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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
RICHMOND , INDIANA
OCTOBER 22, 1959.
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT . THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO—WIT;
MR . 9HARLES D. CORYELL , SPEAKING FOR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HIBBAR (ETA,
PRESENTED A PETITION FOR AN ADULT CROSSING GUARD AT SOUTH JTH AND. �J STREET .
THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE TRAFFIC DEPT , FOR STUDY AND RECOMMENDATION . ALSO ,
THE TRAFFIC DEPT . WAS ASKED TO CHECK THE PARKING ON SOUTH 8TH STREET IN THE
VINCINITY OF SOUTH �"G" AND "H" STREETS TO SEE IF ANYTHING COULDOBE DONE TO
RELIEVE CONJESTION AND THE HAZARD TO. SCHOOL CHILDREN .
EARL BECK , SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MEL & PP, REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT HE HAD
RECENTLY RECEIVED REQUESTS FOR STREET LIGHTS IN AREAS THAT WERE BEYOND THE
PRESENT STREET LIGHT CIRCUITS , AND THAT THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LIGHT
PLANT HAD AUTHORIZED THE INSTALLATION OF A MULTIPLE LIGHTING SYSTEM . HE
EXPLAINED THAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD SAVE APPROXIMATELY $50.00 PER LIGHT AS
ONLY ONE METER READING BY THE NUMBER OF LIGHTS IN THE AREA . CITY ENGINEER
DEUKER MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF WORKS APPROVE THIS TYPE OF INSTALLATION
UNTIL A SUITABLE RATE CAN BE ESTABLISHED . SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER qILSON .
MR . SHERMAN FLEMING APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AND DISCUSSED THE USE OF THE
ENTRANCES AND EXITS AT THE RAVINIA PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER AND WENT OVER HIS
PLANS FOR CONSTRUCTING MERGING LANES FOR PATRONS . hE- WAS ASKED TO WORK WITH
THE TRAFFIC DEPT . TOWARD A SOLUTION TO THEIR TRAFFIC PROBLEM .
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET TO
RECEIVE BIDS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY SEWER IN THE VINCINITY OF
3EL—MOP, ADDITION AS AUTHORIZED BY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION No . 1033- 1959.
HE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED . THE FOLLOWING BID: WAS RECEIVED :
ALPH REED AND SON , INC . , ANDERSON , INDIANA , FOR S34,748.00. CITY CONTROLLER
WILSON MOVED THIS BID BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT . SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER
DEUKER .
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT THE BOARD OF WORKS RECOMMEND-TO COMMON COUNCIL
YHAT THAT PORTION OF MEYERS ROAD SOUTH OF NATIONAL ROAD NEST AND IN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE' CITY OF RICHMOND , BE CHANGED AND RENAMED THE TOSCH—
LOG ROAD . SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER NILSON .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE USE OF THE AREA WEST OF SN IITH AND EAST OF CLEAR
CREEK PARK AND SOUTH OF THE POLICE RADIO STATION BY THE Y ' s MEN CLUB FOR THE
SALE OF CHRISTMAS TREES .
THE CLERK PRESENTED A PETITION FOR STREET LIGHTS ON NATIONAL ROAD ,'WEST FROM
SN 19TH ST . TO SALISBURY ROAD . As THIS PETITION COVERED AN AREA IN WHICH AN
ESTIMATE HAD ALREADY BEEN REQUESTED IT WAS ORDERED FILED .
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE ALLETTER TO THE MEL & PP AUTHORIZING THE
INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS ON SYLVAN NOOK AS PREVIOUSLY DESIGNED BY THEM .
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE SO MOVED . SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER .
FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS REPORTED THAT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE REPAIRS TO THE FIRE
ENGINE INVOLVED IN A WRECK WOULD RUN AS HIGH AS $4,000.00 , AND THAT THERE WAS
NO INSURANCE TO COVER THE DAMAGE . HE SAID THE WRECK WAS NOT CAUSED BY
CARELESSNESS AND WAS UNAVOIDABLE .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE REMOVAL OF ONE PARKING METER ON SOUTH "A" STREET ,
NORTH SIDE , IMMEDIATELY EAST OF SOUTH 3RD STREET , AND THE PAINTING OF THE
CURB YELLOW .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE CHANGE FROM TWO HOUR PARKING TO ON.E HOUR PARKING FOR
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THE AREA. ON TN1.E EADT SIDE OF NORTH 3RD STREET FROM AIN STREET NORTH TO THE
FIRST ALLEY . HE POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO ENFORCE THIS PARKING
REGULATION AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF PROPER SIGNS .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE ABSENCE OF LT . STOUT FROM OCTOBER 26TH THRU THE 30TH ,
SO HE COULD ATTEND A SPECIAL SCHOOL ON THE BREATHALYER AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY .
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT HTIS SCHOOL WOULD MAKE LT . STOUT A SPECIALIST IN THIS
FIELD .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE PARKING OF THE FIRE ENGINE BELONGING TO THE 40 & 8
ON EAST MAIN STREET BETWEEN N . IITH AND I2TH , ON OCTOBER 31 , 1959.
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IT WAS REPORTED BY THE ASSIT . POLICE CHIEF THAT L.T . STOUT HAS BEEN
UNABLE TO CONTACT MR . COX OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FO HIS REPORT
THAT WAS DUE OCTOBER I ' 1959.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETING ADJOURNED .
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