05/07/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes

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ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractors Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Byron Balsbaugh and Russell Platz; Henry J. Fisette; Millard T. Hartman; Donald Nelson and Joseph Cleland Co-partners d/b%a Nelson & Cleland Construction Company; Peter Schumacher and Sons, Incorporated, Mishawaka; Sam Zoludow. Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for J. A. Currie; William S. Lodyg'; and Harold H. Schanfald. A petition was received for the removal of an unsanitary, unsightly building at the corner of Miami and Dubail Streets which is being used as a dwelling. This building hasl . no water or sanitary facilities of any kind. The Board ordered that this building be condemned as unfit for human habitation and the people dwelling therein were given 60 days in which to find a place to live. Mr. Andrew Place and Mr. Stephen Szucz appeared before the Board relative to land I I in the vicinity of Falcon and Dundee Streets which is used as a dump. Mr. Place as'owne and Mr. Szucs as operator were instructed to have extermination service to rid the dump of rodents, to segregate the loads, to reduce the fire incident, and to use fill -dirt i to cover any deposited rubbish. The Board approved thereplating of Swanson Park Second Addition, a part of Tuxedo Park, lst and 2nd Additions of lots in Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South ! • Bend. The Board approved the replating of Swanson Park First Addition a part of Lucast Sub -Division of lots in Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South Bend, Ind. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2659 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of vacation of the FIRST EAST - WEST ALLEY SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 25 in Tuxedo Park, 2nd Addition of Lots in Jef- • ferson Heights Addition, AND the FIRST EAST -EST ALLEY SOUTH OF WILSON STREET from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 9 and 24 in Tuxedo Park, First Addition of Lots in Jefferson Heights Addition, under Vaca- tion Resolution No. 2659. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remon- strances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of.notices and`same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several lots and`parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said roll Tne"Board, therefore, decided to take final action on said assessment roll and declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification and the proceed ings closed, and the alleys vacated upon receipt of the amount`of benefit assessments • from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had with reference to said alley. vacations are hereby sustained. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 261 ! This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public 'forks for the vacation of THAT PART OF EAST MARION STREET BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at a point 201 feet east of the northwest corner of Lot 130 in the original Plat of South Bend; thence north 15 feet; thence east parallel to the south lint of Marion Street to the west line of the St. Joseph River; thence southwesterly along the^west line of the St. Joseph River to the south line of Marion Street; thence west on the south line of Marion Street 343.28 feet more or less to the place of beginning, • said 15 foot strip of East Marion Street being that part of said street lying north of the north property line of Lot 118 in the Original Plat of South Bend and a part of va- cated St. Joseph Street immediately west thereof, under Vacation Resolution No. 2671. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrator' having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said part of street be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. PLANS REPORTED South Bend, Indiana • May 7, 1951 Board of Public !"forks & Safety City of South Bend, Indiana I'. Gentlemen: i hde hereby report Prof_les, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications, Esti- I; mates and Preliminary Improvement Resolutions for the improvement of WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue, AND KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue,! AND