06/11/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes

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H' iM A letter was directed to Mr. George Swiatowy, 1701 Magnolia Street with reference to the in- tolerable dust condition in connection with the property owned by said Swiatowy in the vicinity of 1500 blbck W. Indiana Avenue which is rented to the Marion Trucking Company. Mr. Swiatowy is hereby requested to .appear at the next regular Board meeting on Monday, June 18, 1956. a 1 A letter was received from Danny Richardson; Street Commissioner, in compliance with the request of the estimated oiling cost of West Washington Street and from Kaley St. to Sheridan Street. A petition was received from Armour and Company for the vacation of;,alley between Armour and Company Brance House and Lots 20 and 21 in Perkins' 2nd Sub -division of Bank Out Lot 76 and was referred tp • the City Planning Commission for further investigation and report. i A petition was received for the improvement of Huron Street from Arnold Street west to Webster Street by the construction of a sanitary Sewer by the Barrett Law Plan. Petition referred to the City Engineering Department. Contract Supplement No. 30, under Contract No. 11 of the Sollitt Construction Company, Inc. dated June 11, 1956 was received and placed on file. This being the date set, the hearing on the matter in: connection with the demolition order to a building on the property at 677 LaPorte Avenue which is owned by Mr. & Mrs. David Scruggs, 677 LaPorte Avenue was heEd. Matter referred to Mr. Smith, City Attorney. • Verner L. Lane, Building Commissioner, requests that a hearing be held on Monday, June 18, 1956 with reference to a demolition order in connection with a building on 668 LaPorte Avenue which is owned by Max and Sara Jacobs, 753 Cottage Grove. Request granted. This being the date set, the hearing with reference to the remonstrance submitted to the Board by Frank & Mary Eazsol, 2502 Roger Street against the moving of a building in onto -.Lot 230 in Kaley's Third Addition was held. Attorney Helling representing Mr. Link, the applicant for the moving permit, appeared' before the Board and reports as follows: Section 454 of the Building Code of the City of South Bend state that it shall be unlawful to move any building to any lot fronting on any street in any location of the 1 City in which more than z of the buildings on both sides of the street for a distance of 300 feet in each direction along such street are occupied exclusively for residence purposes without a frontage consent for • 150 feet in each direction along such street from the proposed site. Therefore, Attorney Helling having investigated the conditions reports that there are no residents situated within 150 feet of the proposed site that the building is to be moved; there are no building residences on the opposite side of the streq� in either direction; and that the only building within 300 feet of the proposed site is one residence 175 feet from proposed site. The Board now sustains the report of Attorney Helling and the decision of the Building Commissioner and hereby orders that -the said moving permit is to be issued. Mr. Thomas Bright of Brinks Armoured Truck Service, 105 West Wayne Street appeared before the Board with reference to request permission to place a meter bank at the plant building on Saturdays only from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. for the purpose of check cashing. Matter taken under advisement. i Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brodie, 114 South Lake Street appeared before the Board with reference to !� • the dust condition in a vicinity between Washington and Jefferson Streets. Ray Andrysiak directs that the Brodie's collect 2 of the total amount for an oil treatment of said vicinity and deposit with the City Controller. II The publication for the pick-up trucks for the Street Department will be re -advertised on the { ' 15th day of June and on the 22nd day of June and bids will be teceived on the 25th day of June. i The plans for the street improvement of Churchill Drive from Campeau Street to Corby Street and the plans for Cavanaugh Drive and Gartner Avenue from Chruchill Street to Corby Street were approved and accepted by the Board. VACATION RESOLUTION N0: 2833 • This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award :of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of vacation of the ALLEY RUNNING PARALLEL WITH LINCOLNWAY EAST FROM THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF SAMPLE STREET, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT H OF WENGER AND KREIGHBAUM'S VISTULA AVENUE ADDITION WHERE SAID ALLEY ABUTS THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY, under Resolution No. 2833. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrances were filed. The Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of notices and same were found sufficient,! and the Board therefore finds that the alley has been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said • roll. The Board, therefore decides to take final action on said assessment roll and declares same in all, things ratified, confirmed, and approved without modification and the proceedings closed, and the alley jl vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited ! and all proceedings had with reference to said vacation are hereby sustained. j VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2832 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of the vacation of THE ALLEY WEST OF OLIVE STREET FROM LIN- COLNWAY WEST, SOUTH TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF LINCOLNWAY WEST, under Vacation Resolution No. 2832. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no, written remonstrances, wens