11/13/73 Board of Public Works Minutes

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405 REGULAR MEETING NOVEMBER 13, 1973 Upon motion made, seconded and carried, and set December 17, 1973 at 9:30 a.m., Bend, Indiana as -the date and place for affected by such vacation. the Board adopted said Assessment Roll Room 1308, County -City Building, South hearing all persons interested in or APPROVAL OF PORTABLE FACILITY FOR HEAD START CENTER The Board received a recommendation from Forrest West, Building Commissioner, that approval be granted to ACTION, Inc. to establish a portable facility at 1901 Kemble Avenue for use as a Head Start Center. There was a discussion as to whether the Board has the power to approve such usage and Mr. West was called to the meeting. It was his report to the Board that such usage is consistent with the zoning ordinance and that the Board has, in the past,.approved such requests. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request to establish the Head Start Center. CHANGE ORDERS - TOPICS T6000 (11) The Board received a number of Change Orders for the Topics Project T6000 (11), one-way traffic signalization system. The change orders were as follows: Item #5, increased $5,100.00; Item #6, increase of $730.00; Item #7, decrease of 6 $950.00; Item #17, increase of $700.00; Item #21, increase of $1,000; Item #26, decrease of $250; and Item #13, decrease of $675.00. Upon motion made, seconded G� and carried, the change orders were -approved. U U EXTRA WORK AGREEMENT The Board received an Extra Work Agreement for the Topics Project T6000 (11) for an item not covered in the contract. The agreement is for furnishing pedestals and is in the amount'of $788.40. Upon motion made, seconded andcarried, the Board approved the Extra Work Agreement. REQUEST TO ALLOW PROPOSED IBM BUILDING FOOTINGS TO ENCROACH ON PUBLIC WAY Mr. James A. Roemer, City Attorney, reported to the Board that he had reviewed the request of the Hickey Company to allow footings for the proposed IBM Building to encroach on the public way. 'It was his opinion that this request should be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals for approval. There was'a discussion about an earlier request, which was approved by the Board of Public Works and the Redevelop- ment Commissioners, to encroach on the public sidewalk at the One Plaza Place building on Michigan Street. It was Mr. Roemer's recommendation that both these requests be sent to the Board of Zoning Appeals for approval. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the encroachment request for the IBM Building, subject to approval by the Board of Zoning Appeals,'and directed that this request and the earlier request to encroach on the 'public way at the One Plaza Place location be referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals for their approval. APPROVAL OF BONDS Ray S. Andrysiak, Bureau of Engineering, made a recommendation to the Board that the following bonds, filed with the Board, were properly signed and executed and could be approved: Braunsdorf's-, Inc.'- Excavation Bond to 12/31/74 From Building Co. - Contractor's Bond to 12/31/74 - The Hickey Company - Excavation Bond to 12/31/74 Armco Steel Corp. - Excavation Bond to 11/6/74 Louis McEndarfer - - Excavation Bond to 11/7/74 Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the bonds to the dates listed. APPROVAL OF HOLIDAY FESTIVAL PARADE The Board received a recommendation from Clem Hazinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, that the request of the Downtown Council to hold their annual Holiday Parade on Saturday, November 17, 1973 at 9:00 a.m. The Police Department will coordinate arrangements with the Downtown Council and Mr. Hazinski. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the parade.