02/21/83 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 21, 1983 APPROVE REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS CALVERT STREET PROJECTS (ETHANOL PLANT PROJECT)' Mr. John E. Leszczynski, Director, Public Works, requested permission to advertise for receipt of bids for the following two projects: 1. Calvert Street storm and sanitary sewers west of Maple Road. 2. Installation of storm and sanitary sewers reconstruction and widening of the pavement on Calvert Street from Olive Street to Maple Road. Mr. Leszczynski additionally stated that this is the first letting of bids relating to the ethanol plant construction. This project will provide for the improvement of roads and storm and sanitary sewers to the site. Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Leszczynski and carried, the request was approved and a. date of March 14, 1983 was established for the receipt of sealed bids. APPROVE TITLE SHEETS - CALVERT STREET PROJECTS (ETHANOL PLANT PROJECT) Mr. Leszczynski stated that the following title sheets were being presented to the Board for execution: 1. Calvert Street storm and sanitary sewers west of Maple Road. 2. Installation of storm and sanitary sewers, reconstruction and widening of the pavement on Calvert Street from Olive Street to Maple Road. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the above Title Sheets were approved and signed. APPROVE RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING PREFERENTIALITY - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS Mr. Leszczynski presented to the Board a resolution received from the Indiana Department of Highways establishing preferenti- ality at US 33, SR 23 and SR 20 within the City of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. The resolution was approved by the Department of Highways on February 8, 1983. The resolu- tion contains a number of official actions for intersections within the City of South Bend, establishing preferentiality for the emergency flash operations at various intersections on US 33, SR 23 and SR 20. This preferentiality would establish a four-way all -red flashing stop situation in the event of signal malfunction. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the above referred to Resolution was approved. APPROVE REQUEST - CROP WALK FOR WORLD HUNGER - APRIL 16, 1983 Mr. Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager, Bureau of Traffic and Light- ing, recommended approval of the request of the South Bend CROP Walk for World Hunger for 1983 to hold a walk in recogni- tion of the hunger and starvation around the world to be on April 16, 1983 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Mr. Wadzinski recom- mended the route as submitted be changed as follows: Start at Leeper Park and go south on Michigan Street to Marion, west on Marion/Chapin to Washington, west on Washington to LaPorte, northwest to Lincolnway, northwest on Lincolnway to Huey, north on Huey to Hamilton, east on Hamilton (Woodlawn) to Riverside, Riverside to Angela to North Shore to Michigan and across bridge back to Leeper Park. 1