08/14/1939 Board of Public Works Minutes

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This being the date set for hearing on IM ROVEVITEINT RESOLUTION NO. 2501 for the re - surf aahg of Jefferson Blvd. between Eddy Street and Greenlasm Avenue, after. discussing the matter further, action was delayed until 'Wednesday, August 16, 1939, at 9 00 A.Y_ A petit`_ on signed by property owners in the vicinity of the 2000 block Surest Sample Street was sbmitted to the Board requesting abatement of smoke, dust, noise and nuisane caused by an asphalt mixing plant located in that vicinity. The matter was referred to the City Attorney. STREET DEP.AR1I7,TENT: 1,111r. ZmudzL nski was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. The Board of Public Works entered into a rental agreement with the American Steel Dredge Company, Inc. for the rental of a Zeph-Air Compressor mounted on a two wheel pneumatic tired trailer, 2 spaders and 4 � 50 ft. lengths of Air hose with 12?C couplings at �150.00 per month, with the stipmo ulation that in the event the City shall pay an aun in rental equal to the.purchase price of t2,063.20, then title is to vest in the Lessee. li A complaint was received from Burton S. Haswell to the effect that water and filth ij have come into his basement from the sewers in Navarre Place for the first time in nine- teen years. This matter was tkken up with the Street. Commissioner, who reported that he y had received a ccpy of the letter and that the condition had already been corrected. He stated that the sewer had been cleaned but that the trouble has resulted from the unusua piount of rainfall which we have had this sum::ler and the inadequacy. of the sewers to . terry_ the extra load. A _-letter.. was diremted, to-,141r. Haswell explaining the situation. A petition from residents in the five and six hundred blocks of East Broadway was received relative to the inability of the main sewer in that vicinity to carry the load. This petition was referred to 14r. Zmudzinski for investigation and report. STREET LIGHTING: 1vIr. Qualls was present and a petition for the installation of a street light at the corner of Donald Street and Hoke Street was received and referred to him as well as petitions for lights at Ruskin and Emerson and at the intersection of Emerson and HIldreth. ; " ENGINEERING DErA -1ENT: A -- petition for the installation of an intercepting sewer from i! 26th Street to Ironwood Drive by the construction of said sewer on property of the pe- titioners or on the water's edge was referred to the Engineer for investigation and re- port. A remonstrance against any further action in the matter of installing an i nter- cepting sewer from the St. Joseph River north on 26th Street to Pleasant Street and west on Pleasant Street to the River's edge was received and referred to the Engineer for in- vestigation and report. There being no further business to come before the meeting, the meeting was adjourned at 12:05 P.P;i. A O LERK . SPECIAL 11IEETING--Augu At a special meeting of the Board of Public Works held on August 16, 1939, at 9:00 A.M. for the purpose of acting on IMPROVEDi"1ENT RESOLUTIONd NO. 2501, the Board, having been informed that the property owners on Jefferson Blvd. from Eddy Street east to Greenlawn Avenue have unanimously agreed to contribute �,p.60 per square yard for mater- ials so that this street can be paved under a W.P.A. general street improvement program, preliminary improvement resolution No. 2501 is now rescinded and rejected by t he Board. The meeting remained open pon 9:30 A.-.., the time being set for further hearing on the garbage contract bids. This being the date set for invarding the contract for garbage collection and dis- posal for the, next five years, the Board having received many calls and letters from tgxpayers asking for collection on the twice -weekly basis during the four summer months and to let the contract on that basis to the lowest bidder would mean an increase of approximately $4, 650.00 on the budget item for garbage collection, w=zich w oilld require a special Couneil meeting to change the estimated budget item and to publish it accor- dingly, it was decided by the Board, after conference with The Honorable lMayor, to call a special meeting of the Council and obtain its obinion as to whether the contract should be let to the low bidder on the basis of twice weekly collection during the summer months in covered bodies to be furnished by the contractor, or if the contract should be let to the lowest bidder on the __resent basis of collection. A special meeting of the Board will be held on Friday morning, August 18. at 9:00 A.1,". Meeting adjourned at 10:30 A.1,,.% ATTEST: r� •