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HomeMy Public PortalAbout06-03-1955 1 1 .R. OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY, RICHMOND, INDIANA. FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1955. The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, met in regular session in its office in the City Hall in said City, Friday, June 3, 1955, at the hour of 8: 00 o' clock A.M. ( CST) . Mr. Coleman -presiding with the following members being present: Mr. Hodgin and Mr. Chambers. The following business was had, to-wit: On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the previous meeting were dispensed with. 11 A petition for construction of a concrete roadway the full width be- tween Glen Court and the Pennsylvania Railroad, from North 20th to North 21st Street was received and referred to the City Engineer. A petition was received fpr construction of concrete curb and gutters on both sides of Ross Streetfrom N.W. "H" to Vine Street. This was referred" .to the City Engineer. The Board authorized the Clerk to instruct the Light Plant to purchase and install automatic switches to control the lights on the North 10th Street Parking Lot. The Board authorized the City Attorney to check with Mr. Clarence Brown, Attorney for the School Board, about the legal steps that would have to be taken to transfer the school property located at South 12th and "A" Streets to the City of Richmond, Indiana. The Board aiproved the request of Mrs. Ken Goodwell, Director of Vacation Church School of the First Presbyterian Church, to reserve the parking spaces in front of the church on North "A" Street from the service station to North 10th Street during the annual vacation church school which meets in the morning each week day from June 13 to June 24, 1955. II The Board received the following Resolution from the State Highway Department of Indiana and requested that said Resolution be made a record of this meeting. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, under and by virtue of the Statutes of the State of Indiana relative to traffic regulation, the State High- way Department of Indiana has the authority and the duty to adopt and promulgate regulations in the interest of the safety and convenience of the traveling public using the ' - highways, including streets in cities and towns, under the control of said Department. Be it resolved that parking on US 27 (North 10th St. ) in Richmond be restricted as follows: NO PARKING AT ANY TIME on the west side , of North 10th Street (US 27) in Richmond, between a point 20 feet north of the White Water Boulevard and a point approxi- mately 300 feet north 'thereof. This resolution is supplemental to and amendatory of - all previous resolutions restricting parking on state highways in Richmond. WITNESS OUR HANDS AND THE SEAL OF THE DEPARTMENT THIS 17 DAY OF MAY, -1955. STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OF INDIANA BY /s/ Neil R. Godwin /s/ Virgil Smith /s/ Diane E. Walker ATTEST: /s/ Diane E. Walker Secretary 114 The following Agreement was signed by the Board of Public Works and Safety, AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT, made this 3rd day of June, 1955, be- tween. The City of Richmond, Indiana, acting through is Board of Works, hereinafter called "City" , and The Richmond Home Telephone Company, Inc. , of Richmond, Indiana, hereinafter called "Company" , WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Company many years ago owned and maintained a small substation of City owned Property comprising Starr Park west and adjoining North 10th Street in said City and the City later desired said structure be removed from said park premises and in consideration of such removal City proposed and Company agreed that said substation be removed to and adjoin the structure of City comprising No. 2 Hose House at North 8th Street and Ft. Wayne Avenue and at the northwest corner thereof which was done and has so been maintained by the Company since, and WHEREAS, said structure, Lx8 feet has become wholly in- adequate to serve its purposes by reason of growth and ex- pansion of Company property and facilities and the greatly in- creased demand for telephone service by the residents of said City, and WHEREAS, to provide sufficient space for installation of necessary additional equipment of Company to better serve the public and residents of the section north and west of said location it is desirable to increase said substation by con- structing an addition thereto 8x8 feet, adjoining present structure on the west thereof, and that Company has submitted a drawing showing said proposed addition, and WHEREAS, City has considered said request of Company and finds that such addition will in no way impair the use of saidI/ real estate and the Hose House now on the same and that City should give its consent to Company to build and maintain said addition and that the same will inure to the benefit of a large number of residents of said City desiring and using telephone service. THEREFORE, said City does here' y approve said addition and consents to its construction on the following conditions, to-wit: The addition shall be of the same architectural design and character of present substation building; that the walls shall be of brick to match present outside walls as nearly as obtainable; that said addition shall be of the same width as present structure and the outside walls of addition continous with present walls. Further that the Company will maintain said addition and original Part of the structure in proper manner, paint any part subject to painting the same color as that on the Hose House; that the Company will save City Harmless from the claim of any person whomsoever for personal injury or property damage by the use of said structure and the apparatus, wires and equip- ment therewith in any way connected or used in and about said premises. I/ • It is understood. Company shall have the right of ingress and egress to said structure for inspection, maintenance and use of said structure in the business of the Company. The undertaking of the Company herein set out -shall be binding and obligatory on its assigns and successors. 115 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this instrument in duplicate the day and year first above written. THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA By /s/ H.G. Coleman /s/ S.W. Hodgin /s/ Frank Chambers Its Board of Works 11 THE RICHMOND HOME TELEPHONE COMPANY, INC. By /s/. Denver C. Harlan Vice—President Claims in the amount of 3030. 86 were allowed. There being no• further business presented on motion duly made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned. • Chairman ( - Attest: , City Cler