04/09/84 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING APRIL 9. 1984 APPROVE REQUEST OF CHET WAGGONER LITTLE LEAGUE TO CONDUCT PARADE MAY 19, 1984 Mr. Leszczynski advised that Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager, Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and Captain Edward Friend, Traffic Division South Bend Police Department, have reviewed the request of the Chet Waggoner Little League submitted to the Board on April 2, 1984 and recommended approval. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the above recommendation was accepted and the request approved. APPROVE REQUEST TO HAVE PARKING SPACE AT 633 DIAMOND DESIGNATED AS A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE Mr. Leszczynski advised that Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager, Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, has reviewed the request of Mr. Robert Bond, 633 Diamond Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, submitted to the Board on March 5, 1984 and recommends approval. Mr. Wadzinski advised that because parking has been removed on the opposite side of Diamond Avenue, he is recommending that the parking space in front of 633 Diamond be designated as a handicapped space and the appropriate signage installed. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the above recommendation was accepted and the request approved. APPROVE HANDICAPPED PARKING PERMITS Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the following four (4) handicapped parking permit applica- tions were approved and referred to the Deputy Controller's office for issuance of permits: Ethurel Ivory, 206 N. Wellington, S.B. Liane Dawson, 717 S. 32nd St., S.B. Josephine Pruett, 1402 L.W.W., S.B. Geraldine Anderson, 601 Part, St. Joseph, MI APPROVE RELEASE OF CONTRACTOR'S BOND Mr. Ray S. Andrysiak, P.E., Engineering Department, recommended that the Contractor's Bond for Stephen King be released effective April 9, 1984. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, the above Contractor's Bond was released. FILING OF STREETLIGHT OUTAGE REPORT The report submitted to the Board indicated a total of twenty- nine (29) outages for the period March 14, 1984 to March 27, 1984. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the report was filed. CONCERNS REGARDING STREET LIGHT OUTAGES - COUNCIL PRESIDENT BEVERLIE BECK Common Council President Beverlie Beck was in attendance at the meeting and advised that the system utilized to report street light outages is not working, that the City is paying for some- thing its not getting and probably losing money. She further advised that she has turned in outages but the lights continue to be out, some being out for months. Mrs. Beck specifically sited outages in the Longfellow and Twyckenham Hills areas. She stated that she has been told on numerous occasions by Indiana & Michigan Electric Company that the outages cannot be corrected quickly because of underground problems and the winter weather has made it impossible to get to the problem. However, the snow is no longer here but the problem still exists. Mr. Leszczynski advised that the underground fixtures do cause problems and that his office trys to monitor those