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Home My Public Portal About07-07-1983 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND. SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JULY 7 ,. 1983 • . • - 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond., Indiana, met in 2 regular session July 7, 1983: at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal Building 3 in said City. Mr. Meredith presided with Mr. Cordell and Mr. Webb present. The 4 following business was had, to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JUNE 30, 1983 . • 7 8 Mr. Cordell moved to approve the minutes of June 30, 1983 as prepared, seconded III9 . by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote- the-motion was carried,, 1b 11 • SET RAIN DATE FOR PRO RACE OF GRAN PRIX - Chuck Roberts 12 . 13 Mr. Chuck Roberts, 58 Waterfall Road, stated the pro race of the Rose City Gran 14 Prix got rained out last Monday and he requested rescheduling of that race for 15 Sunday, July 10 with practically the same schedule as before. The set up will 16 be at 6:00 a.m. with the race running until 3:00 p.m. 17 .. • 18 Mr.. Cordell moved that •the •rain date. for the pro race of the Gran Prix be 19 Sunday, July 10, 1983 from approximately 6:00 a,.m. to 3:00 p.m. , seconded by 20 Mr.. Webb. It was noted their insurance coverage sets July 10 through 12 as 21 • the date for inclimate weather. On unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 .. . 23 REPORT ON ELKS ROAD SIGNAL- Mayor Dickman 24 25 Mayor Dickman announced the long awaited traffic signal on Elks Road and U.S. 40 26 has been approved and Kroger has accepted the bid of Janes H. Drew Corporation. 27 The project should begin any time now. This should ;help move traffic and all 28 of this hinges into the South "L" Street project. Mr. Meredith congratulated 29 the Mayor on getting this project done as it 'has been in the offing through : 30 many mayors. • .. - S - - 31 . 32 REQUEST FOR LABOR DAY RALLY -, Jim Bryant 33 . III34 Mr. Jim Bryant, 204 No. Washington Street, New Paris, Ohio, representing Eastern 35 Indiana' AFL-CIO Central Labor. Council; stated they are planning a Labor Day Rally 36 between North & South "A" Street and between 7th & 4th Streets .on Monday, Sep- 37 tember 5 from 11 :00 a.m. to 1 :00 p.m. There will not be any type anti-Richmond 38 demonstration. The basic part will be.-.speakers. • They expect approximately 2000 39 people participating. . The stage will be set up on 4th Street between the •Court 40 House and County Annex buildings. •They will be starting at the North 7th Street 41 City Parking lot and go 'down 6th Street to the service drive, and across the service 42 drive and county parking lotto this area. They will not be using the Mall. 43 Chief. Chris• requested a copy of the route be given to Capt. Wogoman. The request 44 is to block 4th Street between Main Street and South"A" Street. Mr.. Anderson 45 suggested that in the motion the actual area should be well defined and maps 46 submitted to the Traffic Division so it is very explicit where the rally is to be 47 as ,well as the times and perhaps• even the purpose that this is a program to be 48 conducted to celebrate this national holiday dedicated to labor and in no way 49 be derogatory or detrimental to the purpose or spirit of the holiday or the • 50 welfare of the citizens of Richmond. • 51 • 52 'Mr. Cordell moved that the subject, before the Board be approved, seconded by 53 Mr.. Webb. It was noted it is the. intention of the motion to. include the comments ' 54 of the City.Attorney... On unanimous 'voice vote the motion was carried. 55 . 56 INTRODUCTION OF NEW ACTING CITY ENGINEER STEVEN ESAREY - Mayor Dickman 57 . 58 Mayor Dickman presented Steven Esarey who will become acting City Engineer for 59 the City. S 60 61 .Mr. Esarey has been out of. Purdue a year. He is •not a registered engineer but has 62 a 'degree in engineering. • The Mayor requested the Board approve the .appointment. . 63 64 Mr. Webb moved to accept the recommendation of Mayor Dickman .to appoint Steven 65 Esarey as acting City Engineer effective the 2nd of July, 1983, seconded by Mr. 66 Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. • Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. July 7, 1983 • Page 2 ' • 1 REQUEST TO •USE #1 FIRE HOUSE FOR CLAUDE LOUDY BENEFIT - Chief Mullin 2 3 Fire Chief Paul Mullin requested permission to use the #1 fire station on Sunday, 4 July 10 for the Claude Loudy Benefit Fund. Claude came up through the .ranks and 5 has been retired from the Fire Department for three (3) years. He is very ill and 6 his medical expenses are astronomical. The men would like to hold a benefit for 7 him to help with the expenses. They will be selling chicken and ribs and home- 8 made pies.' The men will be on duty and off duty men and wives will help. He 9 noted there is also a Claude Loudy Benefit Fund set up at the Second National 10 Banks in the county. 11 12 Mr. Webb moved that the subject be granted, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on 13 unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 14 . 15 USE OF FIRE TRUCK FOR "FILL THE BOOT" FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY _ Chif Mullin 16 17 Chief.Mullin requested permission to use the fire trucks at the shopping centers 18 on Friday, July 15 and Saturday, .July 16 for the "Fill the Boot" -campaign. The 19 trucks will.be in service. The Fire Department has been affiliated with Muscular 20 Dystrophy for many years and last year they collected over $3600. This has been 21 done•for four (4) years and has been a good program. - 22 23 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the subject request, seconded by Mr. Cordell and 24 on unanimous voice vote the motion. was carried. . 25 26 SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT ON TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT - George Webb 27 28 As a part of the recent traffic signal program, a function that has. not.been -done. 29 is a study of. the time base coordinators. We are required to make a supplemental 30 agreement to evaluate these;time ,base coordinators.. . The agreement is within the 31 budget of the project. There will be no change in the contract price. This is 32 a routine administrative matter. 33 34 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the supplemental agreement,' seconded by Mr. 35 Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 36 . • 37 UTILITY AGREEMENT. ON SOUTH "L" STREET PROJECT WITH GAS COMPANY - George Webb 38 • 39 Mr. Webb presented a signed utility agreement from-the Richmond Gas Corporation 40 in .conjunction with the reconstruction of South "L" Street between 23rd and z 41 mile west of Garwood Road. It states the• utilities in the area will be relocated 42 at their cost which is a requirement 'of the Federal Highway Administration. 43 . 44 Mr. Webb moved that the Board of Public Works and Safety accept the utility 45 agreement with the Richmond -Gas Corporation for the construction of South "L" 46 Street from -23rd Street to 1 mile west of Garwood Road in Richmond, Indiana, 47 seconded by Mr. Cordell and oh unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 48 . 49 DRIVEWAY PETITION FOR 711 NORTH 10TH FOR C&W BAR-B-Q - George Webb 50 51 Mr. Webb presented a request from C&W Bar-B-Q for a driveway at 711 North 10th 52 Street. It has been reviewed by Engineering, Traffic and Planning and all three (3) 53 recommend approval.• 54 . • 55 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the C&W driveway at 711 North 10th Street, seconded 56 by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 57 . 58 SET. BID DATE FOR SALE OF NORTH 17TH STREET PROPERTY • 59 60 The Clerk read the following memo from Mayor Dickman: 61 • 62 The area known as North 17th Street, running from the 63 bridge to New Paris Pike, has no use value for the city. 64 65 I hereby approve of the sale: of this property as contained 66 in the legal description and that the. Board. of Public Works & 67 Safety advertise and sell this property.. ac) 5 Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. July 7, 1983 Page 3 1 Mr. Meredith set August 4, 1983 at 9:00 a.m. as the time to receive these 2 bids. He requested the Clerk advertise the property. 3 4 BUREAU OF BUILDINGS MONTHLY REPORT 5 6 Mr. Webb moved that the monthly report for the Bureau of Buildings for June, 7 1983 be accepted and placed on file, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous 8 voice vote the motion was carried. II/ 9 10 RADIO MAINTENANCE MONTHLY REPORT 11 12 Mr. Webb moved that the monthly Radio Maintenance report for June, 1983 be 13 accepted and placed on file, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice 14 vote the motion was carried. 15 16 ADJOURNMENT 17 18 There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. 19 20 Donald E. Meredith 21 President 22 23 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 24 Clerk of the Board