02/17/92 Board of Public Works Minutes

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� 10 REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 17. 1992 that the Board advertise for the receipt of bids for one (1) portable trommel screening plant to be used for the screening of finished composted material generated at the City's Organic Resource Facility. Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that this request be approved. Mr. Caldwell seconded the motion which carried. Additionally, Mr. Kruszynski asked that the Board advertise for the receipt of bids for trucking and hauling services required by the City Department of Environmental Services, in conjunction with the City's Land Application Program. This service will be required at various dates throughout the 1992 calendar year to haul belt pressed waste water sludge from the City's Organic Resource Facility, 4340 Old Cleveland Road to various sites within a twenty (20) mile radius of the Organic Resource Facility. Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that this request be approved. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motion which carried. REQUEST OF SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE TO CONDUCT 8TH ANNUAL SUNBURST MARATHON, 5K AND 10K FOOT RACES - JUNE 6, 1992 - REFERRED In a letter to the Board, Ms. Joyce Fox, Events Coordinator, South Bend Tribune, 225 West Colfax, South Bend, Indiana, requested permission to conduct the 8th Annual Sunburst Marathon and related 5K and 10K foot races on Saturday, June 6, 1992. Memorial Hospital of South Bend and WSBT-TV are joining the Tribune as major sponsors of the 1992 Sunburst Events. Mrs. Fox noted that all the races will start on the campus of the University of Notre Dame and finish in the university's football stadium. The Marathon will begin at 6:00 a.m. and the last Participant will finish at approximately 11:30 a.m. The 5K and 10K events will -start between 7:00 a.m. and 7:30 a.m. and finish no later than 9:00 a.m. Mrs. Fox further informed the Board that the Sunburst Events are strictly not -for -profit events that are held solely at the expense of the sponsors. The South Bend Tribune, Memorial Hospital and WSBT sponsor Sunburst as an event that is good for the community. Sunburst provides an activity for area residents, promotes tourism in the area and also serves as a fund raiser for a local charity. In addition, each year a portion of the race fees is given to various community projects in South Bend or Mishawaka. This year, the race application will ask participants to make a donation to the South Bend Park Department for use in helping to extend the new River Walk to the Mishawaka border. Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that this request be referred to the appropriate City departments and bureaus for review and recommendation. Mr. Caldwell seconded the motion which carried. REQUESTS APPROVED: - REQUEST TO CONDUCT THE WORLD'S LARGEST GARAGE SALE - JUNE 61 1992 - REQUEST OF MICHIANA WATERSHED, INC. TO CONDUCT 22ND ANNUAL RIVER RUN - MAY 9, 1992 Mr. Leszczynski noted that the appropriate City departments and bureaus have reviewed the above referred to requests which were submitted to the Board on January 20, 1992 and approval is recommended. Therefore, Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that the recommendations be accepted and the requests be approved. Mrs. DeClercq seconded the motion which carried. APPROVE EXCAVATION BOND Mr. Leszczynski advised that the Engineering Department has recommended that the Board approve the Excavation Bond for A & R Septic Tank Company, Inc., effective February 17, 1992. Mr. Leszczynski made a motion that the recommendation be accepted and the bond be approved. Mr. Caldwell seconded the motion which carried.