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OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC
WORKS & SAFETY, R I"CHMOND, I ND .
FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1958
THE BOARD _OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL WITH
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT. ! HE- 13EADING - OF THE •
MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED WITH. THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS
HAD, TO—WIT;
CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THE CONTRACT FOR CURBS, GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS
ON BOTH SIDES OF SW 17TH FROM SW "B" TO NATIONAL ROAD BE AWARDED TO ROBINSON
BROTHERS, LOW BIDDER, FOR THE BID PRICE OF $2,279.40. SECONDED BY CITY EN—
GINEER DEUKER .
THE MAYOR PRESENTED A LETTER FROM MR . PAUL FURNAS, EARLHAM COLLEGE, ADVISING
THE BOARD THAT EARLHAM HAS CALLED A COMBUSTION EXPERT TO STUDY THEIR SMOKE
PROBLEMAND THAT THE BOARD WOULD BE ADVISED OF ANY ACTION THEY TAKE TO
CORRECT THEIR SMOKE PROBLEM,
THE BOARD HEARD COMPLAINTS OF EXCESSIVE SURFACE RATER, SEWAGE AND WATER IN
BASEMENTS AND GENERAL FLOODDING CONDITIONS FROM MRS. JAMES HAMILTON,3225 E.
MAIN ST. , MRS, RAMBLER , 100 S. 25TH ST. , MRS. DON STIKELEATHER , SE PARKWAY ,
HARDOL DAVIS, S. I6TH AND "L" ST. , AND RICHARD REITNOUR, 1417 S. 4TH ST.
THESE PEOPLE SAID THEY HAD BEEN PROMISED SOME RELIEF BUT NONE HAD BEEN
FORTHCOMING . THEY WERE ADVISED THAT ARRANGEMENTS HAD BEEN MADE TO OPEN THE
DITCH ALONG SOUTH I6TH STREET TO ALLOW A BETTER FLOW OF WATER AND THAT A
SURVEY WAS BEING MADE IN THE VICINITY OF SE PARKWAY TO DETERMINE WHO WAS
CAUSING THE BACKING UP OF WATER FROM THE SANITARY USER INTO BASEMENTS.
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MR. J.L. BOWMAN AND MR. JOHNSON FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AND CHRIST , 1415
NORTH "J" STREET, ASKED PERMISSION- TO PREACH ON THE SIDEWALKS. THEY WERE
TOLD THERE WAS NO OBJECTION TO THIS AS LONG AS THE STREETS WERE NOT BLOCKED
OR A LOUD SPEAKER USED,
CITY ATTORNEY CECERE MOVED THAT OFFICER LARRY TURNER BE MADE A PERMANENT
DETECTIVE AS OF JUNE 9, 1958. SECONDED BY CITY CONTROLLER WILSON.
THE CLERK PRESENTED A WRITTEN REMONSTRANCE, FILED JUNE 10, 1958, SIGNED BY
MARY F . BOWEN, FRANK HODGIN , ZEDELLA HODGIN, ROBERT HODGIN, GEORGE L.LOGAN,
AND BERNICE L. STANLEY, OBJECTING TO THE QROPOSED IMPROVEMENT FOR CURBS,
GUTTERS AND SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF NW 6TH STREET FROM MAIN TO PEARL.
THE BOARD INSTRUCTED THE CLERK TO FILE WITH THE WAYNE CIRCUIT COURT, A
COPY OF THE IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION , A COPY OF THE IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION,
A COPY OF THE REMONSTRANCE AND EXCERPTS OF THE MINUTES WHICH SHOW THE CON—
FIRMATION OF THE IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION,
THE BOARD APPROVED THE FOLLOWING CURB CUTS; ON NW :1°L" STREET, IMMEDIATELY
WEST ' OF NW 5TH STREET , AND AT 26 DEBOLT LANE .
THE CITY ENGINEER WAS INSTRUCTED TO ISSUE A PERMIT TO BREAK THEE STREET -FOR
INSTALLATION OF A WATER LINE FROM SW 17TH AND "E" WEST TO LOT #3 1 .
LT. STOUT TOLD THE BOARD THAT BUSHES IN THE ISLAND AT S . I8TH AND REEVESTON
ROAD WERE BLOCKING THE VIEW OF MOTORISTS AND THAT SHRUBBERY ON THE SE CORNER
OF NORTH 22ND AND "E" BETWEEN THE CURB AND SIDEWALK OBSTRUCTED THE MOTORIST.
HE WAS TOLD TO HAVE T'HE BUSHES CUT AT S. 18TH & REEVESTON ROAD AND TO ORDER
THE SHRUBBERY REMOVED AT NORTH 22ND AND "E10 STREET.
LT , STOUT TOLD THE BOARD HE WAS MAKING A SURVEY TO DETERMINE IF NORTH "8"
SHOULD BE MADE ONE WAY FROM I6TH TO 19TH STREETS,
THE FOLLOWING REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM THE BUILDING I NSPECTOR : JAMES AND
MAZIE FAULKNER PROPERTIES AT 1200-1201 S. 4TH STREET. BOARD ACTION—ADVISE
OWNERS CITY WILL RAZE BUILDINGS AND COST THEREOF WILL BE BORN BY PROPERTY
OWNERS OR A LEIN PLACED AGAINST THE PROPERTY. CHASTEEN WRECKING YARD , I500
SHERIDAN STREET, BOARD ACTION — FOLLOW UP AND ADVISE IF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE
FOLLOWED. HENRY OWENS PROPERTIES, 604-6-8-10 S. "E". BOARD ACTION — FOLLOW
UP AND ADVISE IF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOLLOWED. NE CORNER SW I6TH AND "An
STREET. ISSUE CONDEMNATION ORDER. RELIANCE FOUNDRYPROPERTY — FOLLOW UP.
1402 NORTH "Jio STREET AND NE CORNER OF NORTH IITH AND "E" STREET — REPORT
IN PERSON TO BOARD.
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ATTEST; DAVID O.KEYSER,CLERK