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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW-05-24-82MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS MEETING May 24, 1982 The meeting of the Board of Public Works was called to order by Mayor Reiman at 4:30 P.M. on May 24, 1982. Board member Fred Swift was present. Also present was City Attorney, Dave Coots and Clerk-Treasurer. Mr. Swift made motion to approve the minutes of March 22, April 28 and May 10. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Old Business Street Lights - Carmeltown - Request for street lights for Carmeltown was again brought to the Board. Mr. Swift inquired as to whether or not the streets were private or city streets. There was no information to specify the streets were public. The Board decided to hold a decision on this matter until the status of the streets was determined. Brookshire Pines and Briar Lane - Mr. Swift made a motion to approve the installation of nine (9) streetlights at a rate of $7.75 per light per month for Brookshire Pines and three (3) streetlights at a rate of $7.26 per lamp per month. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Award of Bid for Sewer Plant - Mr. Don Silvey of HNTB presented the Board with a letter of recommendation that the water quality control project, Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, be awarded to E. H. Hughes & Co., Inc. The recommendation was for acceptance of the alternate bid which provided for a different aeration system. The alternate was also lower than the base bid. Mayor Reiman asked if E. H. Hughes & Co. had complied with all of the requirements as set out in the specifications. Mr. Silvey stated they had. Mr. Swift made a motion to accept the alternate bid of E. H. Hughes & Co., Inc. in the amount of $5,561,411.00 subject to EPA approval and successful financing. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Mr. Swift made a motion to grant authorization to Mayor Reiman to sign the grant application. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Opening of Bids for Bituminous Material - Bids for bituminous materials submitted by Shumaker Bros., Astro Paving, Inc., Asphalt Surfacing, Reith-Riley, Hamilton County Asphalt and Calumet Asphalt Paving were opened (Copies attached) and referred to Street Superintendent, Phil Reddick, for review and recommendation at next meeting. 05/24/82 Page 2 Opening of Bids for Painting of Water Tower - Bids for painting of the elevated water tower were opened as follows: Base Alt 1 Alt 2 Steel Maintenance Corp. 38,700 45,000 49,000 Quality Painting & Decorating 57,315 61,115 66,715 Craftsman Painting Service 48,600 54,400 69,000 Bartron Painting Service 44,530 48,800 46,750 Huron Painting Co., Inc. 40,000 48,000 55,000 The bids were referred to Mr. Silvey and Mr. Dougherty for review and recommendation. Summer Sprinkling Rates - Private Owner Sprinkling Systems - Mr. Dougherty stated that there are three private homes on a special rate for lawn sprinkling systems and five special metered rates in an apartment complex. Mr. Dougherty explained the alternative ways to discontinue this service and stated if the Board so chooses, he would set these out in a letter to the customers stating the lower rates would no longer be available. Mayor Reiman made a motion that Mr. Dougherty draft a letter for these eight customers on underground sprinkling systems seeking compliance with the water and sewer ordinances. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. Bond Releases - Foster Grove , Sec. I - The Board was in receipt of a letter from Bob Allen, City Inspector, stating that the performance bond requirements had been met for Foster-Grove, Sec. I, relating to storm sewers, water mains and rolled curbs. Mr. Swift made a motion to release the performance bond for storm sewer, water mains and rolled curbs for Foster Grove, Sec. I. Motion seconded by Mayor Reiman and passed unanimously. Sprinkling Rates for Indianapolis Water Company Customers - Mayor Re;man stated she had received numerous calls from Indianapolis Water Company customers who are on Carmel's sewer system stating they felt they should still receive the summer sprinkling rates since the reason for suspending such rates was conservation. Mr. Coots stated that the Council resolution did not allow for any exceptions and would be a matter for the Council to determine. This item will go on the Council agenda on June 7. Availability - Proposed Kirby Industrial Park - Lau and Associates requested verification of sewer availability and connection for the site at the Northeast corner of Carmel Drive and 3rd Avenue SW. Following discussion, Mayor Reiman made a motion to verify sewer and water availability for said site with the stipulation that Mr. Lau provide documented estimates of capacity. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. 05/24/82 Page 3 LaSalle Square - The Board was in receipt requesting sewer availability for LaSalle Square, 3400 East 96th Street. In the absence of City Engineer, Mr. Silvey from HNTB had reviewed the request and presented a letter to the Board stating how many EDU's would be required if the building were used for regular offices, but that the number would increase if doctor or dentist offices were used. Following discussion, Mayor Reiman made a motion to approve 14.58 EDU's or 131,260 gallons per month of sewer availa bility conditioned upon review and possible increa se if doctor or dentist offices are part of the initial use. Water Availability - The Board was in receipt of a request from George T. She requesting water availability for his residence at 11623 Valleybrook Place North. Mayor Reiman made a motion to approve 1 EDU of water availability for Mr. She. Motion seconded by Mr. Swift and passed unanimously. American Aggregates Carter-Fisher Property - The Board had insufficient information for this item. Item tabled until a later meeting. Regional Sewer Board Advice Given in Bramscher Letter - Mayor Reiman stated she felt a letter from Thomas L. Bramscher, Indiana Program Manager, containing advice to the Regional Sewer Board should be made part of the record. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was duly adjourned at 6:40 PM. APPROVED: JANE A REIMAN, MAYOR ATTEST: DOROTHY J HANCOCK, CLERK-TREASURER