11/10/1952 Board of Public Works Minutes

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526 RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL RESOLUTION NO. 2718 - 1952. After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of Public Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, thatthe Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 27th day of October, 1952, for the improvement of RANDOLPH STREET from the east line of Sampson Street to the west line of Ironwood Drive by constructing a Class "C" Type LA Pavement be and the same is in all things,confirmed. Jlard H. Crothers Clerk of the Board R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Safety Relative to the Randolph Street Improvement, Mr. Leonard F. Fry, being present, offered the suggestion that the water shut -offs on the vacant lots should be properly cemented to prevent accidents and liability in such an event to:the City. Other than this comment, pertaining to vacant properties, Mr. Fry expressed himself as well pleased with the Randolph Street pavement just completed. STREET DEPARTMENT: Grave.. Bids opened by the Board October 20th, and held in abeyance since that date, were reexamined and on the basis of 3000 ponds constituting one cubic yard, the bid of.C. D. Smelser, was by consensus of opinion, considered the better of the two bids, an contract was awarded C. D. Smelser for 5,000 cubic yards of crushed gravel, as per Indiana State Specifications 6F 40'- crushed, at $1.15 per cubic yard. The matter of garbage and litter removal was next taken up by the Board and the following resolution was drawn up for presentation to the Common Council,for their consideration,at their regular meeting this date. A petition for the opening up of a section of Inglewood Place was next examined and referred to the City Engin-e.er for preparation of the necessary plans and property ownership list. The petition dated August 15, 1952 for the vacation of the east and west alley between Berkley Place and Inglewood Place, accompanied by the recommendation of the City Plan Commission was reexamined by the Board. The Clerk was directed to proceed with vacation procedure on the basis of the City Plan Commission's recommendations. The Amendment to the contract for engineering services, dated October 1945, between the City and the firm of Consoer, Townsend and Associates, for changes in treatment was examined by the Board, accepted and ordered placed on file. A communication, bearing ten signatures of bus patrons, protesting the curtailment of service on the Angela bus line and offering a solution to permit the rendering of mor satisfactory service on the part of the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. was read and give the Board's consideration. The Board directed the Clerk to furnish a copy of the communication to the Northern Indiana Transit, Inc. requesting a report from them in this matter for the Board's information at its next regular meeting, Monday, November 17 A Maintenance Bond, in the sum of $7818.35, submitted by the Reed Construction Company, in connection with contract with the City to maintain pavement on Wall Street, paved by Whitcomb & Keller, Inc., was examined by the Board, found to be sufficient and approved. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 A. 74. Attest: Clerk • . • • • •