07/06/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes

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08 111 TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, submitted his report on petition by Northern !Indiana I,lotor Truck Association, Inc., requesting change in inter -city truck ordinance !allowing trucks to use Chapin Street instead of Prairie Avenue and Taylor Street, betwe ,Sample Street and Western Avenue; also to eliminate parking on the South side of Sample Street, between Chapin Street and the. Washington High School. E. H. Miller recommended ;that this request be denied so petition was denied accordingly by the Board. The Board approved the recommendation of E. H. Idiller, Traffic Engineer, for ;the elimination of parking on the north side of Western Avenue from Taylor Street to 'Chapin Street, and also elimination of parking on south side. of Western Avenue from 'Laurel Street to Chapin Street, during the hours from 6:00 A. M. to 9:00 A. M. and from 3 00 P. I,!- to 6:00 P. M. Mondays through Fridays. The proposal of Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, regarding operation of traffic signal at !Michigan Street and Jefferson Boulevard, was approved by the Board, whereby signal will operate on a 3-phase movement allowing a left turn for south bound traffic and a right turn for north bound traffic to turn east into Jefferson Boulevard on separate phase. The use of green arrows to be used to accomplish this end. The Board. approved S-T-O-P signs at the following intersections; St. Joseph Street at Dubail Avenue Fellow Street at Broadway Indiana Avenue at High Street Thomas Street at Maple Street. The Board approved plans, submitted by Colpaert Realty Company, for the improve- ment of the following streets: Sunnyfield Place Rowantree Place Bloomfield Place Clearview Place Ford Street from Sample Street to Sunnyfield Place Ford Street from Sunnyfield Place to Sta.23 - 77.04 Sample Street from Sta. 18 - 20.65 to Mayflower Road Scenic Drive from Sylvan Lane to Ford Street. The Board examined a drawing, submitted by Colpaert Realty Corporation, of Replat of Lots 11 through 18 and Lots 47 through 54 in Perkin's Ewing Avenue Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, certified by Engineer, Paul L. Roelke, and carrying the approval of the City Plan Commission, under date of July 2, 1953• This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and Safety and recorded in Book #19 , Page , in the St. Joseph County Recorder's Office. Contractor's Bonds, each in the amount of $1,000.00, were approved by the Board for Dale H. Gretton and Iv'Irs. Paul Szabo, 818 W. Thomas Street. Excavation Bonds, each in the amount of $5,000,00, were approved by the Board for Hartman Builders, Inc., and Millard T. Hartman. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:25 A. 1,11. o .ro .0,1" i Attest: Sec. to Clerk • 0 • •- • 0 :7