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HomeMy Public PortalAbout05-31-1984 i/7 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MAY 31, 1984 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in 2 regular session, May 31, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Ms. Maness presided with Mr. Brown present. Ms. Silberstein was 4 absent. The following business was had to-wit: 5 III6 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS ON INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 21ST AND A STREETS 7 8 Councilperson Brookbank reported to the Board that the Committee had,met-Jregarding 9 the traffic problem at the intersection of South 21st and A Streets. The Committee 10 recommendations were to have the hedge cut back on the N.W. corner of South 21st 11 and A Streets, have a tree cut down and strip an additional 20 feet of yellow 12 zone if the other two recommendations do not solve the problem. 13 14 Mr. Dennis Bronston commented that the persons owning the hedges had been contacted 15 and that Mr. Mike Parker indicated he would cooperate in trimming the hedges. If 16 Mr. Parker does not trim the hedges there is a zoning regulation that can be 17 enforced to accomodate this problem. 18 19 Traffic Captain Wogoman stated that the center strip would be moved over also to 20 allow for better vision at this intersection. 21 22 Mrs. Vicki Wilson of 2043 expressed her concerns over enough residential parking 23 if the additional 20 feet of yellow zone are added. 24 25 Mr. Brown moved to accept the recommendations of the committee to 1. Trim shrubs 26 at intersection, 2. Cut tree at intersection and If necessary 3. Strip an additional 27 20 feet of yellow no parking zone, seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice 28 vote the motion was carried. 29 30 LIMITATION OF PARKING TO EAST SIDE OF SOUTH 20TH STREET FROM MAIN TO A STREET III 31 • 32 Captain Wogoman told the Board that the survey of residents indicated that they 33 would perfer parking on the East side of the street. Mr. Brown moved to 34 eliminate parking on the west side of South 20th Street from Main to A, seconded 35 by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. Effective immediately. 36 37 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF MAY 24, 1984 38 39 Mr. Brown moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as received, 40 seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 41 42 CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 43 44 Ms. Maness stated there were no claims for payment at this time. 45 46 TABLED ITEMS 47 48 Ms. Maness stated that the request of Clyde Williams and Associated will remain 49 tabled until the next meeting to allow location_.of •the..funding. 50 51 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS 52 - .. . 53 Public Works - Request of Richmond State Hospital for half price Corta passes. 54 • 55 Mr. Willis stated that these passes will be used in patient training for use of II56 the City buses and will be needed for approximately eight (8) weeks and these S7 patients will be encouraged to use the buses after their release from the Hospital 58 increasing ridership. Mr. Brown moved to approve the use of half price CORTA 59 passes for the Richmond State Hospital for eight week training period, seconded by 60 Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 61 62 - . 63 64 .. 65 fig Board of Works Minutes Cont'd May 31, 1984 Page 2 1 Attorney's Office 2 3 Massage Parlor Permit 4 - 5 Mr. Barden presented the request of David Brown and Linda Hancock for an application 6 for massage parlor permit at 534 Promenade. Ms. Hancock indicated the massage 7 parlor would be used for therapy to assist in keeping diseased and injured muscles 8 working and will be an extension of the Robert Norris Hair Gallery. 9 10 Ms. Maness commented on the age limit of 18 years and would this effect high- school 11 athletes wanting to take advantage of this therapy. 12 13 This application must be approved by the Richmond Police Department, the Health 14 Department and the Planning and Economic Development Department-before action can be 15 taken by the Board of Works. 16 17 Ordinance Violation Forms for approval 18 19 Mr. Barden presented a new form for Ordinance Violations and the receipt to be used 20 for payment of the violations. Mr. Barden also noted that the words referring to 21 Parking and Traffic on the receipt will not be used. This form will give the City 22 a standardized method of enforcing ordinance violations. 23 24 Mr. Brown moved to approve the form and authorize the City Attorney to make needed 25 changes, seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 26 27 Richmond Power & Light Request for street light conversion on East Main from 10th to 12th 28 29 Mr. Robert Hankosky stated that 18 mercury lights will be removed in this area and 30 replaced by 10 sodium lights at a cost savings to the City of 99.52 per monthly 31 billing. This request has been approved by the Street light committee of Council. 32 The amount of lights are being reduced in this area since U.S. 40 no longer is 33 routed this way. 34 35 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request to reduce the amount of lights and to convert 36 to sodium vapor on East Main Street from 10th to 12th Street, seconded by Ms. Maness 37 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 Mr. Hankosky also updated the Board on work on the South G Street Bridge, East Main 40 from 3rd to 5th, East Main Street from 12th to 16th and South A Street west from 41 Garwood. 42 43 PUBLIC REQUESTS 44 45 The question of Mr. Roger Goller regarding a handicapped parking space on South 22nd 46 Street was presented. Mr. Goller was concerned about enforcement of this space and 47 persons parking partially in the space. Captain Wogoman stated that in the particular 48 instance Mr. Goller was concerned about it was a judgement of the officer called 49 that ample parking remained for Mr. Goller. 50 51 Councilperson Brookbank noted a problem with an illegal used car lot on South 21st 52 Street behind Mr. Goller and that cars from this area are parked in the neighborhood 53 causing parking problems for the residents. 54 55 Ms. Maness referred this problem to the City Attorney for action. 56 57 Approval of Temporary Street Closing for Mr. & Mrs. Charles Mosey 58 59 Mrs. Mosey requested a temporary closing of South 21st Street from Reeveston Road 60 to the median opening approximately one half of the block on June 3, 1984 from 61 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for a graduation reception. Captain Wogoman stated there was 62 no problem with his department. Mr. Brown moved to approve the request to close 63 South 21st for one half a block south of Reeveston Road on June 3, 1984 from 2:00 P.M. 64 to 5:00 p.m. , seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 65 //f- , Board of Works Minutes Cont'd • May 31, 1984 Page 3 1 Comments of Linda Varvel rewarding garage sales and flea markets. III2 3 Mrs. Linda Varvel of 2040 South 12th Street questioned the Board regarding garage 4 sales and flea markets and control of such in the City. Mr. Barden commented 5 that currently the control was limited to no more that three per year and for no 6 more than four consecutive days. He also stated that there is an Ordinance 7 before Council placing more restrictions on garage sales and flea markets. 8 9 Request of Joh Carrico to use City Building Parking lot for helicopter landing 10 11 Mr. Jon Carrico representing Roto-Whirl, Inc. requested permission to use the 12 Southwest portion of the lot as a heliport for helicopter rides June 23 and 24th. 13 A certificate of insurance was presented with the request and 10% of the of the 14 fares after the first 100 rides will be donated to the Rose Festival. It was 15 requested that cars be removed in this area and it be barricaded off. The lot 16 will also need sweeping to eliminate loose gravel. 17 18 It.was.,noted that this portion of the lot is leased to the County for parking and 19 the County should also approve this request. 20 21 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request to use the lot for a heliport on June 23rd 22 and 24th subject to approval by the County, seconded by Ms. Maness and on unanimous 23 voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 ADJOURNMENT 26 27 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed the 28 meeting was adjourned. 29 30 Cathy A Maness 31 President 32 33 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 34 Clerk of the Board 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