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PUBLIC AGENDA SESSION OCTOBER 21, 2010 311 The Public Agenda Session of the Board of Public Works was convened at 10:35 a.m. on Thursday, October 21, 2010, by Board President Gary A. Gilot, with Board Member Carl P. Littrell present. Board Member Donald Inks was absent. Also present was Board Attorney Cheryl Greene. Board of Public Works Clerk, Linda M. Martin, presented the Board with a proposed agenda of items presented by the public and by City Staff. Board members discussed the following items from that list. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENTS /CONTRACTS /PROPOSALS /ADDENDA The following Addendum was submitted to the Board for approval: Type Business Description Amount Motion/ Second Addendum to St. Joseph Addition of the Auten Road/ N/A Littrell /Inks Master County State Road 933 Sub - District Agreement Water and Sewer Project Sewer District APPROVAL OF REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR THE RECEIPT OF BIDS AND TITLE SHEET — DEMOLITION OF _EXISTING OUTFIELD WALL AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OUTFIELD WALL — PROJECT NO. 110 -008 I (SBCDA TIF) In a memorandum to the Board, Mr. Bill Schalliol, Community and Economic Development, requested permission to advertise for the receipt of bids for the above referenced project. Mr. Gilot noted that the Title Sheet was also being presented for approval at this time. Therefore, upon a motion made by Mr. Littrell, seconded by Mr. Gilot and carried, the above request was approved and the Title Sheet was approved and signed. - Monthly Report of Operations Mr. Al Greek, Environmental Services, Mr. Jeff Hudak, Central Services, and Mr. Dave Tungate, Water Works, presented their respective Monthly Reports for the month of September, 2010. Mr. Greek noted there was one overflow that was caught by CSO sensors. Mr. Gilot asked Mr. Hudak if Equipment Services was going back to reporting fleet availability instead of utilization. Mr. Hudak stated they were. Mr. Gilot stated he understands their availability; he wants to know utilization where there is equipment that gets few hours and few miles and would benefit from being leased rather than owned. He requested Mr. Hudak think like he is the owner of the equipment and think about which equipment he would rent and which equipment would he purchase, to save money. - Safety Reports Mr. Jeff Hudak, Central Services, Mr. Dave Tungate, Water Works, and Mr. Toy Villa, Engineering, presented their respective Safety Reports for the month of September, 2010. - New Installation — Angled Parking Request Mr. Gilot informed the Board that he received a petition from Mr. Marco Mariani, DTSB, with over five- hundred (500) signatures in support of angled parking downtown on Michigan and St. Joseph Streets. Heather Yarbrough, Chicory Cafe, was present and stated her customers are in support of the idea. Mr. Gilot noted it was an impressive petition, but he needed to know that business owners realize they will be losing parking spaces with angled parking. He stated he needs to have the owners of the businesses located on these streets send a letter or e -mail stating they understand the impact and are in favor of the change to angled parking. Mr. Mariani stated it is very difficult to see when pulling out of a parking space and accidents and potential accidents are very high. Ms. Yarbrough noted her customers feel it's difficult to get in and out of parking spaces as they are now. Mr. Littrell stated he disagreed. He noted when coming from the opposite direction to pull into an angled space it is going to be more difficult. Mr. Mariani stated most new urban communities are using this design. He suggested trying it in three blocks and seeing how it goes. If it doesn't work, he suggested they go back to the drawing board. Mr. Gilot noted it is too late to do this year, and there is time before we do this next year. In that time, he suggested getting a map of Michigan Street and St. Joseph Street posted on the City or DTSB's website showing exactly what the angled parking will look like and how many spaces will be available. He also questioned the