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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 1, 1984
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in
2, regular session November 1, 1984 at the hour of 9:15 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:
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6 9:00 A.M. - UNSAFE BUILDING HEARING FOR 121-123 NORTH 14th STREET
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8 Ms. Bronston stated that he has been in contact with the property owners, Steven
9 and Pennie May and their attorney and that they have complied with the Order
10 issued earlier requesting the dwelling be secured. The owners have indicated to
11 Mr. Bronston that they intend to restore this dwelling and rent it. Mr.
12 Bronston racommended..tjo-_the Board that they continue the unsafe building hearing
13 for ninety (90) days in order to give the property owners time to restore the
14 dwelling.
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16 Ms. Silberstein moved to continue the unsafe building hearing at 121-123 North
17 14th Street for ninety (90) days, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice
18 vote the motion was carried.
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20 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25, 1984
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22 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous metting as prepared,
23 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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25 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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27 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve claims for payment in the amount of 13,752.40,
28 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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III30 TABLED ITEMS
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32 Approval for RP&L to make a property exchange with SPUR at North J and 17th Streets
33 for substation.
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35 Mr. Brown stated that all requested information regarding the property transfer
36 with SPUR at North 17th and J Streets for a substation. Ms. Silberstein
37 commented that she was satisfied that proper investigation had, been conducted
38 by all parties involved and that the location at North 17th and J Streets was
39 the best site and would cause the least intrusion into a neighborhood.
40
L1 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of Richmond Power & Light Plant to
42 exchange a city owned property at North 17th and J Streets for a SPUR owned
43 property at the same location plus 5,000.00 payable by Richmond Power & Light
44 to SPUR and to approve the preparation and execution of appropriate documents
45 for the exchange, seconded by Mr. Brown and on,unanimous voice vote the motion
46 was carried.
47
48 Withdrawal of Residential Parking District request for S.W. D Street
49 .
50 Ms. Ruthmary Wright of 400 College Avenue told the Board that she and the other
51 residents of S.W. D Street were satisfied with the condition of the parking
52 along S.W. D Street and thanked the Board for their assistance in keeping the
53 cars belonging to Earlham students from taking all available parking spaces in
54 their area. .
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56 Ms. Silberstein asked Mr. Barden as to the legal status of the residents of
57 a dorm located at the end of S.W. D and Mr. Barden explained that these students
58 would have to be considered residents if the Residential Parking Request was
59 pursued.
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61 Captain Wogoman stated that the Traffic Division and Earlham College were working
62 jointly to assist the residents of S.W. D Street and they would continue to
63 monitor this situation. He commented that they cannot prevent the students from
64 parking on city streets, but they can keep the vehicles moving.
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November 1, 1984
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1 Ms. Wright told the Board that the residents are satisfied and will withdraw their
2 petition to become a Residential Parking District.
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4 Adoption of Not for Profit Agency Advertising Policy on City buses.
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6 Ms. Silberstein presented the final version of the Policy dealing with Not for
7 Profit Agencies and their use of advertising spaces on City buses. The policy
8 states that the agencies must hold a current 503(c) Not for Profit status and that
9 they will be allowed one (1) advertisement per agency on a first come first serve
10 basis as unsold spaces are available. All conditions for advertising will be the
11 same as for paid advertisers. She explained that as spaces are sold the free
12 advertisers will be handled on a bump basis according to longest time and they will
13 return back into the rotation for another available space.
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15 Ms. Silberstein moved to adopt the Rose View Transit System Policy for Courtesy
16 Non-Profit Organization Bus Advertising.eff:ective immediately, seconded by. Mr.
17 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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19 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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21 Planning and Economic Development
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23 Date set for three inoperable vehicle ;hearings
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25 Mr. Bronston requested the Board set November 29, 1984 as the time for three (3)
26 inoperable vehicle hearings at 418 N.W. 7th Street, 1110 Crosshall Street and 1216
27 Crosshall Street.
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29 Ms. Silberstein moved to set November 29, 1984 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and time
30 to conduct inoperable vehicle hearings for 418 N.W. 7th Street, 1110 Crosshall
31 Street and 1216 Crosshall Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote
32 the motion was carried.
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34 RICHMOND POWER & LIGHT
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36 Approval to remove seven (7) street lights.
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38 Mr. Robert Hankosky told the Board that there were street lights located at the
39 intersections of South 8th and 9th and L Streets that were no longer needed since
40 the State Highway had installed new 450 W. Sodium lights at these locations and asked
41 permission to remove six (6) lights at these intersections. Mr. Hankosky also
42 stated that there was an unnecessary light at the intersection of U.S. 27 South and
43 Boston Pike since the new sodium lights had been installed and asked permission to
44 remove one (1) light at this intersection. The savings per month to the City would
45 be 64.59.
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47 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the removal of seven (7) street lights by Richmond
48 Power & Light per request, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
49 motion was carried.
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51 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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53 Hearing date set on petition to become Residential Parking District - 300 Block of
54 S.W. 1st Street.
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56 Mr. Keith Tye presented a petition to the Board from a majority of the residents of
57 the ,300 Block of S.W. 1st Street requesting to be designated a Residential Parking
58 District.
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60 Ms. Silberstein commented that the, hearing date needs to be set for November 21, 1984
61 since the 22nd is a holiday and that the Board need to officially move the meeting
62 date to the 21st of November. Ms. Silberstein moved to set the day for the Board of
63 Works meeting as November 21, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote
64 the motion was carried.
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1 Ms. Silberstein then moved to set November 21, 1984 at 9:00 A.M. as the date and
2 time to conduct the public hearing for the Residential Parking District request
3 of the residents of the 300 Block of S.W. 1st Street, seconded by Mr. Brown
4 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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III6 Approval of. Handicapped Parking Space at 341 S.W. 3rd Street
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8 The request of Melva Meyn was presented for a handicapped parking space for her
9 husband Richard Meyn at 341 S.W. 3rd Street. Mr. Meyn has the approved
10 handicapped parking placard issued through the Vocational Rehabilitative Services
11 and the Doctor's Statement.
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13 Captain Wogoman has checked the area and recommends approval of the request.
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15 Ms. Silberstein moved to grant a handicapped parking space to Richard Meyn,
16 341 S.W. 3rd Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
17 motion was carried.
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19 Request of Mr. Jim Shephard to restore parking on the west side of N.W. 1st Street
20 from Richmond Avenue to Lincoln Street.
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22 Mr. Shephard presented a petition to the Board from the residents of N.W. 1st
23 and family of the residents requesting parking be restored on the west side of
24 the street. Mr. Shephard stated that there used to be parking on the street
25 and that it had been removed due to congestion caused by a food locker located
26 at the intersection of Richmond Avenue and N.W. 1st Street. This business is
27 no longer located at this address and there are less houses along the street.
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29 Captain Wogoman told the Board that the street is 26 feet wide from grass to
30 grass and to restore parking on one side would only allow 9' driving lanes on
31 a portion of the street and 8' driving lanes on the remainder of the street.
32 He also stated that the street is used by many trucks and if the Board would
33 restore the parking he wants the area next to the store as a no parking zone
34 to allow full visibility at the Richmond Avenue intersection.
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36 Ms. Silberstein asked Mr. Shephard where the residents of the area were now
37 parking and was told that several had driveway's, but that his property had to
38 park on Randolph Street.
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40 Mr. Brown commented that he hated to see the same situation develop with traffic
L1 congestion.
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43 Ms. Silberstein stated that she does not want to create a problem, but feels that
/1/1 there should be adequate on street parking available when it creates no problems
45 and that at this point she did not conceive a problem in this area.
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47 Ms. Silberstein moved to table this request until meeting of November 8, 1984
L8 for further consideration, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the
49 motion was carried.
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51 Approval for temporary closing of North 8th Street Railroad Crossing.
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53 The Norfolk and Western Railroad Company requested the temporary closing of the
54 North 8th Street Crossing for repairs starting. November 5, 1984 for a period
III 55 of two (2) weeks. The Board commented that this was a much needed improvement
56 and Ms. Silberstein moved to grant the temporary closing of the North 8th Street
57 crossing for a period of two (2) weeks, seconded by Mr. Brown and on
58 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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60 ADJOURNMENT
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C2 There being no further business on a motion duly made seconded and passed the
63 meeting was adjourned.
64 John Brown
65 . . Vice President
ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
Clerk of the Board