05/14/84 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING MAY 14, 1984 APPROVE REQUEST OF MADISON SCHOOL HOME SCHOOL ASSOCIATION TO CLOSE STREET FOR ICE CREAM SOCIAL (MAY 18, 1984) In a letter to the Board, Ms. Linda K. Troester, Secretary, Madison Home School Association, requested that Park.Lane be closed between Lafayette and South Main Streets on May 18, 1984 (rain date May 19, 1984) between the hours of 5:30 P.M. to 9:00 p.m, as Madison School will be conducting an Ice Cream Social and would like the street closed to insure the safety of the children. Mr. Leszczynski further advised that Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski,.Manager, Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, has reviewed this reque.st and recommends approval. It was noted that the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting will provide the necessary barricades and the Petitioner will be responsible for placing and manning the barricades when the street is closed. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, Mr. Wadzinski's recommendation was accepted and the. request approved. APPROVE REQUEST OF,WEST SIDE MEMORIAL COMMITTEE TO HOLD ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY PARADE (MAY 28, 1984) In a letter to the. Board, Ms. Adeline Waslicki, Secretary, West Side Memorial Committee, requested permission to hold the annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 28, 1984. Ms. Waslicki advised that the parade will assemble at 8:00 a.m, at Olive and Ford Streets and will move out at 8:30 a.m. and proceed west on Ford Street past Pierre Navarre School where it will disband. The total time from start to finish will be approximately one and one-half hours. Mr. Leszczynski advised that Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager, Bureau of Traffic and.Lighting, has reviewed this request and recommends approval. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, Mr., Wadzinski's recommendation was accepted and the request approved. REQUEST OF HILLTOP GOSPEL CHURCH TO CLOSE STREET FOR HILLTOP SERVICES JUNE 17, 1984 REFERRED In a Memorandum to the Board, Rev. L. James Perry, Chairman, Hilltop Gospel Committee and Mr. DeWitt Hunter, 1238 E. Miner Street, South Bend, Indiana, requested that Washington Street between Liberty and Iowa Streets be blocked off on Sunday, June 17, 1984 from 5:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. for purposes of the church's yearly Hilltop Services. They additionally requested. that an officer be on duty. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the above request was referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department Traffic Division.for review and recommendation. FILING OF RESOLUTION OF INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIALITY Mr. Leszczynski presented to the Board a Notice of Official Action of the Indiana Department of Highways indicating that preferentiality shall be established at the intersection of U.S. 20 (LaSalle Street) and U.S. 20 (Lafayette Street) in the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, as follows: This intersection is signalized and in the event of need for a flashing operation of the signals this. signal shall flash Red to North, West and East approaches. All traffic on all approaches shall STOP before entering the inter- section of U.S. 20 (LaSalle Street) and U.S. 20 (Lafayette Street) during the flashing operation of the traffic signal. It was additionally noted that there are only three (3) approaches to this intersection and that U.S. 20 (Lafayette Street) is one-way northbound. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, the above Resolution was filed.