11/10/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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525, RESOLUTION NO. 2734 - 1952 Continued BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana that the Final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this loth day of November, 1952 on the improvement known as the FELLOWS STREET LOCAL SEWER as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2734, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on August 25, 1952, and confirmed by said Board on September 15, 1952, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as required by Section N. 111 or 120 of an Act entitled, 'tAn Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Ward H. Crothers Board of Public Works & Safety Clerk of the Board ENGINEERtS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT NO.11 - 1952 Certificate of Completion was furnished by civil engineer, Wilbur H. Gartner, accompanied by Contractorts Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and,the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Con tractor, for the construction of the Pavement Improvement -on SHE'RMAN AVENUE from the south line of Rose Street to the North line of Bryan Street, under Improvement Contract Noll has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. 1 Next appeared before the Board Attorney G. Burt Ford, and his client, P. J. Redden, presenting a drawing showing the exact area to be vacated to the west of Ironwood Drive ,on the south bank of the St. Joseph River at the approach to the Ironwood Drive bridge. • Also appearing before the Board at this time was Mr. Vernon C. Hastings, remonstrating !against this vacation and setting forth various reasons for his objection to the vacat- ing of this city -owned property. The matter of some 325 feet of water main being involved, as well as other features of the proposed vacation requiring study, the Board took the entire matter under advisement, decision to be rendered one week from Ithis date. VACATION RESOLUTION No. 2741 - 1952 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by Ithe Board of Public Works and Safety for the vacation of the FIRST ALLEY NORTH OF FORD FROM WALNUT STREET EAST TO THE WEST LINE OF THE ALLEY EAST OF WALNUT STREET, under • Vacation Resolution No. 2741. i I The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the (Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be Mnally adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of Idmmages to the surrounding properties. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2742 - 1952 I This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by • the Board of Public Works and Safety for the vacation of the following: z Commencing at a point seven feet north of the Southeast corner of Lot No. 30 as shown on the Recorded Plat of Stullts Third Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, and on the Westerly line of Main Street; thence West one hundred i sixty-five feet to a point on the Westerly line of Lot No. 30, 'i%rhich is seven feet North of the south- westerly corner of said Lot No. 30; thence North thirty-six feet and two inches to the Northwesterly corner of said Lot No. 30; thence West fourteen feet; • thence South fifty feet and two inches; thence East one hundred sevent-V-nine feet to a point on the west line of Main Street, which is seven feet South of Southeasterly corner of said Lot No. 3O, thence North along the Westerly line of P,.ain Street fourteen feet to the place of beginning, under Vacation Resolution No. 27l�2. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrators 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 alley 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.