04/23/1979 Board of Public Works Minutes

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31 REGULAR MEETING APRIL 23. 1979 REQUEST FOR REPAIR OF RAILROAD CROSSINGS Councilman Walter Kopczynski requested that the Board contact railroad companies in regard to the repair of the following railroad crossings: Kemble Street, South of Prairie, Prairie Avenue, north of Indiana, Calvert Street, west of Main, Ewing Avenue, west of Main and the Olive- Sample Crossing. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the request was referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting for contact with the railroads involved regarding the crossing repairs. PERMISSION TO SCRAP VEHICLES APPROVED Louis Grounds, Manager of the Bureau of Vehicle Maintenance, submitted to the Board the following list of vehicles which are not repairable and requested permission to scrap them: 1972 Fury PK41G2D241960 1973 Vega 1V1SA3U202705 1972 Plymouth PM45G2D284748 1971 Hornet AlA05OE234558 1972 AMC A2A187H246252 1973 Vega 1V77A3V329881 1971 Fury PE41G1F197516 1972 Duster VL29C2B347014 1972 Chev. 1K69H2J166055 1973 Matador A3A1S7N340632 Upon motion made by Mr, McMahon, seconded by Mr. Mullen and carried, the Board approved the request to scrap the vehicles. BID ACCEPTED FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CONTROLLERS Joseph J. Pluta, Assistant Manager of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting, reported that the bids received for traffic signal controllers had been reviewed and he recommended acceptance of the low bid of Crescent Electric Company for all three items. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the Board approved the recommendation to accept the low bid OF $1,982,00 for Item #1, $6,789.00 for Item #2, and $4,567.00 for Item #3. REQUEST FOR PARKING BAN ON SOUTH WALNUT FILED The Board received a petition from residents of the 2100 and 2200 blocks South Walnut Street that parking be banned on one side of the street in these blocks. It was noted that congestion caused by parking vehicles narrows the street to one lane and emergency vehicles cannot get through. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the petition was filed and referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting for review and recommendation. APPROVAL OF SALE OF CITY -OWNED LOTS The Board was advised that more than one property owner submitted requests to purchase two lots under the $1.00 program. The requests were reviewed by the Engineering Department and all are qualified adjacent property owners. The Engineering Department recommended that the city -owned lot at 306 E. Fox Street be divided equally between Mr, & Mrs, Andrew Dunn and Mr. & Mrs. Paul Knebel and that the city -owned lot at 707 Pierce Street be divided into three equal parcels and sold to Mr. & Mrs. Robert Terry, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Fiedler and John Tankersley. The individual property owners have been contacted and have agreed