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Home My Public Portal About03-28-1958 1 0 OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY,RICHMOND , IND. . FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1958 THE. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY MET IN REGULAR SESSION IN CITY HALL WITH CITY CONTROLLER WILSON PRESIDING . ALL MEMBERS PRESENT, READING OF ' THE MIN- UTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING DISPENSED WITH, THE FOLLOWING BUSINESS WAS HAD, TO-WIT; • REV. LEE OF THE NAZARINE CHURCH AT NORTH 5TH & "A" THANKED THE BOARD FOR PAV- ING THE MUDDY AREA IN FRONT OF HIS CHURCH AND ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY OBJECTION TO MEMBERS OF HIS CONGREGATION PARKING IN THE CITY OWNED PARKING LOT ON. N. 5TH ST. , WHILE ATTENDING SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. HE WAS TOLD THIS WAS A PUBLIC LOT AND THEY COULD USE IT AS LONG AS THERE WERE SPACES AVAILABLE. • DOUG WARFIELD, WARFIELD OIL COMPANY, SAID HIS COMPANY WOULD SOON BE REQUIRED TO MOVE AND HE OFFERED THE CITY ;$.6,000.00 FOR 7/10 OF' AN ACRE AT SOUTH 8TH & "Nf° STREET FOR USE AS A SITE FOR A BULK OIL STORAGE PLANT , THE BOARD LOOKED WITH FAVOR ON THIS PROPOSED SALE TO THE WARFIELD OIL CO. AND NOTED THAT THE PARK COMMISSIONERS WERE ALSO IN FAVOR. THE BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT PROCEDURES DE STARTED TO HAVE THIS AREA REZONED , APPRAISED. , ETC. IN THE EVENT OF SALE, THE MONEY PAID FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE OF ADD- ITIONAL PARK LAND AND/OR ADDITIONAL PARK EQUIPMENT , AS DETERMINED BY THE PARK .COMMISSIONS. • FIRE CHIEF WILLIAMS REPORTED THAT HIS MEN WERE GOING TO REMOVE SOME OF THE TREES AND STUMPS FROM THE CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON SE PARKWAY , JUST EAST OF HENLEY ROAD, AND THE STREET DEPT. WOULD LEVEL WITH THEIR BU I LDOZER. WALKER MILLER, WHO IS REPAIRING PROPERTY AT 602 NORTH 12TH Si.ST04 APPEARED AT THE REQUEST - OF THE BOARD AND EXPLAINED'HE WAS GOING TO USE THE BUILDING AS STORAGE AND WOULD HAVE THE OUTSIDE FIXED UP IN 60 DAYS, OR BY THE TIME HIS BUILDING PERMIT EXPIRES, ' WH I CI•I IS 5-31-58. HE WAS ADVISED BY THE BOARD OTHER ACTION W)ULD BE CONSIDERED IF' T'H.'iS WAS NOT DONE• THE BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS INSTRUCTED TO INITIATE PROCEDURES TO CONDEMN THE TRIMBLE PROPERTY AT THE NW CORNER OF NORTH "D19 AND- FT.WAYNE AVE, BILL ADLER REPORTED HE HAD FINISHED INSTALLING NEW METERS ON MAIN STREET FROM 3RD TO 7TH AND THAT 101 ADDITIONAL " METERS WERE 'NEEDED TO REPLACE THE REMAINING OLD`-METERS OM MAIN STREET, HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO HAVE PARKING METER TIME PLATES MADE TO SHOW , THE FOLLOWING HOURS OF OPERATION; SATURDAY AND MONDAY - 8AM TO 9 PM, AND TUESDA'Y , WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY , 8 AM TO 6 PM. THESE PLATES TO BE INSTALLED ON THE DOWNTOWN METERS. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE STREET DEPARTMENT TO INSTALL A TRAFFIC ISLAND ON NORTH "On STREET AT 5TH AS PER -RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE TRAFFIC DIVISION. CITY CONTROLLER WILSON MOVED THE TRAFFIC DIVISION BE AUTHORIZED TO PURCHASE 12 "YIELD RIGHT OF WAY" SIGNS FOR TRIAL ON VARIOUS CITY STREETS. THE BOARD APPROVED A PARADE FROM 12 STREET TO GLEN MILLER ON EASTER SUNDAY. SAID PARADE TO FEATURE THE ARRIVAL OF THE EASTER RABBIR TO RICHMOND . REFERRING TO THE PROPOSAL FOR EQUIPMENT FOR EMERGENCY AMBULANCE- SERVICE- TO THE ENTIRE COUNTY AS SUGGESTED BY THE WAYNE COUNTY CIVIL DEFENSE , THE BOARD OPPOSED THIS PLAN FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS; THE CITY HAS EQUIPMENT AVAIL- ABLE • FOR EMERGENCIES; EQUIPMENT FOR EXTRAXTING CRASH VICTIMS FROM WRECKS AVAILABLE IN CITY; THE CITY TAZPAYER WOULD BE ASKED TO PAY 'f OR MORE OF. THE COST FOR A SERVICE HE IS ALREADY GETTING; TO MAN AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE WOULD TAKE TWO POLICEMEN FROM PATROL WORK , AND .PURCHASE OF SUCH EQUIPMENT BY PUB- LIC SUBSCRIPTION OR DONATIONS WOULD NOT BE PRACTICAL. THE BOARD APPROVED DECLARATORY RESOLUTION 4-1958 ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT11 GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS -OF WAYNE - COUNTY FOR A RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR WIDENING SOUTH "A" STREET BETWEEN-2N'D AND 3RD STREET. A COPY OF SAID EASEMENT TO BE MADE A PART OF THIS RECORD, EASEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, MADE AND ENTERED ' INTO THIS' DAY OF MARCH 1-958, BY AND BETWEEN THE BOARD OF-COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WAYNE COUNTY , INDIANA, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS THE FIRST PARTY, AND THE CITY OF RICHMOND, WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS SECOND PARTY. 0 ? CONTINUED-- • WITNESSETH THAT: FIRST PARTY IS THE OWNER OF ALL THE REAL ESTATE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF SOUTH °BA" STREET IN SAID CITY OF RICHMOND, BETWEEN SOUTH 2ND AND SOUTH 3RD STREETS' SECOND PARTY DESIRES TO WIDEN SAID SOUTH "A" STREET, BETWEEN SOUTH 2ND AND SOUTH 3RD STREETS IN SAID CITY, AND HAS ASKED FIRST PARTY FOR. AN EASEMENT OVER ITS LANDS FOR SAID PURPOSE. NOW THEREFORE , IT ,IS AGREED BY AND BETWEEN SAID PARTIES AS FOLLOWS, TO—WIT°, 1 . THAT IN AND FOR THE CONSIDERATION HEREINAFTER SET OUT, FIRST PARTY DOES- BARGAIN AND SELL, AND BY' THESE PRESENTS HEREBY GRANTS, CONVEYS, TRANSFERS AND DELIVERS UNTO SECOND PARTY, A PERMANENT EASEMENT• AND RIGHT—OF—WAY FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES, NAMELY: THE RIGHT TO ENTER UPON THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED LAND, AND GRADE, LEVEL, FILL , DRAIN , PAVE , BUILD , AND MAINTAIN A ROAD, TOGETHER WIDE SIDEWALKS, CURBS AND GUTTERS ON , OVER AND ACROSS THE GROUND EMBRACED WITHIN THE RIGHT—OF—WAY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND ,WAYNE COUNTY , INDIANA AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: J A STRIP OF GROUND TWENTY (2O) FEET IN WIDTH OFF THE ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE OF LOTS NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN ( 137) AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE ( 143) IN JOHN AND SAMUEL W. SMITHS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF R IC HMOND , I ND I ANA AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS(' TO—WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT -NUMBER ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN ( 137) TN SAID ADDITION; THENCE NORTH EIGHTY— FOUR (84) DEGREES FIFTY (50) MINUTES WEST TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR (264) FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SOUTH "A" STREET, TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NUMBER ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE ( 143) IN SAID ADDITION; THENCE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION TWENTY (20) FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SOUTH 2ND Si;'' THENCE SOUTH EIGHTY—FOUR (84) DEGREES FIFTY (50) MINUTES EAST TWO HUN— DRED SIXTY FOUR (264) FEET TO NORTH LINE OF SOUTH 3RD STREET; THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SOUTH 3RD STREET, TWENTY (20')' FEET TO 'THE PLACE OF BEGINNING: AND TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAID EASEMENT AND RIGHT.—OF—WAY UNTO SECOND PARTY AND UNTO ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER. 2. AS AND IN CONSIDERATION OF THE GRANTING OF THIS EASEMENT, SECOND' PARTY PROMISES AND AGREES TO MAKE SAID IMPROVEMENTS: TO WIDEN SOUTH "A" STREET, AND TO SURFACE SAID STREET WITH HARD SURFACED MATERIAL; TO CONSTRUCT CURBS, GUTTERS, AND SIDEWALK THEREON; AND TO COMPLETE SAID IMPROVEMENT ON OR BE— FORE DECEMBER 31 , 1959. • IT IS FURTHER A PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR THE GRANTING OF THIS EASE— MENT THAT SAID IMPROVEMENTS AS ABOVE SET FORTH SHALL BE DONE BY SAID . SECOND PARTY WITHOUT ANY COST , BY ASSESSMENT OR OTHERWISE, TO FIRST PARTY HEREIN. IN WITNESS WHEREOF , THE PARTIES HERETO HAVE HEREUNTO SET THERR HANDS AND SEALS THIS DAY OF MARCH , 1958. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF WAYNE COUNTY , I ND . CITY ENGINEER DEUKER SAID HE WOULD ARRANGE A MEETING WITH THE STATE HIGH— WAY DEPARTMENT FOR DISCUSSION OF THE RIGHT—OF—WAY THROUGH LIGHT PLANT PROPERTY AND THROUGH BEALLVIEW PARK. HE WOULD TRY TO HAVE THE MEETING ON MARCH 31 , 1958, IF POSSIBLE. THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING ADJOURNED. 61e- WM,et'eWILSON, PRESIDENT ATTEST; � CLERK