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5. OLD BUSINESS (Cont'd Motion was made expenditure to seconded by Mr. 6. NEW BUSINESS by Mr. Wiggins to authorize the above cover the repairs, in amount of $572.00, Wade and carried. Phase II -E Contract: Authorization was requested to ad- vertise the Phase II -E Contract, for sidewalk ramps, vault demolition and street surfacing, R -66 Project. Mr. Brownell advised this contract was put together by Mr. Bill Slabaugh, Department of Public Works, and we are asking for authorization to advertise, with advertise- ment to be published April 11 and April 18, 1975; . letter to HUD for wage update on April 18; bid opening in the Department of Redevelopment on May 14, at 10:00 a.m.; tentative award of Contract by Commission on May 16; HUD approval of contract award approximately May 23; begin work on May 29, with completion estimated to be July 31, 1975. In response to Mr. Brownell's request for further in- formation and update, Mr. Bill E. Slabaugh gave the history of this contract,and the reason for budgeting it in the Indiana Project R -66 work was to repair the curbs and sidewalks on Main Street and other areas not in the Pedestrian Way improvements. Also, the resurfacing of the streets was included in the original planning. This was the contract to include all the loose ends of con- struction. Since the approval of the budget by HUD, we have used city forces to surface the streets. We now plan to do the sidewalk ramps, vault removal, and replace- ment, and the sidewalk repair at the J.M.S. Building Annex, next to the new sidewalk where the grade was changed, and one small spot on Wayne Street in front of Disposition Parcel No. 8 -1. Mr. Slabaugh showed photographs of these areas he had taken and explained what will be done on each. Mr. Slabaugh advised The National Paraplegic Foundation, who are devoted exclusively to the interest of Paraplegia and Quadriplegia, had informed us of the state and federal law that we must have ramps for afflicted people who are immobile and confined to wheelchairs, and we have this in- cluded on the repairs on the sidewalks with sidewalk ramps. There are 38 sidewalk ramps which will be built in accord- ance with State Highway Specifications and Federal mandate. Three (3) ramps are to accommodate fire trucks in emergency situations on the River Bend Plaza. The engineer's estimated cost is $18,300 for the ramps and $15,450 surfacing (which was paid in 1974). - 5 - PHASE II -E CONTRACT AP- PROVED FOR ADVERTISING, R -66