HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/19/71 Board of Public Works MinutesApril 19, 1971.
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works and Safety convened at 9:35
A.M. on April 19, 1971, with all members present. The minutes of the
previous meeting were reviewed and approved.
FIRE DEPARTMENT - APPLICATIONS
The following applications for appointment to the Fire Department were filed
with the Board and referred to the Personnel Director for further processing:
Harold: Dceq-H&oton
David A. Podelwitz
POLICE DEPARTMENT - APPLICATIONS
The following applications for appointment to the Police Department were
filed with the Board and referred to the Personnel Director for further
processing:
Janette Lucille Beach
Richard John Pishnoff
Bernard Joseph Stepczynski, Jr.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - PROMOTION
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved
the promotion of Forrest L. Milbourn, upon the recommendation of Chief of
Police Loren M. Bussert, from the rank of corporal to the rank of sergeant
effective April 16, 1971.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - STATISTICAL REPORTS
Police Department statistical reports for the month of March, 1971, were
reviewed and ordered filed.
POLICE DEPARTMENT - REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN BLOSSOM TIME FESTIVAL PARADE
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved the request of
Chief of Police Loren M. Bussert for five cyclemen from the Police Depart-
ment and Division Chief Kenneth McDonnald to participate in the Blossom
Time Festival parade in -St. Joseph,*Michigan on Saturday, May 8, 1971, and
to provide a police escort for a parade on Friday, May 7, 1971, in South
Bend.
APPOINTMENT AS SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER - RIC'HARD LEE STANLEY
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the
appointment of Richard Lee Stanley as a special police officer employed
by the St. Joseph Hospital, upon the recommendation of Chief of Police
Loren M. Bussert.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT - SUB -STANDARDS DIVISION
Richard Liszewski, Sub -Standards Director, appeared before the Board and
the following matters were taken up:
736 N. Frances Street. The Sub -Standards Director reported having met
with the owner of the property at 736 N. Frances Street, Wallace J. Mitchell,
and stated that a new list of repairs was given to Mr. Mitchell who requests
a continuance of one week to start the repairs. Upon motion made, seconded
and carried, the matter was continued one week.
2515 W. Grace Street. The Sub -Standards Director reported the property at
2515 W. Grace Street will be taken down privately. Thereupon, it was
moved, seconded and unanimously carried to continue the matter indefinitely
but to keep the matter under surveillance of the Sub -Standards Department.
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234 Pagin ,Street. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the matter of
234 Pagin Street was continued one week, and the Clerk was directed to
notify, by certified mail, the owner, Paul Shanahan, Michiana Investment Cor-
poration, 417 Odd Fellows Building, South Bend, INdiana, to appear before the
Board at 9:30 A.M. on April 26, 1971, to show cause why said property at
234 Pagin Street is permitted to remain in a substandard condition,
1613 S. Leer Street. Mr. Liszewski reported the property at 1613 S. Leer
Street has been broken into, is open, is in a worsening condition and is a
detriment to the neighborhood. Upon motion made, seconded and carried the
matter is referred to the Building Department to determine if there has been
a violation of the zoning ordinance,
1608/1612 Prairie. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the matter of
1 0 -1 12 Prairie Avenue was continued one week for the Sub -Standards
Director to try to contact the owner of the property, Sam Bernstein, in
person.
REQUEST TO ATTEND WORKSHOP - J. J. McNEILE
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, permission was granted
for J. J. McNeile, Manager of the Municipal Parking Garages, to attend a
workshop and seminar of the International Municipal Parking Garage Owners in
Boston, Massachusetts, June 27 to 30, 1971.
IS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED - IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3330 - ALLEYS
'EEN HUEY AND O'BRIEN FROM HUMBOLDT NORTH TO THE TEE AND FROM HUEY TO O'BRIEN
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, profiles, drawings, plans and specifi-
cations adopted October 5, 1970, were approved and ordered filed.
May 10, 1971, at 9:30 A.M., in Room 1308 County City Building, was set as the
time and place for receiving bids for said improvement. And the Clerk of the
Board was directed to give notice by publication in the South Bend Tribune
and the Tr i County News on April 30� , 1971 and ;-May" _ 7„ 1971.
HEARING ON ASSESSMENT ROLL - VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3337 - DEPARTMENT OF
REDEVELOPMENT (CONTINUED FROM APRIL 12, 1971) (POST OFFICE SITE)
Hearing was resumed on the assessment roll in Vacation Resolution No. 3337
having been continued from April 12, 1971. No remonstrators appeared and no
written remonstrances were received. Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously
carried, the assessment roll was approved as presented, and the Vacation
Resolution was in all things ratified and confirmed and the proceedings closed
and the property declared vacated.
ADOPT?[ON::ff' VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3338 - FRANK J. MORROW
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the following Resolution
was adopted:
"VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 3338, 1971
"RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY OF THE CITY
OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, That it is desirable to vacate the following:
The east -west alley running between Lots 56 and S7 in
Berner's Grove First Addition. Said alley being the
first east -west alley north of Mishawaka Avenue and
running from the west line of 24th Street to the east
line of the first north -south alley west of 24th
street.
"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 re-
leased by the individual utilities.
"The following property may be injuriously ors beneficially
affected by such vacation:.
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Lots 56 and 57 of Berner's Grove First Addition.
"Notice of this Resolution shall be published on the 23rd
day of April and the 30th day of April, 1971, in the South Bend
Tribune and the Tri County News.
"This Board, at its office, on the 3rd day of May, 1971, at
9:30 o'clock, A.M., will hear and receive remonstrances from
all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings.
"Adopted this 19th day of April, 1971.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS F_ SAFETY
L. S. Taylor
S. J. Crumpacker
James A. Bickel
ATTEST:
Doris Allen, Clerk."
PETITION TO VACATE ALLEY.- ROY H. POLLOCK,
Roy H. Pollock, 1712 S. Fellows Street, South Bend, Indiana, filed with
the Board a petition to vacate:
An alley commencing at a point on the west line of Lot 55
in Henry Studebaker's First Addition to the city of South
Bend, 120 feet south of the northwest corner of said Lot
55; thence due east 130 feet; thence south 45 feet; thence
west 10 feet; thence north 35 feet; thence west 120 feet
to the east line of Fellows Street; thence north 10 feet
on said east line of Fellows Street to the place of be-
ginning.
together with a cost deposit of $65.00. Upon motion made, seconded and
carried, the petition was referred to the Engineering Department and to
the Area Plan Commission, simultaneously, for recommendation to the Board.
PLANS APPROVED - INDIANA PROJECT 6:6, PHASE I
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, plans submitted for
the central downtown renewal project, Indiana Project 6;6, Phase I, were
approved by the Board.
TAXICAB TRANSFER - FORREST HEFLICK TO THOMAS J. NATE
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the request of Thomas
J. Nate for the transfer of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
from Forrest Heflick to Thomas J. Nate for Taxicab ##9 was approved, upon
the condition that the vehicle passes inspection and upon the filing of a
certificate of liability insurance with the City of South Bend by Thomas
J. Nate.
BUILDING DEPARTMENT - APPROVAL TO ATTEND INSPECTORS' SCHOOL
The request of the Building Commissioner April 14, 1971, for permission to
attend the Indiana Inspectors' School in Indianapolis, Indiana, April 18 to
21, 1971, along with Inspector Albert Fout, Hunter Gentry, Jack Hendricks,
Joseph Hiznay, Harry Leslie-, Niezgodski, approved by the Board April 14,
1971, is hereby made of record in these minutes.
COMPLAINT - TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON ROSE STREET
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, a complaint and petition in reference
to speeding on Rose Street, signed by Robert Hollister, 1710 Crestwood and
305 other persons, was referred to the Traffic Engineering Department for
study and recommendation.
COMPLAINT - MRS. IRENE MUTYL
Mrs. Irene Mutzl, 320 Parkovash, South Bend, Indiana, appeared before the
Board and complained of the condition of the property at 315 Parkovash Street.
The Sub -Standards Director, present at the meeting, stated complaints had
come to his attention concerning the property and that the Sub -Standards
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Department will look into the matter.
REQUEST TO HOLD PARADE - MAURICE MATTHYS LITTLE LEAGUE
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Board approved the
request of William Reed, 169 Walton Street, South Bend, Indiana, for the
Maurice Matthys Little League to hold a parade, with police escort, on
May 22, 1971, commencing at 9:30 A.M. and lasting approximately 45 minutes,
the parade route being: Meadow Lane, Edison, Village Way, Bonfield, Gladstone,
Linden, Lombardy, Ford and Sample.Streets, subject to proper insurance
coverage to hold the City of South Bend harmless.
REQUEST TO HOLD "MARCH" - MARION HIGH SCHOOL
Upon motion made, seconded and. carried, the Board approved the request of
Rev. Donald R. Verhagan, Marian High School, 1311 S. Logan Street, Mishawaka,
Indiana, for students and staff of Marion High School to hold a "March for
Marion" of approximately 15 miles through the cities of Mishawaka and South
Bend between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 2:30 P.M., April 28, 1971, in
connection with its fund raising drive, subject to coordination with the
South Bend Police Department for the South Bend area.
RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY MAYOR'S CITY EMPLOYEES SAFETY COMMITTEE
APPROVED
Upon motion made,by Mr. Crumpacker, seconded by Mr. Bickel, and unanimously
carried, the Board approved the rules and regulations promulgated by the
Mayor's City Employees Safety Committee in cooperation with the representative
of the Teamsters' Local Union No. 364, governing City employees, as submitted
by Clem F. Hazinski April 5, 1971.
STREET LIGHT PETITION
Upon motion made, seconded and carried, petition for a street light on
Donmoyer Street between Fellows Street and Erskine Boulevard, filed with
the Board by Ralph R. Powers, 518 Donmoyer Street, South Bend, Indiana, and
11 others, was referred to the Traffic Engineering Department for study and
recommendation to the Board.
CONTRACTOR'S BOND APPROVED
Contractor's bond for John Pask, Jr., to 4/12/71 was approved and ordered
filed.
VACATION PROCEEDINGS - COST DEPOSIT $75.00
Upon motion made, seconded and unanimously carried, the Clerk of the Board
is authorized to increase the deposit for vacation proceedings from $65.00
to $75.00.
STREET LIGHT OUTAGE REPORTS
Street light outage reports for the period 4/7/71 to 4/16/71 were ordered filed.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting ad-
journed at 10:55 A.M.
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