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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-14-1985 51 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 14, 1985 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session February 14, 1985 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the -Municipal 3 Building in said City. Ms . Maness, presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein 4 in attendance. The following business was had to-wit: 5 6 9:00 A.M. UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 906 NORTH I STREET 7 8 Mr. Dennis Bronston stated that he had been in contact with Mr. Oran Wilson, 9 owner of the property at 904-906 North I Street and Mr. Wilson had requested 10 a fourteen (14) day continuance on the hearing so that he could be in attendance. 11 Mr. Wilson is an employee of the State Highway and is working under a snow 12 emergency at the present time. 13 14 Ms._ Silberstein moved to continue the Unsafe Building Hearing on property 15 located at 904-906 North I Street to February 28, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. , seconded 16 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 17 18 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 7, 1985 19 20 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as- prepared, 21 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 24 25 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims for payment as presented, seconded by Ms. 26 Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 TABLED ITEMS 29 30 Residential Handicapped Parking Request for 404 S.W. 3rd Street • 31 32 Ms. Maness stated that the parties applying for the handicapped parking 33 designation do not have a telephone and Captain Wogoman has been unable to 34 contact them regarding the availibility of off street parking. This item 35 will reain tabled. - 36 37 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 38 39 Planning Department - Building Division 40 41 321 N.W.- E Street - Unsafe Building 42 43 Mr. Dennis Bronston told the Board that Mr. Barden had sent a letter to John 44 Sayre, Attorney for the- owner of record, asking a written status on the fore- 45 closure proceedings on this property. The property has a prospective purchaser 46 willing to update the property and it is necessary for the Board to know the 47 status of the foreclosure since if the case is still in litigation?the Order __ 48 issued by the Board is held in. abeyance until the foreclosure litigation is 49 settled. 50 - 51 Ms. Maness requested Mr. Barden to ask the owner of the property or Mr. Sayre 52 to make a personnal appearance before the Board on February 28, 1985 to explain 53 the status of the foreclosure and possible sale of the property. 54 55 121-123 North 14th Street- Unsafe Building 56 57 Mr. Bronston presented the Board a letter from a Mr. William Baker, Attorney 58 for Mr. and Mrs . Steven May regarding the insurance claim on vandalism at 59 the property on North 14th Street. The letter from Mr. Baker indicates that 60 that they are still trying to interview witnesses to see if Mr. May has a • 61 claim against the insurance company. Mr. Bronston stated that he feels this 62 letter does not meet the Order as amended by the Board. 63 64 Ms. Silberstein moved to continue the Unsafe Building Hearing on the property 65 of Steven and Penny May located at 121-123 North 14th Street on February 28, 5g Board of Works Minutes Cont 'd February 14, 1985 Paget 1 1985- at 9:00 A.M. , seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 2 was carried. 3 4 Moving Permit Application 5 111 6 Mr. Bronston presented a Moving Permit Application from Mr. Fred Talbot to 7 move a house from 102 S.W. F Street to 1515 South 21st Street starting at 8 9:00 A.M. on February 21, 1985. Letters have been received from all utilities 9 and they have no problem with the move as long as the height is the stated 10 17' 6". Mr. Don McBride, Park Consultant, also looked over the proposed route 11 regarding interference with street trees. Mr. McBride saw no problem and 12 would have an employee of the Park Department to assist with trimming of trees. 13 Mr. Bronston stated he also requested approval from Captain Wogoman and Ralph 14 Willis and has not received their recommendations yet . Mr. Bronston also 15 asked that the County Engineer be contacted for written comment along with 16 the State Highway Commission since the route involves the G Street Bridge 17 and two (2) State Highways. 18 19 In response to Ms. Silberstein, Mr. Talbot assured the Board that the house 20 mover have verified that the height will be no more that the 17' 6" stated 21 in the application-. , 22 23 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of Fred Talbot to move a residence 24 from 102 S.W. F Street to 1515 South 21st Street subject to the written consent 25 of Captain Wogoman, Ralph Willis, the County Engineer and the State Highway 26 Commission being filed with the Planning Department prior to 2:00 P.M. on 27 February 20, 1985, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 28 was carried. 29 30 Fire Department 31 32 Annual Report 33 34 Fire Chief Larry Bosell presented the 1984 Annual Report of the Richmond Fire 35 Department to the Board. He stated that much maintenance work had been completed 36 in the Firehouses in 1984 . 37 38 Ms. Silberstein asked Chief Bosell about the time lose in the inspection of 39 churches. Chief Bosell stated that the Fire Department initiates the 40 inspections and it has been time consuming finding personnel at the various 41 churches. In the future the Department will make appointments to inspect 42 the churches. 43 44 Mr. Brown asked the Chief regarding the high number of alarms in November. 45 , Chief Bosell will research this and present the information to the Board. 46 47 Ms. Maness thanked the Fire Department for assisting the Battered Shelter 48 with their move to a new location. 49 50 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the Annual Report of the Fire 51 Department, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 52 carried. 53 54 MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 55 56 Ms. Maness reminded the public that the Board of Works will be meeting on 57 February 20, 1985 instead of the 21st. 58 59 ADJOURNMENT 60 61 There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 62 the meeting was adjourned. 63 (2 7970.77 64 65 Cathy . Maness , President ATTEST: 1/4797 / ���2 Mary Mer hant ouse, City Clerk