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HomeMy Public PortalAbout08-27-1981 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, AUGUST 27, 1981 1 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met 2 in regular session August 27, 1981 at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the Municipal 3 Building in said City. Mr. Meredith presided with Mr. Anderson. and Mr. Webb 4 present. The following business was had, to-wit: 5 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF AUGUST 20, 1981 7 8 Mr. Webb moved to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as prepared, 9 seconded by Mr. Anderson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 10 11 PARADE REQUEST BY VETERANS COUNCIL FOR NOVEMBER 14th "Welcome Home Vietnam 12 Veterans" - Mike Horan & Phil Lotich 13 14 Mr. Mike Horan, representing the Veterans Council of Richmond, requested 15 approval to have a "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans" Parade at2 :00 p.m. 16 November 14. The parade route is the same as the one used by the Rose 17 Festival beginning at Glen Miller, Park. He has received tentative approval 18 from Park Superintendent Don McBride and Capt. Dan Wogoman pending approval 19 of this Board. This will cap off week long activities planned by the Council. 20 Mr. Horan presented a letter of request and a copy of the proposed route. 21 The parade will be composed of veteran service organizations, military or- 22 ganizations and civic organizations. He hopes to. have 100 units. He has the 23 State permit ready to send in. In response to Mr. Anderson's question con- 24 cerning insurance to the City, Mr. Horan stated they have consulted with an 25 agent and will furnish it. Mr. Anderson noted the City will insist on it. 26 Mr. Webb pointed out there is sewer construction going on and some inter- 27 sections might be under construction at this time. Any approval would have 28 to be subject to last minute route changes. 29 30 Mr. Anderson moved to authorize or grant the parade request by the Veterans 31 Council November 14th commencing at 2:00 o'clock for the Welcome Home Vietnam 111 32 Veterans parade subject to route changes and that a satisfactory liability 33 policy or a memorandum of said coverage of insurance be furnished the City, 34 seconded by Mr. Webb. Capt. Wogoman stated he will have help from the Reserve 35 units, explorers group and civilian volunteers. Mr. Webb requested the Clerk 36 send a route copy to the sewer consultants. On unanimous voice vote the motion 37 was carried. 38 39 REQUEST FOR HI-Y PARADE ON OCTOBER 1st - Phil Dickman 40 41 Mr. Phil Dickman, representing the Hi-Y, requested use of both lanes of East 42 Main Street from 10th to Glen Miller Park for the Homecoming Parade on October 43 1 at 6:00 p.m. They anticipate approximately 30 units in the parade. Capt. 44 Wogoman stated there will be a traffic problem as South "A" will be closed 45 for the sewer construction. There may have to be a route change due to the 46 construction.. If both lanes are used for the parade, there is no way to re- 47 route westbound traffic. 48 49 Mr. Anderson moved to grant the request for the Hi-Y parade on October 1 at 50 6:00 p.m. by the- use of one (1) lane on East Main going east -from 10th to Glen 51 Miller Park, subject to construction conditions and route changes, seconded 52 by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 53 54 REQUEST PERMISSION TO USE FIRE TRUCK AND REMOVE PARKING ON SEPTEMBER 7th ON 55 SOUTH 9th BETWEEN SOUTH "A" & PROMENADE FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY - Chief Mullin 56 111 57 Fire Chief Paul Mullin requested use of the aerial truck and removal of parking 58 on South 9th on September 6th and 7th for the Muscular Dystrophy drive. There 59 will be phone hook-ups at Cable TV and a fish bowl in front so people can drive 60 up and drop money in the bowl. There will be a banner across the street. They 61 would like to use the harness and have people in the aerial truck to attract 62 attention. The campaign will start at 5:00 p.m. Sunday and run through 5:00 63 p.m. Monday. Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. August 27, 1981 Page 2 1 Mr. Anderson moved to grant the request of the Fire Chief for permission to use 2 the fire truck and remove parking on the east side of South 9th Street between 3 Promenade & South "A" on the date of September 6 from the hours of 5:00 p.m. to 4 5:00 p.m. on September 7 for the purpose of a Muscular Dystrophy program, se- 5 conded by Mr. Webb. Capt. Wogoman stated he sees no problem. Anyone who is not 6 on the Department will be required to sign a release form. On unanimous voice 7 vote the motion was carried. 8 9 REQUEST TO CLOSE SOUTH "0" FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF C&O RAILROAD CROSSING 10 11 Mr. Neil Frost, local track supervisor, stated the above reconstruction will 12 take approximately three (3) weeks. The plan is to fill in three tracks and 13 leave three tracks usable. They will reconstruct the main crossing, passing 14 track and the RP&L track. The first week they will not be interfering with 15 traffic for Wallace Sheet Metal but will the other two. Mr. Frost has talked 16 with Wallace concerning the reconstruction. He will provide barricades when 17 needed. Capt. Wogoman noted anything done to help that crossing is beneficial 18 to the City. Mr. Frost stated they would like to start next Monday. 19 20 Mr. Webb moved that South "0" Street be closed from South 7th to the east side 21 of the C&O crossing starting August 31 with a completion date of September 18 22 for the purpose of reconstructing the C&O grade crossing, seconded by Mr. 23 Anderson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 24 25 CONFIRMATORY RESOLUTION FOR VACATION OF OLD U.S. 40 EAST . 26 27 Director of City Planning Bob Goodwin stated in response to the declaratory 28 resolution the Richmond City Plan Commission conducted a public hearing on, 29 and voted unanimously to recommend the vacation of Old U.S. 40 from its inter- 30 section with Industrial Parkway east to the Norfolk & Western Railroad. All 31 persons interested or affected by the request were given an opportunity to 32 speak. The Commission recommends the confirmatory resolution be passed. The 33 vacation is under the public development plan. 34 35 Mr. Webb moved the subject resolution be approved, seconded by Mr. Anderson 36 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 37 38 REQUEST FOR AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION TO HOLD BIKE-A-THON ON OCTOBER 4th 38 40 Capt. Wogoman stated Ms. Maynard, Regional Director of the Diabetes Association, 41 requests to hold a bike-a-thon on October 4 starting at the Pizza Queen and 42 ending at Mary Scott Park. He has advised her of the construction problems; 43 but, if he understands correctly, this should not be a problem. The request 44 is for Board approval of the use of City streets. The starting time is 9:00 45 a.m. on the same route as used in the past. 46 c. 47 Mr. Anderson moved to grant the request subject to construction and route changes 48 and insurance, seconded by Mr. Webb. Mr. Anderson suggested the Clerk should 49 send a letter to all groups reminding them their request was given subject to 50 a memorandum or certificate of insurance being furnished the Board. Permissions 51 were given subject to certificate of liability with the City. On unanimous voice 52 vote the motion was carried. 53 54 Mr. Meredith requested the Clerk check a week or ten days prior to the event to 55 make sure insurance is on file and, if not, so notify the organization. Mr. 56 Dickman should be so notified also. 57 58 TEMPORARY SIGNING AT INDUSTRIAL PARKWAY & OLD NATIONAL ROAD EAST 59 60 Capt. Dan Wogoman requested temporary signing of Old National Road East and 61 Industrial Parkway and presented. a map of the proposal. All signs will be 62 temporary until a portion of the roadway is removed and a through traffic _ 63 flow is established. There will be no lane markings or stop bars painted 64 at this time. /5:3 Board of Works Mintes Cont'd. August 27, 1981 Page 3 1 Mr. Webb moved for approval of the subject request, seconded by Mr. 2 Anderson and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 3 4 NUISANCE HEARINGS 5 6 420 NORTH WEST 5th STREET 7 8 As is the procedure, the meeting was turned over to City Attorney Ed Anderson 9 to conduct the hearing. Mr. Anderson noted the hearing is conducted under III 10 Ordinance No. 16-1978 which makes the storage of inoperable machinery, motor 11 vehicles, junk vehicles and parts of machinery on any premises within the 12 corporate limits of the City of Richmond a nuisance. A complaint was filed 13 by the Zoning Inspector. The Clerk read the complaint described as an in- 14 , operable vehicle on premises located at 420 N. W`: 5th Street, owned by Her- 15 schell & Kathryn.- Williams and nuisance owned by William Johnson. Mr. Bob 16 Goodwin was present representing the Planning Department. On August 6 a 17 notice of this hearing was mailed to the Defendant and the record will show 18 that William Johnson, being one of the alleged owners, received a certified 19 copy of the notice by the mail and also Herschell.&Kathryn Williams also 20 received by certified mail a copy of the notice of this hearing to be held 21 here today. Ms. Julia Johnson was present. She stated the property is hers. 22 She is buying the property on contract from the Williams. She stated she 23 has notice of this hearing. She is not the agent for the Williams and not 24 represented by an attorney. She stated the vehicle is now licensed and is 25 operable. She identified a photograph of the vehicle. Mr. Goodwin pre- 26 sented a picture taken this morning, which she also identified. Mr. Goodwin 27 stated it is the desire of the Planning Department to dismiss this action. 28 29 Mr. Meredith moved it be dismissed, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous 30 voice vote the motion was carried. 31 32 1401 SOUTH 4th STREET 33 34 The Clerk read the complaint described as (3) inoperable vehicles (2) cars III 35 and (1) truck on premises located at 1401 South 4th owned by Leslie & Dona 36 Mae Smitson. The complainant, Mr. John D. Bronston was not present but was 37 represented by Mr. Robert Goodwin of the Planning Department. The record 38 shows that notice of this hearing was issued on August 3 to the Smitsons 39 and they received such notice by certified mail which is made part of the 40 record. The Defendant was not present and they have made no contact with 41 the. Plan Department.. The law permits the hearing can still be held without 42 the Defendant present to determine if:a nuisance does exist. Mr. Goodwin 43 stated the original complaint was on (2) cars and (1) truck and there are 44 now (2) trucks and (1) car. One car was moved and a truck moved in as 45 evidenced by a photograph, taken by Dan Dooley and presented by Mr. Goodwin. 46 All of the vehicles are unlicensed. Mr. Anderson stated the Board should 47 determine if a nuisance does exist as defined in the ordinance; if it does 48 exist should it be removed; and, if you determine it should be removed, 49 when should it be removed. 50 51 Mr. Meredith moved that a nuisance does exist on the premises of 1401 South 52 4th Street and that the owners of record, Leslie & Dona Mae Smitson, cause 53 these to be removed within a two (2) week period and, if not removed by that 54 time, that the City will cause the nuisance to be removed at the cost to the 55 Smitsons on the two (2) remaining vehicles that were there at the time of 56 the original order which was (1) car and (1) truck, seconded by Mr. Webb 57 and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 58 59 901 NORTH "I" III 60 61 The Clerk read the complaint described as an inoperable vehicle on premises 62 located at 901 North "I" owned by Viola Copeland. The notice of this hearing 63 was mailed on August 3, 1981 to Viola Copeland and the record shows that by 64 certified mail she acknowledged receipt. The Defendant was not present. The /5Y Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. August 27, 1981 Page 4 1 Board can still proceed to have a hearing. Mr. Goodwin, representing Mr. 2 .Bronston, presented a photograph taken this morning by Mr. Dooley. The vehicle 3 is still there; however, the position of the vehicle has changed. The vehicle 4 has no license and no motor. Director of Community Development Tim Ryder stated 5 he has seen the vehicle while making inspections of the street project and 6 housing inspections in the area. He confirmed it was a nuisance. Mr. Webb 7 stated he has seen the nuisance, which is an old vintage, and perhaps might be 8 considered an historic antique vehicle. It was pointed out the vehicle should 9 be licensed. 10 11 Mr. Meredith moved that a nuisance does exist at 907 North "I" Street and that 12 the Defendant, Viola Copeland, be so notified that it be removed within a two 13 (2) week period and, if not removed by that time, that it be caused to be re- 14 moved by the City and the charges assessed against the owner, seconded by Mr. 15 Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 16 17 AGREEMENT WITH STATE FOR CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS (Under 18 advisement) 19 20 Mr. Webb stated that in this agreement the State stated that all the signals 21 would be maintained by the City. He contacted the State and apparently that 22 was an incorrect conclusion as the State has always maintained their signals 23 on their right-of-way. A phrase was added stating that the local public agency 24 would maintain only those signals on City streets. Mr. Anderson stated that 25 modification was made. 26 27 Mr. Anderson moved for approval of this agreement, seconded by Mr. Webb and 28 on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 29 30 MAINTENANCE BOND FOR HIGHWAY,SANITARY SEWER,LIFT STATION,WATER LINES - 31 (Parkland Industrial Park Section Three - Commerce Dr.) 32 A maintenance bond was presented for the above. Mr. Webb• stated he feels the 33 amount of the bond should cover any problem maintenance-wise. Mr. Anderson 34 moved to accept the bond, seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote 35 the motion was carried. 36 37 DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY (Hayes Arboretum Rd. & Woodside Dr.) 38 39 Mr. Webb stated he just received this yesterday and has not had a chance to 40 check the legal description. He suggests this be approved subject to a review 41 of the legal description as to accuracy. Mr. Anderson stated he checked Ordi- 42 nance No. 68-1980 to which this refers and found the description to be the 43 same. Part of this Ordinance stated the owner was to dedicate additional right- 44 of-way for Hayes Arboretum. 45 46 Mr. Anderson moved to accept the dedication subject to the verification of the 47 legal description said verification by the Office of the City Engineer, 48 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 49 50 DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY (South 18th Parkway) 51 52 Mr. Anderson requested this matter be continued on the agenda as this 53 dedication has not been prepared as he is still looking at the legal 54 description, which has been revised. Mr. Meredith stated this is under 55 advisement. 56 . 57 LETTER OF CREDIT FOR HUNTER'S POINTE SUBDIVISION !SECTION ONE 58 59 Mr. Webb stated this subdivision is substantially complete. The developer 60 has submitted a letter of credit for development and maintenance of the 61 subdivision. Mr. Anderson found it in order and so moved for acceptance, 62 seconded by Mr. Webb and on unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. /SS Board of Works Minutes Cont'd. August 27, 1981 Page 5 1 MAINTENANCE BOND FOR CARRIAGE HOUSE APARTMENT PROJECT • 2 3 Mr. Webb stated the developer has submitted. a maintenance bond for 4 cul-de-sacs at the end of Dillon Drive and Winding Ridge Drive. Mr. Webb 5 has inspected the construction and moved for acceptance of the bond . 6 subject to the City Attorney's review of the bond, seconded by Mr. 7 Anderson. Mr. Anderson stated he has reviewed the bond and finds it 8 acceptable. On unanimous voice vote the motion was carried. 9 10 ADJOURNMENT 11 12 There being no further business the meeting was adjourned. 13 14 Donald Meredith 15 President 16 17 ATTEST: JoEllen Trimble 18 Clerk of the Board