09/20/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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235 40 is • • • E Installation of four traffic ie siana s was aDDroved 57the Board on corners of—ln- i a-na and Miami Sts. A letter from the Michigan Motor Freight Lines, Inc., Detroit, Michigan, under date of September 17, 1954, was examined by the Board and referred to the City Engin.eer.''. A letter from the City Plan Commission, over the signature of Robert L. Huff, bear- ing date of September 17, 1954, with reference to the employment of a Building' Commissioner, was examined and decision in the matter held in abeyance for further study. VACATION RESOLUTION r No. 2802- 1954 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:, That it is desirable to vacate the following The alley south of Calvert Street from Swygart Street east to the west line of the alley between Swygart and Webster Street The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots numbered 15, 16, 59 and 60 Prairie Land Co.1s First Addition I' Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 24th day of September and on the 1st day of October, 1954, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. i; This Board, at its office in the City Hall, on the llth day of October, 1954, at 10:00 A. M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 20th day of September, 1954- R. S. Andrysiak ' J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich 3. Board of Public Works & Safety TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: si The Board approved the installation of S-T-O-P signs at the following three r locations: On Northwest corner of Colfax Road at Portage Avenue On both sides of Camden Street at Jefferson Blvd. Southwest corner of Madison at Sunnyside Avenue. The Board approved the installation of a. YIELD -RIGHT-OF-WAY sign on both sides of Northwood Boulevard at Corby Boulevard. An excavation Bond, in the sum of $5,000.00, binding Zook Realty Company of South Bend, Ind. as principal, and Secured Insurance Company as surety, was examined and approved. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for the following four contractors: Ernest Brambert Colpaert Realty Corporation Constructioneers, Inc. Zook Realty of South Bend, Inc. STREET DEPARTPI'NT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, reported in the matter of the points brought up in petition of complaint, dated August 30, 1954, pertaining to a hazard for children existing due to lack of fencing at gravel pit and other unsatis- factory neighborhood conditions for which the petitioners blame the South Bend Sand & Gravel Company. Commissioner Tomlinson informs the Board that fencing has been restored and the operations of the pit and all operations conducted by this concern are now complying in every way with all statutory requirements. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 12:20 noon. I i Attest:-- ��