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HomeMy Public PortalAbout08-23-1984 171 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS:iAND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AUGUST 23, 1984 . 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular 2 session August 23, 1984 at 'the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building in said City. 3 Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein in attendance. The following 4 business .was had to-wit: 5 11/ 6 9:00 A.M. BID OPENINGS 7 8 Computer Bid for Clerk and Attorney . 9 10 Ms. Maness declared the bids closed if no other bids were to be received-On a motion 11 by Mr. Brown and a second by Ms. Silberstein:the bids were closed. 12 13 Mr... Barden examined -the Proof. of Publication .and :found it to be in order. .Ms. 14 Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr. Brown 15 and on unanious voice vote the motion was .carried. 16 17 The first bid was that of Van 'Aus.da.11 & Ferrar of Indianapolis. They. submitted a no 18 bid. 19 20 The second bid was that of Rosas, Inc. The bid was submitted in proper form and was 21 accompanied by a bid bond in 5% of the bid. Total amount of the bid per specifications 22 was 9,901.00 with an alternate bid including only one (1) printer for 9,469.00. 23 Delivery date. is immediate. 24 25 Mr. Brown moved to take the bid of Rosas, Inc. for the computer under advisement and 26 refer it to the offices of Clerk and Attorney for recommendation, seconded by Ms.. 27 Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. The bid will be awarded 28 August 30, 1984. 29 III30 Street Sweeper Bid for Public Works Dept. 31 32 Ms. Maness requested any other bids be presented. There being no other bids Ms. 33 Silberstein moved to declare the bids closed, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 34 voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 Mr. Barden examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. Ms. 37 Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr. Brown 38 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 39 40 The first_bid was that of.Deeds Equipment Company. The bid was submitted in proper L1 form and accompanied by a 5% bid. bond. The bid was for one (1) used Elgin Pelican 42 Sweeper less trade in value for a total bid of 14,500.00. 43 . 44 The second bid was that of Best Equipment Company. The bid. was_submitted in proper 45 form and accompanied by a 5% bid bond. The bid was for one (1) reconditioned Elgin 46 Pelican Sweeper less trade in value for a total of 19,800.00 with immediate delivery. 47 48 Mr. Brown moved to take the bids under advisement and refer them to Mr. Willis and Mr. 49 Hillard for evaluation, .seconded .by Ms. ..Silberstein and on. unanimous voice vote the 50 motion was carried. The bid will be awarded on August 30, 1984. 51 52 INOPERABTF VEHICLE HEARINGS CONTINUED 53 . 54 The hearings for inoperable vehicles located at 1521 New Paris Pike - Lois Bennett and 55 514 Peacock Road - Sheila Chestnut were continued at this time. Mr. Dooley stated 56 that`both ,of these nuisances had been cleared up and he recommended dismissal of the 57 complaint. Mr. Brown .moved to dismiss .the complaints filed against .Lois Bennett of 58 1521 New Paris Pike and Sheila Chestnut of 514 Peacock Road, seconded by Ms. Silberstein 59 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 - 61 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 16, l984 62 . 63 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, second& 64 by Mr. Brown and. on.unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 65 • 17a Board of Works Minutes. Cont'd August 23, 1984 Page 2 1 CLAIMS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT 2 3 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 43,483.02 for payment, seconded by 4 Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 5 6 TABLED ITEMS 7 8 Approval of loading zone and removal of no left turn sign at Richmond Senior 9 High School. 10 11 Ms. Maness stated that she and Captain Wogoman had personally looked at the area 12 requested for the loading zone at the High School and suggested that parking be 13 removed from McGuire Hall to Civic Hall (15 parking spaces) and designated a loading 14 zone with -'hours set from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, the removal 15 of bus loading zone signs in this area and the removal of a no left turn sign at the 16 north end of Whitewater Boulevard. Ms. Maness stated that at this time no recommendation 17 for removal of parking will be made on the east side of the Boulevard. 18 • 19 Ms. Silberstein stated she would like to encourage persons to use the area designated 20 as a loading zone and would like to see median strip loading discouraged. 21 22 Mr. Brown moved to approve the removal of 15 parking spaces from McGuire Hall to 23 Civic Hall and a 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. Monday through Friday loading zone established, 24 the removal of bus loading zone signs in this area and the removal of a no left turn 25 sign on the north end of Whitewater Boulevard, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on 76 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 27 28 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS AND COMMENTS 29 30 Public Works - South L Street Change in Plans and Materials 31 32 Two (2) Changes in Plans and Materials were presented for the South L Street 33 Project. Both changes are for sidewalks on the North and South side of the 34 Street. The sidewalks on the North side are from 9th to 13th Street for a total cost 35 of 16,723.00 with the City's share being 4,181.00. The sidewalks on the south side 36 will correct them being eliminated in the original plans and will cost the City 37 2,858.00 and a total cost of 11,431.00. There are sufficient funds to cover the 38 matches already allocated. 39 40 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve and execute the Change in Plans and Materials for 41 South L Street, seconded by Mr.- Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 42 carried. 43 44 Police Department 45 L6 Nomination Election Committee - Police Merit Commission 47 — — 48 Ms. Silberstein moved to accept the names of Charles Fitzgerald, Dale Sharits and 49 Michael Chambers as candidates to the Nomination Election Committee for the Richmond 50 Police Department Merit Commission, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 51 the motion was carried. 52 53 Date set for election to Nomination Election Committee - 54 55 Ms. Silberstein moved to set 7:00 A.M. Friday September 7, 1984 to 7:00 A.M. 56 Saturday September 8, 1984 as the date for secret ballots to be cast by the members 57 of the Richmond Police Department to elect the member to the Nomination Election 58 Committee, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 59 60 The election will be held in the Police Department. 61 62 Relocation of No Truck Signs from North 16th to North llth 63 64 Captain Wogoman presented the following letter to the members of the Board: 65 /73 Board of Works Minutes COnt'd August 23, 1984 Page 3 1 Dear Board Members: 2 3 I have had several requests to move the "No Truck" signs located on the East side 111 4 of the intersection of So. 16th and A St. , to a new location on the East side of 5 So. llth & A St. 6 7 The State Highway ends at So. llth & A St. and turns North on llth St. to Main. 8 Also the present signs are outdated and not a regulatory sign. 9 10 All large trucks should stae on State Highways, and would also let us up-date our 11 signs to the right ones. 12 13 /s/ Dan Wogoman. 14 Traffic Captain 15 16 _ Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the relocation of no truck signs from No. 16th and 17 A Streets to No. llth and A. Streets, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice 18 vote the motion was carried. 19 20 Planning & Economic Development 21 22 Sale of property at 838 North 12th Street by Contract 23 24 Mr. Dooley stated that. the property at 838 North 12th Street is the last piece of 25 Community Development Property owned by the City. The contract sale will be between 26 the City of Richmond and Norma J. Griffin in the amount of 7,000.00 including 27 1,000.00 down and 6,000.00 paid at a rate of 10% for 7 years. 28 29 Mr. Brown moved to approve the sale of property at 838 North 12th Street by contract 30 to Norma Griffin as per the terms laid out in the Purchase Agreement, seconded by 31 Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 32 33 COUNCIL REQUESTS 34 • 35 Limit parking to the South side of South J Street between 13th and 15th Streets. 36 37 Councilperson Lynn Morris presented a petition from the residents of South J Street 38 between South 13th and South 16th Streets to limit parking to the South Side of 39 the Street in these blocks due to a hill and visibility being narrowed. 40 41 Ms. Morris commented that a child has already been struck and hospitalized due to the 42 visibility problem. She also stated that the residents on the north side all have 43 driveways and all but four (4) residents on the south side have driveways. 44 45 Ms. Silberstein asked if limiting the parking from 13th to 15th would solve the 46 problem and Ms. Morris indicated that it would be a workable solution. 47 48 Ms. Silberstein moved to removed parking on the.North side of South J Street from 49 13th to 15th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 50 was carried. Ms. Silberstein stated that it was the policy of the Board to only 51 eliminate necessary parking to correct a problem. 52 53 Walk Signs at North 16th & E. Main & No. 9th & A 54 55 Councilperson Morris also stated that she had received complaints from residents of 56 Sycamore Square about the length of the Walk Signals at the intersections of North 57 16th and Main and North 9th and A Streets. 58 59 Ms. Maness took, this complaint under advisement. 60 61 Rose View Transit 62 63 Mr. Willis stated that he would have a uniform contract for the Board's approval at 64 the next meeting for advertising sale on the buses. To date four (4) rear ads have 65 been sold and four (4) side signs have been sold. 17 '1 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd August 23, 1984 Page 4 1 Street Light on Cedar Cliff 2 3 City Clerk Mary Merchanthouse stated that the Council had given permission for 4 Richmond Power & Light to do preliminary plans for a street light on Cedar Cliff 5 without the petition from the residents since the petition had already been turned 6 in and lost. 7 8 Mr. Robert Hankosky will proceed with the preliminary drawings to present to the 9 Council Street Lighting Committee for their approval and then will present them 10 to the Board of Works for their approval. 11 12 PUBLIC REQUESTS 13 14 A request was presented from Mr. Jim Murray for the Muscular Dystrophy Association 15 to hold a boot brigade to collect funds 'on Labor Day from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 16 at the intersection of 8th and Promenade. No solicitation will be made on the 17 Promenade. 18 19 Captain Wogoman stated there was no problem with his department and this had been 20 done before. 21 22 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request of the MDA to hold a boot brigade at 8th 23 and Promenade on Labor Day from 9:00 A.M. to . 5:00 P.M. , seconded by Ms. Silberstein 24 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 25 26 ADJOURNMENT 27 28 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 29 meeting was adjourned. 30 31 Cathy A. Maness 32 President 33 34 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 35 Clerk of the Board 36 37 38 39 40 41 . 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50, 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65