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Home My WebLink About07/08/75 Board of Public Works MinutesJULY 8,.1975 REGULAR MEETING A regular meeting of the Board of Public Work s was condenehairman, at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 8, 1975 by ey A with Mr. Farrand and Mr. Seitz present. Deputy cityAttorneys Kathleen Cekanski was also present. Minutes of the p meeting were reviewed and approved. OPENING OF BIDS - DEMOLITION OF TURNER BUILDING This was the date set for receiving bids fort. The the demoliClerk tion of tendered Turner Building, 513 North Michigan proofs of publication of notice ultbe suffic$entTribune following Tri-County News which o ndto. bids were opened and publicly read: Warner & Sons, Inc. Bid was signed by Jack Warner, Elkhart, Indiana non -collusion affidavit was in order and a 5% bid bond was submitted. Bid - $8,990.00 LaFree Excavating Co. Mishawaka, Indiana Bid - $6,400.00 Tony Tomich & Sons,Inc. Joliet, Illinois Bid - $12,250.00 O'Neal Trucking Company South Bend,.Indiana Bid - $20,000.00 Ritschard Brothers South Bend, Indiana Bid was signed by Richard LaFree, non -collusion affidavit was in order and a 5% bid bond accompanied the bid. Bid was signed by Tony Tomich, Jr., non -collusion affidavit was in order, and a $612.50 certified check was submitted. Bid was signed by Julius O'Neal, Jr., non-collusion n00certified check affidavit was in order and a $1,000 was submitted. Bid was signed by Donald Ritschard, non -collusion affidavit was in order and a 5% bid bond was submitted. Bid - $14,900.00 Upon motion made, seconded ondfoorrreviewthe andbids were recommendation. The to the Bureau of Public Construction Board will convene at a special meeting on Thursday, July 10 at 9:00 a.m. to review the recommendation and award the bid. RECOMMENDATION TO AWARD BID CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION APPROVED Bureau The Board received a idsofor thelon from Chief Closed CircuitJohnTelevisWionsMonitoring of Police, that the b the System for the City Jail had been reviewed ondmotionom de,� seconded Tool Supply Company should be accepted. Up and carried, the Board approved the recommendation and awarded the bid to the Powell Tool Supply Company on.their low bid of $16,397.20. RECOMMENDATION FILED - PETITION TO VACATE NORTH -SOUTH ALLEY EAST OF WALNUT STREET The Bureau of Design and Administration sent atoevacateotthe. Board that the petition of William Lagodney, e north -south alley between hebster northalineWalnut theStreet firstfrom easttwest�alley uth line of Fisher Street to t �osed had been reviewed and the Bureau has no objection tothle propiri made, vacation, subject to existing utility easements. Upon seconded and carried, the Board filed the report and referred the petition to the Area Plan Commissionfor review and recommendation. REGULAR.MEETING JULY 8, 1975 RECOMMENDATION FILED - PETITIORtO VACATE AND DEDICATE CERTAIN STREETS, ALLEYS AND LOTS AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT 'OF RIVER BEND ADDITION' The Bureau `of Design and Administration repoated to the Board that the petition of the Department of Redevelopment to vacate certain streets, alleys and lots as shown on the plat of River Bend Addition to the City of South Bend had been reviewed and they have no objection to the vacation and dedication subject to existing utility easements. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board filed the report and referred the petition to the Area Plan Commission for review and recommendation. REQUEST TO BLOCK ALLEYS ON JULY 26 APPROVED The Board received a request from the William Penn Lodge -to block the alleys adjacent to their building at 1024 W. Indiana Avenue for their annual picnic on Saturday, July 26 beginning at 12:00 noon. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request subject to coordination by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the Police Department. REQUEST FOR BLOCK PARTY APPROVED The Board received a request from Mrs. Robert Conley asking that the 1300-1400 block of Sunnymede Avenue, from Sunnyside to Twyckenham, be blocked on Saturday, July 19 from 5:00 p.m. to midnight for a block party. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request subject to coordination by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the filing of liability insurance with the Board. REQUEST FOR BLOCK PARTY APPROVED The Board received a request from Mr. & Mrs. Vincent Papai to block Winston Drive, from Cabot to Hepler, on July 13 for a block party from noon to 8:00 p.m. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request subject to coordination by the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting and the filing of Liability Insurance with the Board. LETTER OF RESIGNATION RECEIVED FROM CLEM F. HAZINSKI The Board received a letter of resignation from Clem F. Hazinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting. The letter stated that, because of ill health and upon the advice of his physician, Mr. Hazinski was submitting his resignation with regret. He asked that the resignation date by August 1, 1975. Upon motion made-, seconded and carried, the letter was filed and referred to Mayor Jerry J. Miller for his review. Mr. Seitz commended Mr. Hazinski for his seventeen years of service as Traffic Engineer and said he has always been most helpful and cooperative with all departments of the City. APPROVAL OF CONTRACT AND FILING OF BONDS - WIDENER LANE SEWERS The Contract with Marion Hamilton & Son, Inc. for the construction of the Widener Lane Sewers at a total cost of $102,564.75 was submitted to the Board. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the contract was approved. The Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond were received and ordered filed. REQUEST FOR TENT REVIVAL The Board received a request from Rev. Willie Coates of the Emmanual Church of Deliverance to hold a tent revival August 3 through 17 at 1017 Carroll Street and.to use a city -owned lot at 1015 Carroll Street for parking for the services. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the requests were referred to Deputy City Attorney Kathleen Cekanski for review and recommendation. JULY 8, 1975 REGULAR MEETING APPROVAL OF REPLACEMENT CONTRACTS FOR GAS SERVICE .- MORRIS CIVIC AUDITORIUM Contracts for Gas Service for the Morris Civic Auditorium were signed by the Board on June 9, 1975, and sent to the Northern Indiana Public Service Company for signature. Robert Fenimore of the Gas Company submitted replacement contracts and advised Kathleen Cekanski, Deputy City Attorney, that the original contracts were in error and that these contracts. should be approved, Miss Cekanski advised the Board that she had requested and received a letter from Mr. Fenimore revoking the original contracts signed by the Board. She now recommended that the Board sign the replacement contracts. Upon replacementmade, contractsnfor Gas Servicecarried, tothe theBoard Morris approved the Civic Auditorium. REPORT ON BIDS FOR SALE OF OLD NO. FOUR.FIRE STATION Deputy City Attorney Kathleen Cekanski reported to the Board that her recommendation on the bids for the sale of old No. Four Fire Station was not yet complete. She said it would be submitted to the Board for the July 14 meeting. RIVER BEND PLAZA APPLICATIONS An application was received from Douglas Simpson representing River Bend Plaza to hold a Bike Rally downtown on July 12, 1975 from 11:00 a.m. to 2;00 p.m. Details for the rally have been worked out :.�.7 with Captain Sweitzer of the Police Department Traffic Detail an Ralph Wadzinski, Bureau of Traffic and Lighting. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the application. BOND RELEASED - KENNETH ESLINGER The Board received a request for the release of the Contractor's Bond for Kenneth Eslinger. Ray S. Andrysiak, Bureau of Engineering, reported to the Bord that the bond could be released effective July 8, 1975. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board released the bond of Kenneth Eslinger effective July 8, 1975. BOND CONTINUATION APPROVED - SAM DOI A continuation certificate for the Contractor's Bond of Sam Doi was received with a report from Ray S. Andrysiak, Bureau of Engineering, that the continuation was properly executed and could be approved. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the bond of Sam Doi to May 7, 1976. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORT FILED The Street Light Outage Report for the period of June 27 through July 7 was received. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the report was ordered filed. CIVIC CENTER CLAIMS APPROVED Patrick McMahon, Manager of the Bureau of Public Construction, submitted Civic Center claims from Sollitt Construction Company and Johnson-Burgee for approval.. The claims cover the period of February, April and. -May for Johnson-Burgee and March through May for Sollitt Construction Company. Mr. McMahon recommended that the claims be approved. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the claims for Johnson-Burgee and the Sollitt Construction Company. REGULAR MEETING JULY 8, 1975 REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE BAN ON PARKING ON KENTUCKY STREET Mr. Seitz requested that an investigation be made to see whether parking could be removed from the west side of Kentucky Street from Western Avenue to Ford Street, to eliminate congestion in the area. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the matter was referred to the Bureau of Traffic and Lighting for review and recommendation. There being no further business to come before the Board, upon motion made, seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. o in E. Farran ATTEST: ' GtJC e- CLERK