02/17/76 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 17, 1976 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was convened.at 9:30 a.m, on Tuesday, February 17, 1976 by President Rollin E. Farrand, with Mr. Farrand,Mr. Brunner and Mr. Mullen present. Deputy City Attorney William Stanley was also present. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING APPROVED Mr. Brunner advised the Board that the minutes of the previous meeting had been reviewed and he made a motion that the minutes be approved as submitted. The motion was seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried.' PARKING APPROVED - 100 SOUTH MICHIGAN STREET Mr. Farrand reported that a request for additional free parking in the 100 block South Michigan Street had been taken under advisement. He then submitted the following recommendations to the Board: "By a copy of a letter.to the Downtown South Bend Council of the Chamber of Commerce,.Mayor Nemeth has asked the Board of Public Works to consider extending free parking further south in the 100 block of South Michigan Street. I recommend that the following steps be approved by the Board of Public Works: 1. Parking be approved in the 100 block of South Michigan Street north of a line forty (40) feet north of the north curb line on Jefferson Boulevard. 2. The parking limit defined in (1) above be defined by planters and movable barricades located so as not to block the fire lane. 3. All ingress and egress to the parking area is to be .from Washington Street and not from Jefferson Boulevard. 4. Parking not be permitted in the extended area until parking lines are painted by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting with the understanding that these lines will be painted as soon as weather permits. 5. Parking may be removed from all or any part of this area to permit activities in the "supergraphic area" as approved by the Board of Public Works. 6. Mr. Doug Simpson is to be instructed to indicate on all future applications for activities on the Plaza any requirement to restrict parking. . . s/ Rollin E. Farrand- " Mr. Mullen asked how many cars can be parked in this additional area and Mr. Farrand said from 25 to 30. Mr. Mullen then asked how the operation of the present parking was working.. Mr. Farrand said, from an operational standpoint, it was working well and was about seventy per cent occupied. Mr. Mullen asked if it appeared there were employees parking in this area. Mr. Farrand said the cars were checked by the meter maids and the two-hour limit was enforced. Mr. Mullen made a motion that the recommendation for additional free parking in the 100 block South Michigan Street be approved, with the addition of Item 7. "Parking is to be limited to two hours, and the vehicles are to be monitored by the Meter Maids to enforce the two-hour limitation. Mr. Brunner seconded the motion and it was carried. 1