11/26/84 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 26, 1984 433 1 The regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was convened at 9:37 a.m. on Monday, November 26, 1984, by President John E. Leszczynski, with Mr. Leszczynski, Mr. Richard L. Hill and Mr. Michael L. Vance present. Also present was Assistant City Attorney Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer. AGENDA ITEMS ADDED Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, a request from the Police Department to advertise for bids for the 1985 Police Auto Fleet and the rescission of the award of bids for City owned property inadvertently opened on November 19, 1984, were added to the agenda. APPROVE MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill, and carried, the minutes of the November 19, 1984, regular meeting of the Board were approved. APPROVE RESCISSION OF AWARD OF BIDS - SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY - 1614 HIGH STREET, 323 CUSHING STREET AND 809 OAK STREET Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the bids for the sale of the above referred to City owned property, opened and awarded by the Board on November 19, 1984, were rescinded, as those bids were inadvertently opened on November 19, 1984 and not on the legally advertised date of November 26, 1984. The Clerk was instructed to readvertise the sale of the above referred to properties. RECYCLING OPERATION LICENSE APPLICATION OF SOMETHING OF VALUE, 1100 PRAIRIE AVENUE CONTINUED UNTIL DECEMBER 3, 1984 Mr. Leszczynski advised that the Board of Public Works has received a license application from Something of Value, Inc., 1100 Prairie Avenue, South Bend, Indiana, for the operation of a recycling operation/transfer station. Upon the receipt of such license applications, recommendations are sought from the Department of Code Enforcement and the Fire Department. Ms. Katherine Barnard, Director, Department of Code Enforcement submitted a recommendation to the Board along with a list of code violations. Mr. Leszczynski asked Ms. Barnard for a synopsis of her report. She advised that there were a couple of technical requirements that were not met as follows: 1. No opaque fencing along the outside edge of the yard that faces the public street. 2. No buffer strip abutting the public street. 3. Ten (10) Building Code violations existing at the time of the inspection which would render the building unsafe for occupancy. Ms. Barnard further advised that according to Mr. David L. Collier, President, Something of Value, Inc., nothing will be stored outside the building and therefore it is her recommendation that opaque fencing not be required. Further, the buffer strip should not be required because a chain link fence already exists along the outer edge of the property and closely abuts the sidewalk so planting a buffer strip would not be possible unless the fence were moved back several feet. It was her opinion that erecting a buffer strip would do more damage than good to the appearance of the property.