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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-13-1985 / 3• BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF '1'tii CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 13, 1985 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met 2 in regular session, June 13, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal 3 Building in said City. Mr. Brown presided with Ms. Silberstein in attendance. 4 Ms. Maness was absent. The following business was had to-wit:. 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 6, 1985 7 8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, 9 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of $181,489.50, 14 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 TABLED ITEMS 17 18 Relinquishment of portion of U.S. 40 to City 19 20 Ms. Silberstein stated that Mr. Willis has examined the portion of U.S. 21 40 from N.W. 1st Street to S.W. 5th Street to U.S. 40 and that it meets the . 22 requirements as specified by the Board for the City to accept the street. 23 She also explained that the payback of funds in connection with the resurfacing 24 by the State of Indiana is only applicable if the street is vacated and no 25 longer used as public right of way. Ms. Silberstein stated that the Board 26 can execute the Road Transfer Memorandum of Agreement with no conditions since 27 all prior conditions imposed by the Board have been met. 28 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept that specified portion of U.S. 40 and execute 29 the Road Transfer Memorandum of Agreement, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 30 voice vote the motion was carried. 31 32 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 33 34 Purchasing DepaLUuent 35 36 Award Bid for Police Vehicles 37 38 Rita Stout, Purchasing Director, told the Board that the recommendation from 39 the Purchasing Department and the Police Department is to purchase thirteen 40 (13) four (4) door sedans per pursuit package and to not purchase the 41 the station wagon since it could not be included in the pursuit package. 42 The sedans would be purchased at a cost of 11,644.40 per vehicle with the 43 addition of automatic door locks and there would be some cost savings by 44 eliminating the station wagon. The twelve (12) sedans will be accepted per 45 the bid and the one (1) addition sedan will be purchased on a quote basis 46 for a total cost of $151,377.20. This recommendation is for the bid of Jerry 47 Aldermann Ford of Indianapolis, Indiana. 48 49 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for twelve (12) four (4) door sedans 50 at a price of 11,644.40 per vehicle to Jerry Alderman Ford and to contract 51 with Jerry Alderman Ford for one (1) four (4) door sedan at a price of 11,644.40, 52 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. III 53 54 Set July 5, 1985 to receive bids for Fire DepaL Lnent Turn Out Gear 55 56 Ms. Stout explained to the Board that the Fire Department must purchase new 57 turn out gear per OSHA standards. She was moertain of ftimds_ . at this point, but 58 that they must start the formalities of the bidding to meet time requirements 59 established by OSHA and no bids will be awarded without proper funding available. 60 61 Ms. Silberstein moved to set July 5, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time 62 to receive bids per specifications filed in the Clerk's Office for Fire 63 DepaiUuent Turn Out Gear, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 64 the motion was carried. 65 3a Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 13, 1985 Page 2 1 Award Bid for Slurry Seal 2 3 Ms. Stout told the Board that the recommendation of the Purchasing Department 4 and the Public Works Department is to award the bid for slurry seal of an 5 area from N.W. 8th Street to N.W. llth Street, Richmond Avenue to U.S. 40 6 excluding Peacock Road to Strawser Slurry Seal of Columbus, Ohio at a total 7 amount of $51,108.44. She stated that a notice will be released with dates 8 and streets involved at a later date. She also noted that all funds have 9 been appropriated and approved. 10 11 Ms. Siblerstein moved to award the bid for Slurry Seal of the specified area 12 to Strawser Slurry Seal, Inc. of Columbus, Ohio at a price of $51,108.44, 13 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Law DepaL Lment 16 17 Contract for Public Improvements 18 19 Mr. Barden explained to the Board that he and the Public Works Department 20 was working with Kemper Company in connection with the resurfacing of South 21 N Street for the restructuring of curbs and storm sewers with a payback from 22 Kemper. Mr. Barden stated that the Board of Works can make specific contracts 23 for sanitary and storm sewers and curb construction and the payback from Kemper 24 would be on a per unit price per bid package. He said that he needs more 25 specifics on terms to complete the contract, but wanted to inform the Board 26 that this would be forthcoming. 27 28 Police DepaLLulent - Traffic Division 29 30 Survey for Residential Parking Designation on South 6th Street 31 32 Traffic Captain Dan Wogoman told the Board that he had made surveys of the 33 100 Block of South 6th Street on May 29, 1985 and May 31, 1985 both in the 34 morning and afternoon and also on June 5, 1985 and June 7, 1985. He told 35 the Board there are twelve (12) dwellings in the block with six (6) being 36 multi-family and one (1) business. The survey showed there was a range of 37 twelve (12) to eighteen (18) cars parked in this block averaging from three 38 (3) to seven (7) being residents and seven (7) to fourteen (14) being non-residents. 39 He stated that at least five (5) to seven (7) non-resident cars park in this 40 area on an all day basis. Captain Wogoman told the Board that this fits in 41 with the parking problems in the overall downtown area and some, of the problems 42 of making this a two-hour parking area is where will the cars move to and 43 also the enforcement of the time restriction. 44 45 Ms. Silberstein requested a copy of the survey for the recommendation of the 46 Board of Works to the Common Council for the Residential Parking Designation 47 request in the 100 Block of South 6th Street. 48 49 Report on Parking in the Downtown Area 50 51 Captain Wogoman told the Board that he had surveyed the parking in the downtown 52 area from North B Street to South B Street from 3rd Street to 12th Street 53 in all areas where on street parking is available all available spaces are 54 being used. The only non-residential areas are South 8th and 10th and North 55 8th and 9th Streets, the rest of the area is approximately 98% residential. 56 Captain Wogoman commented that many of the City Parking lots are not being 57 used, but the people are taking the free parking available on the streets. 58 He also told the Board that making these area a two hour time limit to allow 59 the residents to take advantage of the residential parking designation would 60 be costly with new signs and enforeement. He also admitted that probably 61 the persons parking on the streets are employees of the downtown area. 62 63 PAL,. Silberstein stated that to further study the situation the Board needs 64 a good map of the areas involved and also need statistics and revenues 65 from the various parking lots owned by the City. 13y ' Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 13, 1985 Page 3 • 1 Ms. Silberstein commented that the idea to have to pay to park seems to be 2 unacceptable. 3 • 4 Captain Wogoman stated that he doesn't feel making the area two hour time 5 limitation is the proper avenue to solve the parking problem in the downtown area 6 without good enforcement. 7 8 Ms. Silberstein asked for Captain Wogoman's recommendation on the Residential 9 Parking Designation Request on South 6th Street. Captain Wogoman stated there 10 were still five (5) or six (6) spaces available for residents to park in, 11 but possibly not in front of their hares. He made no specific recommendation 12 to the Board. 13 14 North 10th Street Resurfacing • 15 16 Ms. Stout informed the Board and the Public that North 10th Street will be 17 closed from 7:00 A.M. on June 19, 1985 to 12:00 noon on June 20, 1985 for 18 resurfacing. All utilities, the Police Department and the Street DepalLuent 19 have been notified. Stone Valley Paving will be doing the work per the bid 20 award. 21 22 Planning Department 23 / 24 Report on Unsafe Premises at 216 N.W. J Street 25 • 26 Mr. Bronston informed the Board that as of June 12, 1985 a general contractor 27 has been hired and was replacing the roof, the porch was gone, interior repairs .28 were being made and painting was being done. He felt substantial progress 29 was being made on 'the property. 30 31 Monthly Report - Building Division 32 33 The Monthly Report of the Building Division for May, 1985 showed 95 permits 34 issued, 253 inspections made and four (4) buildings demolished. 35 36 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the May Monthly Report of the Building 37 Division of the Planning Department, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 38 voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40. PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 41 42 American Heart Association Request for Roadblocks 43 44 Ms. Julia M. Johnson, representing the American Heart Association, asked the 45 Board permission to establish roadblocks for fundraising at the following 46 locations on June 29, 1985 from 11:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. : 47 8th and Promenade, 9th and Promenade, N.W. 5th and Main Streets, N.W. 48 18 and National Road West, N.W. 1st and National Road West, 22nd and 49 East Main, Garwood Road and East Main and Richmond Avenue and N.W. 5th. 50 51 Ms. Silberstein asked if they would be entering the roadway and Ms. Johnson 52 explained only when the lights were red and on indication fran the motorists 53 that they had a donation for the volunteers. 54 55 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of the American Heart Association 56 to establish roadblocks at the requested locations on June 29, 1985 from 11:00 57 A.M. to 2:00P.M. with the City assuming no responsibility for those persons 58 entering the roadway, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the 59 motion was carried. 60 61 Request of Second National Bank for Handicapped Parking Designation 62 63 Mr. Barden told the Board that Mr. Jack Shaffer of the Second National Bank 64 had requested the Board give consideration to a second handicapped parking 65 space on South 8th Street on the East side of the street to facilitate easier Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 13, 1985 Page 4 1 access for handicapped drivers to and fran their vehicles. 2 3 Ms. Silberstein moved to establish a handicapped parking space in the first 4 parking space on the east side of the first block of South 8th Street, 5 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 6 7 Mr. Barden also informed the Board that organizations providing transportation 8 for handicapped persons were now eligible for identification for their vehicles 9 that will allow than to park in the handicapped parking spaces. This can 10 be obtained through the Indiana Vocational Rehabilitation Services. 11 12 ADJOURNMENT 13 14 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 15 the meeting was adjourned. 16 17 18 John Brown, Vice President 19 20 21 22 ATTEST: 23 Mary Merchanthouse 24 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