showed a total number of permits issued at 137 with one being for:a new dwelling. 34 257 inspections were made by the DepaLluuent in July and 11 buildings were demolished. 35 36 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the July monthly report of the Building-Division 37 of the Planning Department, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice 38 vote the motion was carried. 39 40 Mr. Bronston announced that the Planning Depailauent was still working with persons 41 on the rent rehabilitation program and encouraged interested persons to contact 42 the Planning Office. 43 44 Weights and Measures 45 46 June and July Monthly Report 47 48 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the monthly reports for June and July for the 49 Department of Weights and Measures, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous 50 voice vote the motion was carried. 51 52 Purchasing Deparlauent III 53 54 Bid Date Set for Resurfacing of North 17th and North 18th Streets 55 56 Ms. Silberstein moved to set September 5, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time . 57 to receive bids for the resurfacing of North 17th Street fran B to E and North 58 18th Street from Main to E Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 59 vote the motion was carried. 60 61 - Bid Award for Street Department Equipment 62 63 Purchasing Director Rita Stout told the Board that after conference with the Street 64 Department, they recommended awarding the bid for the dual axel cab and chassis 65 to Fred First Ford, the only bidder, at a price of 42,714.00 and to approve the D ' Board of Works Minutes Cont'd August 15, 1985 Page 4 1 option for rust proofing at 175.00 for a total bid price of 42,889.00. 2 3 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for the dual axel cab and chassis with 4 rust proofing at a total price of 42,889.00, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 5 voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 Ms. Stout informed the Board that it was the recommendation to award the bid for 8 the single axel cab and chassis with rust proofing to Fred First Ford, the only 9 bidder, at a total price of 30,618.00. 10 11 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for the single axel cab and chassis with 12 rust proofing to Fred First Ford at a price of 30,618.00, seconded by Mr. Brown 13 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Ms. Stout stated it was the recommendation of herself and the Street DepaLUlent 16 to award the bid for the snow removal package to Brown Equipment of Ft. Wayne for 17 a total bid price of 16,870.00. Brown was the lowest bidder with Deeds Equipment 18 bidding 16,914.00. Ms. Stout said the bids had been very carefully considered 19 due to the closeness of the bidding price. 20 • 21 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for the snow removal package to Brown 22 Equipment Company of Ft. Wayne at 16,870.00, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 23 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 Mayor's Office 26 27 Set Labor Day Holiday 28 29 Ms. Sue Roberson, Director of Administrative Services, requested the Board to set 30 September 2, 1985 as a holiday for city employees in observance of Labor Day. 31 32 Mr. Brown moved to set September 2, 1985 as a holiday for city employees, seconded 33 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 34 35 PUBLIC P]X UFSTS AND CAS 36 37 Discussion on Designation of South 17th Street as One-way - Steven Hunyadi 38 39 Mr. Steven Hunyadi requested the Board to hear fran Ms. Stephanie Lehman, owner 40 of property at 74 South 17th Street. Ms. Lehman told the Board that she ownes the 41 property at 74 South 17th Street and resides at 404 South B Street. She stated 42 she had lived at the 17th Street address for five and one-half (5 2) years. Her 43 main concern regarding the one-way south designation was that the street would 44 become a speedway with the commercial business and that property values would go 45 down with less accessibility to the property. 46 47 Mr. Hunyadi told the Board that there are problems at the 17th and A intersection 48 that the rest of the street may not have. Mr. Hunyadi said that he had contacted 49 all but two (2) of the residents on the street and many were concerned with the 50 one-way designation. He said it is very difficult to speed with the two (2) way 51 traffic, thereby keeping the possibility of a speedway under control. 52 53 Mr. Hunyadi presented the Board a list of residents and their opinions on the one- 54 way designation. 55 56 Ms. Maness stated the Board considers the street dangerous due to the narrowness 57 and congestion and did not make it one way just to create one way streets. 58 59 Councilmember Jane Brookbank stated that she did properly represent the people 60 with the petition she had presented the Board requesting the designation and did 61 not coerce the residents into any decision. 62 63 Councilmember'Brookbank stated that Lt. Jenkins was supportive of the decision 64 and he was unable to be in attendance at today's meeting. 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd August 15, 1985 . Page5 • 1 Councilmember Morris stated that Lt. Jenkins was willing to increase patrol in 2 order to monitor the situation. . She stated that no one was encouraged in any- 3 way on the petitions presented to the Board requesting it be a one-way street and 4 that the petition was originated due to the high incidents of accidents and 5 neighbors complaints. 6 . 7 Speaking in favor of the one-way designation was Dana Weigle, owner of 8 McDonald's Restaurant. Mr. Weigle stated that he had asked this be done in the 9 past and it was opposed. He stated his concerns were for the children and the 10 access of emergency vehicles to the properties on the street. 11 12 Ms. Maness stated that with two-way traffic on the street, it was also very difficult 13 for even Street Department vehicles to have access. She stated the situation was 14 dangerous and the only other alternative was the removal of parking, but there 15 was limited off street parking available. The one-way designation allows ample 16 parking and corrects a dangerous situation. 17 18 Ms. Silberstein stated that the petition process is very important, but safety 19 is not an issue put up for a vote and the Board accepted the recommendation of 20 the Traffic Division. 21 22 Mr. Hunyadi asked what statistics were available from the Traffic Division and 23 Councilmember Brookbank stated that Chief Nimitz had said she could wade through 24 all the accident reports, but she has not had time to accomplish this. 25 26 Mr. Brown stated that in the beginning, his recommendation would have been to leave 27 the two-way traffic:,, but that after driving the street and hearing the police III28 recommendation he is satisfied with the one-way designation. 29 30 Ms. Maness stated the original decision of the Board to designate the first block 31 of South 17th Street one-way south will stand. She said that the Board will request 32 Lt. Jenkins to have information at the next meeting as to when the street will 33 officially be marked in order to inform the public. 34 35 Request of Wayne County Arts Consortium to have horse carriage on East Main on 36 October 10, 1985 37 38 Lynn Morris, member of the Board of Directors of the Wayne County Arts Consortium 39 told the Board that a gala celebration is being planned on October 10, 1985 -from 40 8:00 P.M. to 12:00 midnight for the grand opening of the Gennett Building at 19th 41 and East Main. She requested permission from the Board to use the south traffic 42 lane of East Main Street from 18th to 19th Street for a horse carriage to take 43 persons from the parking lot of St. Pauls up 18th Street to Main to the Gennett 44 Building at 19th and Main and back down 19th Street to St. Paul's parking lot. 45 46 The Board suggested Ms. Morris might contact Lt. Jenkins to see his recommendations 47 regarding traffic control on 18th Street along with Main Street and report back 48 to the Board on August 22, 1985. 49 50 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the request of the Wayne County Arts Consortium 51 to August 22, 1985, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 52 was carried. III 53 54 Request of Wayne County Historical Museum to Restrict Parking for Pioneer Days 55 56 Mr. Don Goodw.ell, Curator of the Wayne County Historical Museum, requested the 57 Board to restrict traffic on the curb side of the'museum on North A, North 11, 58 and North 12th Streets on September 8, 1985 from 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. for the 59 annual Pioneer Day Festival. This is to allow the horse drawn vehicles to move 60 safely around the block and prevents interference with normal traffic. 61 62 In the absence of Lt. Jenkins, Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of 63 the Wayne County Historical Society to restrict parking on the curb side of the 64 museum on North A, North 11, and North 12th Streets on September 8, 1985 from 11:00 65 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., contingent upon Police Department approval, seconded by Mr. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd August 15, 1985 Page 6 1 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 2 3 Request of Norfolk and Western Railroad to Close Crossing on N.W. L Street 4 111 5 Ms. Maness stated that Norfolk and Western has requested to close the railroad 6 crossing at N.W. L Street from August 19, 1985 to August 30, 1985. Adjoining 7 streets will be posted with the information regarding the closing of the crossing 8 for traffic control. 9 10 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the temporary closing of the railroad crossing 11 on N.W. L Street from 7:00 A.M. On August 19, 1985 to 12:00 midnight on August 12 30; 1985, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 13 14 ADJOURNMENT 15 16 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 17 meeting was adjourned. 18 19 20 Cathy A. Maness, President 21 22 23 A1'1'EST: . 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