05/19/69 Board of Public Works Minutes

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5/19/69 MORRIS CIVIC AUDITORIUM LEASE Copy of lease Morris Civic Auditorium with James Brown Productions for James Brown Concert on 7May 10, 1969, at a rental of $600.00 was ordered filed. REQUEST TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR GASOLINE AND FUEL OIL - 7/1/69 through 12/31/69. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the request of the Purchasing Director to advertise for gasoline and fuel oil for the period 7/1/69 through 12/31/69. June 2, 1969, was set as the time for receiving bids and the Clerk is directed to advertise in the South bend Tribune and the Tri County News on May 23 and May 30, 1969. PRELIMINARY PLANS FILED IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3`283, 1969 ADOPTED - FELLOWS STREET (.SEWER) PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS APPROVED Clyde E. Williams & Associates, consulting engineers, filed with the Board preliminary plans for the improvement of Fellows Street, from Ireland Road north to Waiters Street, west in Walters Street for approximately 470 feet and along Ireland Road west of Fellows Street for approximately 500 feet Cc by the construction of a local sewer And the Board approves said plans and specifications and adopts Improvement Resolution No. 3283, 1969, for such sewer construction, and fixes 7:30 P.M. on June 10, 1969, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, as the time and place when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed improvement may be heard, and the Board will decide at said time whether the benefits accruing to abutting and adjacent property owners will be equal to,or exceed the estimated cost of said improvement. And the Clerk of the Board is directed to give notice by two weekly publi- cations of the time and place of said hearing. MAL-FUNCTION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON INNERBELT Traffic Engineer Clem F. Hazinski reports the continuous mal-function of signal controllers on the innerbelt at Chapin and Washington, Chapin and Colfax and at Chapin and LaSalle and recommends that the supplier of this equipment, Welsbach Corporation, 445 N. Holmes Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana, be notified of such mal-function. Mr. Crumpacker moved that the Welsbach Corporation be directed to repair or replace this equipment pursuant to their contract. The motion was seconded and unanimously carried. And the matter was referred to the Engineering Department to contact the Welsbach Corporation. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS APPROVED Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the recommendation of the Traffic Director for the following traffic regulations to be put into effect: Stop sign and post on "Metal Mation" Drive- 4300 block S. Main, west one block to newly constructed Lafayette. Speed limit 30 sign at 2613 W. Sample Street and Industrial and Sample facing east; and additional speed limit signs entering the area from intersecting streets. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS APPROVED - FAIRFAX ESTATES Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, plans and specifications for improvements to Fairfax Estates, Second Section, were approved. EXCAVATION BOND CANCELLED - WOODRUFF & SONS INC. Cancellation of excavation bond #27S48269 BC as of June 9, 1969, carried by Woodruff and Sons, Inc., said bond having expired June 9, 1968, upon motion made, seconded and carried, was approved. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER'S BOND - MARIA MIA VAN KIRK Certificate continuing bond for special police officer Maria Mia Van Kirk to 5/27/70 was ordered filed.