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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS & SAFETY, RICHMOND, IND. .
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 1958
-THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL
WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING. ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. THE READING
OF THE MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING , DISPENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING
BUSINESS WAS HAD, TO-WIT; ,
THE BOARD REFERRED THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR STREET LIGHTS TO THE LIGHT
PLANT FOR AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST. MAPLE DRIVE BETWEEN N. 17TH & 19TH ST. ,
AND ON WHITEWATER BLVD. FROM NORTH 10TH ST TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCLE SOUTH
II OF MAIN STREET BRIDGE.
THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISIONVERE APPROVED BY THE
BOARD ON MOTION OF CITY ENGINEER DEUKER AND SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER
WILSON;
"STOP" SIGNS AT NORTH 11TH & "H" ST. , MAKING IITH THE STOP STREET
"STOP" SIGNS AT NW 19TH & "C" ST. , MAKING 19TH THE STOP STREET
"STOP" SIGNS AT SW 8TH & "A" ST. , MAKING 8TH THE STOP STREET
CITY CONTROLLER MOVED THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION
BE APPROVED; PROHIBIT PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NEFF ST. FROM FT.WAYNE
AVENUE TO NORTH 6TH ST . , AND TO POST "NO PARKING ,UNLOADING ZONE" SIGNS.
SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON. MOVED THE FOLLOWING PLAN BE APPROVED; ANGLE PARKING
ON THE NORTH SIDE .OF PARK PLACE BEHIND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, AND PARALLEL
PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF PARK PLACE BEHIND THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE. .
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED "NO TRUCKS ALLOWED ON BOULEVARD" SIGNS BE
PLACED AT THE EAST END OF THE SOUTH "G" ST. BRIDGE AND AT THE TRAFFIC
CIRCLES AT THE NORTH AND SOUTH END OF WHITEWATER BLD.
THE BOARD REFERRED THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS TO THE TRAFFIC DIVISION; 4-WAY
STOP AT NORTH 17TH & "C" ST. AND REPLACING "STOP" SIGNS WITH "YIELD RIGHT
111 OF -WAY SIGNS" IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THE TRAFFIC DIVISION REPORTED TO THE BOARD THAT SEVERAL BAD ACCIDENTS HAVE
OCCURED AT S. 13TH & "A" ST. WITH THE PROBABLY CAUSE BEING A TREE ON THE SW
CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OBSTRUCTING VIEW OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT , AND RE-
COMMENDED THE REMOVAL OF THE TREE. THE BOARD SO ORDERED.
THE BOARD REFERRED TO THE CITY ENGINEER' S OFFICE A PETITION FOR A SANITARY
SOWER IN SOUTH .tITH STREET FROM "0" TO "M" STREET.
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE
STREET DEPT. BUDGET TO PAY FOR ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE YEAR
AND SAID $2,800.00 WOULD HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM ANOTHER ACCOUNT TO
PAY FOR THIS ITEM. THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE FOR
A TRANSFER OF FUNDS. .
CITY ENGINEER DEUMER MOVED FOR THE ADOPTION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO.
1019-1958. (CONCRETE ALLEY-IST ALLEY W. OF NW 15TH FROM MAIN TO NW "B")
SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE. IT WAS NOTED THAT A REMONSTRANCE WAS
FILED AGAINST THE IMPROVEMENT .
CITY ENGINEER DEUKER MOVED FOR ADOPTION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 1020-1958
CONCRETE ALLEY-BTN. RIDGE & BOYER FROM NW "J" TO FIRST EAST & WEST ALLEY
SOUTH) . SECONDED BY CITY ATTORNEY CECERE,
THE CLERK WAS INSTRUCTED TO ADVERTISE FOR HEARING ON THESE RESOLUTIONS.
THE BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CURB CUTS; ,847 W.MAIN ST. ; 605 COLLEGE
AVE. & 24 NORTH 1 1 TH ST.
THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO CHECK THE HOUSE AT 420 GARDNER
STREET FOR POSSIBLE CONDEMNATION.
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THE BUILDING INSPECTOR, FIRE MARSHALL AND SANITARY INSPECTOR WERE INSTRUCTED
TO CHECK THE HOUSING AND SANITARY DONDITIONS IN THE FIRST ALLEY WEST OF FT.
WAYNE AVENUE AND LEADING SOUTH OF NORTH "A" ST.
THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED THE INSTALLATION OF A STREET LIGHT ON GREEN ST.
POLICE CHIEF MITRIONE RECOMMENDED THAT RICHARD SMITH AND DELBERT DAVIS BE
MADE REGULAR PATROLMEN AS OF AUGUST 5, 1958. HE SAID THEY HAD SUCCESSFULLY
COMPLETED THEIR ONE YEAR PROBATIONARY ' PERIODo 'CITY ATTORNEY CECERE SO MOVED.
SECONDED BY CITY ENGINEER DEUKER.
A LETTER FROM DAVE WINDBURN , 70 BRIDGE AVENUE , MS READ. HE COMPLAINED OF
WATER FLOWING FROM BUTLER STREET BVER. HIS PROPERTY. THE BOARD ORDERED A
PIPE INSTALLED TO RUN THE WATER FROM BUTLER STREET INTO THE RIVER.
THE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS THE MEETING ADJOURNED.
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