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HomeMy Public PortalAbout09-29-1983 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, SEPTEMBER 29, 1983 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of _'Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session September 29, 1983 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal 3 Building in said City. Mr. Meredith presided with Mr. Cordell and Mr. Webb 4 present. The following business was had, to-wit: 5 • 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 22, 1983 7 11/ 8 Mr. Cordell moved to approve the minutes of September 22, 1983 -as prepared, 9 seconded by .Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 RECEIVE BIDS FOR PROPERTY ON NORTH "G" FROM 8TH TO 10TH • 12 13 Some time ago a request was received from Community- Development to dispose of 14 .some real property in the North "G" Street area between 8th and 10th Streets 15 which has been advertised for sale set -at 9:00 a.m. today. Present were Attorney 16 George Sowers and Ron Cheek both representing the Community Development Department. 17 Mr. Meredith pointed out various items in the ad noting the Board has the right to 18 accept or reject any bid and by statute the property must be sold for not less 19 than 90% of the appraised value. In order to be a bidder a sealed bid must have 20 been submitted by 9 :00 a.m. giving that bidder the right to increase his bid after 21 they have been opened. 22 23 Attorney George Sowers•-examined proof of publication and stated -it appears to be 24 in order. He further noted the sale of property is subject to all taxes. - There 25 are no taxes at the current time so the taxes will be 1984 taxes payable in 1985. 26 Payment of 10% is payable atthe time- of acceptance of the .bid with the balance 27 due on delivery of .deed or final closing. 28 29 Mr. Webb moved the proof of publication be accepted and placed on file, seconded 30 by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote .the motion was carried. 31 - —32 The following bids were received and recorded: - Glazer Scrap Corporation, 650 III33 North 8th Street: Tract 1 $1,000; Tract -2 $400: Tract 3 $300; Tract 4_ $600-. 34 Larry L. Parker and/or Gayla M. Parker, 117 Chestnut Circle: Tract 4 $800. 35 Bidding procedure was then started on Tract. 4 and it was noted the_ bids of . 36 Glazer for Tracts 1 and 3 did not meet the minimum 90% of the appraised value. 37 Mr. Price Glazer increased his bid for Tract 1 to $1350, left his bid at $400 38 for Tract --2. and increased his-bid to $550 for Tract 3. Following bidding by 39 Mr. Glazer and Mr. Parker,. Mr. Parker bid $1300 for Tract 4. He requested the 40 deed be made in his wife's name. Mr. Sowers:noted all bids are acceptable and, • 41 if the Board finds them satisfactory, the properties can be sold. Mr. Cheek 42 , recommended they be sold since they- meet legal requirements. 43 44 Mr. Webb moved that Tract 1 be sold to Glazer Scrap in -the- amount of :$1350; 45 Tract 2 to Glazer Scrap in the amount of $400; Tract 3 to Glazer Scrap in the 46 amount of $550; and Tract 4 to Larry L. Parker and/or Gayla M. Parker in the 47 amount of $1300, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 48 was carried. ' 49 • - 50 REQUEST TO BLOCK STREET FOR ROSE FESTIVAL VENDORS - Loren Vance . 51 52 Mr. Loren Vance presented the following request: - 53 54 Richmond Area Rose Festival does hereby request use.-of Sixth Street 55 - beginning at the South side of the service drive- crossing North Sixth 56 Street to- a-point beginning at the North edge of the exit area for III57 Second National Bank Promenade Branch and running at an angle -to the .58 Northeast corner of the service drive crossing South Sixth Street. 59 • - - - 60 The street would be blocked by normal street barricade for easy re- 61 moval for emergency vehicles: An emergency lane would be left open 62 - in the center of the street for access by the emergency.vehicles. 63 - . 64 -Curb sides of street would be used for commercial concessionaries, 65 approximately 15-20, during Rose Festival, with serving -from either - 66 the street side or the sidewalk side of the concessionaire stand. • Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. - September 29, 1983 Page 2 • 1 Local, not-for-profit organizations from prior festivals would remain 2 on the Promenade and would have first option for- product sale of the 3 items they've sold in the past. Only specialty foods and services 4 would be permitted in the 6th Street area. 5 6 Commercial concessionaires will not be placed beyond either barricade 7 point. 8 9 Power is available from the Southwest corner of the service drive on 10 North 6th Street. 11 12 Water is available from fire hydrants on the Southwest corner of the 13 North 6th Street and service drive crossing and at the Southwest and 14 Northeast -corners of 6th and Promenade. 15 16 Installation expenses for water and power would be funded by Richmond 17 Area Rose Festival, Inc. 18 • 19 Area blocked would also be used for Rose Festival "Big Project" such- 20 as 10' apple pie, strawberry shortcake, etc. . Tentative date is set 21 at June; 21, 1984. 22 . • 23 Richmond Area Rose Festival is now' receiving complaints from merchant 24 employees and general public because of lack of specialty foods, etc. _ 25 at Richmond- Area Rose Festival downtown area. 26 27 This proposal is approved by Mayor Clifford Dickman, -Fire Chief Paul 28 Mullin,• Don McBride-Director..of. Parks & Recreation, John O'Day-Richmond 29 Water Works Corp. , Dave Creech-Richmond Power & Light, Bill Davis - 30 Richmond Street Department, Jack Shaffer - Executive-Vice President,. 31 Richmond Area Chamber of Commerce, -Tom Bivens, 'Knollenberg's, Bryan 32 Marshall - Wayne County. Convention& Tourism Bureau and Captain Dan 33 Wogoman --Richmond Police Department. 34 • . 35 Of his approval, Capt. Dan Wogoman stated this request is better than the previous 36 request to .close 7th Street as a better traffic flow can be maintained'. Exiting 37 from the bank will not be prohibited. Mr. Vance noted they intend to have some- 38 one at the barricade at the' North 6th service drive in case of an emergency. 39 . Capt. Wogoman recommended that this request be taken under advisement for a week 40 for merchants and 'public input. It was noted besides businesses in the area, 41 , there is also a mail drop box. 42 • 43 Mr. Cordell moved that this be continued until next Board meeting a week from 44 today to give time for public input, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice 45 vote the- motion was carried. 46 47 ESTIMATE FOR REBUILDING RAVINIA PARK ARCH 48 49 The City, in a previous meeting, agreed to accept the offer from Farm Bureau 50 Insurance Company in the amount of $5,990 as settlement for the Ravinia Park Arch. 51 Mr. Meredith noted the City does. have on file two (2) -petitions from the residents 52 of the area .requesting this arch be reconstructed. Three bids were received, the • 53 lowest being from Keller Construction Company for $5,940, which was the estimate 54 on which Farm Bureau based their payment. The other $50- was to go to debris 55 removal. Having looked this over, Mr. Meredith recommended the arch be replaced 56 and the'bid of Keller Construction Company be accepted. Mr. Webb so moved, 57 seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 58 59" AWARD BID FOR SALT - Bill Davis 60 61 Acting Director of the Department of Transportation Bill Davis stated a letter 62 was sent to the State Highway Commission earlier this year- expressing interest- 63 in participating in the annual salt bid. Those bids have been accepted and are 64 in order. He recommended accepting the bid of .$22.14 per ton from Domtar Salt. 65 Mr. Webb so moved, seconded by Mr. - Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 66 was carried. .74 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. ' September 29, 1983 Page 3 1 CURB- CUT REQUESTS 2 3 Ahaus Tool - 200 Industrial. Parkway 4 5 Acting City Engineer Steve Esarey presented a. petition. for a curb cut from 6 Ahaus Tool which is planning an expansion of.their present facility.. This 7 request has approval of Plan, Traffic and Engineering Departments; Mr. Webb 8 moved that the request of Ahaus Tool Company. for a driveway on Old Eaton 9 Pike be approved, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the 111 10 motion was carried. 11 • 12 Mt. Olive Baptist Church 7 1108 North "H" 13 . . 14 Mr. Esarey presented a petition from Mt.. Olive Baptist :Church which pre- 15 viously submitted a request- in May and: ar-e. planning.an expansion of their 16 church. They have revised the original request to .allow for a' curb cut 17 on the alley to better allow parking. Traffic, Plan and Engineering De- 18 partments all recommend approval. It was -noted the other driveway permit is 19 voided. .-Capt. Wogoman:noted this request is better for traffic than the 20 original request. - 21 _ _ 22 Mr. Webb moved that the driveway petition for- Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1108 23 North "H". be approved :as presented, :seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous 24 voice-vote the motion was carried. 25 . - • . . 26 SET-DATE FOR UNSAFE 'BUILDING HEARINGS- FOR 1122 NORTH '"I" AND .111.9 NORTH "I" . 27 28 Mr. Meredith set .the hearing for the unsafe building at 1122 North "I" at 29 9:30 a.m. and at 1119 North "I" at 10:00aa..m. on October 27, 1983. _ 30 . .31 POLICE RESIGNATION - Chief Chris . 32 - 33 Police-Chief Charles Chris submitted the following letter.to the Board: - - —34 . , III35 Attached find a copy of the letter of resignation from Patrolman • - • 36 Gary Heikkinen, effective September 30, 1983-. .• Officer Heikkinen's 37 resignation is for personal reasons.. 38 . 39 I,recommend acceptance of Officer Heikkinen'.s resignation from 40 the Richmond Police Department. . 41 • . _. 42 Attachment ;from Officer Gary Heikkinen: 43 44 I am giving notice to you and the City of Richmond, that I am 45 leaving the employment of the Richmond Police Department. The 46 last working day will be the 30th of September, and all equipment and 47 articles issued will be turned in to your office before that date. 48 . . 49 .The reasons for leaving are personal and I am doing so as not to 50 bring any undue .hardships to the department or my fellow officers. - 51 Working with such a fine group of fellow. officers has been an honor 52 . and I feel_that the Richmond Police Department is one of the finest 53 police departments in the State of Indiana. - I greatly appreciate . 54 - the opportunity to work for such a fine group, and hope that my 55 . resignation will be accepted; 56 • - 57 Mr. Webb moved that the request from Officer Gary Heikkinen to resign 58 effective September 30, 1983 be accepted, seconded -by Mr. Cordell- and on 59 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 60 61 SET DATE •FOR "TRICK OR TREAT" - Chief Chris 62 63 Police Chief-Charles Chris recommended, having talked to .the Juvenile Division, 64 Sunday, October 30 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. as "Trick or Treat" night. One 65 ' ' thing to consider is finding a date that is least hazardous to youngsters. 66 Some churches have -services but it is safest in regard to traffic problems. 67 As is traditional, people welcoming children should turn on their porch lights 68 and, if not on, please do not bother those people. • Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. September 29, 1983 Page 4 1 Mr. Cordell moved that the Halloween "Trick or Treat" night be set for 2 October 30, 1983 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. , seconded by Mr. Webb and 3 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried: 4 5 HANDICAPPED PARKING-ON CITY PARKING AREA - Chief Chris 6 7 Chief Chris noted a problem has come to his attention on the city lot on 8 the west front..of the building that' the handicapped parking areas-are 9 normally marked parking spaces and not. large .enough for vans. It_has been 10 . suggested- making three (3) handicapped parking spaces on the west drive of 11 the building, which is now a yellow area with a wheel chair ramp available. 12 He recommended expansion of the "no parking" zone south with three (3) 13 spaces at the curb line marked with yellow and posted with appropriate 14 signs. This would put the -passenger door on the curb side and there is no 15 more danger to the driver than on a public street. 'He further recommended 16 removal of the two (2) places already marked for handicapped. A require- 17 ment to use these marked spaces is a handicapped license plate or a temporary 18 handicapped card-designation placed in the window of the car. The law has 19 changed in -making illegal parking in these areas a misdemeanor violation 20 ' instead of a parking infraction. 21 22 Mr. Webb moved that the request of .Chief Chris to remove the present - 23 two (2) handicapped spaces' on -the -parking lot and installation of three (3) 24 new handicapped parking spaces along the drive of the west entrance be ' 25 approved as presented, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote 26 the motion .was carried. 27 28 ADJOURNMENT 29 . 30 There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. 31 - 32 Donald E. Meredith 33 President 34 35 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble • 36 Clerk of the Board 111.