HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPW-10-21-91 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY
MEETING MINUTES
OCTOBER, 21, 1991
ONE CIVIC SQUARE/COUNCIL CHRi~BERS
5:15 P.M.
The meeting of the Carmel Board of Public Works and Safety was
called to order by Mayor Dorothy J. Hancock. Members David Taylor
and Billy Walker were in attendance. City Attorney Steve Andrews
and Clerk-Treasurer Susan W. Jones were also in attendance.
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 7f 1991: Member, David Taylor requested
correction of the 10th line striking the word 'claimed' and
replacing with 'Taylor did call' Mayor Hancock made a motion to
approve the minutes as corrected. The motion was seconded by
Taylor. Ail members voted aye. Motion carried.
CI2~IMS: Taylor made a motion to approve the claims dated 10/10/91,
pages 1-15, in the amount of $820,585.17 subject to the clerk-
treasurer verifying that the City had enough funds to pay for the
claims. The clerk-treasurer stated that the City would always have
enough funds to cover claims presented to the Board unless she
stated otherwise. The motion was seconded by member Walker. Ail
members voted aye. Motion carried.
Hancock moved to approve the claims dated 10/17/91, page 1, in the
amount of $4,241,187.50. The motion was seconded by Walker. Ail
members voted aye. Hotion carried.
Taylor moved to approve the claims dated 10/16/91, page 1, in the
amount of $273,826.29. The motion was seconded by Walker. Ail
members voted aye. Hotion carried.
BIDS:
Recommendation for Carmel Utilities Bids on the Following Items: -Rock Salt AKZO International Salt Co.- @ $31.69/ton
-Chlorine Gas Ulrich Chemical - 150~ cylinders @ $.2134/lb.
Ulrich Chemical - 2000~ cylinders @ $.0945/lb.
-Sodium Fluoride Jones Chemical - 55~ bags @ $.59/lb.
-Sulphur Dioxide PB & S Chemical - 2000~ cylinders @ $.19/lb.
-HTH PB & S Chemical - 100~ containers @ $.94/lb.
-Water Heters Ropes Corp. - 5/8"x3/4" STD @ $27.65/ea.
Sidener Supply - 1" STD @ $69.15/ea.
Sidener Supply - 5/8"x3/4" RMT @ $42.66/ea.
Sidener Supply - 1" Remote @ $80.72/ea.
Walker asked Lee Dolen, Assistant Manager of Utilities if the
recommendation met with his approval. Dolen replied that it did
meet with his approval. Hancock made a motion to approve the
recommendation of Carmel Utilities bids. The motion was seconded
by Walker. Ail members voted aye. Hotion carried.
JOHNSON CONTROLS/A.B. YOUNG CONTRACT-HEATING & AIR-CONDITIONING
SERVICE: Andrews asked to table this item until page 2 paragraph 7
of the contract could be corrected. Walker so moved. Taylor
seconded the motion. Ail members voted aye. Motion carried.
RECOMMENDATION FOR ANNEXATION C-161 - AVIAN GLEN SUBDIVISION:
Jim Nelson of Nelson & Frankenberger, stated he was representing
applicants Stephen & Susan Webster, Martha Russell, Esther Mae
Thorp, Mildred Schott and Carmel Clay Schools. Nelson stated the
individual property owners and the Carmel Clay Schools owned
together, the 156 acre parcel of real estate located on the west
side of Cherry Tree or Hazel Dell Road. Nelson stated the real
estate included the 20 acre parcel of land owned by the Carmel Clay
Schools and, also, the land immediately southwest and north of the
Cherry Tree Elementary School. Nelson stated the property owners
were requesting annexation of that parcel of real estate to the
City of Carmel. Nelson stated an informational booklet was
provided to the office of the Carmel City Engineer and the
contiguity by the required 1/8th of the perimeter boundaries was
established. Nelson stated he would present the applicants request
to the Carmel City Council that evening for the adoption of
Annexation Ordinance C-161. Nelson stated that it was anticipated
that all of the real estate except for the land owned by the Carmel
Clay Schools would be purchased by Davis Development Corporation
and developed as a single-family residential subdivision containing
approximately two-hundred-twenty-four single family homesights all
developed in compliance with the S-1 Residence District
Classification which was how the land was currently zoned.
Hancock made a motion to pass the recommendation to the City
Council to approve the annexation. Walker asked if that which was
not part of the right-of-way would still be part of the county and
would improvements be made to the center line. Nelson stated the
legal description used for annexing the 156 acre parcel of land
would go to the center line of Hazel Dell or Cherry Tree Roads.
Nelson stated that he had provided the City Engineer with a legal
description of the eastern one-half right-of-way of Cherry Tree and
Hazel Dell Roads, and in addition, an excluded parcel with a legal
description of the entirety of right-of-way that exists in front of
the excluded parcel. Nelson stated it would be up to the City to
annex the eastern one-half right-of-way of Hazel Dell and Cherry
Tree Roads and the entire right-of-way in front of the excluded
parcel. The motion was seconded by Walker.
Hotion carried.
Ail members voted aye.
RECOP~ENDATION for ANNEXATION C-162 and ACCEPTANCE into SANITARY
SEWER DISTRICT: Mark Boyce of C.P. Morgan Co., represented
applicant TMF Ltd. Boyce stated he was accompanied by Ralph
Morgan, the general partner of TMF Ltd., owners of a 34 acre parcel
located on the east side of Keystone at 99th Street and Chester
Road. Boyce requested that the 34 acre parcel be brought into the
Carmel Sewer Service District and that the parcel be recommended
for annexation. Boyce stated the parcel met the requirements for
contiguity with surrounding City of Carmel parcels. Boyce stated
that at the previous week's Board meeting of the Clay Regional
Waste District, the Board recommended release of the parcel of
property from the Clay Regional Waste District if the Carmel Board
of Public Works moved to accept the 34 acre parcel into Carmel's
Sanitary Sewer District.
Hancock asked if the annexation met the 1/8th contiguous
requirement. Boyce stated the parcel met the requirements.
Hancock asked Boyce about the necessity to bore under Keystone to
hook on to Clay Regional Waste District. Boyce stated when Clay-
Regional was first established parcels east of Keystone that were
not part of the City of Carmel were just thrown into the Clay
Regional Waste District Sewer service area. Boyce stated the 34
acre parcel was similar to Williamson Run within the Clay Regional
Waste District where the most appropriate body to serve those
parcels was Carmel. Boyce stated the opportunity for gravity flow
to the 96th Street Lift Station would be better than boring
Keystone to get to the Lift Station on the other side of Keystone.
Walker asked City Engineer, Tom Welch, if the City would have any
trouble bringing the parcel into the Carmel Sewer District. Welch
stated the City would have no trouble. Walker made a motion to
approve the annexation of the 34 acre parcel with approval to
remove the parcel from the Clay Regional Waste District and
acceptance into the Carmel Sanitary Sewer District. The motion was
seconded by Taylor. Ail members voted aye. Hotion carried.
A/}DITIONAL DRIVEWAY CUT - 13028 CRICKLEWOOD CT.: Mr. Clegg, owner
of the property at 13028 Cricklewood Ct., stated that he intended
to install a circular driveway. Clegg stated there was a rolling
curb and a 'cut' would not be necessary. Hancock asked if this
property was in a one street subdivision east of Keystone on the
south side of the street. Clegg stated that was correct. Walker
made a motion to approve the driveway cut at 13028 Cricklewood Ct,
stating that the new driveway would provide less of a traffic
hazard by having the ability to exit the driveway facing traffic
instead of backing into traffic. The motion was seconded by
Taylor. All members voted aye. Hotion carried.
BOND RELEASE - WILLIAMSON RUN f SECTION 6- SA/qITARY SEWER: Hancock
asked City Engineer, Tom Welch if Section 6, Williamson Run had
been through all of the necessary inspections. Welch stated all
inspections were made. Walker made a motion to approve the bond
release for Williamson Run, Section 6, Sanitary Sewer Bond #1755 in
the amount of $1,250.00. The motion was seconded by Taylor. Ail
members voted aye. Motion carried.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY of CARMEL A/qD DAVE WILCOX: Hancock made a
motion to table the item. The motion was seconded by Taylor.
members voted aye. Hotion carried.
All
CHANGE ORDERS/WATER MAIN FOR HIGH SCHOOL & CHANGE ORDER FOR THE
SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT: Don Silvey, Commonwealth Engineering,
stated he was requesting a change order for an addition on the
contract with Eagle Valley Construction adding a water main from
the downtown elevated water tank north on 3rd Avenue SW, to Main
Street and east on Main Street to the Carmel High School. Silvey
stated he met on the previous Thursday with the architects for the
High School. Silvey stated the High School had constructed a water
main from the area of Cool Creek Apartments south to Main Street.
Silvey stated the architects had changed their scheduling which
prompted the change order in an attempt to merge the addition of
the 3rd Avenue downtown main with the Cool Creek main to assure
adequate water supply to the High School. Silvey stated he
provided the Mayor with copies of the amendment to the Commonwealth
Engineering agreement to authorize Commonwealth Engineering as the
engineer and inspector for the project during construction. Silvey
stated the contractor would move in within three weeks with
anticipation of the water main installed prior to Christmas 1991.
Silvey stated Main Street would receive a temporary patch of 1"
cold mix on top of stone giving it an asphalt surface during the
winter. Silvey stated the temporary patch would be removed in
spring 1992, and permanent pavement would be installed.
Hancock asked if this work was necessary to supply the proper
amount of water and water pressure to the school. Silvey stated
that was correct. Hancock asked if the change order met the
statutes for the percentage limit for a change order. Silvey
stated the statute provided for a 20% ceiling on change orders with
the exception of situations which were not known at the time of the
original contract and then would not constitute a change in scope.
Silvey stated this revision was slightly over 20%, but that the
conditions at the High School were not known at the time of the
original contract.
Walker made a motion to approve change order ~3 job ~W8814-07 for
$189,953.00. The motion was seconded by Taylor. Ail members voted
aye. Hotion carried.
Taylor made a motion to approve Amendment ~1 to agreement for
professional engineering services for Carmel Water System
improvements for the City of Carmel, Hamilton County, Indiana with
Commonwealth Engineering. The motion was seconded by Hancock. Ail
members voted aye. Hotion carried.
Hancock asked for clarification regarding the Sewage Treatment
Plant on the documents submitted by Silvey, versus the reading on
the agenda. Silvey stated he had not been clear when he requested
a last minute addition to the agenda and apologized for the
inconvenience. Silvey stated the two items submitted were 1) a
change order with the contractor for the sewage treatment plant,
Bowen Engineering Corporation and 2) a cost summary comparing
budget-to-date and expended-to-date monies with two ledger sheets
attached for month to month detailing of expenditures. Silvey
stated a breakdown of the distribution between the City of Carmel,
Clay Township Regional Waste District, Hamilton Western Utilities
and the Town of Westfield was provided Silvey stated the
expansion was shared by the four entities and the original budget
that was established included provision for contingency and
provision for a proposed budget of $6,000,000.00. Silvey stated
that Commonwealth Engineering was now picking up small items that
were questionable as to whether or not enough money would be
available at the end of the project, and Commonwealth was also
picking up items that had come to light during construction such as
additional valves, light wiring, etc..
Silvey explained a list of eighteen items submitted to the Council,
covered modifications to a well in the form of a new pressure tank
at the 106th Street Lift Station. Silvey stated the water
necessary to be used to lubricate the seals at the Lift Station
came from a buried cistern installed in the early 1970's. Silvey
stated it was determined at the time hook-up to the water storage
and control system to feed the water seal units was made, it was
determined to be an advantage to do away with the cistern and
install a separate new pressure tank. Silvey stated the
installation of a new air system determined additional support was
needed to make way for additional air piping. Silvey added that
everyone agreed clean-up would be easier if one more floor drain
was added. Silvey stated that there was a deletion of some gas
piping found to be unnecessary and elimination of a methane gas
detector because one that had been previously been installed was
determined sufficient saving the project $1,038.00. Silvey stated
there was a net add to the project of $17,930.00.
Walker asked if Silvey was certain of the advantage of removing the
gas detector. Silvey stated the detector previously installed was
operational and tested. Walker expressed concern that it was a
safety feature that was important. Silvey stated a lot of thought
was given before removing the detector and since the original was
sufficient the second would not provide additional protection.
Hancock made a motion to approve change order ~7 for job ~S8815
Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements adding $17,930.00. The
motion was seconded by Taylor. Ail members voted aye. Hotion
carried.
96th STREET LIFT STATION: Don Silvey, Commonwealth Engineering,
stated the packets provided to the Board related to Item 3 under
new business on the agenda concerning ground released by the Clay
Regional Waste District to be added to the City's Sewer service
area by TMF Ltd. along with additional parcels of land not included
in the TMF Ltd. deal. Silvey stated the 96th Street Lift Station
for approximately the last four to six years had been known to be
at its full capacity. Silvey stated that there has been discussion
of the expansion of 96th Street and the development of the plans of
96th Street's expansion which would require the relocation of the
96th Street Lift Station. Silvey stated he had discussions with
Mr. Boyce of C.P. Morgan and Mr. Welch, the City Engineer, in order
to work toward an agreement whereby the C.P. Morgan Co. would work
with the City, with the relocation of the lift station. Silvey
stated another lift station in the area had problems with over
loading, mechanical problems and a force main in poor condition.
Silvey stated the lift station now in poor condition was the one
that the newly annexed parcel would come in to. Silvey stated C.P.
Morgan would construct sewers from the annexed parcel to the sewers
that feed the lift station, but would, also, build a new line as
part of their next phase of Williamson Run that would eliminate the
lift station. Silvey stated C.P. Morgan would also deepen their
sewers through Williamson Run and increase their size. Silvey
stated the City would consider moving the lift station north making
the station better available to serve the entire square mile.
Silvey added the station could be sized to serve everything in the
area now existing and future. Silvey stated if the station
remained south, the sewers would remain sloped and as it headed
toward 96th Street it would become deeper and deeper. Silvey
stated that moving the station north, C.P. Morgan would be able to
stop at a more shallow depth and the City would remain at about the
same depth with the City's interceptor. Silvey stated it was a
win-win situation for the City to get away from 96th Street.
Silvey stated since the existing station was originally connected
to the force main built in the 60's to serve Woodland Springs which
was abandoned in 1974, and which is still in the future pavement of
the widened 96th Street. Silvey added that consideration has been
given to relocating and replacing the old force main. Silvey
stated the next development of Williamson Run would take place over
the next six months and since the area in question had a high
ground water table it seemed essential to go at this time period,
prompting Commonwealth's request to the Board to authorize the
design and preparation of the bidding documents for the relocation
of the 96th Street Lift Station helping merge the time schedules
with the developments of Williamson Run and the benefits to the
developer and the City.
Hancock asked what lift stations would be eliminated as a result of
this action. Silvey stated Briar Creek Lift Station, 96th Street
Lift Station and Williamson Run would not have to have its own lift
station built.
Hancock made a motion to approve the proposed engineering services
for the 96th Street Lift Station relocation. The motion was
seconded by Taylor. Ail members voted aye. Hotion carried.
HEALTH/LIFE INSURANCE FOR RETIRING POLICE and FIREFIGHTERS:
Hancock requested the City Attorney review what steps would be
necessary for the City to take.
MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT - INFORMATION DECISIONS - POLICE
DEPARTMENT: Chief Barney, City of Carmel Police Department, stated
the maintenance contract request was for the Records Section Sun,
which was the major source of equipment used for computers at the
station. Barney stated the Police Department would like to have a
maintenance contract for the equipment in the amount of $2,042.00.
Hancock asked Andrews if he reviewed the agreement. Andrews
stated he had seen the agreement before and it was similar to the
agreements the City had approved in the past. Taylor asked Barney
if the Police Department had funds to cover the agreement. Barney
stated yes. Taylor asked if the billing was monthly or all in one
charge. Barney stated billing was monthly.
Taylor made a motion to approve the Information Decisions, Inc.
maintenance agreement authorizing Chief Barney to sign on behalf of
the Police Department. The motion was seconded by Hancock. Ail
members voted aye. Hotion carried.
1992 UTILITIES BUDGET - REQUEST FROM CLERK-TREASURER FOR BUDGET
DEADLINE: Hancock stated the Utilities manager was working on the
budgets and suggested the clerk-treasurer check with him. Hancock
stated she knew the Utilities manager planned to have the budgets
done.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Hancock asked City engineer, Tom Welch, if he was requesting the
Board to prepare an ordinance for Avian Glen to include the
additional right-of-way to take in the rest of the road. Welch
the best.
Chief Barney stated he appreciated the comments and it had been a
privilege working with the Board. Taylor stated the" privilege had
been all ours".
There being no further business before the Board the meeting was
duly adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
proved:
ATTEST:
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There being no further business before the Board the meeting was
duly adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved:
ATTEST:
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