07/27/77 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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771 SPECIAL MEETING JULY 27, 1977 A special meeting of the Board of Public Works was convened at 3:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 1977 by President Patrick M. McMahon, with Mr. McMahon, Mr. Brunner and Mr. Mullen present. BLOCK PARTY APPROVED Ralph Brandenborg submitted a request to the Board for permission to hold a Block Party on Saturday, July 30 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Essex Drive, from Byron to Preston. The Bureau of Traffic and Lighting reviewed the request with the Police Department Traffic Detail and indicated there would be no objection to the street closing. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Block Party was approved. LETTER FROM MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FILED RE: VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3443 The Board continued the public hearing on Vacation Resolution No. 3443, the petition of Memorial Hospital to vacate four alleys, with the understanding that Memorial Hospital would consider the request of the Board to screen Navarre Street, from Lafayette Street to the first alley, and Bartlett Street, from Lafayette Street to Main Street, with hedge or fencing. The following letter was read: "Board of Public Works Gentlemen: July 27, 1977 This is to advise that as attorney for Memorial Hospital of Bend, I have been authorized by the Board of Directors to commit the hospital to construct at least a four foot high green webbed cyclone fence along the south side of its real estate on Navarre Street from Lafayette Boulevard to the west side of the proposed parking entrance to its parking lot on Navarre Street. The hospital also hereby commits itself to construct the same type fence along the north side of its real estate on Bartlett Street from the east side of the apartment building located on the southeast corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Bartlett Street to the west side of Main Street, excluding the entrance to the parking lot on Bartlett Street. The hospital further commits iteslf to construct either the same type fence or hedge planting on the west side of the real estate from the south end of its present hedge planting to the corner of Lafayette Boulevard and Navarre Street. Construction of all of said fencing will be completed as soon as possible after the contractor completes the improved parking lots for the hospital located in the block north of Navarre Street between Lafayette Boulevard and Main Street, all to be finished within the 1977 building season. Very truly yours, s/ Bruce C. Hammerschmidt The Board discussed the commitment in the letter and raised a question .over the statement in Paragraph Three that screening on Lafayette Boulevard, which is partially complete and which consists of hedge, would be continued with either hedge or fence. It was the opinion of the Board that all the screening on Lafayette Boulevard would be hedge. The Board requested that Mr. Hammerschmidt be asked for clarification regarding the completion of the screening on Lafayette