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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
RICHMOND , INDIANA
AUGUST 27, 1959
THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN
CITY HALL WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . CITY ATTORNEY
CECERE ABSENT . THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO—WIT;
THE CLERK ANNOUNCED THERE HAD BEEN A SUPPLEMENTAL HEARING SET ON
THIS DATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HEARING ADDITIONAL PERSONS INCLUDED
IN THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE FIRST ALLEY NORTH OF PEARL
STREET RUNNING FROM NW 6TH TO THE NORTH—SOUTH ALLEY . JUNE BARTLEMAY
AND ERMA VOGELGESANG APPEARED AND OBJECTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT .
FURTHER ACTION ON THIS IMPROVEMENT WAS DEFERRED UNTIL THE NEXT
MEETING OF THE BOARD .
MR. ROY KING , PROMOTER OF A RODEO TO BE HELD AT THE MUNICIPAL
BALL PARK ON SEPTEMBER 5 , 6 , AND 7TH , WAS ADVISED NO PERMIT WOULD
BE NEEDED FOR THIS EVENT.
MR. RAY ZALESKI PRESENTED PLANS SHOWING THE INSTALLATION OF TWO
3000 GAL. OIL TANKS UNDER THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF S. 7TH
STREET BY THE COLONIAL BUILDING. THE BOARD GAVE IT ' S O.K. AND
TOLD HIM TO WORK WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS AND THE FIRE
DEPT.
LT. STOUT REPORTED NEEDED ADJUSTMENTS ARE BEING MADE ON SEVERAL
TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON MAIN ST. AND WHEN THEY ARE COMPLETED ALL THE
MAIN ST. LIGHTS WILL BE RETIMED. ALSO , THAT SIGNS TO PROHIBIT
PARKING ON MAIN STREET FROM 4-6 AM WERE READY TO INSTALL AND THAT
THEY WOULD BE PUT UP THIS COMING WEEK.
THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT MADE THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS:
FOUR WAY STOP AT NW 8TH STREET AND PEACOCK ROAD
STOP SIGNS FOR NW "A" , "B" , & "C" AT THEIR INTERSECTION WITH
NW 8TH , MAKING NW 8TH THE THRU STREET .
REMOVAL OF STOP SIGN AT SOUTH 8TH AND "N" , MAKING "N" THE THRU
STREET.
STOP SIGN ON NW I9TH AT "A" STREET , MAKING "A" THE THRU STREET.
INSTALL SCHOOL CROSSING SIGNS AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS OF
SCHOOL FLASHER LIGHTS; NAT ° L. ROAD WEST AT SW 3RD AND SW I6TH;
SOUTH 9TH AND "L"; SOUTH L3TH AND "C" ; NORTH 20TH AND "C" ;
THE ABOVE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BY THE BOARD .
THE TRAFFIC AND JUVENILE DEPARTMENTS REPORTED THAT SCHOOL CROSSING
GUARDS ARE NEEDED AT 17TH AND WEST MAIN AND AT NORTH 8TH AND "C"
STREET , AND THAT THE GUARD P REVIOUSLY- USED AT NW 5TH AND PEACOCK
WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS SCHOOL YEAR. THE BOARD APPROVED
A CROSSING GUARD FOR I7TH AND WEST MAIN , BUT SAID NO MONEY WAS
AVAILABLE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL GUARD FOR NORTH 8TH AND "C" ST ,
AS COUNCIL HAD APPROPRIATED ONLY ENOUGH MONEY FOR 6 MEN FOR 1960.
THE CITY CONTROLLER SAID HE WOULD TALK TO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO
SEE IF THEY WOULD PROVIDE ENOUGH MONEY (3540.00) FOR THIS
ADDITIONAL GUARD .
THE TRAFFIC AND JUVENILE DEPARTMENTS MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT
ON THEIR STUDY OF THE REQUESTED 4—WAY STOP FOR SE PARKWAY AND
24TH STREET: AN ADDITIONAL 4—WAY STOP IN THIS GENERAL AREA WOULD
LOSE IT ' S MEANING BY FORCING THE MOTORIST TO STOP SO OFTEN IN A
SHORT DISTANCE ; IT WOULD NOT PREVENT A CHILD FROM BEING HURT AS
MANY USE THE STREET AS A PLAY AREA; SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE TRAINED
TO CROSS AT DESIGNATED SPOTS WHERE PROTECTION IS PROVIDED ;
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA SHOULD KEEP THEIR CHILDREN FROM PLAYING
IN THE STREET AND SHOULD USE CAUTION AND OBEY ALL POSTED SPEED
LIMIT , SCHOOL CROSSING AND SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS; THEIR REPORT
STATED FURTHER THAT AN UNMARKED CAR HAD BEEN USED TO MAKE A
TRAFFIC CHECK ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AND THAT THE SPEED OF
CARS IN GENERAL WAS WITHIN 5 MPH OF THE POSTED 20 MPH ZONE , AND
OF THE VIOLATIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE , 85i'o WERE MADE BY
RESIDENTS OF THE AREA. THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE :
( I ) USE OF ELECTRIC SPEED TIMER AT CRITICAL TIMES , (2) INSTALL—
ATION OF SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES ON THE STREET FROM 23RD TO 24TH ,
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AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A STORM SEWER TO REMOVE SURPLUS WATER SO CHILDREN
W ILL NOT HAVE TO WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. IN TALKING TO THE
COMPLAINTANT IT WAS LEARNED THE INTEREST WAS IN SLOWING DOWN TRAFFIC IN
THE EARLY EVENING HOURS , AS IT WAS ALL RIGHT DURING SCHOOL HOURS. ALSO ,
THAT A 4 WAY STOP WAS NOT THE PROPER SOLUTION AT THIS TIME , IT WAS
RECOMMENDED THAT THE ABOVE MENTIONED - SUGGESTIONS BE TRIED AND IF NO IM-
PROVEMENT IS NOTED , THE INSTALLATION OF STOP, SIGNS BE CONSIDERED . THE
BOARD CONCURRED WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE TRAFFIC DEPT . WAS ASKED TO CHECK COMPLAINTS OF TRUCKS FROM AMERICAN II
AGGREGATES SPEEDING AND SPILLING GRAVEL ON SOUTH . "E" AT THE INTERSECTION
OF 24TH STREET .-
MR . WINTON TIBBS ASKED THE BOARD IF PARKING WAS ALLOWED IN FRONT OF THE
FIRST BUILDING SOUTH OF THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF MAIN STREET ON THE EAST
S IDE OF S. 9TH ST . HE WAS ADVISED THIS WAS A NO PARKING ZONE.
THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF READ A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF ADVISING THE
BOARD THAT OFFICER DONOVAN BLOSE HAD BEEN SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
FOR ( I ) DISOBEDIENCE OF ORDERS , AND (2) CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER ,
AND RECOMMENDED A 28 DAY SUSPENSION , WITHOUT PAY , BEGINNING AUGUST 26TH ,
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY CONCURRED WITH THE SUSPENSION , RUT TOOK UNDER AD •
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✓ ISEMENT THE NUMBER OF DAYS HE IS TO BE SUSPENDED.
PARK SUPT. MCBRIDE REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT THE PARK DEPARTMENT HAD
BEEN RECEIVING NUMEROUS CALLS REQUESTING TREES BE PRUNED . HE SAID HE DID
NOT -HAVE THE MANPOWER OR EQUIPMENT -TO DO THIS SORT OF JOB. THE MAYOR
REMARKED THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN TRIMMING TREES THAT CREATE .A
HAZARD AND SOME CONFUSION HAS ARISEN BY THE PARK DEPT . SUPERVISING THE
TREE REMOVAL PROJECT OF THE BOARD OF WORKS.
SANITARIAN HUTTON REPORTED THAT THE GRATE INLET TO THE SEWER ON SOUTH "E"
STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH WAS TOO SMALL TO ALLOW WATER TO BE CARRIED
AWAY AND SUGGESTED IT BE ENLARGED . . THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE ABSENCE OF THE DOG „WARDEN ON SEPT. 3RD & 4TH AS
PART OF 'HIS VACATION.
- THE MAYOR THE CLERK REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT MANY COMPLAINTS HAD BEEN
RECEIVED - ABOUT WEEDS NOT BEING CUT BY PROPERTY OWNERS. THE MAYOR AND
CITY ENGINEER TO GET WITH STREET COMMISSIONER TO SEE IF A DETAIL OF MEN
COULD BE ARRANGED TO TAKE CARE OF THE UNCUT WEEDS.
THE CITY ENGINEER WAS ASKED TO CHECK WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ENGINEER WHO IS SUPERVISING THE CONSTRUCTION ON NEW US 27 SOUTH , TO SEE
IF THE CONTRACTOR COULD FINISH THE GRADING ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND SIDEWALKS
IN THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY .
THE BOARD APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF STREET LIGHTS -IN BERRY FIELD , WITH
MERCURY-VAPOR LIGHTS TO BE INSTALLED ON US 27, AND PENDANT LIGHTS ELSEWHERE
IN- BERRY FIELD .
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED ,THAT ASSESSMENT ROLL I-015- 1957 BE CONFIRMED.
SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON-.
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THAT IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION No. 1032-1959 BE
CONFIRMED AND ADVERTISEMENTS PLACED FOR BIDS. SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER.
DEUKER.
THE FOLLOWING CURB CUTS WERE APPROVED : 1331 SOUTH "G" ST . , 237 SOUTH I2TH
STREET , AND 735 SOUTH IOTH STREET .
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
PRESIDENT
ATTEST; 1 2740?/'12"
CLERK