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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-14-1984 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 14, 1984 ill1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in 2 regular session June 14, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown and Ms. Silberstein present. 4 5 OEENING OF BIDS FOR BUS BENCH ADVERTISING 6 7 Ms. Maness requested if there were any further bids to be received and hearing 8 none, Ms. Silberstein moved to close the bids, seconded by Mr. Brown and on 9 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 Ms. Maness examined the Proof of Publication and found it to be in order. Ms. 12 Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr. 13 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Ms. Maness explained that the request for a 5% bid bond would be waived since 16 these bids were percentages of earnings to be paid to the City. 17 18 The bid of Bench Ad of Indiana, Stan Davis, President was opened and was in 19 proper order. The bid was to pay the City 25% of the gross sales on the advertising. 20 21 The bid of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, Richard Goin, President was opened 22 and was in proper order. The bid was for 30% of the gross sales to be paid 23 to the City on the sale of the advertising and requested a three (3) year contract. 24 25 Ms. Silberstein moved to take the bids under advisement and to refer them to the 26 office of the City Attorney for tabulation and evaluation, seconded by Mr. Brown 27 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 28 29 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 7, 1984 30 - - - -31 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as presented, 32 seconded by Mr. Brown and _on-unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 33 34 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 35 36 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of 73,971.87 for payment, seconded 37 by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 APPROVAL OF FIRE HYDRANT REMOVAL IN STARR PIANO FACTORY AREA 40 41 Fire Chief Bosell explained there are four (4) hydrants in the Starr Piano Area L2 that are damaged or useless and he would like to continue the policy of relocating 43 or removing hydrants with no fire protection value. The Water Works will remove 44 the hydrants at no cost to the City. 45 L6 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the removal of four (4) fire hydrants in the Starr 47 Piano Area in the river gorge, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 48 the motion was carried. - L9 50 Fire Chief Bosell informed the Board of a federal grant received in connection with III51 Ivy Tech and the Fire Department for 4,730.00 for EMT training. 52 53 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS 54 55 HEARING DATE FOR INOPERABLE VEHICLES AT 616 No. 12th, 1414 Holsapple Road and 56 1726 Peacock Road 57 58 Ms. Silberstein moved to set the date of July 5, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 am for 59 for a public hearing on inoperable vehicles at 616 North 12th Street, 1414 Holsapple. 60 Road and 1726 Peacock Road, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unaimous voice vote the 61 motion was carried. 62 63 BUILDING DIVISION MONTHLY REPORT 64 65 Mr. Brown moved to accept and file the monthly report fDr the Building Division ins Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 14, 1984 Page 2 1 of the Planning and Economic Development Department, seconded by Ms. Silberstein 2 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 PERMISSION TO RECEIVE QUOTES AND ACT ON SAME FOR CHEMICALS AT STREET DEPARTMENT 5 6 Ralph Willis explained to the Board that there were chemicals at the Street 7 Department stored in the field that the Manville expansion will take place upon 8 that have been declared toxic by the State Board of Health. These need to be 9 removed as quickly as possible since they are rusting and leaking. Jackie Markley,. 10 Chemist for the Sanitary District has received some quotes on the total disposal of: 11 these chemicals and they are ranging in the 8,000.00 to 10,000.00 area. The chemical 12 analysis and the permits for transporting the chemicals are a major portion of the 13 cost. 14 15 Ms. Silberstein moved to allow Jackie Markley to continue to receive quotes and 16 for the Public Works Department to act on the best quote, seconded by Mr. Brown and 17 on1.unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 RATIFICATION OF SALE OF SCRAP FOR STREET DEPARTMENT 20 21 Ms. Maness stated to the Board that the Street Department had to clear the field of• 22 scrap for access to the chemicals and that this was actual scrap and the sale had 23 been properly documented and all records and receipts were in her office. Receipts 24 from these sales go into miscellaneous revenue of the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund and- 25 the sale took place on June 8th through June llth. 26 27 Ms. Silberstein moved to ratify the sale of scrap by the Street Department from 28 June 8, 1984 to June 11, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 29 the motion was carried. 30 11/ 31 RATIFICATION OF NO PARKING ON SHORT 8TH STREET BETWEEN L AND M STREETS 32 33 Mr. Willis told the Board that he had requested Ms. Maness and Capt. Wogoman to 34 declare an emergency late last Friday, June 8, 1984 and remove street parking on 35 Short 8th Street from L to M Street to assist semi-truck traffic into Shawnee Plastics. 36 With the on street parking these trucks are unable to negotiate the turn on this street. 37 The City is in the process of constructing a ramp to facilitate deliveries at 38 Shawnee. 39 40 Captain Wogoman commented that this does effect three (3) to (4) residents and one 41 (1) business located in the area and he would like to see some on street parking 42 provided. 43 L4 Chief Nimitz commented on the vacant ground adjacent to Fire House #4 that was 45 formerly a park and suggested that a temporary parking area could be arranged there 46 for the residences, firefighters and patrons of the business. Mr. Willis will investigate 47 providing temporary parking facilities. 48 49 Ms. Silberstein moved to ratify the emergency granting of the removal of street parking 50 on both sides of Short 8th Street from M to L Street, seconded- by Mr. Brown and on 51 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 52 53 PUBLIC REQUESTS 54 55 REQUEST OF TOWNSEND CENTER TO BLOCK NO. H STREET BETWEEN 12th and 13th 56 57 Rev. Gene Spicer, Executive Director of the Townsend Center requested permission 58 from the Board to Block North H Street between 12th and 13th Streets from June 18, 1984 59 to June 27, 1984 from the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for their summer recreation 60 and education program. 61 62 Ms. Silberstein questioned the ability of the Board to block a public right of way 63 for such an extended period of time due to a prior decision of the Board's being 64 recinded on further investigation of the City Attorney regarding interference with 65 public rights of way for long periods of time. / 2 & - Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 14, 1984 Page 3 11/ 1 Chief Nimitz told the Board that the Townsend Center needs to petition the City 2 for vacation of the street and Captain Wogoman commented that this had been done 3 the past two (2) years with no problem. 4 5 Rev. Spicer stated that they had petitioned for the vacation of the street and Mr. 6 .Bronston of the Planning and Economic Development Department indicated they needed 7 legal descriptions of the public ways being vacated before they could proceed with 8 the application. Mr. Willis indicated his department will complete the legal 9 descriptions and agreed that the street should be vacated since it is a one (1) 10 block street of no value to the City for public access yet the City still has to 11 maintain the area. 12 13 Ms. Silberstein moved to table the request of Townsend Center to block North H 14 Street for their summer programs until legal opinion can be obtained, seconded 15 by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY CLOSING OF NORTH 12th STREET FOR ROAD RUNNERS BLOCK PARTY 18 19 Ms. Angel Walker representing the Road Runners Motor Cycle Club requested permission 20 to temporarily close North 12th Street between F and G Street on September 1, 1984 21 between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 2:00 a.m. for a barbeque and dance. 22 23 The Board_noted that to be consistent with a prior approval on a block party with 24 music involved the music should be shut down at 12:00 midnight. 25 II/ 26 Mr. Btb n moved to approve the request to temporarily close North 12th Street 27 from 6:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. on September 1, 1984ewith the condition that the 28 music will end at 12:00 midnight, seconded by Ms. Silberste-in and on unanimous voice 29 vote the motion was carried. 30 31 RESPONSE FROM INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ON CHESTER BLVD & CRESTDALE DRIVE 32 33 Ms. Maness read a letter from Clinton Venable, Chief, Division of Traffic of the 34 Indiana Department of Highways. Mr. Venable stated that information gathered 35 by their department will not support the installation of a traffic signal or other 36 traffic control at the intersection of Chester Boulevard and Crestdale Drive 37 at this time. He indicated that if future conditions warrant traffic control 38 for children crossing the street they can restudy the intersection. 39 40 PERMISSION FOR A TEST RUN OF CORTA THROUGH OAK PARK SUBDIVISION 41 42 Ralph Willis requested permission from the Board to route the CORTA bus through the 63 Oak Park Subdivision on June 16th for a test run and allow free rides from the 44 persons in this area for the test run. The bus serving this area is on thirty (30) 45 minute intervals and the route would be up U.S. 27 and through Oak Park. They 46 are wanting to do this in connection with route studies. 47 48 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request of CORTA to route a bus through the 49 Oak Park subdivision on June 16, 1984 on a test run with the rides being freafor 50 these customers, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 51 was carried. 11/ 53 Mr. Willis also announced that the CORTA route serving the South L Street area 54 will resume service on the completed portion of South L from 9th Street eastward on 55 Monday, June 18, 1984. 57 57 BID OPENINGS FOR DEMOLITION OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS at 316-318 North 18th Street and 58 1002 Butler Street. 59 60 Ms. Maness examined the Proof of Publications and found them to be in order. 61 She also announced if there were no other bids the bids would be closed. Ms. 62 Silberstein moved to accept and file the Proof of Publication, seconded by Mr. 63 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 64 65 I2.1 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd June 14, 1984 Page 4 1 The bid of Terry McDaniel, 5 River Court, was opened. The bid had not been completed 2 and was not in proper order. The bid was to demolish the unsafe building at 1002 3 Butler Street for the salvage. 4 5 The bid of Cox Excavating was opened for demolition of unsafe building at 1002 6 Butler Street. The bidder information sheet had been completed, but Form 96 7 had not been completed or signed. The bid presented was for 2,500.00 and proof of 8 insurance had been given. 9 10 The bid of Cox Excavating was opened for demolition of unsafe building at 316-318 North 11 18th Street. The bidder information sheet had been completed, but the Form 96 was 12 not completed or signed. The bid was for 2,500.00 for the demolition. 13 14 After questioning the legality involved in accepting the bids presented since the 15 bid forms were not in proper order, Ms. Silberstein moved to not accept the bids and 16 to refer them to the City Attorney to decide the legality of the bids, seconded by 17 Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 18 19 ADJOURNMENT 20 21 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 22 meeting was adjourned. 23 24 Cathy A. Maness 25 President 26 27 28 29 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 30 Clerk of the Board 31 32 33 34 35 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