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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, DECEMBER 13, 1984
1_ The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met
2 in regular session December 13,1984 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:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 6, 1984
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8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting
9 as prepared, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion
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12 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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14 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 227,675.36 for payment,
15 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
16 carried.
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18 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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20 Planning and Economic Development
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22 Approval of travel for Dennis Bronston
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24 Mr. Brown moved to approve the travel of Dennis Bronston on December
25 5, 1984 to Indianapolis for a Business Incubator Seminar, seconded by
26 Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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28 Dismissal of Complaint on Inoperable Vehicle - 418 N.W. 7th Street
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30 Mr. Bronston stated in a letter to the Board that the nuisance at 418
31 N.W. 7th Street in the form of an inoperable vehicle had been cleared
32 up. Ms. Silberstein moved to dismiss the nuisance complaint at 418 N.W.
33 7th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion
34 was carried.
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36 Date set for Unsafe Building Hearing - 605 South 8th Street
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38 Ms. Brown moved to set January 24, 1985 at 9:00 A.M. as the time to conduct
39 an unsafe building hearing for 605 South 8th Street, seconded by Ms.
40 Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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42 Law Department
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44 Mr. Barden stated that the City had received an offer to purchase land
45 and the. Board should take this under advisement since there were no funds
46 available at this time.
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48 Ms. Silberstein moved to take the offer to sell land to the City under
49 advisememt, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion
50 was carried.
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52 Acceptance of bid of J Street Auto Parts for Inoperable Vehicle Storage for 1985
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54 Mr. Barden stated that the bid of J Street_Auto Parts for abandoned vehicle
55 for 1985 met all the specifications and he has prepared the contract for
56 signature. Payments will be made to the City in two (2) equal installments
57 of 3,300.00 each.
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59 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bid for abandoned vehicle storage to J
60 Street Auto Parts and to approve and execute the contract for same, seconded
61 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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63 Fire Department
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65 Fire Chief Bosell presented the monthly report for November of 1984 and commented
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1 on the low amount of losses.
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3 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept and file the monthly report of the Fire Department
4 for November, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
5 carried.
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7 Purchasing Department
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9 Date set to receive salt bids for 1985
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11 Ms. Silberstein moved to set January 10, 1985 at 9:00 a.m. as the date and time .
12 to receive bids for salt for snow and ice removal for 1985, seconded by Mr.
13 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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15 Awarding of Street Material Bids
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17 Purchasing Director, Rita Stout made the following recommendations to the Board:
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19 Ready Mix Concrete to Richmond Concrete as follows:
20 Delivered Class A 48.50
21 Class B 45.50
22 F.O.B. Plant
23 Class A 41.50
24 Class B 38.50
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26 Gravel and Stone to Middleboro Stone as follows:
27 #1 4.30
28 2 4 .10
29 4 4 .50
30 12 5.50
31 9C 4 .60
32 11C 5.10
33 73 Maintenance Limestone 4.10
34 53 Crushed stone 4.10
35 Screening type #2 3.90
36 Flat Stone 13.70
37 Rip Rap 6.70
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39 All deliveries to Street Department add 2.25/ton
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41 Washed Gravel to American Aggregates as follows : (F.O.B. Plant)
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43 #9 4.40
44 11 4.70
45 7C N/B
46 Fill Sand 2.20
47 Pea Gravel 3.30
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49 Washed Gravel (Delivered) to American Aggregates as follows:
50 # 9 6.50
51 11 6.80
52 7C N/B
53 Fill Sand 4.30
54 Washed gravel 5.40
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56 Sand to American Aggregates (F.O.B. Plant) as follows :
57 Fill Sand 2.20
58 Shot 2.40
59 Concrete 4 .05
60 Mason 6.25
61 310-B Borrow 3.30
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1 Sand to American Aggregates ( Delivered ) as follows:
2 Fill Sand 4.30
3 Shot 4.50
4 Concrete
5 Mason 8.35
6 310-B-Borrow 5.40
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8 Bituminous Products to Contractors United, Inc. as follows:
9 Volume under 5000 Volume 5001 and over
10 #5 HAC Base 24.00 24.00
11 #9 HAC Binder 25.95 25.95
12 #11 HAC Surface 28.30 28.30
13 #12 HAC Surfae 28.30 28.30
14 IV HAE Surface 31.45 31.45
15 Hand Laid All
16 Mixes 55.00 55.00
17 (For alleys & parking lots add 2.00/ton)
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19 Hot Asphatic AC & AE to Contractors United Inc. as follows:
20 #9 .HAC Binder 17.40
21 11 HAC Surface 20.89
22 12 HAC Surface 21.00
23 IV HAE Surface 27.00
24 5 HAC Base 17.00
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26 Emulsified Asphalt FOB Plant to Ashland Petroleum as follows:
27 RS-2, AE 60, AE-90, AE-T 66.00/gal
28 AE-150 70.00/gal
29 AE-300 • 72.00/gal
30 AE-P 85.00/gal
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32 Emulsified Asphalts Furnished, Hauled and Applied to Contractors United,
33 Inc. as follows:
34 AE-P 1.25/gal •
35 AE-90, RS-2, AE-T .98/gal
36 AE-150, AE-200 • 1.00/gal
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38 Cold Mix to Stone Valley 24.95
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40 Hot Recycled Asphalt Concrete to Contractors United, Inc. as follows:
41 #9 Binder 24 .45
42 11 Surface • 26.20• .
43 12 Surface 26.20
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45 Ms. Silberstein moved to award the bids as recommended by the Purchasing
46 Director, seconded by`Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was
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49 Approval of Federal Surplus Property Certificate
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51 Ms. Stout explained to the Board that she had made contact with the State
52 regarding purchase of state and federal surplus property and that the City
53 needed to sign compliance certificates for GSA Regulations in order to purchase
54 through this agency. Mr. Barden stated that the Board would be adopting
55 a policy along with ratify the signatures on the compliances regarding the
56 GSA Regulations.
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58 Ms. Silberstein moved to ratify the signatures on the compliance document
59 and to adopt the GSA Regulations as Board Policy, seconded by Mr. Brown
60 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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1 Board of Public Works and Safety
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3 Acceptance of Finding of Fact on Residential Parking Request
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5 Ms. Silberstein presented the Finding of Fact on the request to designate the 300 111
6 Block of S.W. 1st a Residential Parking District. She stated that after having
7 researched tickets issued on this block and interviewing the Officer issuing the
8 tickets it was decided that 75% of the parking spaces were occupied and that 25%
9 were occupied by persons not residing in the block.
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11 The Finding of Fact recommends to the Common Council that the request meets the
12 guidelines specified by Ordinance and the 300 Block of S.W. 1st should be designated
13 a residential parking district.
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15 Ms. Silberstein moved to recommend to the Common Council that the Board of Public
16 Works and Safety finds all requirements met and the 300 Block of S.W. 1st Street
17 should be designated a Residential Parking District, seconded by Mr. Brown and
18 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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20 Meeting with Officials concerning USA Today News Stands
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22 Mr. Barden announced that there will be a meeting at 10:00 A.M. today regarding
23 the USA Today News Stands.
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25 A list of locations has been submitted to the City along with comments from the
26 Traffic Division and Richmond Power & Light.
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28 Public Works
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30 Acceptance of final inspection and Contract on South L Street
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32 Mr. Willis told the Board that the final inspection had been made by the State
33 on the South L Street Project and that the City had agreed to handle completing
34 ramping of some of the new sidewalks and to move a fence in the right of way.
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36 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve and execute the Engineer's Report of Inspection
37 and Recommendation for Acceptance, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice
38 vote the motion was carried.
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40 N.W. T Street and N.W. 7th Street Final Inspection
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42 Mr. Willis stated that the projects on N.W. T Street and N.W. 7th Street had been
43 completed except for seed being planted and sodding and this was prohibited by
44 weather. Contractor's United, Inc. have agreed in writing to complete the grading
45 and seeding on both projects as soon as the weather permits
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47 Mr. Willis stated that the N.W. T Project needs to be accepted to meet state
48 guidelines. Ms. Maness recommended that the Board accept the N.W. T Project with
49 the contingency to complete the grading and seeding. She also recommended that
50 the acceptance of N.W. 7th be held up since there is more time on the grant.
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52 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the final inspection on N.W. T Street, seconded
53 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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55 Mr. Barden was requested to prepare documents to accept N.W. 7th as a Street.
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57 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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59 Approval for Lions Club to use Parking Garage for Flea Market
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61 The Lions Club requested the use of the Municipal Parking Garage on July 14, 1985
62 for its 11th Annual Antique, Craft and Flea Market from 5:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
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64 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of the Lions Club to use the Municipal
65 Parking Garage for its annual flea market, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous
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1 voice vote the motion was carried.
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3 The Clerk was requested to inform the Lions Club that a Proof of Insurance must
4 be filed thirty (30) days in advance.
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6 Approval for VFW to hold Loyalty Day Parade
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8 Mr. John Johnson presented the request of the VFW to hold a Loyalty Day Parade
9 on May 11, 1985. The route would be from Glen Miller Park to North 16th Street
10 to North A Street to North 10th Street. Captain Wogoman stated there was no
11 problem with his Department. The hours of the parade would be from 1:00 P.M.
12 to 3:30 P.M.
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14 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of the VFW to hold a Loyalty Day
15 Parade on May 11, 1985, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
16 motion was carried.
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18 Mr. Johnson stated that the Proof of Insurance will be filed with the Clerk's Office.
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02 Problems with pigeons in Richmond
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22 Councilperson Williams told the Board that areas of the community are infested
23 with pigeons and that they present a health and maintenance problem to the City.
24 He stated that the pigeons can be controlled with poisons and later with birth
25. control methods. The areas affected are North 10th & D , Penn Central Station,
26 North 13th and 14th around the International Harvester Building, Jaffee's Property
27 on North 10th and L, the bridges on North 10th and Richmond Avenue and the Theater
28 Dome. Councilperson Williams suggested an Ordinance could be enacted to hold property
29 onwers responsible for this problem.
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31 Mr. Howard Earlywine explained the process to rid these areas of pigeons and stated
32 that once the population is reduced then birth control methods can be initiated.
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34 Mr. Barden stated that possibly the unsafe building law could be made applicable
35 to assist in the control of pigeons.
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37 Ms. Maness stated that the Board realizes this is a concern to the citizens of
38 Richmond and the Board will start on a decision on this problem after the first
39 of. the year.
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41 ADJOURNMENT
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43 There being no further busines on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the meeting
44 was adjourned.
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46 Cathy A. Maness
47 President
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50 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
51 Clerk of the Board
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