02-24-41 Council Meeting Minutes

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owned by the Park Department immediately south of Westmore Avenue and East of Goodland Avenue; also, in the vacant property,north of Westmore Avenue and west of Bendix Drive opposite the Stromberg plant. In regard to bus service for Bendix employees living in the vicinity of Lincolnway West, I have talked this matter over with Mr. W. W. Waterson of the Northern Indiana Transit Company, and he has agreedon a trial run for ten days which would be from the central area to the Bendix plant and from the Bendix plant to the central area by way of Lincolnway West during peak traffic hours to see. if there is a need of such service and to see if the run would pay. He suggested that an advance notice of one week be given Mr. Shipley so that he could work with the Bendix employees informing them of the new service. Angle parking in the vicinity of the Bendix plant was eliminated several weeks ago by the Police Department. To allow this angle parking again certainly would be a step backward in improving traffic conditions in general in this vicinity. Angle parking not only takes up over twice as much roadway, thereby reducing the capacity of the street, but is extremely more hazardous to the flow of vehicular traffic when maneuvering in and out of a parking space. In (backing out of an angle parking space, it is necessary to back to or beyond the center of the street. In spite of the continuous effort on the part of the Police Department to eliminate double parking, there still is a considerable amount of double parking near the entrances to the various plants by persons waiting for employees. This double parking is far more hazardous with angle parking than with parallel parking. The vacant property owned by the Park Department east of Goodland Avenue and South of Westmore is not used at the present time as a play ground, however, Mr. Hayes, superintendent of the Park Department, informs me that equipment has already been purchased for the purpose of improving this property in the spring for playground purposes. Mr. Hayes feels that it would be a mistake to permit parking at this time because of the difficulty of ridding the property of parked vehicles when the property is improved in the spring. I have contacted officials of the Bendix Corporation in regard to off- street parking facilities for their employees in the property north of Westmore and west of Bendix Drive opposite the Stromberg plant. I am informed by Mr. McCorkle, Chief of Police at Bendix, that they have plans for the improvement of this - property for parking purposes. At the present time there is one improved parking lot in this field. It is proposed to improve the site to make three additional parking lots. The entire improved parking area will be equivalent to approximately one square blool Respectfully submitted, ERNEST H. MILLER City Traffic Engineer Councilman Niezgodski made a motion for the acceptance of the report. Councilman Bishop seconded the motion. Moti carried. REPORT OF THE CITY CONTROLLER OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND - January, 1941 Balance on Hand First of Month ------------------------- --- -- -- --- $2,254,215.39 Receipts during Month - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89,028.73 Total Balance and Receipts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2,343,512.42 Disbursements during Month - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .- - - - - - - - 228,325.56 Balance 1-31-41 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $2,1150186.86 (Councilman Pulaski made a motion for the acceptance of the report. Councilman Niezgodski seconded the motion. Moti carried. ORDINANCE NO. 3359 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.. 2979 WITH REFERENCE TO RATE OF FADE FOR TAXICABS. The ordinance was given third reading-and passed by a roll call vote of 7 ayes - 0 nays - 2 absent. ORDINANCE NO, 3360 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND RATIFYING TWO CONTRACTS MADE AND ENTERED INTO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF SAID CITY. The ordinance was given third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 7 ayes - 0 nays - 2 absent. ORDINANCE NO. 3,361 (as amended) AN ORDINANCE DEFINING AND PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION AND LICENSING OF TOURIST CAMPS AND HOUSE CARS: PROVIDING FOR THEIR LOCATION WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:. DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS: PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE: PROVIDING SAVING CLAUSES AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERE- WITH, WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIC EXCEPTIONS. The ordinance was given third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 7 ayes - 0 nays - 2 absent. Councilman Niezgodski asked that Mr. Oliver Scott be given permission to address the Council. There being no objec- tion, Mr. Scott made a plea for the reconsideration of a Housing Authority.for the City of South Bend. Councilman Niezgodski also requested that the Clerk read a wire addressed to C. E. Ralston. There being no objecti the wire was read as follows: C. E. RALSTON - UNITED AUTOMOBILE WORKERS CIO WASHINGTON DC 1941 FEB 19 PM 5 28 919 SOUTH MICHIGAN ST. SOUTH BEND IND REFERRING TO YOUR INQUIRY OF CECIL OWEN MUST ADVISE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE ANY COMMITMENTS TO CITIES WHICH HAVE NOT YET ESTABLISHED LOCAL HOUSING AUTHORITIES. ANY FUNDS THAT MAY BE RECAPTURED WILL BE ALLOCATED IMMEDIATELY TO THOSE CITIES NOW ESTABLISHING LOCAL 1JITHORITIES AND WHICH ARE READY TO INAUGURATE PROGRAMS PROMPTLY. AT MOST FUNDS MAY BE ANTICIPATED ONLY FOR EXCEEDINGLY SMALL GROUP- COMMUNICATION (received during meeting) ISOUTH BEND CIT COUNCIL MARIE NELSON SECY CITY HALL LEE F. JOHNSON SPECIAL ASSISTANT US HOUSING AUTHORITY INDIANAPOLIS IND 1941 FEB 24 PM 8 01 BELIEVING UFHA HOUSING PROJECT ONLY SOLUTION FOR TERRIBLE HOUSING CONDITIONS AMONG LOW INCOME AND UNDER PRIVILEGED CITIZNES URGE YOUR ESTABLISHMENT OF HOUSING AUTHORITY J CHESTER ALLEN