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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-04-1959 PAGE 8 BOARD OF PUBLIC. WORKS & SAFETY RICHMOND , INDIANA JUNE 4, 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-WITS _ -- THE READING OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS,,MEETING WERE DISPENSED WITH .• MR . LOTUS MILLER, OWNER OF MILLERS DAIRY STORE , SECURED BOARD APPROVAL FOR- A 30' DRIVE ON WEST MAIN STREET, APPROXIMATELY 128' WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF WEST IST •&_ MAIN AND FOR_ONE 3Oa DRIVE ON SOUTH 9TH STREET , APPROXIMATELY 110' SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 9TH AND "Eli ST . , AND FOR TWO 30' DRIVES ON SOUTH "E" EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 9TH AND "E" . THE WEST DRIVE ON SOUTH "E" TO BE AN EXIT DRIVE ONLY. ALSO , MR . MILLER TO DEED A SMALL PARCEL OF GROUND AT THE- SE CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTH 9TH AND '"E" FOR THE INCREASING OF THE RADIUS OF THE CORNER . THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO ' SHOOT ' SHOUTH IOTH STREET WITH OIL. FROM SOUTH "M" TO SOUTH "0" STREET. - BILL ADLER REPORTED HE HAD REMOVED TWO PARKING METERS ON SOUTH 3RD STREET AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE NEW WMYNE COUNTY JAIL. • THE CITY ENGINEER WAS AUTHORIZEDyTO PROCEED WITH THE WORK ON THE ENTRANCES TO THE PARKING LOT ON NORTH 6TH STREET AND TO RESURFACE THE SOUTH I2TH ST. LOT AND FINISH THE WORK ON THE DRIVES INTO THIS LOT • CITY ENGINEER DEUKER REPORTED - THAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO INSTALL A 6 ' SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH "A" STREET BETWEEN 2ND. AND 3RD STREET AT THE SIDE OF THE NEW JAIL. - POLICE. CHIEF MITRIONE REPORTED THAT PATROLMAN DONALD BATES WOULD ATTEND THE NATIONAL RED CROSS DQUATIC SCHOOL FROM JUNE 10-20 INSTEAD OF LT. STOUT . ' HE REMINDED THE BOARD THAT PATROLMAN CHARLES GIVENS WOULD ALSO ATTEND THIS _ SCHOOL . J THE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS ASKED TO CHECK THE REPORTED USE OF COLLEGE AVE. BY HEAVY TRUCKS. • THE STREET DEPARTMENT WAS INSTRUCTED TO CUT THE WEEDS AROUND THE SOUTH g2TH STREET PARKING LOT AND AT SHERIDAN STREET AND THE 20TH CENTURY BRIDGE . PARK SUPT. MCBRIDE REPORTED THAT 214" DEAD TREES HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THAT • . THE TREE LIMBS ON SOUTH "F" STREET BETWEEN SOUTH 7TH AND 8TH STREET HAD BEEN TRIMMED AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE BOARD . PARK SUPT. MCBRIDE REPORTED THAT WATER HAD UNDERMINED THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF W. MAIN STREET AT THE BRIDGE OVER CLEAR CREEK. THIS WAS RE- FERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER AND STREET DEPT. THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED A REQUEST FOR THE USE OF A SOUND TRUCK IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOCAL MISS AMERICA CONTEST . • THE MAYOR REPORTED HE HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE OPEN DITCH AT NW • 19TH AND "C" STREET. THE CITY ENGINEER SAID BY DREDGING AND STRAIGHTENING DRAINAGE WOULD BE HELPED CONSIDERABLE . HE ALSO SAID WASTE MATERIAL FROM THE E. G. HILL CO . WAS FLOWING IN THIS DITCH AND CREATED AN OBJECTIONAL ODOR. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE THE E . G. HILl CO. TO SEE IF THEY COULD ELIMINATE THIS WASTE . • THE MAYOR REPORTED THAT MR . WM. FULLE ,47 NO . 5TH ST. , HAD COMPLAINED TO HIM ABOUT THE THREE LANE TRAFFIC ON NORTH "A" AND THE ELIMINATION OF PARKING BY HIS STORE . THE BOARD NOTED THAT MR . FULLE HAS BEEN PLACING A RESTRICTED PARKING SIGN ON NORTH "A" ST. AND THE CLERK SAID HE HAD WRITTEN MR . FULLE • TO DISCONTINUE PLACING THIS SIGN BY HIS STORE. THE POLICE DEPT . WAS ASKED TO CHECK ON THE REPORT OF A TRUCK PARKING IN A . - "NO PARKING" .ZONE ON SOUTH 9TH STREET , JUST SOUTH OF MAIN STREET ON MONDAY EVENINGS , AND TO ENFORCE THE NO PARKING ZONE IF THEY FIND A VIOLATION ff AGE 9 CITY ATTORNEY OECERE MOVED THAT THE CONFIRMATION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION . 1018-1958, AS CONFIRMED ON JUNE 6, 1958, BE RECINDED AND THAT IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1025-1959 BE ADOPTED. (CURBS , GUTTERS & SIDEWALK , BOTH SIDES OF NW- 6TH ST. , FROM MAIN TO FIRST ALLEY NORTH ) SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER .Y I L S O N, CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT IMPROVEMENT gclq BE ADOPTED (SANITARY SEWER IN FIRST ALLEY EAST OF NORTH 20TH ST. BETWEEN "J" AND "K" ) SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER. CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED THAT IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1027-1959 BE. AA'OBTED (SANITARY SEWER IN FIRST ALLEY EAST OF NORTH 20TH ST FROM NORTH "J" TO • HAWKINS ROAD ) SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE. ,U THE POLICE DEPT . - WAS INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THE KRESGE COMPANY AT 7TH AND MAIN STREET REMOVE THE PENNANTS THAT %RE ATTACHED TO THEIR BUILDINGS AND AD- . JACENT UTILITY- POLES. THE THE STREET DEPT. WAS ASKED TO REPAIR HOLES AT THE EAST END OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN NW „G" AND "H" FROM RIDGE TO BOYER . THE BOARD NOTED A LETTER WRI TTEN BY THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS TO TIE HOOSIER HOME IMPROVEMENT CO . , REQUESTING THEM TOSECURE A PERMIT FOR WORK BEING DONE AT 355 GRACE DRIVE. THE BUILDING COMMISSIONER WAS INSTRUCTED TO FOLLOW UP ON HIS LETTER OF JUNE 2, 1959, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY ; REGARDING A = COMMERC'IAL GARAGE AT III SW "F" ST . MR . DEUKER REPORTED THAT THERE WAS AN EXPOSED SEWER ON THE HODGIN PROPERTY WEST OF NW 5TH ST . THAT HAD BEEN DAMAGED AND THAT DIRT FROM THIS PROPERTY HAD WASHED OVER THE SIDEWALK ALONG NW 5TH STREET . HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO WRITE MR. HODGIN A LETTER REQUESTING HIM TO REMEDY THESE COMPLAINTS AT ONCE . . THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED . • .PresiJe t Antel- 42,1-(-- ' , ' Z.Z4. • _ • C