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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-07-888372 June 7, 1988 Minutes of the. regular .meeting of the Pulaski Town Council .held June 7, 1988, at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers in the. Municipal Building. There were present: .Mayor .Gary C. .Hancock, presiding Council .Members: John. A. Johnston, Robert N. Glenn, .James M. Neblett, .James R. .Neighbors, W. H. Schrader, Jr., Ira S. Crawford, Mary Lou Copenhaver Also Present: Frank Terwilliger, Town Attorney .Daniel E. McKeever, Town .Manager Anne Burgess, Assistant Town .Manager Ruth A. Harrell, Clerk Visitors: .Jessica Clarke, .Dee Lindsey and Bob Thomas of the. news media Jake Blevins 0.; P. .Maxwell Bob .Wallace J. R. Schrader Andy McCready Mrs. Alice Hurst Three area citizens The. invocation .was given by Councilman Neblett. Minutes of the May 17, 1988, meeting were approved as submitted on motion .made by Councilman Neblett, seconded by Councilman Glenn and carried. In hearing from the public, Mrs. Alice Hurst, Pierce Ave., addressed Council with the complaint of tractor trailers .parking, blocking traffic and .making noise during the night on Pierce Ave. She felt this street .was too .narrow for these trucks especially with the traffic that will be generated by the baseball games held at Calfee Park. Mr. McKeever advised the area is a B-2 zone and trucks are permitted. There is nothing legally that we .can do to prohibit them .parking. Mr. .Terwilliger stated that if it .was normal tractor trailer sounds, he doubted if it would be in violation of our noise ordinance. If traffic is blocked, the Police .Dept. could be called and appropriate ticket could be issued. Town .Manager is to contact business and property .owner to seek out a solution to this problem. Council was also informed that grass on this lot also .needs mowing. MR. WALLACE Mr. Bob Wallace. asked if Council .was planning to discuss a new ordinance dealing TRAFFIC with .selling from .parked vehicles. Mr. Terwilliger advised that the .last time Mr. 0~' Wallace a eared .before Council he pp , gave his opinion that the Town .Manager was correct in his letter and that the activity of .selling from the back of a vehicle was prohibited if there .was no itinerate.vendors .license .purchased .separately from the business license. The. Ordinance Committee .had requested clarification of the ordinance and distributed was copy of ordinance stating a ban would be made on .selling or displ~,y~ng or ~.affer~ng for i.~.ale of :merchandise from motor vehicles on the. public streets or municipal lots. Amendments in Sections 16.1-311, 24-23.1, and 24-14 .was also distributed which clarified the ordinance. Anew section, 23.1, pertaining to sidewalk .sales, authorizes the Town .Manager to issue permit for sidewalks .sales. A blanket permit would list all the .participants involved in the .sale. Coresic~drable discussion followed. It .was .felt that one clarification led to other clarifications in the. ordinance. Zf:wa~~~suggested that these amendments be .tabled so Council .can give them additional thought. These amendments will be brought .back to Council at their .next regular meeting. Mr. Wallace stated he .had .been in business since before many Council .Members .were born and had always loved the Town. He felt this was a good ordinance but he was June 7, 1988 a merchant and not an itinerate .vendor. He .felt that Council .was about to .make a mistake and felt he had only .parked the. truck on the street approximately 20 hours in [the .last f.~e months.. He further stated he planned to .test ordinance. 8373 <i Mr.~:Jake Blevins, Dora Highway, thanked Council for black-topping Dora Highway. He requested that the snow .fence at Cool Springs be .removed and akked that the .ball .park be mowed. Further on Dora Highway, grass is not trimmed around poles. Mr. Blevins asked for a progress report on the. cleaning of .Peak Creek. Mr. McKeever stated that the project .had not gone out to bid yet. It .has just been d~ter~iined~.that the Town must file for .permit for relocation of the creek. There ai~.e Currently four contracts and to .have the slag removed from behind Mr. Blevins' P property would be the 5th contract. Specs and costs .have .been requested from Engineering and th~~information is currently .being compiled. Mr. McCready stated that his E. A property was available to dispose of fill .material. Coun Gilman Johnston stated K we could go ahead and move on this and we could always turn them down. C Councilman Schrader so moved that we proceed to put out to bid four of the five R contracts for this work on .Peak Creek,. and proceed without the relocation of the E creek E K which will require a permit, seconded by Councilman .Neighbors and carried. Mr. 0. P. Maxwell, Litter Control, thanked the Town .Manager and those involved. in cleaning up Rt. 99. Council expressed appreciation to Mr. .Maxwell for all his years of hard work for the Town and County. As there were no further comments from the public, .Mayor .Hancock .called for Council Committee .reports. UTILITIES COMMITTEE Chairman Johnston stated we .have a utility problem in the Margaret Hickman sewer line on Dora Highway that .was .washed out recently. We have now .been informed that S excavation has been done on the creek which .has .taken ground cover. Engineering E has advised that it is im ossible to W p put a gravity connection in as they would E helve td. put concrete piers~in and then hold a conductible iron pipe which would R be in the creek bed. Original project .was about $1,400 and constructing in this .manner would cost approximately ; $4,300. The Health .Department has been contacted about a septage permit and they have advised that a permit has never been requested. Town .Manager .recommended thaC.:stHe pra~ehty owner be contacted and asked to proceed. Mrs. Hickman's money watild Jt~e [rafi.urlde~ to :her. The Town would work with Mrs. Hickman to obtain the permit. Mayor Hancock suggested that Mr. McKeever talk with Mrs. Hickman and her attorney to see if she might be interested in exploring some other options and perhaps schedule a meeting of the Utilities Committee to discuss and bring findings back to Council. Th;e latest .data on the vibration problem at the 4A pump station .was distributed to' :Council. PUBLIC & PERSONNEL RELATIONS, NOMINATING COMMITTEE Chairman Neblett had no report. PUBLIC OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Chairman Neighbors .had no report. FINANCE COMMITTEE Chairman Crawford .had. no report other than to advise that Finance Committee would meet following Council meeting. ORDINANCE COMMITTEE Councilperson Copenhaver had no report. MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Hancock advised that .delegation would go to Norfolk to meet with officials 8374 June 7, 1988 of N & S to .see if we could obtain .decision from them on the train station. ALLEY Mayor .Hancock advised that .representatives of the Randolph Avenue .Methodist CLOS. Church had .requested the closing of an alley adjoining their property. This alley has never been .developed. The Randolphs, on other side of alley, .have stated they will. give the Church the 5 ft. they would x eceive for the. construction of the Church. Ib;~was felt that viewers would not be .necessary. The staff will be asked to review and report their findings on this request. MEETING Councilman Neblett made a motion that the first meeting in July, July 5th, CHANGE e changed to July 12, 1988 at 4:00 p.m. seconded by Councilman Schrader and .carried. TOWN ATTORNEY'S REPORT Mr. Terwilliger presented ordinance amending .Section 24-15 of the Code and regarding .depositing .material on sidewalks and streets. Councilman Crawford suggested they consider this ordinance when considering the. other three proposed ordinances. TOWN MANAGER'S REPORT FILTER Mr. McKeever .had distributed a bid sheet for the first two contracts on the expansion PLT. ~> EXP. of the water treatment plant. Contract I is the .raw water pump station. Dewberry & Davis has reviewed the. contract documents and the submitted bid and recommends that T~.pton ~.Con~truction be awarded the bid. Contract III is for 6,000 ft. of line from the.Faateri.plant to the .Bertha Street .tank. Brinkley Plumbing, Heating & Electrical was the low bidder. Councilman Neighbors so moved that Contract I be awarded to Tipton Construction, with low bid of $152,343,. and Contract III be awarded to Brinkley Plumbing, Heating and Electrical Inc. $221,648, seconded by Councilman Neblett and carried on the follow reca~d~d~ugte: John A. Johnston - Aye .James R. .Neighbors - Aye Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader, Jr. - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Absent Ira S. Crawford - Aye James M. Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver - Aye Mr. McKeever advised that we recently adopted two urban construction resolutions asking that .two projects be included in the Six .Year Plan. The Virginia Department of Transportation .has requested that they be adopted in a different format and the revised ~.r~~.olutions were presented. -~Odunclman Neighbors .made a motion that .reading of the resolutions be .waived, seconded by Councilman Glenn and carried. Councilman .Neblett .made a motion that the two .resolutions be adopted, seconded by Councilman Glenn and .carried on the following recorded. vote: RESOLUTI;Q,~I,S. ; ,,,: ~. John A. Johnston - Aye .James R. Neighbors - Aye ADOPTED Robert N. Glenn - Aye W. H. Schrader, Jr. - Aye Andrew L. Graham - Absent Ira S. Crawford - Aye .James M. .Neblett - Aye .Mary Lou Copenhaver - Aye Project Programming .Resolution WHEREAS, in accordance with the Virginia Department of Transportation construction allocation procedures, it is .necessary that bequest by council resolution be .made in order that the Department program an urban highway project in the Town of Pulaski, now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, .requests the. Virginia Department of Transportation to establish an urban system highway project for the. improvement of a railroad grade crossing from Commerce Street to Pinnacle Street, a distance of approximately 100 feet. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the Town. of Pulaski hereby agrees to pay its share of the total cost for preliminary engineering, right of way and construction of this project in accordance with .Section 33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia, and that, if the town of Pulaski subsequently elects to cancel this project, the Town June 7, 1988 8375 Town of Pulaski hereby agrees to reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the. total amount of the. costs expended by the .Department through the .date the department is notified of such .cancellation. PROJECT PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION WHEREAS, in accordance with Virginia .Department of Transportation construction allocation procedures, it is .necessary that a request by Council .resolution be .made in order that the Department program an urban highway project in the Town of Pulaski; now THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia, requests the Virginia .Department of Transportaiton to establish an urban system highway project for the improvement of the Commerce Street Bridge. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the Town of Pulaski hereby agrees to pay its share of the total cost for preliminary engineering, right of .way and construction of this project in accordance with .Section 33.1-44 of the Code of Virginia,. and that, if the Town of Pulaski subsequently elects to .cancel this project, the Town of Pulaski .hereby agrees to .reimburse the Virginia Department of Transportation for the total amount of the costs expended by the Department through the .date the Department is notified of such .cancellation. STREETS Mr. McKeever advised that we will be receiving some retroactive funding for the Bainbridge Subdivision. as it .has been included in the State Highway System. Mu'..;McKeever requested an Executive .Session on an Economic Development Matter 2.1- 344 (A4) and a Legal Matter (A6). Councilman Glenn so moved that Council go into Executive .Session, seconded by Councilman Neighbors and .carried. At 5:05 p.m. Council .went into Executive Session. At 5:45 p.m. Council .returned to .Regular Session on motion .made by Councilman Neighbors, seconded by Councilman Neblett and .carried. Council then proceeded with their .review of the 1988/89 proposed budget. Councilman Neighbors .made a motion that a public hearing be .held on the proposed F/Y 1988/89 budget on June 23, 1988, at x:00 p.m. and that regular .meeting scheduled for -June 21 be held on June 23, seconded by Councilman Neblett and .carried. i.Qouncilman Neblett made a motion that a special meeting be .held on Jt~ns 30, 1988, at 8:00 a.m. for the purpose of adopting the. 1988/89 budget, seconded by Councilman Schrader and .carried. At 6:15 p.m. Councilman .Neblett .made a motion that Council adjourn, seconded by Councilman Schrader and .carried.. APPROVED: .Mayor Attest: Clerk of Council