07/19/71 Board of Public Works Minutes

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7/19/71 Safety, should accept the offer of Esther M. Schmidt in the sum of Three Hundred Fourteen and 16/100 ($314.16) Dollars for the purchase of the following described real estate in St.Joseph County, State of'.Indiana, to -wit: A part of Lot 4 in Mary Witherill's Subdivision of Bank Out Lot 32 described as follows: Beginning at the north- west corner of Lot 4; thence east 28.50 feet along the north line of said Lot 4; thence southwesterly 43.60 feet along a line with a deflection angle of 96 degrees 37 minutes 40 seconds right from the last described course extended; thence southwesterly 156.30 feet along an arc to the right having a radius of 909.93 feet and subtended by a long chord having a length of 156.03 feet with a deflection angle of 1 degree ,06 minutes 24 seconds right from the last'.-.described course extended to a point on the south line of Lot 4; thence west 0.37 feet along the south line of Lot 4 to the southwest corner of said Lot 4; thence north 198.00 feet along the west line of Lot 4 to the point of beginning, containing 3,272 square feet, more or less. " Upon receipt of payment of said purchase price by the Board of Public Works and Safety, a warranty deed conveying said real estate is now directed to be prepared and submitted to the Mayor and Clerk for execution and delivery to said purchaser. "Adopted this 19th day of July, 1971. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY s/ Lloyd S. Taylor s/ S. J. Crumpacker s/ James A. Bickel ATTEST: s/ Doris Allen Clerk of the Board." CHARLES HOWELL (UNITED BUILDERS) - CONTRACTOR'S PERMIT REVOKED Lloyd S. Taylor, City Engineer, reported that the Engineering Department had requested Charles Howell, of United Builders, to pay the City of South Bend for repairing a street which they broke up, and which the City finally re- paired. That the originat> request was $1163.58. That finally Charles Howell agreed to pay $750.00 which the City agreed to accept, but that it has never been paid. That at another site Mr. Howell failed to barricade the street and place flares and that the City Street Department barricaded the street and placed flares, for which the Street Department makes a charge of $50.00; and that this amount also has not been paid. That the firm has done work at 16 locations without taking out a permit for construction and at 12 locations has done work not according to the standards of the City. That for these reasons the Engineering Department requests, and Mr. Taylor so moved, that no further permits be issued to Charles Howell or United Builders until all standards are complied with and these bills paid. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. MRS. IRENE MUTZL AND MRS. LEE SWAN Mrs. Irene Mutzl, 320 Parkovash Street, and Mrs. Lee Swan, 2022 Swygart Street, South Bend, Indiana, who attended the meeting, questioned the code enforcement program and the inspection of private dwellings by the Sub -Standards Department, and explanation was made by the Board members and the Sub -Standards Director. PROPOSAL TO APPRAISE REAL ESTATE - DAVIS REALTY RANDOLPH AND SAMPSON STREET RETENTION BASIN Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the proposal of Davis Realty, 717 Lincolnway East, South Bend, Indiana, to appraise real estate for the Randolph and Sampson Street retention basin on an hourly basis at the rate of $10.00 per hour for actual time spent in handling the alipraisals.