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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-25-1985 01 BOARD OF PUBLIC MBES AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA APRIL 25, 1985 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session April 25, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance. III g The following business was had to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 18, 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 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 170,869.26, seconded 14 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND CATS 17 18 Law DepaL huent 19 20 Date Set for Joint Executive Session with Police Merit Commission 21 22 Mr. Barden requested the Board to set the date of April 30, 1985 at 7:00 P.M. to 23 hold a joint executive session with the Police Merit Commission regarding pending 24 litigation by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as to allegations of 25 violation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act as applies to the hiring and 26 retirement practices of the Richmond Police DepaLUuent. 27 28 Ms. Silberstein moved to set April 30, 1985 at 7:00 P.M. as the date and time to III29 hold a joint executive session with the Police Merit Commission :y .meeting:'to be: n 30 held in the Community Room for the purpose of discussion of pending litigation, 31 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 32 33 Planning Depai Liuent 34 35 Finding of Fact on Unsafe Premises located at 1532-1536-1540 East Main Street 36 37 Mr. Bronston presented the formal Finding of Fact on the unsafe premises located 38 at 1532-1536-1540 East Main Street and recommended acceptance by the Board and 39 execution of same. Mr. Bronston also requested the Board to change the date to 40 receive bids on the demolition of the property at 1532-1536-1540 East Main Street 41 from May 9, 1985 to May 16, 1985. 42 43 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and execute the Finding of Fact on the Unsafe 44 Premises located at 1532-1536-1540 East Main Street and to set May 16, 1985 45 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time to receive demolition bids on this property, 46 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 47 48 Public Works 49 50 Date Set to Receive Bids for Resurfacing of North 10th Street 51 52 Mr. Willis presented correspondence to the Board requesting May 16, 1985 be set 53 as the date to receive bids on the reconstruction and resurfacing of North 10th 54 Street from the north side of North A Street to the north side of North D Street. 55 56 Ms. Silberstein moved to set May 16, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time to 57 receive bids on the reconstruction and resurfacing of North 10th Street, seconded 58 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 59 60 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 61 62 Monthly Report of Building Division of Planning DeparLuent 63 64 The March Monthly Report for the Building Division of the Planning Department showed 65 a total of 119 permits issued, 215 inspections made and five (5) buildings demolished. 1b "' . Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 25, 1985 Page 2 1 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the March Monthly Report of the Building 2 Division, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Friends of Battered Insurance Filed 5 6 Mr. Barden informed the Board that the Friends of the Battered had filed their Proof 7 of Insurance with the City regarding the use of the City Parking Garage on June 8 2, 1985. 9 10 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND CANTS 11 12 Request for Residential Parking District on South 6th Street 13 14 A petition was presented to the Board fran residents on South 6th Street from South 15 A Street to South B Street requesting a Residential Parking Designation be allowed 16 in this area. The petition was presented due to Downtown employees parking 17 in this area and also customers of a new restaurant using this area causing a 18 hardship on the residents. 19 20 Ms. Silberstein moved to set May 23, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time to 21 hold a public hearing on the request to designate South 6th Street from South A 22 Street to South B Street as a Residential. Parking District, seconded by Mr. Brown 23 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 Approval for Temporary Street Closing of North 12th Street for Block Party for 26 Road Runners CLub 27 28 A request was presented by Roxanna McClain, representing the Road Runners Motorcycle 29 Club to close North 12th Street from North F to North G on August 31, 1985 between 30 the hours of 7:00 P.M. and 1:00 A.M. 31 32 Ms. Silberstein requested the time be changed fran 1:00 A.M. to 12:00 midnight to 33 be consistent with last year. Ms. McClain requested that they change the time from 34 6:00 P.M. to 12:00 Midnight to allow sufficient time for the event. 35 36 Mr. Brown moved to temporarily close North 12th Street from North F to North G on 37 August 31, 1985 from 6:00 P.M. to 12:00 Midnight for a Block Party for the Road 38 Runners Motorcycle Club, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote 39 the motion was carried. 40 41 Request to Investigate a Noise, Litter and Loitering Problem in the 600 and 700 42 Blocks of South 10th and llth Streets. 43 44 Mr. Dennis Bronston of 926 South 17th Street told the Board that he was approaching 45 themas_arci.tizen of this community concerning a problem with noise, littering and 46 loitering in the 600 and 700 blocks of South 10th and llth Streets. Mr. Bronston 47 told the Board that he had received many complaints on this. The residents have 48 contacted the Richmond Police DepaL(iuent and the Police are able to,quite the 49 problem when they respond, but that it is a continual occurrence. 50 51 The residents of the area are concerned and would appreciate any help they can 52 get from the Police DepaiLment, City Attorney or the Board of Works especially 53 in controlling the situation after dark. 54 55 Mr. Barden stated that he had also been contacted by residents of the area and 56 there seems to be one (1) or two (2) residents that are the focal point of the 57 problem. He will send a letter to these residents and ask them to control the 58 problem and he will proceed with further investigation. 59 60 Ms. Silberstein asked i°= any arrests had been made or tickets issued and Mr. Barden 61 stated there had not been since there is no violent activity and they are unable 62 to actually see who is doing the littering. 63 64 Ms. Maness requested Mr. Barden to follow up on the situation in the 600 and 700 65 blocks of South 10th and llth Streets and report to the Board at its next meeting. /03 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd April 25, 1985 Page 3 1 Grievance Filed by Firefighters Local 1408 2 3 Mr. Jim SticcO,representing Richmond Firefighters Local 1408,presented the Board III 4 two (2) greivances filed pursuant to their contract with the City of Richmond. 5 and reqeusted the Board set a hearing date for the grievances. 6 7 Mr. Barden informed the Board that the grievances should be discussed in . 8 executive session prior to a public hearing and that the persons filing the 9 grievances should be included in the executive session. 10 11 Ms. Silberstein moved to set an Executive Session of the Board of Public Works 12 and Safety to discuss matters over which the Board has control,for May 2., 1985 13 at 4:00 P.M. in the Board of Works Roan, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 14 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 15 16 ADJOUNRMENT 17 18 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 19 the meeting was adjourned. 20 21 22 23 Cathy A. Maness, President 24 - 25 26 A i ST: 27 Mary Merchanthouse 28 City Clerk I 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 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