06/02/1980 Board of Public Works Minutes

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A REGULAR MEETING JUNE 2, 1980 APPROVAL OF CETA SUBGRANT MODIFICATIONS Mr. Elroy J. Kelzenberg, Director of the Bureau of Employment and Training, submitted for approval Modification No. 2 to the agreement with the Indiana Employment Security Division. The modification augments the administrative budget by $300 for costs associated with contract administration. It was noted that all other parts of the initial agreement and of Modification No. 1 remained unchanged. Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the modification was approved. Modification No. 2 was submitted for approval which provided an administration budget for costs associated with contract administra- tion for the agreement with the Salvation Army. It was noted that all other parts of the initial agreement and of Modification No. 1 remained unchanged. Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the modification was approved. APPROVAL OF SIDEWALK DAYS ON RIVER BEND PLAZA The Downtown Council of the Chamber of Commerce requested permission to hold the Annual Downtown Sidewalk Days on River Bend Plaza on. July 24 -26, 1980. It was noted that the Plaza Office would provide tents and tables to the participating merchants. Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the request was approved subject to the purchase of a vendor's license by the merchants and the filing of the appropriate Certificate of Insurance in the amount of $1,000,000 with the City of South Bend named as an additional insured. APPROVAL OF ETHNIC FESTIVAL BOOTHS Mr. Kernan stated that, since the first Ethnic Festival had been held in downtown South Bend, there have been a substantial increase in the number of applications for booths. He felt this was a testimony to Mikki Dobski, Ethnic Festival Coordinator, and the Ethnic Festival Committee. He stated that some of the requests are from out of the city and even out of the state and, because of a lack of space this year, a close look.had been taken as to the placement and location of the various craft, food and display booths. He felt the Board needed to be very selective of the new applications as to providing ethnic origin and also to avoid duplication of booths, and he felt first preference should be given to Ethnic Festival participants who had set up booths in the past. He stated that the Board hoped to encourage local people to participate in the activities. Mr. Hill agreed with Mr. Kernan's comments and stated that the city must be careful and must try not to displace its local ethnic booths with commercial booths from out of the city and out of the state. Ms. Dobski submitted the various applications for craft, food and display for consideration by the Board. Upon a motion made by Mr. Kernan, seconded by Mr. Hill and carried, the following applications were approved: CRAFT BOOTHS Roland Klein - Hand -made Indian jewelry St. Pierre Ruffin Club - Hand -made crafts of St. Pierre Ruffin Club Jane Bill - Materials related to United Nations (UNICEF) John and Louise Nagy - Wooden toys, dried flowers, planters Judy Patel - Wall hangings, placemats, miscellaneous items from India Tarner - Petsche - jewelry and imported gifts, hand - carved figurines Justin L. Miller - Laser -beam prints, balloons and jewelry Sharon Streebel - Ceramics and miscellaneous crafts Kaushik V. Parikh - Hand - carved items from India FOOD BOOTHS Mary Allen - Barbecue foods Tillie Arch - Hungarian food and pastries Isaac Albala - Jewish food