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Home My Public Portal About11-02-1951 1 6_, OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1951. 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, November 2, 1951, at the hour of 9:00 olclock A.M. Mr. Coleman presiding with the following members being present: Mr. Hodgin and Mr. Haworth. The following business was had, to-wit: On motion made, seconded and carried, the minutes of the previous meeting were dispensed with. Mrs. C. R. Jacobson, representing the League of Women Voters met with the Board requesting permission for having a sound truck on Main Street, Saturday, November jd, to announce the meeting to be held to introduce the City Candi- dates. The Board did not allow this request, but did permit use of a loud speaker. at the St. Paul)s gym on said nite and its use to be only in a low tone. The Chief of Police recommended that a Mercury-type Street Light be placed at the intersection of Third and Main Streets to provide better lighting in the evenings for the traffic officers that direct traffic at said intersection. The Clerk was ordered to notify the Light Plant of this request.. The Light Plant reported the costs of installations of over-hanging type of traffic lights at the following places: South 9th and "L" Streets, $96g.00 and at North 10th and "G" Streets, $862.00. No .report was given on the West 2d and National Road. - A letter was received from the Richmond Retail Merchants Bureau, Inc. , thank- ing the Board for its help and support that was given toward making the Main Street Open House, October 25th, a success. A petition was received to vacate the first alley south of Main Street,from South 16th Street to first alley east thereof. This petition was referred to the City Engineer to prepare a Resolution to vacate said alley. The Board unanimously adopted Improvement Resolution No.. 947-1951 as follows: IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 94+7-1951. • Resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to improve property, as hereafter describ- ed, in the vicinity of South "I" and South 5th Streets of said City by the con- struction of a Sanitary Sewer in South 5th Street extending from South "I" Street South a distance of about Three Hundred Twenty-five (325.00) Feet; and a Combine Sewer in South "I" Street from Liberty Avenue to South 5th Street; all of which sewers are hereby ordered to be built in accordance with plans, profiles, and specifications on file in the office of the City Civil Engin- eer of said City. • 147'. • • The cost of construction of said proposed sewer shall be divided as follows: • (1) So much of the cost of the Combine Sewer in South "I" Street as shall be equivalent to the cost of construction of an adequate Local Sanitary Sewer, not adequate to receive sewage from Collateral Sewers or storm water, . if built along the proposed line as herein. set forth, shall be paid for by the abbutting property owners and by said City, if it be determined. that the said City is benefited by such Combine Sewer, in the same manner and to the same extent as Local Sewers are paid for by them under the statute governing such cases. (2) The cost of a Local Sewer, built along the line of said Combine Sewer, abovedescribed, is hereby estimated and fixed to be Eighty-five (85.00) per- cent of the cost of a proposed Combine Sewer as described_ above, which pro- portion, as herein estimated and fixed, shall be applied in all computations requiring the estimated cost of such local sewer. (3) The. excess cost of said Combine Sewer over and above the `'estimated cost of a Local Sanitary Sewer, if built along the_ line above described shall be paid for by the said City. (4) The cost of proposed Local Sewer shall be paid for by the benefited property owners under the statutes governing such cases. (5) The property beneficially affected by said proposed sewer lies on both • sides of South "I° Street between Liberty Avenue and South 5th Street; and on • the west side of South 5th Street from South "I" Street to and including Lot No. Thirty (30) of Wm. S. Lancasters' Subdivision, all according to the method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the. State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations", approved March b, 1950, and. in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supplemental acts thereto, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual 'in- stallments, with interest as the rate of, per cent per annum. A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment of such work, unless the property. owners pay said assessment before said bond or bonds are issued. Under no circumstances shall the city of Richmond be, or be held, responsible for any sum or sums, due from said property owner or owners from said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate. or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the city from the assessment for such improvement, or such moneys as said city is by said above entitled Act required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act and amendments thereto. The Clerk presented the proofs of publication printed in the Richmond Palladium. newspaper on the Sth and 15th days of October, 1951, that a public hearing would be held on this date at the hour of 10:00 o'clock a.m. to con- sider remonstrances on Improvement Resolution No. 94+6-1951. The proofs were received and ordered filed. 148 This being the date and the time to receive and consider any re- monstrances that might have been filed or presented on Improvement Resolution No. 94+6-1951. No remonstrances were filed or received and the Board heard all present who desired to express themselves on Improve- ment Resolution No. 946-1951. The Board finds that the benefits that will accrue to the property abutting and adjacent will be equal to or exceed the estimated costs of the proposed improvement. The Board now unanimously confirms Improvement Resolution No. 946-1951 without modifi- cations. The Board received the general plans for the proposed grade separation at the Pennsylvania Railroad on North 9th and 10th Streets from the State Highway Commission. The State Highway Commission asks that a Resolution in triplicate be drawn up: approving theseplaraas submitted. The plans were re- ferred to the City Engineer for study and his recommendations to be reported to this Board. James Homey, representing the Homey Furniture Store met with this Body requesting permission to block off Main Street November 23, 1951, from the hours of 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. to welcome Santa Claus to this City. Permission was granted and he is supposed to contact the Police Department as to what assistance will be needed on said day. The Fire Chief advised the Board that he would ask for installation of Fire Hydrants in the Eariham View Addition and the Glen Elsia Addition. The Fire Chief also advised the Board that a Fire Alarm was being placed on Colfax Avenue on Newmann s Hill. • The Board approved the removal of three ornamental light globes from the. poles on 7th Street. These globes are in direct vision of the traffic lights. The Board allowed the claims in the amount of $24,006.57. There being no further business presented, on motion made,• seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned. Chairman K Attest: . LeQ.O.-A ` C3 Jt1erk L