08/20/73 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 20, 1973 PETITION TO VACATE ALLEY - E/W ALLEY SOUTH OF COLFAX, BETWEEN HILL AND ST. LOUIS Northern Electric Company, by their Attorney F. Gerard Feeney, petitions the Board of Public Works to vacate the east -west alley between Hill Street and St. Louis Avenue from the east right-of-way line of Hill Street to the west right-of-way line of the north -south alley between Colfax and Washington Streets situated between Lots 147 and 148 as shown on the recorded original plat of the Town of Lowell, now part of the City of South Bend, as recorded in Plat Book 1, page 63. Mr. Feeney was present and explained to the Board that the Northern Electric Company owns the property along the alley and they are joined in this petition by the property owners behind them. The alley is being used by people who drive in and park after dark and the petitioners hope to eliminate this by vacating the alley and constructing a fence. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board referred the petition to the Bureau of Engineering for preliminary investigation and recommendation. REQUEST FOR PAYMENT OF ARCHITECTS FEES FOR CIVIC CENTER Mr. Kent Wilcox, Department of Redevelopment, presented to the Board claims for Architects Fees for the Civic Center. The claims were in the amounts of $1,636.80, $561.19 and $927.48 and were for travel expenses and architects programming and pre -schematic services. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved and signed the claims. _REQUEST TO ENTER INTO A LEASE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT Mr. Kent Wilcox, Department of Redevelopment, asked for Board approval to enter into a lease between the City of South Bend and the Department of Redevelopment for a surface parking.lot on a 20 acre parcel of land on the river where the Redevelopment Site Office has been. The lease would be on a month to month basis. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board authorized the Department of Redevelopment to draw up a lease for the parking lot to be submitted to the Board for signature, subject to approval by the Legal Department. AMENDMENT TO PANEL -AD AGREEMENT The following amendment to the Panel -Ad Agreement was, upon motion made, seconded and carried, approved and signed by the Board and by Mrs. Mardella Hensler, Franchise Holder: AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO THE 27TH DAY OF MAY, 1968, BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND THROUGH ITS BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY, HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "CITY", AND PANEL ADS, INC., AN OHIO CORPORATION, AND MARDELLA HENSLER, FRANCHISE HOLDER, OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA, BOTH HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS "PANEL AD". Be it moved that Section 5 of the Agreement entered into on the twenty-seventh day of May, 1968, by and between the City of South Bend through its Board of Public Works and Safety and Panel Ads, lnc., read as follows: 5. It i,s also agreed and understood that the receptacles will bear advertising panels; that Panel Ad will solicit adver- tising for display on these panels; that all advertising will receive prior approval from the Board of Public Works; -that all other responsibility for such advertising program shall be borne by Panel Ad and that Panel Ad shall receive all benefits derived from such advertising program._ All advertising shall be in good taste, and shall not include liquor ads nor abortion ads.