02082022 Board of Public Works Meeting

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REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 8, 2022 20 Greenlawn & Belmont Ave., Belmont Ave. between Southwood Ave.& Greenlawn APPROVAL OF REVOCABLE PERMIT FOR ENCROACHMENT – 115 WEST COLFAX AVE. Ms. Maradik stated an application for an Encroachment and Revocable Permit has been received from LaSalle Properties LLC for the purpose of allowing two (2) stationary canvas canopies with supports to be placed in the right-of-way at 115 West Colfax Ave. Community Investments noted favorable recommendations subject to meeting Zoning Ordinance Requirements. The encroachment shall remain in the right of way until the time as the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend shall determine that such encroachment is in any way impairing or interfering with the highway or with the free and same flow of traffic. Upon a motion made by Mr. Molnar, seconded by Mr. Miller and carried by roll call, the Revocable Permit was approved. RATIFY APPROVAL AND/OR RELEASE CONTRACTOR, EXCAVATION, AND OCCUPANCY BONDS The Division of Engineering Permit Department recommended that the following bonds be ratified pursuant to Resolution 100-2000 and/or released as follows: Business Bond Type Approved/ Released Effective Date A.M.L. Services Occupancy Approved 11/04/2022 Mr. Molnar made a motion that the bond’s approval and/or release as outlined above be ratified. Mr. Miller seconded the motion, which carried by roll call. RATIFY PREAPPROVED CLAIMS PAYMENTS Mr. Molnar stated the Board received notices of the following preapproved claim payments from the City’s Department of Administration and Finance: Name Date Amount of Claim City of South Bend Claims GLBN-30514, GBLN- 30632, GBLN-30665 01/25/2022 $1,426,106.60 City of South Bend Claims GBLN-30667, GBLN- 30672, GBLN-30703 02/01/2022 $862,870.53 City of South Bend Claims GBLN-30880, GBLN- 30881 02/01/2022 $674,837.58 City of South Bend Claims GBLN-30899, GBLN- 30900 02/01/2022 $1,268,051.99 Each claim is fully supported by an invoice; the person receiving the goods or services has approved the claims; and the claims have been filed with the City Fiscal Officer and certified for accuracy. Therefore, upon a motion by Mr. Molnar, seconded by Mr. Miller, and carried by roll call, the Board ratified the preapproved claims payments. PRIVILEGE OF THE FLOOR Mr. Gilet spoke as a private citizen now spoke on an experience of a water outage at my home, water last night or this morning. This is not a complaint. It’s Services we take for granted that are sort of invisible until something goes wrong. I was able to call 311 (as a retired Public Works Director I might have had a clue to what was wrong but) and they reported there was a main break and they had a fresh crew out there at 7:40 am, so I reported that news from 311 to the President of the Homeowners Association who texted it out to the rest of the neighbors to know the update. As I was arriving late, I got a text back that the water is back on. I appreciate the timely fix and that 311 had update information. I also want to share that I got around and looked at different City jobs and I have so much respect for the water utility guys who have to jump in that trench because water mains only break when it’s really cold out it seems and they’re down there and they’re wet and it’s cold and they’re in a trench. I got around and did my surveillance of what kind of jobs I should make a mental note that I personally wouldn’t want to do and that was high on my list, so I appreciate them so much. The whole system works, stuff happens and