04/13/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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59 April 13, 1953 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, April 131 1953, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $25,261.09 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $24,614.68 were approved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel & Linen Service $12.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 0 2.75 Ernest J. Barany 185.00 Ernest J. Barany 82.00 Walter-J. Braunsdorf & Son 3.75 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 4.45 • Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 13.90 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 7.42 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 5.62 Dependable Disposal Co. 3312•50 Dependable Disposal Co. 3312.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.41 �. Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.bO R. Kyle 5.00 i R. Kyle 5.00 Verhostra Painting Co. 65.00 Verhostra Painting Co. 71.00 Gafill Oil Co. 20.46 STREET & TRAFFIC: Frank S. Vukovits 26.25 E. H. Miller 22.50 i Nicholls Printery 29.00 Co -Operative Supply Co. 13.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.64 South Bend Electric Co. 455.07 Schillingts 1.39 South Bend Electric Co. 455.07 • South Bend Street Dept. 16.16 INTERCEPTOR SEWER: Consoer Townsend & Associates 354.71 Consoer Townsend & Associates 120.00 Consoer Townsend & Associates 120.00 Thomas D. Nolan, Contractor 15,841.95 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Abbott Coin Counter Co. 1.58- First appeared before the Board representatives of the Goodwill Industries, Inc. with plans for the construction of a fire escape for use on their building 'at 316 Chapin • Street. Plans were examined and referred to the Building Commissioner for his exam- ination and approval. Attorney Arthur Goulet then appeared before the Board, and E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, being present, was called upon by the Board to make his report in the matter of the indiscriminate parking situation on South Franklin Street, from Garst Street to Broadway, this being the matter with which attorney Goulet is concerned. Engineer Miller outlined in considerable detail the steps he has taken, in conjunction with Everett I. Henthorn, Chief of Plant Portection of the Studebaker Corporation. Their plans for the relief of this condition, which has involved driving across sidewalks and lawns on the part of Studebaker employees, was satisfactory to attorney Goulet. He asked that it be put into effect as quickly as possible. jl i TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and brought to the attention of the Board, the urgency for the construction of islands at the intersections of Goodland Avenue and Bendix Drive, and Westmoor and Bendix Drive. Also the installation of traffic signals at Gate No.4 at the Bendix Plant. He stated that the matter has been under discussion between himself and Mr. Ed Prang of the Bendix Aviation Corporation, and that Bendix Aviation Corporation is agreeable to providing the funds and paying for a substantial part of the work involved. The matter was given discussion and a plan decided upon by the Board which will permit the work to get under way at an early date. • Traffic Engineer Miller then brought to the attention of the Board, the need for �an added 12-foot lane on both sides of the highway on East McKinley Avenue from the ;West property line of McKinley Terrace on the north side of the highway, extending l west for a distance of approximately 570 feet, and on the south side of the highway, from the east property line of Major's proposed shopping center, a distance of approxi- mately 450 feet to the east, and from the west property line of Major's proposed shopp- ing center, a distance of approximately 280 feet to the west, and along the entire front of Major's proposed shopping center. This improvement would include the entire ,curve at this point which has presented a traffic hazard since its original construction. The matter was given some discussion and action will be taken by the Board as soon as it is deemed the propitious time to insure the successful undertaking of this urgently needed highway improvement. • j VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2754 - 1953 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is desirable to vacation the following: I STREETS AND UTILITY EASEMENTS IN THE RECORDED I PLAT OF BELLEVILLE UNIT "D't, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, EXCEPTING SUCH PORTIONS OF SAMPLE STREET AND MAYFLOWER ROAD AS MAY LIE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID PLAT. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: