02/18/74 Board of Public Works Minutes

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20 REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 18, 1974 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works convened at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, February 18, 1974 with all members present. Deputy City Attorney Gerald Sakaguchi was also present. Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. FILING OF AMENDED PETITION TO -VACATE 'ALLEY' NORTH OF M I'SHAWAKA AVENUE The Board received an amended petition filed by Charles W. Burkhart to vacate the alley which is'14 feet in width'extended from the north line of Mishawaka Avenue in SoUth Bend`', Indiana 'north along and immediately west of the west line'of'Lot No. 715 in 'Whitcomb and Keller's Sunnymede Third Addition to the northwesterly' corner of said Lot No. 715,thence northeasterly along and immediately northerly of the northerly `line of Lots Numbered 715, 716,'717, 718, 719;.720 and 721 in said addition to the northeast corner of said Lot No. 721 and the west line of the first north -south alley. The Division of Engineering had recommended that the petition be amended to avoid vacating just a portion of an alley. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the amended petition was referred to the Division of Engineering where a preliminary review of the vacation is being made. APPROVAL OF TOWER FEDERAL REQUEST FOR CURBSIDE DEPOSITORY The Board received a report from Clem Hazinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, that the request'of the -Tower Federal Savings and Loan Association to install a sidewalk depository in front of their building at 216 West Washington Street had been investigated. Since this is already a loading zone and no parking meters would be involved, Mr. Hazinski recommended approval. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request for the installation of a curbside depository for envelope -sized deposits of mortgage or savings books and payments by the Tower Federal Savings and Loan Association. CHANGE ORDER APPROVED The Board received a Change Order in Topics Project T6000 (11), the Michigan Street -Main Street Signalization project. Mr. Farrand explained that this Change Order was for the addition of one 25 foot dual purpose mast arm which was correctly shown in the plans but was overlooked in the tabulation of original plan quantities. The Change Order is an increase of $830.00. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Change Order was approved. REQUEST TO USE FIRE STATIONS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION APPROVED The Board received a request from W. Joseph Doran, Secretary of the St. Joseph County Election Board, to use Fire Stations #2, 3, 4, 8 and 12 for a county -wide Voter Registration Day to be held on Tuesday, March 12 from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request and directed that Chief Jack R. Bland be so notified. APPROVAL OF BONDS Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the following Continuation Certificates for Contractor's Bonds were approved to the dates listed: Sollitt Construction Company to 3/5/75 Herschel Willis to 1/l/75 A Continuation Certificate for the Excavation Bond for Raymond Guzman, d/b/a ABC Plumbing, Inc. was received. The Continuation Certificate extends the bond to 12/31/74. Upon the advice of Deputy City Attorney Gerald Sakaguchi, the Board approved the certificate, subject to its being signed by Raymond Guzman, as principal. 1