04/16/90 Board of Public Works Minutes

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M1 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 16, 1990 in coordinating the use of authority for vouchers and certificates with rental rehabilitation grant amounts in accordance with HUD requirements. Mr. Leverman further noted that the Rental Rehabilitation Program provides incentives to investors to rehabilitate their properties by offering deferred loans at zero per cent (0%) interest for up to fifty per cent (500) of the rehabilitation cost. Tenants displaced by rehabilitation activities are screened to determine their eligibility for a Section 8 Housing Voucher. Section 8 assistance is also available to eligible tenants whose rent exceeds thirty five per cent (35%) of their adjusted gross income. Therefore, Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that the Memorandum of Understanding as submitted be approved and executed. Ms. Humphreys seconded the motion which carried. AWARD BID - PAVING IMPROVEMENTS - BOWMAN CEMETERY Mr. Michael P. Meeks, Director, Division of Engineering, recommended that the Board award the bid of Michiana Paving & Excavating, 705 South Beiger Street, Mishawaka, Indiana, in the amount of $23,244.40 for the above referred to project. It is noted that bids for this project were opened by the Board on April 9, 1990. Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that the recommendation be accepted and the bid be awarded. Mr. Leszczynski seconded the motion which carried. APPROVE CHANGE ORDER NO. 3 - CONTRACT I - WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT Mr. Leszczynski advised that Tenney Pavoni Associates, Inc., 744 West Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana, has submitted Change Order No. 3 - Contract I, as executed by Superior Construction Company, for the above referred to project indicating an increase of $117,640.51 for a new contract amount of $8,868,054.35 and also indicating a twelve (12) day time extension for completion of the project. Mr. Leszczynski also noted that this Change Order involves approximately sixteen (16) to seventeen (17) issues. Therefore, Mrs. DeClercq made a motion that the Change Order as submitted be approved and executed. Mr. Leszczynski seconded the motion which carried. REQUEST TO CLOSE REX STREET, FROM PORTAGE TO ASHLAND, FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY - MAY 12, 1990 - REFERRED Mr. Leszczynski indicated that the Board is in receipt of an Application for the Use of And Blocking of Access to Public Right -of -Way for a Party or Similar Event as submitted by Patrick B. and Elizabeth Tuite, 707 Rex Street, Apt. 3, South Bend, Indiana, requesting that Rex Street, from Portage to Ashland Avenue, be closed on Saturday, May 12, 1990 from 12:00 noon to 9:00 p.m. for a block party. Ms. Humphreys made a motion that the request be referred to the appropriate departments for review and recommendation. REQUEST OF AUTO -OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY TO RELEASE EASEMENT - 2309 EAST WASHINGTON - REFERRED In a letter to the Board, Ms. Catherine A. Lutz, Administrator, Real Estate Department, Auto -Owners Insurance, Box 30660, Lansing, Michigan, advised that Auto -Owners is in the process of purchasing the property located at 2309 East Washington Avenue from their transferred employee, Mr. Kevin Downey, as part of their Employee Relocation Assistance Program and it is their intent to put the house on the market for sale. Ms. Lutz submitted with her letter a survey indicating the encroachment of the garage in the easement for public utilities