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HomeMy Public PortalAbout05-03-1984 /03 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MAY 3, 1984 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in 2 regular session May 3, 19.84 at the hour of 9:00 A.M. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Mr. Brown presided with Ms. Silberstein present. Ms. Maness 4 was absent. The following business was had to-wit: S 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF APRIL 26, 1984 . 7 8 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as received, 9 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimos voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 12 13 There were no claims for payment. 14 15 TABLED ITEMS 16 17 911 Concept 18 19 City Attorney Ken Barden reported to the members of the Board on the Committee of 20 the Whole Meeting of the Common Council on May 2, 1984. Mr. Barden stated 21 that the City will be receiving their radio equipment the first of August and 22 they are ready to install this equipment in the Richmond Police Department. 23 Mr. Barden commented that the County was not ready to enter an Interlocal 24 Agreement regarding the use of the EOC and he was not certain of the time 25 it would take for the County to be ready for these agreements. 26 27 Members of the Common Council will respond to the Board of Works about ::_their 28 feelings on the location of the radio equipment and they will have to initiate 29 the effort for the City to relocate in the EOC. 30 31 The 911 telephone system can be installed in the local Police Department and 11/ 32 Chief Nimitz stated they were ready to install this system if the Board of 33 Works approved the installation and the Council appropriated the funding. 34 35 Ms. Silberstein moved to leave the issue of the 911 telephone system on the 36 table until the meeting of May 10, 1984 in order to hear comments from the 37 Councilpeople, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 38 was carried. 39 40 Bus Bench Advertising 41 42 Mr. Stan Davis gave the Board members a background on his contract to sell 43 advertising on City owned Bus Benches. Mr. Davis commented that the contract 44 with the City provided no means of replacing or repairing benches and that 45 any funds that might have been considered profits the last several years had 46 been used to repair and replace the benches. 47 - 48 Mr. Davis stated that his contract had not been renewed with the City on the 49 Ads since 1977. 50 - 51 Mr. Barden explained to the members of the Board that it was their option to 52 renew the current contract with Mr. Davis or to let this contract for bids. 53 Mr. Barden commented that Mr. Davis has not provided the City with any annual 54 accounting of this contract for the years of 1981 due in 1982 and 1982 due in 55 1983. 56 . 57 Ms. Silberstein stated that it would be best to start on a new footing and to 58 have this contract under control from the beginning. 59 60 Ms. Silberstein moved to' relet the bids for Bus Bench Advertising and to set 61 the bid date at the May 10, 1984 meeting, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 62 voice vote the motion was carried. 63 64 .. 65 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd May 3, 1984 Page 2 1 Request of Councilperson Brookbank for Traffic Control at South 21st and A Streets 2 3 Councilperson Brookbank requested the members of the Board to consider extending the 4 yellow zone on South A Street at the 21st Street intersection for the 40' already 5 painted up to six (6) car lenghts. This no parking area would be on the North 6 side of South A Street in the 2000 block. 7 8 Councilperson Brookbank explained the difficulty at this intersection to see 9 oncoming traffic. 10 11 Captain Dan Wogoman explained that this extension of the yellow zone would eliminate 12 parking on :three (3) or four (4) homes on this street. 13 14 Vickie Wilson of 2034 South A Street commented that there was no parking available in 15 the alley for the residents of this street and many of the residents had no garages 16 or driveways available for parking and that they needed the on street parking. 17 18 Mrs. Wilson asked the Board if a yellow flasher would help alleviate the problem 19 with this intersection. 20 21 Ms. Silberstein asked Captain Wogoman if. he would find out the state warrants for 22 the placing of a flasher on thru streets. 23 24 Ms. Silberstein moved to table this request for traffic control at the intersection 25 of South A and 20th Streets until the May 10, 1984 meeting in order that all available 26 options •- - .be considered and to receive residential input, seconded by Mr. Brown 27 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 28 29 COMMITTEE REPORTS 30 31 Mr. Barden reported on the meeting for establishing guidelines for the Wrecker 32 Services. These guidelines Were presented to Council at the Committee of the 33 Whole for their consideration and Mr. Barden will be presenting an Ordinance to 34 the Council regarding Wrecker Services and the Richmond Police Department Rotation 35 for using Wrecker Services. 36 37 Mr. Barden reported to the Board members on the ambulance service and stated that 38 he had presented Council the options available to them regarding ambulance service 39 at the Committee of the Whole meeting. The members of Council will respond to Mr. 40 Barden on the options available and Mr. Barden will present an Ordinance to Council 41 on the Ambulance Service for their final action. 42 43 DEPARTMENT REQUESTS L4 45 Attorney's Office 46 L7 Mr. Barden presented Resolution No. 3-1984 to the Board regarding the appointment of L8 appraisers for certain property at 700 Richmond Avenue. The Resolution gives the 49 authority to the City Attorney and City Engineer to hire two (2) appraisers for this 50 property. The property involved is property the City would like to purchase since 51 it has been using the property. The appraisers fees will be paid by the City 52 Attorney's Office. 53 54 Ms. Siberstein moved to approve and sign Resolution No. 3-1984, seconded by Mr. 55 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 56 57 Mr. Barden requested the Board to set a hearing date for nuisance on litter, trash, 58 and garbage at 618 South 13th Street. This property is owned by Oliver Conner. 60 Mr. Barden suggested the hearing be set for May 10, 1984 at 9:00 A.M. and Mr. 6061 George Faulkenberg of the Sanitary District will inspect the property prior to the hearing in order to inform the Board if this violation should be heard or 63 63 dismissed. 64 65 Ms. Silberstein moved to set the hearing date for the nuisance violation at 618 South /OS. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd May 3, 1984 Page 3 1 13th Street for May 10, 1984 at 9:00 a.m. , seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 2 voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Public Works 5 6 Request to conduct Corta Survey 7 8 Emily Thompson requested permission from the Board of Works to conduct a survey 9 en_May.. 9;_,198.4 .to::deterniine )the composition of the ridership and the high and low 10 density ride areas. 11 12 Ms. Thompson stated the survey will be conducted by students, elderly and City 13 employees and the students and elderly will be paid 3.75 per hour from 14 contractual services. All costs of,-the survey will be paid from regular 15 budget operations. 16 17 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to conduct the CORTA Survey on 18 May 9, 1984, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 19 carried. 20 21 Fire Department 22 23 Request to Raze house in Training Area on Sim Hodgin 24 25 Fire Chief Bosell presented a request to the Board to raze the house previously 26 used for training on Sim Hodgin Boulevard. The house is now dangerous and no 27 longer used for training. 28 29 The house will be torn down for the concrete blocks. 30 31 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to raze the fire training house on 32 Sim Hodgin, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 33 carried. 34 35 Planning & Economic Development 36 37 Request to approve route to move house 38 39 Mr. Bronston presented a request from Victor Bartlemay to relocate a house L0 from 2105 Chester Boulevard to Lot #5 in Oak Park Subdivision.. The route will 41 be down Chester Boulevard through Cox' s Market Lot across property owned by 42 Charles Miles to Lot #5 on Sylvan Nook Drive. The route has been approved by 43 the utility companies and persons involved. Captain Wogoman stated there was 44 no problem with his department. 45 L6 Mr. Bronston recommended approval with the posting of a Performance Bond and 47 indication that there will be a Certificate of Insurance from the House Movers. 48 49 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to move the house and the route 50 involved with the posting of the Performance Bond and the indication of the 51 Certificate of Insurance being filed, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous 52 voice vote the motion was carried. - 53 54 COUNCIL REQUESTS 55 56 Request of Councilperson Brookbank to limit parking to one side of South 20th 57 Street from Main to A Street.: 58 59 Councilperson Brookbank requested the Board to limit parking to the west side 60 of South 20th Street due to the narrowness of the street and the congestion 61 created by parking on both sides of the street. 62 63 Captain Wogoman stated he has no objection to the limited parking but would like 64 to hear from the residents involved since this would affect ten (10) residents 65 and their on street parking area. /0 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd May 3, 1984 Page 4 1 Ms. Silberstein moved to table this request until May 10, 1984 in order to get 2 resident input, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 3 was carried. 4 5 DEPARTMENT HEAD COMMENTS 6 7 Mr. Barden reminded the Public of the limitations placed on Garage Sale signs11/ 8 by the Litter Ordinance and also that election materials are not allowed in 9 right of ways and all materials handed out must be secured in some manner. 10 11 Mr .Barden also stated that effective September 1, 1984 all parking lots private 12 and public not pay must enforce Handicapped Parking areas and that this is a 13 500.00 violation. This is a new State Law and will be enforced locally. 14 15 Mr. Willis stated he had received a reply on his request to inspect the Main ' 16 Street Bridge. The State will be inspecting the bridge for concrete falling 17 from the bridge onto Sim Hodgin and by placing them on notice the liability 18 shifts from the City to the State. 19 20 Captain Wogoman requested the Board to approve the temporary closing of North 21 15th Street at the Con Rail Crossing for repairs to the crossing. This closing 22 would take effect immediately. 23 24 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the temporary closing of North 15th Street for 25 repairs at the Con Rail Crossing, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unaimous voice vote 26 the motion was carried. 27 28 This will be effective as of May 3, 1984. 29 30 Mr. Robert Hankosky of Richmond Power & Light presented a proposal from the 31 Street Light Committee of Common Council and Richmond Power & Light to remove 32 22 Mercury Lights on South L Street and to relocate the distribution lines and 33 install 33 Sodium Lights in connection with the rebuilding of South L Street. 34 35 This will be at an increase of 45.54 per month on the billing to the City. 36 37 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to remove the 22 Mercury Lights and 38 relocate and install 33 Sodium Lights on South L Street from 8th to 23rd Streets, 39 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 40 41 Captain Wogoman told the Board that they will be removing parking on the West side 42 of South 9th Street temporarily for the reconstruction of the intersection with 43 L Street. This will start on Monday, May 7, 1984. 44 45 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 46 the meeting was adjourned. 47 48 John Brown 49 Vice President 50 51 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 52 Clerk of the Board 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 " 62 63 64 65