02/04/74 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 4, 1974 PETITION TO VACATE A PORTION OF CHIPPEWA AVENUE First Community Development Corporation files its petition to vacate a portion of Chippewa Avenue between the west line of the recorded plat of Miami Hills Addition and the east boundary of the Southmore Community Housing Development for the purpose of constructing multifamily housing. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the petition was referred to the Division of Engineering for preliminary investigation and report. REQUEST TO REMOVE PARKING LIMIT SIGNS ON WILLIAM STREET The Board received a letter from the South Bend Civic Planning Association suggesting that parking limit signs at 315 N. William Street can be removed since the doctor's office has been moved and the need for restricted parking eliminated. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the letter was referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting for appropriate action. ADOPTION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3393, 1974 Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the following resolution was adopted: IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3393, 1974 BE 1T RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana [] that it is deemed necessary to improve South Main Street from Chippewa Avenue to Ireland Road by constructing local Water Mains. The same to be done in accordance with the profiles, drawings, general details and specifications for such improvement approved and to be adopted by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, immediately upon the final adoption and confirmation of this resolution, and placed on file in the office of the Board of Public Works of said City, and such improvement is now ordered. The total cost of said improvement, including all incidental costs such as advertising and engineering shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said South Main Street, in accordance with applicable statutes. The said improvement is to be financed and paid for as provided in Chapter 40, of the Acts of 1953, as amended (1971 I.C. 18-6-3). Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in five (5) equal installments, with interest at the rate of xix (6) per cent per annum. The 26th day of February, 1974 at the hour of 7:30 p.m. o'clock, Local Time, is hereby fixed as the time and the Board of Works Hearing Room as the place, when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed improvement, may be heard as to the necessity for the same, and all petitions and remonstrances received. The Board will, on said day, decide whether the benefits accruing to abutting and adjacent property and to the City of South Bend, Indiana will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of said improvement. The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of hearing of this resolution. Adopted February 4, 1974. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS s/ Rollin E. Farrand s/ James R. Seitz ATTEST: s/ Patricia DeClercq Notice of Hearing Published on February 8 and February 15, 1974.