09-26-49 Council Meeting Minutes

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SEPTEMBER 26TH. 1949 Be it remembered that the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, met in regular session in the Council Chamber, September 26th, 19491, at 8:10 P.M. with all members present. President Erler presided at the meeting. REPORT OF COMITTEE ON MINUTES To the Common Council of the City of South Bends Your Committee on the inspection and supervision of the minutes, would respectfully report that they have inspected the minutes of the previous meeting of the Council and found them correct. They therefore recommend that the same be approved. Minutes of August 29th and September 12th, 1949. Councilman Glass made a motion that the report be accepted. carried. COMMONICATION Mr. Stanley Eorpal, Chairman Committee of the Whole Common Council South Bend, Indiana Dear Mrs .Korpals WALTER C. ERLER, SR. ) Committee ALBERT TELLSON ) Councilman Beetle seconded the motion. Motion September 21, 1949 In view of the fact that a number of residents on Grace Street near the Oliver Corporation Gate have appeared at meetings of the Committee of the Whole of the South Bend Common Council, it has occurred to me that you, as chairman, as well as the other members of the Committee would be interested in the contents of the attached copy of my letter to Mr. Theodore Michalak, who has been spokesman at various times for that neighborhood. I watched with interest the development of the proposals of the Grace Street property owners and attempted to elicit the immediate cooperation of the Oliver Corporation officials at the South Bend plant. It seems that information regarding developments here were channeled through the Chicago office but efforts extended by you, City Engineer Andrysiak, and the.Six District Councilman were being ignored somewhere along the line. However, one week ago, Mr. George Lanphere assured me of his personal interest in the matter and that the Corporation would do everything in its power to cooperate. The results are explained in the accompanying letter. I now trust that you will no longer be besieged at your oommittee meetings and feel that you, as well as the other members, should be properly apprised of these developments% I remain GAS: em Most cordially, GEO. A. SCHOCK, Mayor Councilman Glass made a motion that the communication be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Kemper seconded the motion. Motion - carried. PETITION To the Honorable City Council of the. City of South Bend, Indiana Gentlemenx September 20th, 1949 We the undersigned owners in fee of Lots 1 -2 -3 in Mayr's LaPorte Ives Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, petition your Honorable Body to consider the following proposed !Amendment to Ordinance #2331 whereby Lots 1 -2 -3 in Mayr's LaPorte Ave. Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana would be changed from "B" use and "A" height to "D" use and "E" height and area. Yours respectfully, FRANK TOTH MARCELLA TOTH Councilman Korpal made a motion that the petition be referred to the City Plan Commission. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. PETITION To the Common Council of the City of South Bend for an Ordinance to Restrict the Use by Motor Vehicles of Grace Street,. East of Arnold Street, Public Streets in the City of South Bend. 1. The undersigned as Petitioners respectfully submit to the City Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that they, at the addresses opposite their names below given and affixed, are the owners, legal or equitable, of the real estate indicated at such address. 2. That recently Grace Street, east of Arnold Street, in South Bend, was paved by the City of South Bend. 3. That prior to such paving of said street, the Board of Public Works of South Bend had represented to the- undersigned that a type of pavement denominated "Class 'C'" would be laid and such property owners consented to such property assessment for such type of pavement on.the condition that trucks and trucking would be prohibited on said Grace Street east of Arnold Street. 4. That the Board of Public Works assented to said condition. 5. That thereafter, that is, after the laying of said pavement and immediately on the opening of the said Grace Street east of Arnold Street to motor vehicle traffic, the Oliver Corporation, altho it has other means of ingress and egress from its property, resorted to the use of said Grace Street east of Arnold Street for heavy trucking. 6. That as a result of such.u6s, the pavement recently laid as aforesaid has been cracked in numerous places, and that persistent further use of said pavement by heavy trucks will completely wreck the newly Said pavement In front of the property of the undersigned. 7. That the City Engineer of South Bend puts up birrioades and removes them at his pleasure and at the ,convenience of the Oliver Corporation but to the detriment of the property of the undersigned.