06/28/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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i South Bend Electric Co. $1.30 South Bend Electric Co. P173.67 South Bend Supply Co. 22.11 South Bend Supply Co. 139.06 Standard Oil Co. 428.42 Standard Oil Co. 496.33 Verd-A-Ray Corporation 85.30 W. A. R. Equipment Co. 5.95 Whitcomb & Keller 241.85 Whitcomb & Keller 241.85 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 8.50 Wire & Disc Wheel Sales 30.00 The Board first examined letter from McNamara Motor Express, Inc., and directed • the Clerk to contact the property owner of the McNamara Motor Express parking area, Mr. Geo. Swiatowy, to determine what steps he is taking to remedy the existing dust condition. A petition to improve Donald Street from Chapin Street to Kemble Street, by paving, bearing date of June 15, 1954, and carrying the signatures of four property owners, was examined and referred to the City Engineer for investigation and report. The letters of the Central Labor Union, dated June 18, 1954, and the St. Joseph County Industrial Union Council, dated June 17th, were again reviewed and ordered placed on file together with a letter from the United Garment Workers Local No. 182, dated June 23, 195Z1_. All three letters pertained to and complained of the unsatisfactory • service being rendered by the bus company. ENTRY OF PETITIONS PRESENTED The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby receives and places on file the petition of John Mantyk and forty others for the improvement on SOUTH BROOKFIELD STREET, from the south line of Indiana Avenue to the north line of Prairie Avenue AND The petition of John. :",Horn and twenty-eight others for the improvement on GRANT STREET; from the center line of Indiana Avenue to the center line of Prairie Avenue AND The petition of Portage Realty Corporation and four others for the improvement on HAWTHORNE DRIVE, from the center line of lots 136 and 153 in Jefferson Heights Addition to the south line of T:°cKinley Avenue AND The petition of T,Tartin Szklarek and twenty-three others for the improvement on DUNHAM STREET, from the west line of Olive Street to the east line of Kaley Street. The above petitions were examined by the Board and referred to the City Engineer for recommendation. The City Engineer being present, made the recommendation that the petitions be granted. The Board then directed that the firm of Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates prepare general details, drawings, specifications, and preliminary improve- ment _resolutions for pavements and sewers to be constructed and the firm was so notified June 28, 1954- IRTPROVETNT RESOLUTION NO. 2771 - 1954 CERTIFICATE OF COT,TPLETION Certificate of Completion and Contractors Co_^-_pletion Affidavit were furnished by the civil engineer, Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, of the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Niles Excavating Company, Contractor, for the construction of the local sewer improvement on ?NORTH ELT,ER STREET, from the center line of Elwood Avenue to the center line of Keller Street, under Improvement Resolution No. 2771, has been completed in accordance with plans and specifications for this project. . RESOLUTION ACCEPTIT;G FINAL EST_IT,ILA-TE IT:rPRO1TE1TE11NT RESOLUTION N0. 2771. - 1954 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 28th day of June, 1954, on the improvement known as the NORTH ELT,EH1R STREET LOCAL SEWER as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2771, and confirmed by said Board on April 5, 1954, 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, "An Act Concerning municipal Corporations" .Approved March 6, 1905. • Partition panels, posts, brackets, etc. exactly as listed on Purchase Order BIV5276, for the purpose of partitioning office space in west end of second floor lobby, City Hall in the net sum of $630.00, was considered by the Board and authorization given the Clerk to release this purchase order and obtain the required material. A group of three ladies, for whom rTrs. R. L. Guentert acted as spokesman, then appeared before the Board complaining of lack of catch basins to carry off storm water in the 7eneral area of the 1600 block of Fre: ont and Bulla Streets. It was revealed that these streets are unpaved in this area, and the City Engineer, advised the group that the present time should be opportune to secure concrete paving of the two or more ,unpaved streets in that area, which now present the drainage problem of which they are • registering complaint. The City Engineer further assured the group that he will make an investigation and contact and advise them in the procedures to secure such paving within a short time.