04/19/76 Board of Public Works Minutes

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269 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 19, 1976 APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS - AIRPORT INDUSTRIAL PARK, PHASE FOUR Mr. Farrand advised the Board that he.had received notification today that the appropriation for the Airport Industrial Park, Phase Four has been cleared by the Local Roads and Streets Board and he made a motion that the Board sign the contracts with Ritschard Brothers, Inc. for the construction of Airport Industrial Park, Phase Four.. The motion wasseconded by Mr. Brunner and carried. LEASE AGREEMENT TABLED A lease agreement with the First Christian Church, for the use of their building at 320 S. Main Street, at a rental -of $5,000.00 for the period.of May 1, 1976 through August 31, 1976 was executed by William Gilkey, Director of Human Resources, and was submitted to the Board for approval. Mr. Brunner asked that the lease be forwarded to him for review before action is taken. The matter was tabled and the lease agreement will be sent to City Attorney Thomas J. Brunner, Jr., for his review. SOUND EQUIPMENT ON MOTORCADE APPROVED ,�.. A request was received from Craig Power to use sound equipment on a motorcade on behalf of Lawrence VanDeWalle, candidate for Congress. The motorcade will obey all traffic signals and regulations and will be held on Saturday, April 24, 1976. Mr. Brunner read an excerpt from the Municipal Code, Section 13-57 which prohibits the use of sound equipment or other machines for the reproducing of sound which is cast upon the public streets for the purpose of commercial advertising or attracting the attention of the public to any building or structure. Mr. Brunner said it would appear that the use requested by Mr. Power would not be a violation of the Code, unless the noise was offensive or irksome. Mr. Brunner made a motion that the request of Craig Power to use sound equipment in a motorcade on Saturday, April 24 be approved. The motion was seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried. RIVER BEND PLAZA REQUESTS APPROVED Douglas Simpson, Director, River Bend Plaza, submitted a request to the Board.to hold a Bicentennial Music Festival on the Plaza on April 19 and on April 24 and 25. A schedule of the musical events was submitted. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the request was approved. An application from Thomas and Veronica Niedbalski to operate a hot dog wagon on the supergraphic area of the Plaza during the summer months was submitted to the Board with the favorable recommendation of Mr. Simpson. Upon motion made by Mr. Mullen, seconded by Mr. Farrand and carried,the application was approved, subject to the.filing of liability insurance and the securing of the necessary vending license. RECOMI ENDATION TO AWARD ALTERNATE BID - SOLID WASTE TRUCKS Mr. Farrand submitted a tabulation of the bids received for Solid Waste Vehicles to the Board. The tabulation indicated that none of the base bids received were responsive to the specifications and, therefore, no bid award should be made on the base bid. In the alternate bids for the diesel engine, Shamrock Ford was responsive and was the low bidder at $26,935.18 per unit. It was recommended that the Board accept that bid for the purchase of two complete diesel units as bid as alternates at a total of,$52,870.36, less $2,000 for trade-ins, making the net bid $51,870.36. It was also recommended that the Board should re -advertise for bids for one gasoline -powered cab and chassis, with a packer bid as an option.