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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
RICHMOND, I ND I ANA
AUGUST 6, 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;
THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MINUTES WERE DISPENSED WITH.
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD /BEEN SET
TO HEAR PERSONS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1029-1959 (ALLEY EAST
OF NW 15TH FROM W.MAIN TO NW "B" ST) THE PROOFS WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED
FILED. AFTER HEARING ALL PERSONS PRESENT ,CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THIS
IMPROVEMENT BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE,
JULIAN VIGRAN ,REPRESENTING THE RICHMOND RETAIL MERCHANTS,TOLD THE BOARD OF
THEIR ' PARK AND SHOP ' PLANS AND ASKED IF THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO RENT
CERTAIN PARKING LOTS TO PRIVATE3OPERATORS AT A RENTAL FEE EQUAL TO THE RE-
VENUE RECEIVED FROM THE LOTS. THE BOARD TOOM THIS UNDER ADVISEMENT AND TOLD
MR. VIGRAN THEY WOULD STUDY THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING SOME SHORT-TIME
METERS ON THE 10TH STREET PARKING LOT AND SOME LONG-TIME METERS ON THE
NO, 6TH ST . LOT .
BILL ADLER REPORTED THAT SLEEVES FOR THE PARKING METERS ON NORTH 6TH AND
7TH IERE ALL IN PLACE AND THAT METER POSTS WERE READY TO BE INSTALLED . HE
WAS GIVEN THE MEN TO COMPLETE THIS WORK.
JOHN TIFFANY , DAIRY INSPECTOR ,REPORTED THAT CHIEF WILLIAMS HAD GIVEN HIM .
PERMISSION TO USE AN UNUSED SECOND-FLOOR AREA IN NO , 3 FIRE STATION FOR A
LABORATORY , AND ASKED TO HAVE THE BALANCE OF 0309.30 IN THE DAIRY- 4 _
ACCOUNT `MOTOR TRANSFERRED TO DAIRY 3, (MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE ) .TME CLERK '
THIS MONEY TO BE USED TO PARTIALLY EQUIP THE LAB. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED-
TO PREPARE A REMOTION FOR COUNCIL FOR THIS TRANSFER.
THE CLERK PRESENTED PROOFS OF PUBLICATION SHOWING THIS DATE HAD BEEN SET
II TO HEAR PERSONS INTERESTED IN IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1039-1959 (FIRST ALLEY
NORTH OF PEARL FROM NW 6TH EAST TO FIRST NORTH-SOUTH ALLEY' THE PROOFS
WERE ACCEPTED AND ORDERED FILED. AFTER HEARING ALL PERSONS PRESENT ,CITY
ENGINEER MOVED THIS IMPROVEMENT BE TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT . SECONDED BY CITY
ATTORNEY CECERE.
LT. STOUT , TRAFFIC DIVISION ,REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT MR. COX , STATE HIGHWAY
DEPARTMENT ,WOULD BE IN RICHMOND TODAY TO DISCUSS THE INSTALLATION OF A TURN
LANE SIGNAL AT• THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AT NORTH 10TH & "J" STREET; AND TO SURVEY
THE INTERSECTION AT NW 5TH AND PEACOCK FOR A POSSIBLE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
IT WAS ALSO REPORTED BY LT . STOUT , THAT ' NO PARKING ' SIGNS HAD BEEN ORDERED
FOR MAIN STREET AND THAT HE HAD STARTED TRAFFIC COUNTS ON S}9. 1ST AND 2ND ,
B, T THEY WOULD NOT BE FINISHED UNTIL AFTER SCHOOL STARTS SO A TRUE PICTURE
COULD BE GOTTEN . HE ASKED IF THE TURN LANES AT 5TH ,6TH ,7TH AND 9TH AND MAIN
COULD BE PAINTED TO HELP TRAFFIC CONTROL.
THE BOARD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM MARIE BOYKIN ,EARLHAM COLLEGE , ASKING PER-
MISSION FOR A PARADE FROM EARLHAM TO 9TH AND MAIN AT 8:00 PM ON OCTOBER 23 ,
1959. THE CLERK WAS ASKED TO WRITE HER A LETTER GIVING PERMISSION FOR THIS
PARADE AND ADVISING HER TO WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC DIVISION FOR AN ESCORT.
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO GET AN ESTIMATE FOR TWA STREET LIGHTS ON SOUTH
18TH STREET BETWEEN SO . " I " AND "J11.
II A COMPLAINT OF COUNCILMAN VIVIAN REGARDING THE CONDITION OF THE SIDEWALK
AT 525 SO. 12TH STREET WAS REFERRED TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT .
A LETTER FROM COUNCILMAN VIVIAN REGARDING THE TRAFFIC AT S0 .24TH AND REEVESTOP
ROAD WAS REFERRED TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION.
A COMPLAINT OF WEEDS IN SOUTH "G" STREET BETWEEN SO . 20TH AND S0 .23RD WAS
REFERRED TO THE STREET DEPARTMENT.
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THE CITY CONTROLLER REPORTED HE HAD REASON TO - BELIEVE THAT PERSONAL PROPERTY
OF THE CHRYSLER AIR-TEMP CORPORATION THAT IS STORED IN THE OLD INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER PROPERTIES HAS BEEN OMITTED ON THE ASSESSMENT BOOK AND TAX DUP-
LICATES FOR THE TAXABLE YEAR OF 1959, AND ..HE WAS WRITING TO, THE COUNTY _
AUDITOR AND TREASURER TO CORRECT IRH,E, RECORDS AND ADD SUCH ' PROPERTY WITH THE
PROPERTY VALUATION ,
COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER SAID THE RESIDENTS ALONG. THE ALLEY BETWEEN SO.,3RD AND _
SOUTH 4TH STREET, NORTH FROM SOUTH "Qt0 HAD ASKED IF THE ALEY COULD BE WORKSD
ON SO THAT THEY COULD MAKE BETTER USE OF IT. THE MAYOR SAID HE HAD HEARID
OFTTH IS . ALLEY AND .HAD REFERRED IT TO. THE STREET DEPARTMENT . T
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COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER SAID THE PARKWAY AT THE NE CORNER OF 'S0. 137H AND "C"
WAS TOO HIGH TO ALLOW WATER TO DRAIN OFE OF THE SIDEWALK. THIS WAS REFERRED
TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR CHECKING .
COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER SAID THE RESIDENTS OF SOUTH I6TH STREET SOUTH OF "L" L
HAD _ TOLD -HIM THEY WERE AFRAID WATER WOULD BACK UP FROMIHE DITCH THROUGH
THE RECENTLY INSTALLED DRAINS UNDER.-THE STREET AND FLOOD THEIR YARDS. THIS
WAS REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER. .
THE CITY ENGINEER SAID HE HAD BEEN CONTACTED BY RESIDENTS OF THE EAST SIDE
OF SOUTH 7TH . STREET , SOUTH OF ST. JOHNS PARRISH HOUSE REGARDING THE ' NUMBER OF
PERSONS LIVING IN AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND OF THE LOUD NOISES LATE AT NITE
HE REPORTED THAT IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT THERE WAS NO VIOLATION OF ZONING -
AT THIS APARTMENT. THE CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTED THAT THE COMPLAINT OF NOISE
SHOULD BE HANDLED AS A PRIVATE MATTER BY THOSE COMPLAINING .
COUNCILWOMEN HOSKINS REPORTED THAT THE ALLEY BY FAIRVIEW SCHOOL ' RUNNING NORTH
FROM NW "L" WAS BEING , USED BY TRUCKS FOR THE CONSTRUCTI ON AT THE SCHOOE AND
THAT IT WAS, IN A VERY DUSTY CONDITION AND RESIDENTS OF THAT .AREA HAD COM
PLAINED , THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS. ASKED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS' ALLEY
TO KEEP IT FROM BEING SO DUSTY.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS , THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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