07/16/84 Board of Public Works Minutes

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283 REGULAR MEETING JULY 16, 1984 REQUEST TO CLOSE THE 2300 & 2400 BLOCKS OF UNION AVENUE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY (AUGUST 19, 1984) REFERRED In a letter to the Board, Ms. Julie E. Schreiber, 2402 Union Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, advised that the residents of Union Avenue are planning their annual block party for August 19, 1984 from 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and are requesting that the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Union Avenue from Solomen to MacArthur be closed for this event. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, the above request was referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department Traffic Division for review and recommendation. REQUEST OF YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION TO ERECT A JOGGING GAME COURSE REFERRED In a letter to the Board, Mr. Michael M. Smorin, YMCA Physical Director, 1201 Northside Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, advised that the South Bend YMCA has been the beneficiary of a grant from the Wells Fargo Bank National Fitness Campaign and the St. Joe Medical Center to erect a jogging game course. Therefore, permission is requested to erect the course in the following area: Beginning in front of the YMCA, going east to the Indiana University Dental Building, backtracking going west to the Sample Street bridge, then turning around going east finishing in front of the YMCA. Mr. Smorin advised that the entire course would be along the St. Joseph River between the river and Northside Boulevard with a total of twenty (20) stations. 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. REQUEST OF SAINT JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER TO INSTALL SIGNAGE REFERRED In a letter to the Board, Mr. Larry Tebelak, Project Manager, Saint Joseph's Medical Center, 811 East Madison Street, P.O. Box 1935, South Bend, Indiana, requested permission to install a new sign for the Emergency Department on the corner of LaSalle and St. Louis Streets. Attached to the request was a sign location plan and sign detail information. 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, Police Department Traffic Division, Building Department and City Attorney's Office for review and recommendation. APPROVE REQUEST OF METAL RESOURCES CORPORATION TO INSTALL TWO (2) TEMPORARY MOBILE TRAILER UNITS Mr. Leszczynski advised that.Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager, Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and Mr. Paul L. Roelke, Building Commissioner, have reviewed the request of the Metal Resources Corporation to locate two (2) temporary mobile trailer units on their property and recommend approval. Approval was recom- mended subject to Metal Resources providing a temporary parking lot with a minimum of one (1) space per every two (2) employees, said lot to be paved if use of temporary trailers is over twenty-four (24) months and subject to the trailers being at least twenty feet (20') from the property line and twenty feet (20') apart for fire protection, unless trailers are hooked together as one unit. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Vance and carried, the above recommendations were accepted and the request approved.