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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/03/72 Board of Public Works Minutes1,259 April 3, 1972 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety was held on Monday, April 3, 1972, at 9:�O A M. All members were present. Minutes of the -last meeting were read and approved. FIRE DEPARTMENT Chief Bland appeared before the Board and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Chief Bland presented the following letter: March 10;.1972 Board of Public W#rks and Safety 13th Floor County City Building South Bend, Indiana Honorable Members of the Board: The 1972 international Association of Arson Investigators Annual Meeting and International Fire and Arson Investigation Seminar is being held on April 10 through 14, 1972 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I would like very much to have Battallion Chief William H. Wilson, Jr., from the Fire Prevention Bureau, represent the South Bend Fire Department, at this Seminar. Please be advised.that the Indiana Criminal Justice Commission has assisted us in securing funds to cover the cost of this seminar for both the Fire Department and the Police Department representatives. I will appreciate your consideration and approval of this request. Respectfully yours, SOUTH BEND FIRE DEPARTMENT s/ Jack R. Bland, Fire Chief. JRB/ss Upon motion made, seconded and carried the above request was granted the Battailion Chief Wilson is permitted to go to the Seminar. POLICE DEPARTMENT Chief Seals appeared before the Board and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. Chief Seals presented the following letter: March 30, 1972 Board of Public Works and Safety County City Building South Bend, Indiana Gentlemen - Permission to assign Detective Sergeant William Floring to attendance of the -international Association of Arson Investi- gator's Seminar to be -held at Coca Beach, Florida, on the dates of April 10-14, 1972 is respectfully requested. Full expense of this school has been covered by application for and approval of a Criminal Justice Grant. The Schooling effected by the Association, while advertised as a Seminar and an integral part of the Association's Annual business meetings (held separately from seminar curriculum,) is one of the highest caiibred arson (and associated explosive -device) educational programs In the entire nation and is strongly recommended. 257 1 1 4/3/72 Sergeant Floring has been assigned to arson investigation since 1969 with no formal education in such field of labor what-s0-ever. His current assignment, will, under recent realignment efforts within this Department, require the very best training possible and this request is aimed at accomplishing the first of two;now planned such training efforts. Respectfully, s/ Robert W. Seals, Chief of Police RWS/mm Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the request was granted and Sergeant Floring was directed to attend the seminar. rCHIEF ROBERT J. URBAN AND CORPORAL RICHARD HAZINSKI TO FOP SEMINAR Chief Seals recommended that Division Chief Robert J. Urban and Corporal Richard Hazinski be permitted to attend the FOP Seminar and State Board Meeting in Terra Haute, lndiana•April 27 through 30,.19720 Applications for the South Bend Police Department were ordered filed and referred to the Personnel Department for further study: Richard Deszcz Steven Frisk-- Charles 1. Harrison, Michael B. Kalks Paul Karfomenos Robert J. Orszuiak Sr. William B. Pyza Charles Stokes BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB STANDARDS DIVISION Mr. Richard Llszewski, Sub -Standards Director, appearedbefore the Board and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. 910 W. Washington Street Mrs. Ruth Price appeared before the Board and stated the group -she had asked to take over the structure at 910 West Washington Street will not meet until the 27th of April. This matter was then con- tinued until May 1, 1972 2410-2412 West Ford Street This being the date set bids were opened for the demolition of the structure at 2410-2412 West Ford Street as follows: Machinery Supply Company $735.00 B S J Demolition 580.00 O'Neal Trucking Co. 649.00 Mr, Gene Arnett, owner of the building, appeared before the Board and requested that he be allowed 30 days in which to get contracts let and 90 days in which he can complete rehabilitation of;the structure. After discussion, the above bids were held in abeyance, Mr. Arnett deposited $25.00 with the Board to stay the demolition. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, Mr. Arnett was given one week, at which time he is to return to the Board with signed contracts for the complete rehabilitation of the structure. 213-215 Chestnut Street George and Elizabeth Gandy, Sr., not having appeared as requested the Board, upon motion made, seconded and carried, now authorizes Mrs Liszewski to seek bids for the demolition of the property at 213-215 Chestnut Street. [258 4/3/72 621 Col is Street Mr. Charles W, Barnette appeared before the Board and stated he had been waiting for an insurance settlement on the property, but that he would demolish the structure. After discussion Mr. Barnette authorized Mr. Liszewski to seek bids•for the demolition of the structure at 621 Columbia Street. 06 S. Fellows Street Emma J. Nash, owner of the property at 706 S, Fellows Street, not having appeared before the Board as requested, Mr. Liszewski, upon motion made, seconded and carried, is authorized to seek bids for the demolition of the structure at 706 S. Fellows Street. 7.32 and 742-744 Lincoln Way East Harvey P, and Lillian Roland not having appeared before the Board as requested, as owners of the property at 732 and 742-744 Lincoln Way East, Mr. Liszewski, upon motion made, seconded and carried,' is now authorized to seek bids for the demolition of the structures at 732 and 742-744 Lincoln Way East. 814 Forest Avenue Robert L and Patricia A. Sellers not having appeared before the Board as eequested, and being owners of the property at 814 Forest Avenue, Mr. Liszewskt, upon motion made, seconded and carried, is now authorized to seek bids for the -demolition of -the structure at 814 Forest Avenue. ASSESSMENT ROLL HEARING - VACATION RESOLUTION NO, 3 55.1 72 JULIUS S EDITH TUCKER This being the date set, hearing was held on the Assessment Rollin Vacation Resolution 3355,1972, for the vacation of the east -west alley between Colfax And Washington Avenue running West from the west line of Niles Avenue 1501+- to the east line of the East Race, said alley running between Lots #45 and 46 in a part of the Original Piot of Town of Lowell, now a part of the City of South Bend. The Clerk tendered proofs of publication of notice in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri County News on March 17, March 24 and March 31, and same were found to be sufficient. No remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been received, upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Assessment Roil showing no net damages and no net benefits was approved as adopted and said Resolution in all things ratified and confirmed and said proceedings closed. ADOPTION OF VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3356.1972 = Park Department Area Plan Commission having filed with the Board its recommendation for the vacation of Meade Street from Roger to Westmore and Langley from Eciipse to Meade Street, the following resolution was adopted: VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 4456,1972 RESOLVED BY 7HE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, that it is desirable to vacate the following: Meade Street from the south right of way line of Westmore Street south to the -north right of way line of Rogers Street '259 d{ r-4 in w U 4/3/72 Longley Street from the West right of way line of Meade Street west to the east right of way line of Eclipse Place. Reserving the rights and easements of all Utilities and the Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, to construct and maintain any facilities, Including, but not -limited to, the following: electric, telephone, gas, water, sewer, surface water control -structures and ditches, within the vacated right of way, unless such rights are released by the individual Utilities. - The following•property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Property owned by the South Bend Park Department and the South Bend Community School Corporation. Notice of this Resolution shall be published.on the 7th day of April, 1972 and the 14th day of April, 1972 in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri County News. This Board, at its office, on the 17th day of April, 1972 at 9:30 o'clock A.M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 3rd day of April, 1972. BOARD OF'PUBLiC WORKS AND SAFETY S/ Charles A. Sweeney, Jr. s/ James V. Barcome s/ William J. Richardson ATTEST: s/ Freda G..Noble, Clerk ADOPTION OF VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3357.1972 - STEEL WAREHOUSE ET AL Area Plan Commission having filed its favorable recommendation for the vacation of Kaley Street from.the south right of way line of Tucker Drive, south to the south right of way of the St. Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad, the following resolution was adopted: VACATION RESOLUTION NO, 335791972 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, That it is desirable to vacate the following: Kaley Street from the south right of way line of Tucker Drive, South to the south right of way of the St: Joseph, South Bend and Southern Railroad. Reserving the rights and easements of all Utilities and the Municipal City of South Bend, Indiana, to construct and maintain any facilities, including, but not limited to, the following: electric, telephone, gas, water, sewer, surface water control structures and ditches, within the vacated right of way, unless such rights are released by'the individual Utilities. THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY MAY BE INJURIOUSLY OR BENEFICIALLY affected by such vacation: Five parcels of land described'as follows: Parcel #1 Raitt Corp. 1818 West Sample Street Ni N* SW NW except NW corner and except parts sold East and plus Tri part N S Adjacent and South of RR 7.51 AC +- 260. 4/3/72 Parcel'#2 Schumacher, Herman, Paul end Clarence 2707 Tucker Drive. Sec. 15 Twp. 37 R7E, E 220', North G South x_725.81 E-W beginning 660' West 4k,` of NE corner' South 3.66 AC Parcel #3 Stanley Body & Equipment Corp. 2808 Tucker Drive 2300 E&W x 492.9' NSS beginning 260' south of NE earner SWNW Seca 15 Twp 27 R2E`except 20' East side for `street 2.6 At Parcel ##4" Steei`Warehouse Co,, Inc. 2722 Tucker Drive Sec. 14 Twp 37 R2E 1801 E*W.x 492.91 N&S beginning 6601 south of NW corner NW 2.04AC Parcel #5 A.parcei of land belonging to St, Joseph South Bend and Southern R.R. Rt of way and property owned by N.J.1.10 RR right of way Notice of this Resolution.shall be published on the 7th day of April, 1972 and on the 14th day of April, 1972 in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri County.News. The Board, at its office, on ;the 17th day of April, 1972 at 9:30 p1clock A.M., will hear and receive cremonstrances from all persons interested in -or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 3rd day of April, 1972. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY s/ James V. Barcome s/ Charles A. Sweeney, Jr. s/ William J. Richardson ATTEST: Freda G. Noble, Clerk BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA REQUEST 10 MANG BANNER A request from the Boy Scouts of America to suspend a banner across Michigan Street, continued to this meeting, was denied, upon motion made, seconded and carried, by the Board because the Legal Department gave an opinion that a banner of this nature would pose a safety problem in the event of the use of snorkel equipment by the Fire Department. PERMISSION TO SENT ENGINEERING STAFF TO PURDUE ROAD SCHOOL Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the request of Mr. William J. Richardson to send David Well, Ralph Wadzinski, Ken Herceg and George Wooley to Purdue to attend Road School, April 3-6, 1972, was granted. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REPORT Mr. Bert Cichowicz, City Sealer, appeared before the Board and presented his report for the month of March, 1972. CITY SEALER TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Upon motion made. seconded and unanimously carried, the request of Mr. Cichowicz to attent the 59th Annual Conference of the indiana Association of inspectors of Weights and Measures, Inc, to be held in Clarksville April 12 through 14, 1972, was granted. n F, =I 4/3/72 COMPLAINT OF MRS. KENNETH MOLKUP Mrs. Kenneth Moikup, 820 Whitehall Drive, appeared before the Board to complain about raw sewage in the area around the McKinley Lagoon, right in back of her louse. She said children in the area are at play in that area and that raw sewage and toilet tissue seeps up through the easement and It is dangerous. The'matter'was referred to the Engineering Department for 4nvestigation, and to bring up at the Wastewater meeting. CIVIL DEFENSE SERVICE SQUAD Mr. Don Germann, Civil Defense Director, appeared before the Board to inform them a service squad manned by Civil Service personnel was being put -into use immediately. MORRIS CIVIC AUDITORIUMHEATING &'AIR CONDITIONING REHABILITATION A letter was received from Mathews, Purucker & Associates,relative *d4 to the heating and air conditioning rehabilitation of the Morris T-4 Civic Auditorium, in which they asked permission to eleaminate two rows of seats intthe two center sections of the third balcony, in order to locate the hearing and cooling unit for this area In an eaciosed room to reduce sound transfer into this area from the new equipment. Upon motion made, seconded and carried the request was granted. TOPICS PROJECT MAIN STREET AND BRONSON - UTILITY AGREEMENTS Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board.approved ggreements with the Indiana.Bell Telephone Company; Indiana & Michigan Electric Company; Northern Indiana Public Service Company and South Bend Water Works for changes to be made in utilities in the Bronson and Michigan Street intersection in the TOPICS PROJECT. STATEMENT FQR PROVIDING GENERAL SUPERVISION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AT THE WASTEWATER PLANT: A statement referred to ?the Engineering Department from the Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Inc., company for general supervision of the construction on the Wastewater Treatment Plant 'Improvement in the amount of $3,742.78 was approved, upon motion made, seconded, and carried. LETTER TO INDIANA BELL TELPHONE COMPANY - RE: DAMAGE TO UNDERGROUND CABLE The following letter was presented to the Board: March 28, 1972 Mr. Richard 0. Creedon Indiana Bell Teoephone Company, Inc. 240 N. Meeidian Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 Subject: Claim for $370.54 against South ..Bend Water Works by Indiana Bell Telephone Company, Inc. Dear Mr. Creedon: 1 have been instructed by the Board of Public -Works and Safety to reply to your notice concerning the damage done to an undergound cable and conduit in the vicinity of Lake Street and Western Avenue, In>the City of South Bend. We would like to officially notify you that we deny the claim as presented by the Bell Telephone Company. 1`2612 4/3/72 The engineering department has plotted the location of this under- ground cable on a map that is on file in the Board of Public Works. The location of the identifying manholes are quite a dis- stance from the intersection in question. I would not expect our maintanance forces to walk three-quarters of a block away to look for identification markers during an emergency water main break. Futhermore, the Bell`Company had placed their conduit directly on our water main and It was.so close that the concrete casing had to be chipped away in•order that we could repair our main.' it Is quite possible that the location of your -conduit damaged our main to such an extent that it caused the break. I would expect that with the huge network of underground conduit that the Bell system is presently installing throughout our City and our County that that more stringent methods of identification of the location of these conduits would be put In force. By copy of this letter, i am notifying the Board of Public Works and Safety of my action for concurrance. Very truly yours, s/ William J. Richardson P.E. CC: Board of Public works and Safety Paul E. Kreuper, Spt. of Utilities Irene Gammon, City Clerk Mayor Jerry J. Miller Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the board concurred in the above letter relative to underground cable damage. A letter was received from First Community Development Corporation asking that Patty Lane and Bently Lane be dedicated to the City, as they now realize the two streets should have been dedicated to the city when the project was developed. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the matter was referred to the Engineering Department. PERMISSION :TO SEND STREET DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES TO ROAD SCHOOL A letter was received from"Donald Decker, Street Commissioner, asking permission for himself, Mr. Archie Henderson, Mr, Larry Goilar and Mr. Ronald Schmanke to attend the 1972 Indiana Road School in La - Fayette, Indiana April 3 through bth. Motion was made, seconded and unanimously carried that the request be allowed LEASE FOR PROPERTY TO BE USED.AS PARKING LOTS Upon motion made, seconded and carried, an agreement was signed whereby the City of South Bend will lease a tract of land at the South east corner of St. Joseph and Jefferson Boulevard for the sum of $10.00 per year,.to be used as a parking lot for St. Joseph Bank employees, the bank to be the leases. (Land belongs to Redevelopment Comm.) Upon motion made, seconded and carried, an agreement was signed whereby the LaSalle Hotel will furnish an attendant for the parking lot on the Southeast corner of LsSalle and Michigan Streets, and the revenue re- ceived will be split between the LaSalle Hotel and the City of South Bend. E !1 263 I 1 4/3/72 PROCEDURE FOR DISPOSITION OF ABANDONED VEHICLES Mr. Sweeney Informed the Board there is a statute which allows the Board of Public Works and Safety to contract with a private towing firm for the removal -and storage of junked automobiles, and also to set up an appraisal board composed of the City Controller and the Chairman of the Board of Public Works and Safety. The Legal Department Is to draw up a resolution to implement this act. CONTRAC70RIS BONDS Contractor's Binds were approved for the following: Christian Wambach to April 6, 1973 Robert L. Geans to March 29, 1973 John E. Jankowski to April 3, 1973 EXCAVATION BOND: A continuation of an Excavation Bond was approved for Parkway Asphalt, Inc., to Oecember 31, 1972 STREET LIGHTS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE Upon motion made, seconded and carried modernization of a residential area bounded by Western, Albert, Sample and Lombardy was directed by the installation of the following: A installations: 4 20,000 MV OH WP 05.50 unit/mo 8 20,000 MV OH WP @ 5.35 unit/mo 23 7,0001. MV OH WP @ 3.75 unit/mo 20 7,0001. MV OH WP @ 3.50 unit/mo 8 Removals 28 4,0001. INC OH WP @ 2.60 unit/mo Cost of improvement (A less B) $148. 25 Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved a new in- stallation of a Stop Sign on Crescent Avenue at Hill Street. STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORT Street Light Outage reports were filed for the period 3/23/72 to 3/29/72 There being no further business to cane before the Board, upon motion made, seconded and carried, the meeting was adjourned at 10:55 A.M. ATTEST: