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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-09-1983 'JS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, JUNE 9, 1983 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session June 9, 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 JUNE 2, 1983 III 7 8 Mr. Cordell moved the minutes .of June 2, 1983 be approved and placed on file, 9 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 REQUEST FOR MARCH OF DIMES ROADBLOCK 12 13 Mr. Charles Wise, 295 College Corner Road, Greensfork and Mr. Kevin Dickerson, 14 1047 Sycamore Lane, requested roadblocks in conjunction with the first national 15 March of Dimes telethon on the 4th of July week-end at S. W. 18th & National 16 Road, 18th & East Main and Woodside Drive & National Road East on Sunday, July 17 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Capt. Dan Wogoman requested denial of the Wood- 18 side Drive request and recommended they solicit on shopping center property at 19 that intersection. 20 21 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the March of Dimes roadblock at S. W. 18th & 22 National Road and 18th & E. Main Streets on July 3 between the hours of 11 :00 23 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. , seconded by Mr. Cordell. Mr. Meredith reminded Mr. Wise and 24 Mr. Dickerson that adults only can participate and that during the green light 25 for the lane of traffic, they should be on the curb. Mr. Anderson will prepare 26 a hold harmless agreement for them to sign. On unanimous voice vote the motion 27 was carried. 28 - . 29 SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES - Ron Cheek , 30 212 North 20th Street 31 . 32 Ron Cheek, representing the Department of Community Development, presented two III33 . -(2) satisfactions of mortgages to be considered by the Board. The first release 34 is a mortgage at 212 North 20th. This mortgage was executed as a part of the 35 replacement housing program 'in which the owner agrees to take a five (5) year 36 mortgage. The five (5) year time limit has expired and he requested release of 37 that mortgage. City Attorney Ed Anderson has reviewed the satisfaction and 38 finds it in order. .. 40 41 Mr. Webb moved that a certain mortgage for a property. at 212 North 20th Street 42 be released, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 43 carried. 44 . 45 202 North 15th Street 46 47 This mortgage is a result of a loan in the revolving loan fund.. " The bank made 48 a first loan and Community Development leveraged with a second mortgage. The 49 property is in the historic district. The loan was made in August of 1979 and 50 it became apparent in March of this year that the loan was uncollectible. 51 Bank officials and the Community Development attorney agreed that the bank 52 should take over this property so the owner deeded it to the bank. This reduced 53 the cost by not having to foreclose on the property. The mortgage was for $15,000 54 with $13,500 remaining. .The bank has sold the property for $1000 more than its. 55 mortgage. He requested the mortgage be released to give clear title to the pro- 56 perty and the buyer will then assume $1,000 of this mortgage. This is the first 57 loss sustained in the revolving loan projects of which there have been fifty-six 58 (56) of the extremely high risk loans. Mr. Cheek requested release of this 59 mortgage subject to another mortgage for $1,000 being placed upon satisfactory 60 presentation of that documentation to this Board and subject to the attorney's 61 review of those documents. 62 . . 63 Mr. Webb moved that a certain second mortgage on a property at 202..North 15th 64 Street be released subject to the transfer of satisfaction of the first mort- 65 gage and the receipt of a second mortgage in the sum of $1,000 to the satisfac- 66 tion of the City Attorney, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote 67 the motion was carried. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. June 9, 1983 Page 2 1 REMOVAL OF ONE (1) STREET LIGHT AT POST OFFICE - George Webb 2 3 Mr. Webb noted the Post Office Department is in the process of redesigning 4 their driveway off North 5th Street to facilitate an increase in volume of 5 traffic due to Social Security and the Internal Revenue Service moving into 6 a part of the building that is presently not being used. The light will be 7 in the curb line so he recommended the light be removed. Capt. Wogoman stated 8 the plan calls for a two foot radius and if the light is left it will be 9 knocked down. For the safety of everyone the light should be removed and :the111 10 radius extended. There is a light across the street so there should be no 11 problem with the entrance and exit being lighted. 12 13 Mr. Webb moved that a street light be removed from the north side of the post 14 office driveway on North 5th Street, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous 15 voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 STREET LIGHT REQUEST FOR S. W. PE" BETWEEN S. W. 2ND AND S. W. 1ST 18 19 Mr. Webb presented a request from Mr. Raj Rao, RP&L, to convert four (4) 250 20 watt mercury street lights to four (4) 150 watt sodium lights. Mr. Rao was 21 present and explained three of the lights are on metal poles with underground 22 feeds and one is on a wood pole with overhead feed. The proposal is to install 23 all four (4) lights on metal poles and feed from underground. This will increase 24 the monthly billing by 8.5 . 25 26 Mr'. Webb moved that the street light request dated June 3, 1983 switching four 27 (4) 250 watt mercury vapor lights to four (4) 150 watt sodium lights be approved, 28 seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 29 30 WEIGHTS AND MEASURES MONTHLY REPORT 31 32 The Board received the monthly report for April and May from the Department of 33 Weights & Measures. w 34 35 Mr. Webb moved that the monthly Weights &Measures report be accepted and placed 36 on file, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 RADIO MAINTENANCE MONTHLY REPORT 39 40 The Board received the monthly report for May from Radio Maintenance. 41 42 Mr. Webb moved that the monthly Radio Maintenance report be accepted and placed 43 on file, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 44 45 REPORT ON STREET LIGHTING - Raj Rao 46 ' s 47 Mr. Raj Rao informed the Board that sodium lights save energy and 'save money. RP&L 48 is planning to change the street lighting on 27 north & south and 40 east & west 49 completely. The existing lights are 400 watt mercury and RP&L wants, to change 50 these to 250 watt sodium lights during the year. 1983. The savings to the City 51 would be $4.00 per fixture ,per year and there are 900 fixtures; so, the savings 52 would be $3,600 per year. This is a big cost to RP&L but they want to save energy 53 and, get a savings to the city. The lights .have been ordered and should be here 54 in six (6) weeks. Mr. Rao noted the lower wattage sodium will provide the same or 55 more lighting. 56 ' 57 These lights have been tested for six , (6) . months on East Main Street. In res- 58 ponse to Mr.. Rao's question concerning needing Board approval, Mr. Anderson 59 stated the proposal should come from the Street Light Committee. Also, they 60 should bring a request for the lights on East Main Street to become permanent. 61 62 ADJOURNMENT 63 64 There being no further business on motion duly made, seconded and passed the 65 meeting was adjourned. _ 66 - 67 Donald E. Meredith 68 President 69 70 ATTEST:. JoEllen Trimble 71 Clerk of the Board