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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW-06-08-81MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING JUNE 8, 1981 The meeting of the Board of Public Works was called to order by Mayor Reiman at 4:30 P.M. on June 11, 1981. Board members Billy Walker and Fred Swift were present as were City Attorney, John Pearce and Clerk-Treasurer. Old Business Contract Awards for North-South IntercePtor - Don Silvey of HNTB reported to the Board that after full review of the bids, the recommendation for Division I - Equal ization Basin was Evans construction, Division II, Part A - Eagle Valley and Division II, Part B - Thompson Construction. Mr. Swift made a motion to accept the bid of Evans Construction in the amount of $895,465.00 for Division I subject to EPA approval and successfully obtaining financing. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Mr. Walker made a motion to accept the bids of Eagle Valley in the amount of $3,086,000.00 for Division II, Part A and Thompson Construction in the amount of $1,306,350.00 for Division II, Part B subject to EPA approval and successfully obtaining financing. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Mr. Walker made a motion to grant permission to HNTB to submit the approved bids to the EPA. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Signing of Fire Station #4 Contract - Mr. Cooler of Cooler, Schubert & Olds and Mr. Jenkins of TetraCor appeared before the Board to discuss the contract. The Board struck the mention of an alternate bid in the contract with both the Board and Mr. Jenkins initialling the same. Mr. Jenkins presented the Board with a bond in the full amount of the job. The Board signed the contract and after presentation of a payment schedule by Mr. Jenkins to the Clerk-Treasurer and approval of same a copy of the contract will be given to Mr. Jenkins. New Business Engineering Contract for Modification of Gray Station - Mr. Don Silvey of HNTB presented a contract for services for modification to the Gray Road water station and hook up to the present City distribution system. Mr. Swift made a motion to enter into the contract with HNTB. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Availability - Carmel Research & Development Park - Mr. LeRoy New and Mr. Al Oaks came to the Board to request water and sewer availability for the Carmel Research & Development Park. 06/08/81 Page 2 Fidelity Bank - A request for water and sewer availability was presented by R.Van Bogan. Both the Park and Fidelity lie within the Clay Regional Waste District and the District has granted approval by resolution to allow the City to serve these areas on a temporary basis. Following discussion, Mr. Swift made a motion to approve the Carmel Research & Development Park for water and sewer availability contingent upon successful zoning, the area being annexed to the City and there being no cost to the City for water or sewer lines. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Mr. Walker made a motion to approve the Fidelity - R.V. Welch project at the northeast corner of 116th and Meridian St. for water and sewer availability contingent upon annexation of same and there being no cost for water or sewer lines to the City. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Mr. New then asked the Board for direction in connection with their views on the roads within Carmel Research and Development Park. Mayor Reiman recommended Carmel Drive be extended to Meridian Street and eliminate the extension of 126th Street in a memorandum attached hereto and made a part hereof. After looking at the map, Mr. Swift made a suggestion that perhaps the road within the Park be made somewhat a Y making provision for a connector road to Carmel Drive from 126th Street should 126th St. be extended into the Park from the east at sometime in the future. This would provide a traffic pattern through the Park to Carmel Drive and out to Meridian Street. Mayor Reiman stated these were just suggestions for everyone to consider. Mr. Walker stated it would be nice if it could be a divided road. Lakeview Nursing Home - Mr. Wells from the Lakeview Nursing Home requested water service from the City to supply a sprinkling system mandated by the State. In keeping with the policy of the Board not to provide service to an area not annexed to the City, Mr. Wells provided the Board with a legal description for a 24ft. strip across his land to the area where the nursing home sits and encompassing the home. Mr. Swift and Mr. Walker expressed reservations about annexing a portion of the property but stated that was a decision of the Council. Mr. Swift made a motion to approve water connection consistent with the Board policy of annexation. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed 2-1. Walker voting nay. Hiring of Temporary help - Utilities and Engineering - Mayor Reiman stated there were two City employees who were off work for an indefinite period of time and stated the departments were short employees to take up these work loads. Mr. Walker made a motion to allow Mr. Dougherty to hire temporary help for the position held by Priscilla Sturtz. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Mr. Swift made a motion to allow Mr. 06/08/81 Page 3 Welch to hire temporary help for the position held by Jim Conaway. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. Petition of Carmel Town for Street. Lights - Mr. Roy Middy, 160 Aspen Way, presented a petition for a street light survey for Carmel Town. Mr. Swift asked if the streets in Carmel Town were City Streets. It was the opinion of the Board that they were not. Mr. Swift made a motion to request Public Service to run a street light survey but stated the City would bear none of the cost if the streets were not dedicated City streets. Motion seconded by Mr. Walker and passed unanimously. VFW Street Dance - Mayor Reiman stated she had received a request from the VFW to block off the street for a 4th of July dance. Mr. Swift made a motion to allow the VFW to block off 1st Avenue N. W. from Main St. to 1st St. N.W. between 9:00 A.M. and 10:30 P.M. on July 4th and granting permission for use of the City parking lot for the festivities. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was duly adjourned at 6:05 P.M. APPROVED: Jane A Reiman, Mayor ATTEST: Dorothy J Hancock, Clerk-Treasurer