06/22/92 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JUNE 22, 1992 $25,267.50 for the above referred to project, a Contract in said amount was submitted for Board approval. Upon a motion made by Mrs. Mueller, seconded by Mr. Caldwell and carried, the Contract was approved and the appropriate Certificate of Insurance, Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond as submitted were filed. APPROVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT/ADDENDUM Mr. Caldwell advised that the following Community Development Contract and Addendum were presented to the Board for approval: '0Ti lk"Ae�ir SOUTH BEND HERITAGE FOUNDATION WEST WASHINGTON PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITY The targeted goal for this activity is to make infrastructure improvements in the 1200 block of West Washington Street in conjunction with the construction of new low and moderate income housing. The total'cost of this activity shall not exceed $100,000.00. ADDENDUM I DIVISION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE WEST WASHINGTON PUBLIC WORKS ACTIVITY Addendum I terminates the West Washington Public Works Activity with Economic Development and Business Assistance. Upon a motion made by Mr. Caldwell, seconded by Mrs. Mueller and carried, the Contract as outlined above was approved and executed. Further, upon a motion made by Mr. Caldwell, seconded by Mrs. Mueller and carried, the Addendum as submitted was approved. APPROVE GRANT OF EASEMENT - NATIONAL AUTOPARK, INC., Mr. James A. Masters, Attorney at Law, Nemeth, Masters & Leone, Suite 307, Norwest Bank Building, 112 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, addressed the Board and advised that National Autopark, Inc., which is a wholly -owned subsidiary of Norwest Bank Indiana, N.A., requests approval of a Grant of Easement for the parking garage located at the intersection of Main and Wayne Streets. Mr. Masters further advised that when the parking garage was constructed in 1965, an above -ground pedestrian walkway was constructed connecting the second and third floors of the parking garage to the second and third floors of what is now known as the Norwest Bank Building and the Robertson's Department Store building. An underground tunnel also was constructed which connects the basement of the parking garage to the basement of the Norwest Bank Building. A title search reveals that there is no public record of an Easement having been granted by the City of South Bend for the pedestrian walkway over the public alley to the east of the parking garage or the tunnel which runs under the public alley. Recent surveys of the parking garage also show certain encroachments onto the public right-of-ways. Copies of the surveys were provided by Mr. Masters and reduced copies of the surveys were also attached to the Grant of Easement which was prepared and also submitted. Mr. Masters stated that National Autopark, Inc., is in the process of transferring title to the parking garage. In conjunction with the closing, the purchaser has requested the proposed Grant of Easement for the pedestrian walkway and underground tunnel and for the building encroachments shown on the survey. The survey revealed encroachments onto the public right-of-way on the northwest corner of the parking garage and on the alley between the garage and the Federal Courthouse. The brick facade of the building encroaches less than one (1)