The Board, upon the recommendation of Consoer, Townsend and Associates, consulting
<br />engineers, approved the Engineering Department of the University of Notre Dame as"the
<br />laboratory for the testing of the concrete pipe to be furnished under Contract P-61
<br />in connection with the Sewage Treatment Plant and Interceptor Sewer project. The'Clerk
<br />was, accordingly, directed to so inform the contractor concerned in this matter.''`
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<br />VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2773 1954
<br />j! This being the date set for the hearing on the resolution heretofore adopted by
<br />IIthe Board of Public Works for the vacation of streets, alleys, and utility easements
<br />;fall in a part of Edison Park Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, under
<br />Vacation Resolution No. 2773, Attorney Russell C. Kuehl appeared before the Board,
<br />I�representing one remonstrator, requesting only that a correction be made in No. 6
<br />�!of the resolution, which should read - All utility easements that affect any part of
<br />!'Lots Numbered 351 to 405, inclusive, and 450 to 485, inclusive, except and excluding
<br />!those utility easements covering the north four feet (4') of Lots 351 to 359 inclusive.
<br />IThe Board approved the correction amending the resolution, and it was moved, seconded
<br />Hand unanimously carried that the said amended resolution be finally adopted and the
<br />;!said streets, alleys and utility easements be vacated. The Engineering Department is
<br />1directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the
<br />11award of damages to the surrounding properties.
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<br />IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2771 - 1954
<br />In accordance with legal notice hearing was held at 11:00 o'clock on Improvement
<br />Resolution No. 2771 for the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET by constructing a local
<br />sewer. Mr. Andrysiak explained the fundamentals and procedure pertaining to the oper-
<br />ation of the Barrett Law and aIL the necessary steps for the completion of the construc-
<br />tion involved.
<br />IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED
<br />RESOLUTION NO. 2771
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<br />• ; For the improvement of NORTH ELMER STREET under Improvement Resolution No. 2771,
<br />'adopted March 15, 1954, from the center line of Elwood Avenue to the center line of
<br />.'Keller Street by constructing a local sewer.
<br />I! After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the
<br />--.premises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices
<br />.'to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that
<br />,,the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement are equal to
<br />:'the estimated cost of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer, therefore
<br />BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
<br />;;Indiana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2771, 1954, duly passed by this Board on
<br />• !'March 15, 1954, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things
<br />confirmed and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made.
<br />R. S. Andrysiak
<br />I. A. Hurwich
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<br />J. A. Bickel
<br />Board of Public Works & Safety
<br />''Ward H. Crothers
<br />,:Clerk of the Board
<br />PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED
<br />BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend,
<br />Indiana, that the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and
<br />;Estimates approved by this Board on the 15th day of March, 1954, for the improvement
<br />of NORTH ELMER STREET from the center line of Elwood Avenue to the center line of
<br />''Keller Street by constructing a local sewer be and the same are hereby adopted and
<br />ordered placed on file in the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety.
<br />! April 19, 1954, at the hour of 11:00 o'clock A. M., CST is hereby fixed as the
<br />1' time and the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the City Hall of this
<br />City, as the place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and
<br />1 consider bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction
<br />of said work shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Board before 11:00 o'clock'
<br />of said day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified check,
<br />!!payable to the Treasurer of this City in the sum of two and one-half (22) per cent of
<br />the amount of his bid, or a bid bond for two and one-half (22) per cent of the amount of
<br />!,his bid, to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him.
<br />The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered, to give notice by two weekly publications
<br />of the time and place, when and where bids will be received, opened and considered for
<br />the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notice, that each bidder 'ri
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<br />shall enclose with his bid a certified check or bid bond for above named amount, to
<br />insure the execution of this contract.
<br />GlerkxofC�ie-Board
<br />R. S. Andrysiak
<br />I. A. Hurwich
<br />J. A. Bickel
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