07/27/1981 Board of Public Works Minutes

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22 REGULAR MEETING APPROVAL OF MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT ON RIVER BEND PLAZA JULY 27. 1981 Ms. Mikki Dobski, River Bend Plaza Coordinator, stated that she had received two inquiries from musical groups to perform on the Plaza. The Mung Brothers Jazz Band, sponsored by Eddie Galfsky, wished to perform on Tuesday, August 18, 1981, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The musical group, Eice, had previously requested permission to perform on the Plaza on August 8, 1981, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Mr. Patrick McMahon, Director of the Department of Redevelopment, had indicated that the Downtown South Bend Council had no objection to the performance provided the group coordinated its activities with the Plaza staff. Ms. Dobski advised that both groups would perform on Robertson's Stage and would provide their own amplifica- tion equipment and each activity would be coordinated by her staff. She requested that, since the Plaza staff did not ordinarily work on Saturdays, a police officer be on hand to handle crowd control, if necessary, for the Eice musical group. Mr. Kernan stated that, since the city would not incur any expense for the activities and there was no objection on the part of the Downtown South Bend Council, he would support such requests. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the requests of the Mung Brothers Jazz Band and the Eice Band were approved. APPROVAL OF TITLE SHEET AND REQUEST TO ADVERTISE TO RECEIVE BIDS - STORM SEWER CONSTRUCTION ON MICHIGAN STREET A title sheet for the construction of storm sewers on Michigan Street between Washington and Colfax, in the block bounded on the east by the First Bank Center Project, was submitted for Board approval. In accordance with the title sheet, Mr. Leszczynski advised that the Board was also being requested to approve legal advertising in order to receive bids on the project at the Board meeting to be held on August 10, 1981. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the title sheet and request to advertise for bids were approved. APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS AND ADDENDUM Mr. Leszczynski noted that Ms. Marzy Bauer, Director of the Community Development Department, was submitting for Board approval the follow- ing contracts and addendum to contract: ACTION, Inc. - Funds to be used to purchase housing repair materials and to pay contractor costs for emergency housing repairs for eli ible residents. Budget not to exceed R0,000.00 Park Department - Funds to be used for purchase of playground equipment for Leeper Park. Budget not to exceed $15,000.00. Southold Heritage Foundation - Addendum I provided for certain revisions in original contract and line item transfers.It was - noted that original budget amount of $30,000.00 had not changed. Upon a motion made by Mr. Leszczynski, seconded by Mr. Kernan and carried, the above contracts and addendum were approved. APPROVAL OF TEMPORARY TRAILER (MEDOW LEASING) A request from Medow Leasing for permission to erect a mobile ;offi:ce building on its lot at the northeast corner of Lafayette and LaSalle from August 1, 1981, to April 15, 1982, was received: Mr. Medow, i<n his letter to the Board, indicated that the office would be.10"x 321. or 8' x 26' and would be constructed according to the building code. The office would be situated on the north side of the lot centered between the alley west of the La-Z-Boy Store and the sidewalk on the east side of Lafayette Boulevard. Mr. Leszczynski noted that the Building Department had reviewed the request and had no objection 0