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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE
CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, OCTOBER 18, 1984
1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular
2 session October 18, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said
3 City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance. The
4 following business was had to-wit:
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6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF OCTOBER 11, 1984
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8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared,
9 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unaimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT
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13 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 187,579.12 for payment, seconded
14 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the.motion was carried.
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16 TABLED ITEMS
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18 North 17th Street Complaints - Public Works Department
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20 Mr. Willis told the Boards that he had accompanied the residents of North 17th on a
21 tour of the area and had inspected the area for the complaints on trash, litter
22 and disrepair of the street. Mr. Willis stated that North C Street from 16th to 18th
23 will be placed on the paving schedule for 1985. Mr. Willis talked with the residents
24 of the area regarding sidewalk replacement and the possibility of doing this through
25 a general improvement fund or by having the residents pay for materials and the
26 City furnishing the labor. Mr. Willis felt the trash and litter problem could be
27 cleaned up during the fall clean up campaign. The pick up date for the east side
28 of the City would be October 27, 1984 and if the residents of the area would assist
29 the City by having large items hauled to the alley the lots and properties would
30 be cleaned up.
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32 Mr. Barden has sent a warning letter to the persons throwing trash on the property at
33 204 North 17.th Street and this will be followed up. The sewer problem on B Street
34 has been handled.
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36 Approval of Change Order #3 N.W. T Street Project
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- 38 Mr. Dooley explained that the driveway proposed in the change order was an existing
39 . driveway and had been installed after the original plans were proposed and was there-.
40 fore not included in the original plans as approved.
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42 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve Change Order #3 for the N.W. T Street Project,
43 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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45 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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47 Planning and Economic Development
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49 Date Set for Inoperable Vehicle Hearing - 1300 South J Street
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51 Mr. Bronston requested the Board set November 8, 1984 as the time for an inoperable
52 vehicle hearing at 1300 South J Street.
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54 Ms. Silberstein moved to set November 8, 1984 at 9:00 A.M. for the inoperable vehicle
55 hearing, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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57 Approval -of Curb Cut - 502 S.W. 2nd Street
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59 Mr. Dooley presented a curb cut request at 502 S.W. 2nd Street by the contractor
60 Ralph Wiwi for Mr. and Mrs. Ned Berheide. The cut is in existance, but needs
61 the approval of the Board of Works. Mr. Dooley stated that he, the Traffic Division
62 and the Engineering Department had approved the cut and it was 139 feet from the
63 intersection.
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65 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the curb cut request at 502 S.W. 2nd street, seconded
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October 18, 1984
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1 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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3 Richmond Power & Light
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5 Request for exchange of property with SPUR for construction of Substation - No. 17th
6 and J Streets.
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8 Mr. Richard Barker of Richmond Power & Light told the Board that Richmond Power & Light
9 plans to contruct a substation in the North J Street-Hawkins Road area and that they
10 have selected a parcel of land at North 17th Street and North J Street as the most
11 practical site. Mr. Barker stated that this property was chosen in 1983 and that at
12 that time the City owned the property which has since been sold to SPUR for 3,000.00.
13 After negotiations with SPUR a tentative agreement has been made to exchange this
14 property for another City owned tract adjoining it on the northern boundary plus
15 5,000.00 payable by Richmond Power & Light. Mr. Barker indicated to the Board that
16 action on approval of this transfer needs to expedited to allow Richmond Power &
17 Light as much construction time this fall as possible.
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19 Mr. Barden stated that this parcel of land was sold to SPUR through the Redevelopment
20 Commission in March of 1983. Mr. Barden also told the Board that State Statute
21 exempts all the technical requirements of land sales since the City is dealing with
22 a non-profit organization.
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24 Ms. Silberstein commented on the fact that SPUR purchased the property for 3,000.00
25 and was now selling it for 5,000.00 plus a property valued at 5,000.00.
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27 Mr. Barker indicated that Richmond Power & Light feels they are paying 10,000.00 for
28 a property valued now at 12,500.00.
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30 Mr. Brown requested to see the original sale document to SPUR from Redevelopment.
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32 Mr. Dooley also indicated that there may be a zoning problem with a portion of the
33 property.
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35 Mr. Brown moved to table the request for the property exchange for futher information,
36 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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38 PUBLIC REQUESTS AND COMMENTS
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40 Petition of S.W. D Street Residents for Residential Parking
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42 Ms. Maness read the following letter:
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L6 The same problem that led to designating a part of S .W. First Street as a two
47 hour parking zone exists for us on S.W. D Street from College Avenue west to
48 the Earlham campus. We have no off street parking space on our properties,
49 and student cars are parked in that half block, often from one weekend to the
50 next.
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52 We, therefore, are petitioning that that area be designated a two hour parking
53 zone with residential parking permits available.
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55 /s/ Ruthmary Wright - 400 College Ave.
56 Alice Robbins - 619 S.W. D Street
57 Loretta Gula - 4002 College Ave.
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59 Mr. Barden stated that a survey must be done by the Board of Works to determine if
60 75% of available spaces are occupied and if 25% of those spaces are occupied by persons
61 not residing in the area.
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63 Ms. Maness stated that this was a one half block area and it was suggested that the
64 members of the Board see the area requested before action is taken on this request.
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1 Ms. Silberstein requested a letter be sent to the petitioners setting out the
2 procedure to obtain residential parking status and ask to clarify exactly what
3 area they are asking to be designated.
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5 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the request of the S.W. D Street residents for
6 residential parking for clarification, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice
7 vote the motion was carried.
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9 MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT COMMENTS
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11 Mr. Willis reminded the public of the clean up times on October 20th for the
12 west side of the city and October 27th for the east side of the City and also
13 reminded citizens that they are asking not toi'paik on north and west curbs during
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16 Mr. Willis also asked the Board to consider allowing non-profit agencies to
17 advertise free on the sides of the buses since all the spaces allowed for advertising
18 have not been sold. The agency would prepare their own advertising and there
19 would be no cost to Rose View.
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21 Ms. Maness asked as to how Mr. Willis would screen requests for these advertising
22 spaces and suggested using agencies qualifying for a 503 (c) not for profit status.
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24 Mr. Willis suggested that the Board could take this under consideration and if
25 interested develop a policy regarding requirements.
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27 Ms. Silberstein moved to take this request under advisement to develop guidelines,
28 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried.
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30 ADJOURNMENT
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32 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the
33 meeting was adjourned.
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35 Cathy A. Maness
36 President
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39 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse
40 Clerk of the Board
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