04/26/76 Board of Public Works Minutes

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7 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 26, 1976 Mr. Brunner said he believed it Was,; planned to give the transceivers out to the officers on a twenty-four hour basis and said there would be considerable expense involved. Mr. -Mullen said he would like to have additional information from the Department regarding the funding and said it was his understanding that criminal justice funds had been used to purchase this equipment in the past. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board authorized the advertising for bids for the°transceivers but will request additional information regarding the funds to be used before a date is set for opening bids. REQUESTS TO PURCHASE CITY -OWNED LOTS RECEIVED The Board received a request from John Bunyan to purchase a city - owned lot at 142 N. Birdsell and from Elworth E. Perkins to purchase a city -owned lot at 719 E. Wenger Street Mr. Farrand made a motion that the requests be referred to the Department of Public Works and the Department of Redevelopment to determine whether there is any reason why the lots should be retained. The motion was seconded by Tyr. Brunner and carried. APPROVAL OF LEASE OF BUILDING AT 320 S. MAIN STREET - BUREAU OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING The matter of a lease between the City of South Bend, Bureau'of Employ- ment and Training and the First Christian Church for the use of a building at 320 S. Main Street was taken under advisement for review by City Attorney Thomas Brunner. The City would lease the premises for the period of May 1, 1976 through August 31, 1976 for a total price of $5,000.00. Mr. Brunner said Elroy Kelsenberg, Director of the Bureau of Employment and Training, had provided the Board with a letter of explanation and his questions have been answered. Mr. Mullen said the question he had was whether or not the Department of Redevelopment had any available property to be used for this purpose. Mr. Kelsenberg said he had explored this possibility with the Department of Redevelopment and there is no property available. Mr. Kelsenberg said the building will be used for the summer youth program and since it is federally funded they must follow the guidelines set up by the government. There will be about one thousand students in the program. There will be a director, two assistances and 10 coordinators. There will be a tutorial program for one hundred students, with 12 tutorial teachers from the Community School Corporation. There will be a Century Center program and the weed control program. They will need a staff conference room. Gene Evans of the Civic Planning Association asked whether the program conducted last year was considered successful and said there had been some problems. •Mr. Mullen said there will be extended control of the program this year and it is felt that by using this building, which is quite close to the County -City Building, that control can be exercised. -Mrs. Jane Swan, 2022 Swygart Street, questioned the need for the program and what it would accomplish. She said if students were going to be paid to attend classes during this summer program, how would they get them to go to school in the fall when they are no longer paid. The Board noted that the questions raised are philosophical questions which they cannot answer. Mr. Farrand made a motion that, based on Mr. Kelsenberg's explanation, the lease agreement with the First Christian Church for the use of the building at 320 S.,Main Street -be approved. The motion was seconded and carried. AGREEMENT WITH INDIANA STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TABLED Mr. Farrand informed the Board that an agreement with the Indiana State Highway Commission for improvements at sixteen intersections in the City had been forwarded to the Board for approval. Mr. Farrand said he was not going to request that the Board approve the agreement until appropriation of all the funding has been approved by the Common Council. The agreement was tabled. 1