03/26/1979 Board of Public Works Minutes

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M REGULAR MEETING MARCH 26, 1979 All General Corporation Detroit, Michigan Deputy City Attorney Terry A. Crone advised the Board that the company submitted a proposal but not on the required Bid Form as specified in the Notice. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the proposal was rejected and the Board approved re- advertising for bids with sealed bids to be received on April 9, 1979. PUBLIC HEARING ON VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3470 This being the date set, hearing was held on Vacation Resolution No. 3470 for the vacation of the east -west alley between Lots 48 and 49 running east from Lafayette Street between Sample Street and Garst Street, continuing on between Lots 30 and 31 East to Main Street. Deputy City Attorney Terry A. Crone advised the Board that the Fire Department had requested that arrangements be made for access by that Department to the area for fire protection. He recommended that the Board amend the Vacation Resolution by adding "Reserving the rights of all emergency vehicles of the Municipal City of South Bend for the purposes of ingress and egress to the vacated property ". Bruce BonDurant, Attorney for the petitioner,Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., was present and said the petitioner had no objection to the amendment. They propose to blacktop the area and will allow access to any emergency vehicles. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the vacation resolution was amended as recommended. There were no remonstrators present and no written remonstrances were filed with the Board. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the Vacation Resolution was confirmed and the Board directed that an Assessment Roll be prepared. POOL HALL LICENSE DENIED - JOHN BRINSON Mr..McMahon noted that, acting as Hearing Officer for the Board, he heard evidence on March 12 regarding the denial of a pool hall license for John Brinson at 1240 W. Washington. He filed with the Board a Memorandum of Law from Assistant City Attorney James A. Masters. Mr, McMahon then reported that Special Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law had been prepared by Mr. Masters. The findings have been reviewed and they conclude that Mr. Brinson was aware of the activities on the premises at 1240 W. Washington and that Mr. Brinson's license renewal should be denied. Mr. McMahon said he concurred with the action of the Controller's Office would now adopt the findings of fact as prepared. BID REVIEW CORRECTION - SALE OF CITY VEHICLES The Board received a letter asking that the bid of John Kovach on City Vehicle #655 be withdrawn. The letter, from Mrs. John Kovach, cited unexpected medical expenses as the reason for the request. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the letter was filed. Chief Borkowski submitted a letter noting an error in tabulating the bids received for the sale of vehicles. He noted that Minder Auto Sales was high bidder on Vehicle #732 at $52.50 and Abe Kowalski was high bidder on Vehicle #735 at $25.00. Chief Borkowski also noted that the second high bidder on the vehicle for which Mr. Kovach withdrew his bid was Richard Strozewski at $700.00. The Chief recommended that the corrections be made and the bids awarded as specified. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the Board approved the corrections and awarded the bids as noted.