06/16/69 Board of Public Works Minutes

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1.M June 16, 1969 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety convened at 10:08 A.M. on June 16, 1969, with all members present. The minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. MODEL CITIES AREA CLEAN-UP John Lennon, executive director of Model Cities Program, appeared before the Board in reference to a previous request regarding trash pick-up by City owned vehicles in the Model City area, and stated that they now wished to defer the matter until a later date to permit their groups to become bettercorganized. BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB -STANDARDS DIVISION Mr. J. W. Adamson,Sub-Standards Dir&ctor, appeared before the Board and the following matters were taken up. 1640 Portage Avenue. Fred Egendoerfer, owner of the property, appeared before the Board and stated he intends to sell the property and the buyer wants to renovate and rebuild the house. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the matter was continued until June 23, 1969, and Mr. Adamson was directed to give the owner a list of requirements to bring the building up to standard. 23,3-235 E. Paris Street. Grant Lewis,'purported owner of the building, appeared before the Board. Mr. Lewis explained there are two buildings on the lot, a dwelling in the rear and a barber shop in front; that Isiah Cathey operated the barber shop and had proposed to buy the property a few years back. That there is a suit in court to determine the ownership of the property, which is still pending. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the matter was continued until June 23, 1969, in order to explore further the status of the ownership of this property. (Isiah Cathey later also appeared before the Board. He also explained there is a controversy over the ownership of the property; that J. Chester Allen, Sr., is his attorney and that the matter is pending in court. He further stated he has had considerable vandalism at the location and he in- tends to move; that he only wants to get his money back and has no desire to own the property.) 1520 Western Avenue. John J. Mejer, Sobieski Federal Savings and Loan Association, did not appear as requested. Mr. Adamson submitted a letter from Mr. Mejer giving permission to demolish the property. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board granted permission to advertise for bids for demolition of the property. 717 S. Kaley Street. Price McMahn, owner, did not appear as requested. Mr. Adamson stated this property was formerly occupied by the owner but is now vacant and the house is collapsing, and that he has heard nothing from the owner. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, permission was granted to advertise for bids for demolition of the property. 414 E. Pennsylvania Avenue. Wendell A. Hartman, buyer of this property from Ronald Kapala, appeared before the Board. Ronald Kapala did not appear as requested. Mr. Hartman stated he has been out of town and when he returned he learned the property had been vandalized but has not yet had an opportunity to estimate the damage; that he intends to repair and rent the property as soon as possible. Upon: -motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the matter was continued until June 23 to permit the owner to close up the property. 130-132 LaPorte Avenue. Ray Millikan, owner of this property, appeared be- fore the Board and stated he has started to secure the building; that he in- tends to make the building into a four -rental property and hopes to have tenants in one side within 60 days. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried the matter was continued for 30 days. 1 1 +6