07/26/76 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING JULY 26, 1976 BONDS RELEASED David A. Wells, Manager of the Bureau of Design and Administration, reported to the Board that requests for the release, of Contractor's bonds for Gilbert Harwell and RWtI Construction Company had been reviewed and the bonds could be released. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the bonds were released effective July 26, 1976. TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES APPROVED Ralph J. Wadzinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic anal Lighting, recommended the following installations to`the Board: A. Remove two hour parking zone at 719 N. Main Street B. Establish No Parking Zone on the west side of 2000 S. Fellows C. Establish No Parking Zone on the east side of 800 S. Wellington, from Sample Street North approximately 135' to the alley D. Remove two hour parking zone at 3602 W. Sample Street Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the recommendations were approved. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORT'FILED 7� The Street Light outage report for the period of July 19 through 23 was received. The report indicated 25 items. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the report was ordered filed. LETTER OF TERMI14ATION TO CLYDE WILLIAMS APPROVED Mr. Farrand reported that Deputy City Attorney Georgia Luks had reviewed for the Board the matter of terminating the contract with C1yde.Williams & Associates entered into on December 11, 1972 for engineering services for storm separation in the Clyde Creek area. Mr. Farrand had recommended to the Board that the contract be terminated. He said since this contract was entered into there have been any number of changes and the City feels these changes should be included in any future contracts. Mrs. Luks recommended to the Board that, since the contract does not specify any,basis for computing terminal expense, a letter should be sent to Clyde Williams and Associates advising them that the City wishes to terminate the contract and asking whether there is any terminal expense involved. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board signed a letter outlining the above recommendations to be sent to Clyde Williams & Associates. REQUEST TO BARRICADE ALLEY APPROVED The Board received a request from Mrs. Virginia Hull of the Y.W.C.A. asking that the alley at the rear of the Y.W.C.A. Building at 802 N. Lafayette Street be barricaded on Wednesday, July 28 from 9:30 a.m, to 3:30 p.m. A water carnival will be conducted for pre-schoolers and they would like to keep vehicles out of the alley. Ralph Wadzinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, reported to the Board that he saw no problems with the closing and would order the barricades delivered. Upon motion made by Mr. Farrand, seconded by tor. Mullen and carried, the Board approved the request. SOUTHEAST ALLEYS MAINTENANCE REQUEST DISCUSSED Mr. Farrand noted that the Board had received a request from R. Benjamin Johnson to have the alleys in the southeast area of the City oiled and graded. Mr. Farrand said Joseph Gawrysiak, Street Commissioner, had reviewed Mr. Johnson's request and indicated that extensive work has been done in that area. There are some problem alleys that they have had difficulty getting into. Mr. Gawrysiak asked that the Board request Mr. Johnson to advise them of the specific alleys he is complaining about so that the Street Department can dispatch equipment to specific alley locations. Mr. Farrand said the