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WORKS & SAFETY , RICHMOND-0ND .
THURSDAYy APRIL 3 0, 1959
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE BOARD OF
PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY WHICH MET IN CITY HALL THIS DATE , ALL MEMBERS
PRESENT. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD , TO-WIT;
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO,
1024-1959. SAID RESOLUTION BEING FOR SANITARY _SEWER IN BERRY FIEDL . SECONDED
BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON. THE CLERK WAS ORDERED TO ADVERTISE FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING ON THIS IMPROVEMENT ON MAY 2141959.
MESSERS BOB MC KEE AND GENE WILLIAMS, REPORTED TO THE BOARD ABOUT A STOPPED.
UP PRIVATE SEWER BETWEEN SOUTH 19TH $C 20TH IN THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF -EAST
MAIN STREET. CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT THIS SEWER BE TAKEN INTO AND
MADE A PART OF THE CITY SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT
CONSTRUCT A MANHOLE , AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ,WHERE THIS SEWER CONNECTS THE PRE-
SENT SEWER IN SOUTH 20TH STREET. SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
MR. HARRY THOMAS, KEMPER BROTHERS, APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD AND ASKED FOR
RELIEF OF THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH 15TH STREET BETWEEN THE
RAILRQAD AND NORTH 11F10 STREET. THE BOARD ORDERED THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESENT
PARALLEL PARKING AT THIS AREA AND ORDERED THAT KEMPER BROTHERS , IN VIEW OF
PLANNED CONSTRUCTION WEST OF N . 15TH STREET , ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
RELOCATION OF THE CURB ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET. SAID CURB TO BE MOVED
BACK TO THE LINE OF THE SIDEWALK°
MR. BERT GLAZER APPEARED BEFORE THE BOARD IN ANSWER TO A RECENT ORDER OF THE
BOARD TO COMPLY WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE . HE SAID HE HAD CONTACTED THE NEI-
GHBORS AND FOUND ONLY ONE WHO OBJECTED TO ACTIVITIES AT HIS SCRAP YEARD. HE
SAID HE WAS OPERATING A SCRAP YARD AND NOT A JUNK YARD AS SUCH . HE SAID MOST
OF HIS BUSINESS WAS PROCESSING SCRAP FOR INDUSTRY . THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
WAS ASKED TO CHECK THIS BUSINESS AND TO REPORT ON THE ACTIVITY AND TYPE OF
BUSINESS.
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TOM ROSSI ,RICHMOND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, ASKED PERMISSION TO ERECT A BASKET-
BALL GOAL ALONG SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT . HE SAID PERMISSION
HAD BEEN SECURED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AUTHORITIES . THE BOARD APPROVED PROVIDES
IT DOES NOT INTERFER WITH PARKING .
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BILL ADLER REPORTED THAT THE AVERAGE WEEKLY REVENUE FROM THE PARKING METERS
ON MAIN STREET IS $300.00 AND THE CITY WOULD LOSE APPROXIMATELY 815 ,000.00
A YEAR IF THESE METERS WERE REMOVED.
COUNCILMAN SMITHMEYER WAS ADVISED THAT THE STREET DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN GIVEN
INSTRUCTIONS TO GRADE SOUTH 15TH STREET , SOUTH OF 1°M°° TO PREVENT WATER •
FLOWING FROM 14TH STREET .
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PARK SUPT. DON MC BRIDE WAS ORDERED TO CUT THE TREES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF -
SOUTH 11A" STREET BETWEEN SO . 2ND AND 3RD , IN PREPARATION OF THE WIDENING OF
THE STREET.
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER REPORTED HE HAD CONTACTED THE CONTRACTORS INVOLVED IN
MAINTAINING THE RUN-AROUND AT THE NORTH 10TH STREET BRIDGE AND THEY HAD
ADVISED HIM THEY WOULD KEEP SAID RUN-AROUND IN BETTER CONDITION. ' •
THE BOARD RECEIVED A: PETITION FOR CURBS AND GUTTERS ON NORTH 28TH STREET
FROM EAST MAIN STREET NORTH TO GLEN MILLER PARK . THIS WAS REFERRED TO THE
CITY ENGINEER FOR CHECKING OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE CLERK TOLD THE BOARD HE HAD RECEIVED COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAND BILLS BEING
LEFT ON AND IN AUTOMOBILES AND HAD WRITTEN A LETTER REQUESTING THIS STOP
AS IT WAS IN VIOLATION OF A CITY ORDINANCE . THE BOARD CONFIRMED THE ACTION
OF THE CLERK .
THE CLERK PRESENTED AN ESTIMATE FROM THE LIGHT PLANT FOR A STREET LIGHT
ON SOUTH t1F" BETWEEN SOUTH 7TH AND 8TH AT A COST OF $218.00. THIS WAS
TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT . •
THE CLERK PRESENTED AN ESTIMATE FROM THE LIGHT PLANT FOR A STREET LIGHT
ON' SW 17TH STREET AT A COST OF $301 .00. THE BOARD ORDERED THIS LIGHT
INSTALLED .
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CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THE CONTRACT FOR GASOLINE FOR THE VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY BE AWARDED TO WARFIELD OIL COMPANY ON THEIR LOW
BID OF $19.2 PER GALLON. SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
THE BOARD WAS INFORMED THAT PORTER POSTER SERVICE WAS ERECTING A BILL
BOARD ON U. S. 27 NORTH WITHIN THE TWO MILE JURISDICTIONAL AREA. THE
BOARD RULED THIS WAS IN VIOLATION OF PRESENT ZONING LAWS AS A "LOCAL
BUSINESS" CLASSIFICATION WAS REQUIRED FOR BILL BOARDS. THE CLERK WAS
INSTRUCTED TO INFORM THE COMMISSIONER OF BUILDINGS OF THIS DECISION , -
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MAYOR CUTTER REPORTED HE HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM ROBERT W. BURGESS , -
DIRECTOR OF. CENSUS. SAID LETTER. INFORMING THE CITY THAT- THEIR CHECK FOR -
$2125.00 AND MAPS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AND THE REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL CENSUS
HAD BEEN. REFERRED TO THE . REGIONAL OFFICE , WHO WOULD CONTACT-" THE CITY IN' _
THE NEAR FUTURE. - _1 - _
THE BOARD DISALLOWED THE BID OF JAMES W . ANDERSON FOR CURBS, GUTTERS AND
SIDEWALKS ON SOUTH 10TH^. STREET BETWEEN "M" AND "01t BECAUSE OF FAILURE
TO INCLUDE A FINANCIAL STATEMENT WITH HIS BID , AND, AWARDED THE BID AS
• SUBMITTED BY ROBINSON BROTHERS. 1
• CITY ENGINEER DEUKER REPORTED HE HAD SURVEYED THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH
12TH STREET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A POSSIBLE WALK-WAY AND HAD FOUND
THAT SOME CUT WOULD HAVE' TO ,BE MADE BEFORE THIS COULD BE DONE . HE SAID
. HE WOULD CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA TO SEE IF SOMETHING
COULD BE WORKED OUT .
THE CITY ENGINEER WAS INSTRUCTED TO STAKE OFF SOUTH 25TH STREET FROM
• EAST MAIN STREET SOUTH TO THE PRESENT STREET AND TO INSTRUCT THE STREET
DEPARTMENT TO OPEN THIS STREET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE .
BOB REES, LIGHT PLANT ENGINEER REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT THE ESTIMATE
FOR STREETS FOR SOUTH RICHMOND SHOULD BE READY BY MAY 7TH AND HE WAS
ESTIMATING APPROXIMATELY 20 LIGHTS WOiLD BE NEEDED FOR THIS AREA.
THE BOARD ORDERED THE INSTALLATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS , ON EXISTING MAINS ,
IN THE NEWLY ANNEXED AREA, AS SHOWN ON MAPS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY ENGINEER.
THE TRAFFIC DIVISION ANNOUNCED A TRAFFIC CHECK WOULD BE CONDUCTED THE
WEEK OF MAY 4TH IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS;
MAY 4TH , I2:30 TO 2:30 PM , 1300 BLOCK OF NORTH "A" STREET
MAY 5TH , 6:00 PM -8:00 PM, 300 BLOCK OF RICHMOND AVENUE
MAY 5TH , • 6:00 PM -8:00 PM , WHITEWATER BLVD. IN FRONT OF HIGH SCHOOL
- -- - . MAY 7TH , 12 NOON -2:30 PM , 1500 BLOCK OF SOUTH "A" STREET
- MAY 9TH , 9:00 AM - 12 NOON , 1300 BLOCK OF NORTH "A" STREET
MAY 9TH , 9:00 AM-I2 NOON, 300 BLOCK OF SOUTH 5TH STREET
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED ,
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