11/22/1954 Board of Public Works Minutes

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262 L. 0. GATES CHEVROLET CORPORATION 333 WESTERN AVENUE SOUTH BEND, INDIANA A non -collusion affidavit and certified check for $170.00 accompanied the bid. 1 - 1955 Chevrolet Model 1529 - 2-Door Handyman Std. equipped with Directional Lites, Air Flow Heater and Defroster........$2305.00 Less Discount and allowance for 1946 Chevrolet Pick-up ........................... 605.00 170a`OU- The Board awarded contract to Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Company as having submitted the lowest and best bid. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLETION IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2789 Certificate of Completion was furnished by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, accompanied by Contractors s Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner and the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improvement on BROOKFIELD STREET from the south line of Indiana Avenue to the north line of Prairie Avenue under Improvement Resolution. No. 2789, 1954, has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE RESOLUTION NO. 2789 - 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 22nd day of November, 1954 on the improvement known as the BROOKFIELD STREET PAVEMENT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2789, 1954, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on July 6, 1954, and confirmed by said Board on August 2, 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. R. S. Andrysiak J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Safety Ward H. Crothers, Clerk of the Boar A complaint relative to the blobking of the Sample and Olive Street crossing for a period of fifty minutes by a New York Central freight train, while the locomotive was apparently engaged in switching operations, was next considered, and the Clerk was directed to notify Freight Agent Bernard F: Seeberger, requesting a report on this serious violatinn of ordinance. An agreement signed by Donald C. and Vivian L. Newman, pertaining to property located at the corner of Portage Avenue and Bulla Street, was examined by the Board, found to be satisfactory, and ordered filed. A letter was received from the City Planning Commission recommending the vacation of the first alley south of Broadway running East and West from Franklin Street;' to Lafayette Boulevard and this was referred to the Engineering Department for further investigation. A letter, dated November 19, 1954 from the consulting engineers, Consoer, Townsend & Associates, over the signature of Arthur W. Consoer, relative to acquisition of an additional ten acres to meet future needs of expanded sewage treatment plant facilities was read by the Board and ordered filed. The installation of YIELD RIGHT OF WAY signs on Ridgedale Avenue, at York Road (both Sides) was approved by the Board. Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00,were examined and approved for the following contractors: There at 11:45 A. M. Attest•; T. W. Miller, d/b/a T. W. Miller Construction Co. Henry S. Schultz Grant E. Stump being no further business to come before the Board the meeting adjourned • r: 7 • •