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REGULAR MEETING
FEBRUARY 18, 1974
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works convened at 9:30 a.m.
on Monday, February 18, 1974 with all members present. Deputy City Attorney
Gerald Sakaguchi was also present. Minutes of the previous meeting were reviewed
and approved.
FILING OF AMENDED PETITION TO -VACATE 'ALLEY' NORTH OF M I'SHAWAKA AVENUE
The Board received an amended petition filed by Charles W. Burkhart to
vacate the alley which is'14 feet in width'extended from the north line of
Mishawaka Avenue in SoUth Bend`', Indiana 'north along and immediately west of the
west line'of'Lot No. 715 in 'Whitcomb and Keller's Sunnymede Third Addition
to the northwesterly' corner of said Lot No. 715,thence northeasterly along and
immediately northerly of the northerly `line of Lots Numbered 715, 716,'717, 718,
719;.720 and 721 in said addition to the northeast corner of said Lot No. 721
and the west line of the first north -south alley. The Division of Engineering
had recommended that the petition be amended to avoid vacating just a portion
of an alley. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the amended petition was
referred to the Division of Engineering where a preliminary review of the vacation
is being made.
APPROVAL OF TOWER FEDERAL REQUEST FOR CURBSIDE DEPOSITORY
The Board received a report from Clem Hazinski, Manager of the Bureau of Traffic
and Lighting, that the request'of the -Tower Federal Savings and Loan Association
to install a sidewalk depository in front of their building at 216 West
Washington Street had been investigated. Since this is already a loading zone
and no parking meters would be involved, Mr. Hazinski recommended approval. Upon
motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request for the
installation of a curbside depository for envelope -sized deposits of mortgage
or savings books and payments by the Tower Federal Savings and Loan Association.
CHANGE ORDER APPROVED
The Board received a Change Order in Topics Project T6000 (11), the Michigan
Street -Main Street Signalization project. Mr. Farrand explained that this Change
Order was for the addition of one 25 foot dual purpose mast arm which was
correctly shown in the plans but was overlooked in the tabulation of original
plan quantities. The Change Order is an increase of $830.00. Upon motion made,
seconded and carried, the Change Order was approved.
REQUEST TO USE FIRE STATIONS FOR VOTER REGISTRATION APPROVED
The Board received a request from W. Joseph Doran, Secretary of the St. Joseph
County Election Board, to use Fire Stations #2, 3, 4, 8 and 12 for a county -wide
Voter Registration Day to be held on Tuesday, March 12 from 12:00 noon to
8:00 p.m. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request
and directed that Chief Jack R. Bland be so notified.
APPROVAL OF BONDS
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the following Continuation Certificates
for Contractor's Bonds were approved to the dates listed:
Sollitt Construction Company to 3/5/75
Herschel Willis to 1/l/75
A Continuation Certificate for the Excavation Bond for Raymond Guzman, d/b/a
ABC Plumbing, Inc. was received. The Continuation Certificate extends the
bond to 12/31/74. Upon the advice of Deputy City Attorney Gerald Sakaguchi,
the Board approved the certificate, subject to its being signed by Raymond
Guzman, as principal.
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FEBRUARY 18, 1974
STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORT FILED
The Street Light Outage Report for the period of February 7 through February 13,
1974 was received and ordered filed.
ATTENDANCE OF GOVERNMENT STUDENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Jerry Hayden and George Carberry, Government students from the University of
Notre Dame attended the meeting. Mr. Hayden is a student of Dr. Bartholomew's
Government Class and Mr. Carberry is working with the Legal Department as a
participant in Professor Roose's Work -Study Seminar.
There being no further business to come before the Board, upon motion made,
seconded and carried, the meeting adjourned at 10:10 a.m.
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ATTEST:
CLERK
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