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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-14-1983 . / BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY. OF THE - CITY OF.. RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 14, 1983 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety. of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session April, 14,. 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 APRIL 7, 1983 III7 . • . 8 Mr. Cordell moved to approve the minutes of April 7, 1983 as prepared, seconded 9 by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice:vote 'the motion was carried. 10 . 11 WELCOME TO STUDENTS _ 12 13 • Mr.. Meredith welcomed the fifth-grade students from Crestdale School who were 14 visiting the Board of Public Works: . 15 16 REQUEST TO HOLD LIONS CLUB FLEA MARKET 17 18 Raleigh Carmichael; 1631 Chester Blvd. , CO-chairman of the Lions Club Flea 19 Market, appeared to request the use of the downtown Parking Garage Sunday, 20 July 17th from 5:00 a.m." and plan to have it cleaned up by .9.:00 p.m. Bill 21 Davis, Street Department Superintendent, stated he. .sees no .problem with the 22 .request: City Attorney Ed Anderson suggested they check their insurance 23 regarding liability or a save harmless agreement. 24 . . 25 Mr. Webb moved that the request of the Lions Club to use the parking garage ' 26 on July 17 between the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m -be approved .subject to 27 _execution of the hold harmless agreement and the proof of insurance, seconded • 28 by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice. .vote_the motion .was carried. 30 . _ . .. - 31 REQUEST FOR "RIDE A BIKE" FOR RETARDED CHILDREN - Carolyn Robson 32 III33 Carolyn Robson, 1682 S. •W. .39th- St. , appeared to request permission to hold a 34 "Ride a. Bike" fund raiser on May 1.:from 1 :00 to 4:00 p.m. for the retarded 35 - citizens of Wayne County and Green Acres. She presented the Board with an •-- 6 outline of- the -route which, will be-used. About half the route is in the city 37 and half in the county. They-.expect about 200-300 riders on a staggered basis. 38 Capt. Wogoman stated they would be -furnishing assistance with traffic at the 39 beginning of the ride. - 40 ' 41 Mr.- Webb moved that the Richmond Association of Classroom Teachers be given 42 permission- to hold a Ride-a-Bike- for retarded personsof Wayne County on 43 May 1, 1983 between the hours of 1 to 4:00 p.m. and the Police Department be. • 44 • given permission-to use. officers at the discretion of the Traffic Department . 45 as required, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion 46 was carried. • 47 48 REQUEST PERMISSION TO ERECT ROSE FESTIVAL SIGNS • 49 _. ,50 The Clerk read the following letter received by, the.. Board of Public Works: 51 - . 52 Richmond Area Rose 'Festival, Inc. , .does hereby request permission 53 , • • to place "Welcome Rose Festival" signs,. Rose Festival Flags, and 54 'American Flags, along-the-.designated Rose' Parade route of 22nd and 55 East Main to 16th and East Main, .North "A" Street to North 16th 56 ',Street and :"A" Street, and North 16th and "A" Street to. North 10th 111 57 and ':A"Streets; also on the corners of 8tb, and Promenade and 9th - 58 • and Promenade. . - 59 - • 6'0 Signs will be erected by White Water Valley Float Company and 61 Clearview Cable T.V. during week of June 6th, and Flags erected -62 I. June 20th. 63 - • • - • • 64 ' Flags and signs will be removed by same, on week following Rose 65 Festival. ' 66 . 67 Permission has been granted by Richmond Power and Light for use 68 of the poles. • , I7b Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. April 14, 1983 Page 2 1 Street Department Superintendent Bill Davis stated the department supplies 2 some of the banding apparatus. 3 4 Mr. Webb moved. the Rose Festival Committee be given permission to erect Rose 5 Festival signs between June 6 and July 1, 1983, seconded by Mr. Cordell and • 6 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 7 8 REMOVAL OF -STREET LIGHT IN ALLEY BETWEEN SO. 5th & 6th 9 10 Mr. Webb stated they had received a letter from RP&L to remove a street . 11 light. sign between:5th & 6th on the south service drive to accoModate the 12 construction of the Wayne Bank & Trust Co. The alley has been previously 13 vacated and the light serves no purpose. . Mr. Webb recommended the request 14 be approved. 15 • 16 Mr. Webb moved the street light between 5th & -6th on the south service drive in 17 the previously vacated alley be .removed, seconded. by Mr. Cordell and on • 18 unanimous voice vote. the-motion was carried. 19 20 DRAINAGE EASEMENT - N. W. ' llth St. 21 • • 22 Mr. . Webb stated they received as request for a drainage easement from Alcoa for 23 construction of a drainage ditch on N. W. 11th between Rich Road and part of 24 Sheridan Street. • 25 . • 26 City Attorney Ed Anderson .has reviewed the easement and found it in order as to 27 form and legality with a few exceptions, noting it needs the name of a pre- 28 parer and spaces for signatures of the Mayor, Board members and a notary. 29 30 Mr. Webb moved that the drainage easement from Alcoa for construction of a 31 630' drainage-ditch- on N. W. llth St. be accepted by the Board of Works subject '32 to the, City Attorney's reference to ackñbwIdgemen ' signatures of acceptance and 33 the .required statement necessary before recording,. seconded by Mr. Cordell and 34 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 35 • 36 DRIVEWAY PETITION - 409 Pine Trace Lane 37 38 Mr. Webb stated the request for the driveway petition has been reviewed by 39 the Planning, Traffic and•Engineering Departments and all recommend approval. 40 . 41 Mr. Webb moved the subject driveway petition be approved, seconded by Mr. 42 Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 43 44 REQUEST FOR EVENING OPTIMIST CLUB MARCH - Wogoman 45 46 Capt. Dan Wogoman commented that the march is in, connection with the Evening 47 Optimist Little League. ceremonies on May 22 -which will start at approximately 48 12:30. They will march from 7th &' Peacock to the ball park at 13th and Peacock. 49 A :,'front and rear escort will be provided. 50 . ' . - 51 Mr. Cordell moved. , the request for the Evening Optimist Club march on May 22., 52 be approved, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was 53 • carried. 54 55 RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE OF OBSOLETE- ITEMS • 56 57 Resolution No. ..3--1983 was 'submitted to the Board and Mr. Meredith explained 58 that the Street Department. has. some obsolete equipment to dispose of. and the 59 Wayne County Highway Department has-requested three. (3) of the items: ..two ' (2) 60 ' leaf collectors for.which they will pay.$100. each and a slurry seal box .at 61 $150. In order to.meet the statutory requirements, we must have an enabling 62 resolution from 'the Board of Works and then presented to the Wayne County • 63 Commissioners accepting this before we can sell between governmental units. • 64 • ' 65 Bill Davis stated there was nothing in the' active inventory the•-S•treet'•Depart- 66 merit can use and the motors are not in good shape. The' county does have 67 machinery they can use it on, which is the reason for the sale. . , • /77 Board of Works•Minutes Cont'd. April 14, L983 • Page 3 • 1 Mr. Webb moved that Resolution No. 3-1983 be adopted, seconded by Mr. 2 Cordell and on unanimous voice-vote the motion was. carried. 3 4 CONTINUED: CLOSING OF SO. "A" BETWEEN 22ND & 23RD. 5 6 Capt. Wogoman reported he has surveyed the area by Test School several times 7 this -Week, but due to the .recent inclement weather, there has been little 8 crossing by. the students. The street is heavily traveled with about 40-45 9 cars per 15 or 20 minute period. He recommended continuing until better 10 weather when we can get a true pictre"of the crossings. Mr. Meredith stated 11 this item would be continued under advisement. 12 13 ADJOURNMENT 14 15 There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. 16 17 • • • Donald E. Meredith 18 • President 19 20 ATTEST: Nancy V. Beach 21 Acting Clerk of the -Board • • • • • •