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364 <br />The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the <br />;.assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. <br />R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the award4§ <br />of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of -the alley <br />'between north St. Louis Boulevard and north St. Peter Street, from the north line of <br />St. Vincent Street to the south line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street <br />and from the north line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street to the south line of <br />Napoleon Boulevard, under Vacation Resolution No. 2812. <br />In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it wi1l meet in <br />the City Hall at 10;00 A. M. C.S.T. on the 6th day of September, 1955, for the purpose <br />of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by <br />said vacations, and the Board furthe orders that notice of said hearing, together with <br />amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by <br />publishing same on the 12th day of August, on the 19th day of August, and on the 26th <br />'day of August, 1955, in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News. <br />The Board next approved the request of the Major General Maurice D. Rose Post No. 318 <br />;Ladies Auxiliary, that Monday, September 12, 1955 be committed to their organization <br />for their annual Flower Tag Day; there being no conflicting commitments. <br />A letter, dated August 5, 1955, was received from the City Planning Commission <br />recommending the vacation of the east -west alley running from Ironwood Street east to <br />Congress Avenue between Solomon Avenue and Union Street in Edison Park Subdivision, <br />subject to the retention of necessary utility easements, and this was referred to the <br />Engineering Department for further consideration. <br />Then appeared before the Board, Mir. Richard Gartner, and considerable discussion <br />was given the matter of payment to contractor for work performed under the 1954 General <br />Street Improvement Program. Agreement was reached satisfactory to Mr. Gartner. <br />The Board examined and signed contract between Morris B. Hoffman and the City of <br />South Bend in connection with the program for the widening of Eddy Street, and examined <br />and approved appraisal report of Russell Oberlin, realtor, for property required for <br />the extension of Colfax Avenue east to Ironwood Drive. <br />The Board then read the letter of Caroline McNamara, dated August 2, 1955, and <br />it was unanimously agreed to indemnify Mrs. McNamara in the sum of $15.75 for damage <br />.done to curbing in front of 116 Peashway by the City Street Department equipment. <br />,'TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: <br />E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, then appeared before the Board and reported upon the <br />,violation of ordinance by Armour & Company, stating that loading dock constructed for <br />the specific purpose of complying with ordinance now fails to meet these requirements <br />due to the increased length of refrigerated trucks used by their carriers, and that <br />Armour and Company are asking for one week to notify all carriers, before the Board <br />:..proceeds with its declared policy to arrest and fine for these repeated violations. <br />Mr. Miller further advised that an Armour and Company general manager from Chicago <br />will be in South Bend this week to discuss and correct this particular problem. <br />A petition, bearing date of July 6, 1955, and thirty or more signatures, requesting <br />Speed Limit signs be changed from 30 M.P.H. to 20 M.P.H. on Portage Avenue, from the <br />1600 block to the City Limits, was examined and referred to Traffic Engineer, E. H. <br />Miller, for investigation and report. <br />The Traffic Engineerts need for 200 U-Posts, available at the pre -steel advance <br />price of $2.34 was authorized by the Board and the Clerk was directed to proceed with the <br />purchase. <br />The Board approved the following installations - <br />STOP SIGN - on Southwest corner of Dean Street at St. Joseph Street <br />on Sample Street, both sides, at Lombardy Drive, making <br />this a four-way stop <br />on Altgeid Street, both -sides at Leer Street. <br />YIELD RIGHT OF WAY sign - on Northwest corner of Main at Chippewa Ave. <br />An Excavation Bond in the sum of $1,000.00, was examined and approved for Riggs <br />':and Sons, Plumbing and Heating Co., Mishawaka, Indiana. <br />Contractor's Bond, in the sum of $5,000.00, for Harry H. Verkler, was examined and <br />approved,. and also Contractor t s Bond for $1,000.00, for Frank Lupa. <br />There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned <br />at 11:55 A. M. <br />Attest:Clerk <br />F <br />• <br />L` <br />r� <br />L <br />L-] <br />0 <br />• <br />0 <br />11 <br />