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HomeMy Public PortalAbout04-08-1982 J T • BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, APRIL 8, 1982 1 The Board of. Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session April 8_, 1982 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 1, 1982 7 • 8 Mr.' Webb 'moved. to approve the minutes• of- the previous meeting as prepared, 9 seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 • • 11. REQUEST' FOR.ADDITIONAL RACE - Larry Spurgeon 12 . 13 _ Mr. Larry Spurgeon received approval for a 6.2- mile "Runt For Your Life" 14 race on March 11,. 1982. He. now is requesting an additional-'two (2) mile 15 _ race, as a local teacher had planned a race for the same date of May 8. 16 The two (2) mile race will begin at 9:15. The same waiver for the 6.2 17 mile race will be used for the 2 mile race. Traffic Capt. Dan Wogoman 18 stated his department will provide someone at College Avenue and "G" Street. 19 . • 20 Mr.- Cordell moved that the request for the additional race be approved, 21 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 22 23 PARADE REQUEST - Francis Daniels 24 25 Rev. .Francis Daniels, representing the Richmond Ministerial Association, 26 stated the,Association is sponsoring a cross-carrying-on Good Friday=at .12:00 27 noon from the City Building to Central Methodist Church. Participants will 28- be .using the sidewalks. - 29 - 30 Mr. Cordell movedthat the request for the parade for Good Friday at 12;-00 noon 31 from the City Building to Central Methodist Church be approved, seconded by III 32 Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 33 . 34 REMOVAL OF. TRAFFIC SIGNALS - Capt. Wogoman.. 35 • 36 Capt. Dan Wogoman read the following request: 37 38 • April 7th, 1982 39 . . . • 40 . Mr. Donald Meredith, President . • 41 Board of Public Works and Safety 42 Richmond, Indiana 47374- . 43 44 Re: Removal of traffic signals 45 46 Dear Board Members: 47 . 48 The -Board of Public Works and Safety had ordered the traffic - . 49 signals at 6th Street and Promenade,and 7th Street and Promenade 50 _ bagged on March 11, 1982, for a period of thirty days pending 51 possible removal. .. 52 • 53 As of this date, the public input -has :been. nil, either 'favoring 54 the removal of the signal, or in protest of their displacement. 55 56 - Therefore, I recommend that the Board advise •Richmond Power and 57 Light to remove the traffic .signals, walk-wait signals, .and the ' 58 control- box at these two intersections. 59 . - 60 Installation of the pedestrian crosswalk signs is presently completed 61 at both intersections, thus aiding pedestrians and warning motorists 62 of the modifications.- 63 64 Respectfully, 65 66 /s/ Dan Wogoman 67 Traffic Safety Division 3g Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. April 8, 1982 Page 2 1 Mr. Webb moved that the subject request be approved, seconded by Mr. Cordell 2 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 Police Chief Charles Chris,.requested Capt. Wogoman get with the media and 5 explain right-of-way in a crosswalk situation. 6 7 CHANGE ORDER - TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT - Capt. Wogoman 8 9 Capt. Wogoman requested that in conjunction with the signal project, the 10 radius at the northeast corner of 22nd and East Main between the entrance 11 to the Park and 22nd Street be moved back from a 35° radius to a 500 radius. 12 This would enhance the traffic around that corner as more motorists are 13 using this route to get to the 20th Street bridge. He has submitted this 14 request to the State Highway and has a letter of approval from Park Super- 15 intendent Don McBride. 16 17 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the subject change order, seconded by Mr. 18 Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 19 20 NORFOLK'& WESTERN RR CROSSINGS - George Webb 21 22 City Engineer George:Webb stated he received word from Norfolk & Western 23 Railroad that next Monday they are starting to rebuild all of their crossings 24 within;, the City of Richmond. The crossings at Gravel Pit Road and Hayes 25 Arboretum Road have been completed. The crossings they will be working.on 26 are on Elks Country Club Road, North 15th, 13th, 12th, 8th, 5th and N. W. 11th 27 & "L". This is contingent on the asphalt plants opening. 28 29 NEW CITY STREET INDEXES 30 31 Mr. Webb stated the new street indexes have received favorable comments and 32 are available in the Office of the Engineer at $1.00 per copy. 33 34 MONTHLY RADIO MAINTENANCE REPORT FOR MARCH, 1982 35 36 Mr. Webb moved that the radio maintenance report be accepted and placedon , 37 file, seconded by Mr. Cordell and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 38 39 RICHMOND TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT NO. MG-000C (87) - George Webb 40 41 Mr. Webb stated in conjunction with the traffic signal project the Indiana 42 Department of Transportation has asked that the City.Engineer be authorized 43 to sign field orders and change orders that are of a minor nature.,that do 44 not violate the intent of the approved plans and specifications. This:would 45 enable someone to resolve unforeseen problems that- might come up such as 46 ' utilities and minor changes on radius or things of that nature. The intent 47 is not to delete or make major changes. Any significant changes will be 48 brought before this Board and- orders, that would violatethe design intent 49 have to have State and Federal Highway approval. He presented a letter to 50 Mr. Harry White stating this position. 51 52 Mr. Cordell moved that for the Richmond Traffic Signal Project No. MG-000C (87) 53 Mr. George Webb, City Engineer for the City of Richmond, be authorized to 54 sign field orders and change orders that are in accordance with the design 55 intent of the approved plans and specifications for the subject project, 56 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 57 58 City Attorney Ed Anderson will redraft the letter changing some verbage. 59 60 ADJOURNMENT 61 62 There being no further business the meeting was adj.ourned. 63 64 Donald Meredith 65 President 66 67 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 68 Clerk of the Board