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HomeMy Public PortalAbout02-23-1984 .57 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FEBRUARY 23,1984 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana 2 met in regular session February 23, 1984 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. 3 in the Municipal Building of said City. President Cathy Maness 4 presided with the following members present: John Brown and Susan 5 Silberstein. The following business was had to-wit: 6 7 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 16, 1984 8 — -9 Ms. Silberstein moved to correct the minutes of the February 16, 1984 10 meeting with the addition of the date of the pre-trial conference for 11 City Attorney Kenneth Barden. The date of February 17, 1984 was added 12 to the list of trips approved for City Employees. The motion was 13 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 15 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the minutes of February16, 1984 as 16 corrected, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion 17 was carried. 18 19 APPROVAL OF CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT 20 21 Mr. Brown moved to approve claims in the amount of $92,227.91 for payment, 22 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 23 carried. 24 25 REQUEST FOR SHRINE PARADE 26 27 Mr. Roy Wagoner and Mr. Shelby Smith appeared before the Board to request 28 approval for the 25th Annual Shrine Parade. The parade will be taking 29 the same route as the Rose Festival Parade starting in Glen Miller Park 30 and will be on Saturday, August 11, 1984. 31 32 Traffic Captain Wogoman stated there was no problem for his department 33 with the parade. 34 35 Ms. Silberstein asked Mr. Wagoner regarding insurance coverage for the 36 parade. Mr. Wagoner will file a copy of the insurance coverage with the 37 City. 38 39 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to hold the 25th Annual 40 Shrine Parade on August 11, 1984 with proof of insurance being filed, 41 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 42 carried. 43 44 REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY STREET CLOSING FOR SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH 45 46 Rev. Gordon Washington appeared before the Board to request the temporary 47 closing of North 15th Street between G and H Streets for a Youth Rally. 48 The rally is scheduled for May 12, 1984 from 1:00 p.m. to dark and will 49 be for the youth of the community to learn about jobs, City Government 50 and their involvement in the community. 51 52 Captain Wogoman stated there was no problem with his Department, but did 53 request that any sound systems used be controlled to prevent noise 54 pollution in surrounding neighborhoods. 55 56 Mr. Brown moved to approve the request of Rev. Washington of Shiloh 57 Baptist Church for a temporary street closing on May 12, 1984 from 58 1:00 p.m. to dark, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote 59 the motion was carried. 60 61 62 63 64 65 ts Board of Works Minutes Cont'd February 23, 1984 Page 2 1 PETITION FOR DRIVEWAY CUT AT 212 N.W. 20th 2 3 The petition of Kenneth Toschlog for a driveway cut at 212 N.W. 20th 4 was presented to the Board. Dan Dooley spoke for the City and stated 5 that the cut was to permit access for a detached garage being erected 6 on this property. All permits were in order and his office would 7 recommend, approval of the petition. 8 9 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the petition for the driveway cut at 10 212 N.W. 20th Street, seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote 11 the motion was carried. 12 13 REQUEST OF POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ADVANCE PROBATIONARY PATROLMAN 14 15 Police Chief Nimitz read the following letter to the members of the 16 Board of Public Works and Safety: 17 18 Dear Board Members: 19 20 I recommend that Officer Kevin R. Dickerson be advanced from the 21 rank of Probationary Patrolman to that of Patrolman on the Richmond 22 Police Department. 23 24 This officer has successfully completed his probationary period 25 as required. 26 27 Request that this be affective February 22, 1984. 28 29 /s/ Joseph A. Nimitz 30 Chief of Police 31 32 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the request to advance Officer 33 Dickerson from Probationary Patrolman to Patrolman, seconded by Mr. 34 Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 36 SET HEARING DATE FOR PUBLIC NUISANCE VIOLATION 37 38 Dan Dooley of the Community & Economic Development Department requested 39 the Board to set a hearing date on a violation of Ordinance No. 16-1982. 40 This violation involves two (2) inoperable vehicles on the property of 41 Terry Day at 1317 South 3rd Street. The Ordinance states that the 42 Board shall set a hearing date for the owner to appear before the Board 43 not less that seven (7) nor more than twenty-one (21) days after the 44 receipt of the complaint. 45 46 Mr. Dooley commented that the vehicles were not properly licensed and 47 were not operable and were visible from South 3rd Street. 48 49 City Attorney, Kenneth Barden, presented a "Notice of Hearing" for the 50 Board's signature and commented that the hearing would take 15 to 20 51 minutes. This notice will be mailed on February 23, 1984 by certified 52 mail. 53 54 Mr. Brown moved that the Board sign the Notice of Hearing on the violation 55 of Ordinance No. 16-1982 and set the hearing date for March 1, 1984 at 56 the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Works Room at the Municipal 57 Building, seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the 58 motion was carried. 59 60 APPOINTMENT OF PLAN COMMISSION MEMBER 61 62 Ms. Silberstein moved to appoint Cathy Maness as the representative from 63 the Board of Public Works and Safety to the Plan Commission, seconded by 64 Mr. Brown and on voice vote the motion was carried. 65 SG -- Board of Works Minutes Cont'd February 23, 1984 Page 3 1 INQUIRIES FROM COMMON COUNCIL 2 3 President Maness expressed her thanks to Traffic Captain Wogoman for 4 his attendance at the meeting of Common Council. Ms. Maness also 5 asked Captain Wogoman to follow up on his suggestions regarding a 6 signal at the N.W. L Street and N.W. llth Street Railroad crossing. 7 8 PUBLIC COMMENT 9 10 Captain Wogoman presented a request from Mr. Jim Baltimore with Tibbits 11 Mechanical Contractors of Anderson, Indiana for a temporary street closing 12 in the 1st block of North llth Street to accomodate a sewer hook up for 13 the construction at the Palladium Item. This request is for the week 14 of February 27, 1984 and will take approximately two (2) days. The work 15 will begin as the weather permits. 16 17 Ms. Silberstein moved to approve the temporary closing of the first block 18 of North llth Street for the sewer connection to be accomplished, 19 seconded by Mr. Brown and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 20 21 Mr. Harold Patton of 120 S.W. F Street approached the Board for a 22 solution to the problem of-High School students parking in the area 23 around the High School and the ticketing of residential vehicles in this 24 area to enforce the two (2) hour parking limitation. 25 26 The City Attorney commented that he had been working on this problem 27 and the only solution to control the traffic problem created by the 28 students and not to penalize the residents was to change the ordinance 29 controlling the two hour parking and to allow the residents of the 30 area to be exempt from the penality by the issuance of identification 31 for their vehicles. The change in the ordinance would only affect the 32 areas with limited parking and not areas with no parking allowed. 33 This Ordinance will be prepared and sent to the Common Council. 34 35 Captain _Wogoman commented that this area affects approximately 125 36 residents and there is ample parking furnished by the High School for 37 students without them having to park in the residential area. 38 39 Mr. Brown moved to table this request until the members of the Board 40 of Works can be better informed and then can give the citizens of that 41 area a temporary solution until the Ordinance can be passed by Council, 42 seconded by Ms. Silberstein and on unanimous voice vote the motion 43 was passed. 44 45 President Maness assured the public that the Board will act quickly 46 on a temporary solution for the parking problems around the High School 47 area. 48 49 Kenneth Barden informed the Board that he will be presenting forms 50 for City Ordinance violations for the Approval of the board in the near 51 futue. 52 53 There being no further business on a motion duly made, seconded and passed 54 the meeting was adjourned. 55 56 Cathy Maness 57 President 58 59 ATTEST: Mary Merchanthouse 60 Clerk of the Board 61 62 63 64 65