04/23/1919 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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6 This pavement, if laid through the Park, will cost the City $4000.00 through the Park pr certy only. If the Park Board had this $4, 000.00 to spend on improving this Park they weyld quickly achieve some results worth while. This $49000.00 must come out of public taxation, as MU6tals.sgpproximately $4O, OOO. OC that the County Commiss iol would have to spend to build a� bridge over the creek bed and which the C.9anty Commissioners would mushh rather use to build up good reads in the'County. ' Authority must be, lodged somewhere and the Park Board feels that is is not only the cus tod ian of all •the ' Park land in the City but that, it has the necessary full authority conferred upon it by the legislature of the State of Indiana in the foll wing language of the Park law found in -the Indiana statutes of 1911, Sec. 4, as f l low* z " The -said Board of Park Commissioner in .every lst. and 2nd. Class City* -should have the exclusive management and control subject, however, to the laws of the State, all of. -the Parks, Parkways, Park Boulevards and all lands which are a part of the Park system within -any City and also, ' all of the Public Parks, dr iv way4 and public grounds outside of the City which are' .established under the prov is ions . of this suet, .and shall have full ,power .to anforce all laws and ordinances, for the proper use, regulation. an& government thereof; and for -_611#ihe purp�ses-_�---of such government, main- t.& inance and direction of public use, such parts of all roads or avenues as passed through such public grounds of Parks shall be deemed to be a part thereof and shall be under like control and management of the Board of Park commissioners. And the said Boa d shall have, subject to thelirmitations of aforesaid, full and exclusive power." The Park Board has indicated to the Board of Works its unanimous stand against this so --called improvement and Tam instructed by the Board to say to you that, hav ing already spent considerable sums of money, much of which would be lost if this street were cut through the Park, and feeling absolutely authority, given in the law above. quoted, that the position of th:e Psrk Board remains unchanged and it feels that the Board of Works is trespassing on property not under their control. The Park Board therefore di.4appr6ves of the opening of,. this sheet, or of the laying of this pavement through the Park and will -not permit it to be done. Fours truly, BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS. Richard Elbel, Pres. Iry in W. Jackson, Carl D. Britton W. W. Ridenour. Over one hundred instev6sted property owners appeared before the Board and requested that this pavement be put in. Mr. A. Slusser, Mr. J. Beyers, Mr. Hite and other interested property Owners spoke for the imnravement of this steet. Mr. C. W . Copp, who stated he represented the Civic Associations appeared and objected to Calvert Street being paved through Studebaker Park . Fire Chief Sibriel appeared and explained the benefit it would be to the Fire Department to have Calvert Street paved through the park so that they could save time geet ing to the south and east end of the Park. Every property owner present were- unanimously in favor of this .pavement being put in through the Park. Mr. G. A Elliott president of this Board explained to property owners present that this was already a dedicated street long before the Parks were there and that the Board of Public Works were not trying to gut through a City Park. Mr. J. A. Swygart informed the property owners present that it was -,-the Mayor wish and also the bibkrd of Public Works and his awn that the pavement be put in or, Calvert Street through the Park and then meeting was adjourned. The Board unanimously awarded the contract ` for pavement on streets on Edgewater Place Addition to the•Western Construction Company with Asphaltic concrete . Permission granted to the Northern Indiana Gas & Elea. Company to cut into pavement at alley in read- of 319 North Michigan Tie Gas TGas Company to pay for relaying of pavement and. th.e Street Department to -relay said pavement.