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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/1951 Board of Public Works MinutesM • • -RAILROADS: A memo was received from the City Clerk's office calling the Board's atten- tion to the condition of the grade crossings at Calvert, Indiana, Ewing, Olive and Sample 'Streets. They, also, called attention to the traffic snarls caused by -switching opera- tions: The Clerk of the Board was directed to write letters to the New York Central; ;Grand Trunk Western and the Pennsylvania Railroad informing them of the above complaints :land directing them to remedy the situation. The railroads were also notified that arrest ,would be made where trains, in switching operations, block crossings for more than the 1alotted time, as stated in the City Ordinances. STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Commissioner, wss present and matters pertaining to his Department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, -was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no�further business to come before the Board, the rdeeting was adjourned at 11:00 a.m. ATTEST: May 7, 1951 1=�2 BOARD CLIC WOR SAFETY A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, May 7, 1951 at .9:30 a.m. Mr. Bruggner was absent. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- proved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $83,106.86 were approved am { ordered paid: Business Systems, Inc. 3.22 Haberle, John B. 26.50 Business Systems, Inc. 36.70 Korte Brothers, Inc; 45.20 Business Systems, Inc. 13.81 Korte Brothers, Inca 73.65 General Equipment & Mach. Co. 93.79 Medow, Inc:, Ben 40.88 Gratzol Signs, Inc., Otto 52.00 Trledow, Inc., Ben 15.79 Gratzol Signs, Inc., Otto 15.60 Medow, Inc., Ben 29.50 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 1.04 Medow, Inc., Ben 38.90 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 154.96 Municipal Supply Co. 151.80 Indiana & Michigan Elect. 315.43 Municipal Supply Co. 187.46 • Indiana & Michigan Elect. 10,503.78 Municipal Supply Co. 66.00 Lauber Co., J. C. 175.79 Municipal Supply Co. 173.00 Meyer & Son, Inc., G.E. 129.20 Rose, Jacob 199.25 Northern Ind. Wholesale Groc. 6.10 Rose, Jacob 6685 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. Shoemaker, inc., 0. J. 32.33 33.48 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 1 60 1;8. .b0 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 SEWAGE DISPOSAL: Stoffer, Harold I. 25.00 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 160.00 I STREET.& TRAFFIC: Independent Concrete Pipe 8',295.96 '1 Bennett-Feragen, Inc. 12.60 Independent Concrete Pipe 7,213.27 Business Systems, Inc. 40.16 Independent Concrete Pipe 23,685.30 • .1 Doyle Chemical Products Co. Graves Auto Glass, v. 143.25 14.75 Niles Excavating Co. Nolan, Thomas D. 17,436.24 12,886.77 PARKING METER: l Dual Parking Meter Co. 60.75 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters pertain- ing to his department were discussed. Mr. Miller was granted permission to go to Indianapolis on business connected with the traffic signals. Mr. Miller discussed, with the Board, plans for one-way traffic in downtown South Bend; Williams Street to have south bound traffic one-way and Lafayette Boulevard to • have north bound traffic, one-way. Complete plans and details are being worked out. RAILROADS: Letters were received from the Grand Trunk Railway System and the Pennsyl- vania Railroad indicating that they will check the conditions of their grade crossings in South Bend and make such repairs as necessary. They will also handle the matter of blocking street crossings with the train crews to eliminate crossings being blocked for excessive periods of time. 0 ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractors Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Byron Balsbaugh and Russell Platz; Henry J. Fisette; Millard T. Hartman; Donald Nelson and Joseph Cleland Co-partners d/b%a Nelson & Cleland Construction Company; Peter Schumacher and Sons, Incorporated, Mishawaka; Sam Zoludow. Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for J. A. Currie; William S. Lodyg'; and Harold H. Schanfald. A petition was received for the removal of an unsanitary, unsightly building at the corner of Miami and Dubail Streets which is being used as a dwelling. This building hasl . no water or sanitary facilities of any kind. The Board ordered that this building be condemned as unfit for human habitation and the people dwelling therein were given 60 days in which to find a place to live. Mr. Andrew Place and Mr. Stephen Szucz appeared before the Board relative to land I I in the vicinity of Falcon and Dundee Streets which is used as a dump. Mr. Place as'owne and Mr. Szucs as operator were instructed to have extermination service to rid the dump of rodents, to segregate the loads, to reduce the fire incident, and to use fill -dirt i to cover any deposited rubbish. The Board approved thereplating of Swanson Park Second Addition, a part of Tuxedo Park, lst and 2nd Additions of lots in Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South ! • Bend. The Board approved the replating of Swanson Park First Addition a part of Lucast Sub -Division of lots in Jefferson Heights Addition to the City of South Bend, Ind. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2659 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of vacation of the FIRST EAST - WEST ALLEY SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 25 in Tuxedo Park, 2nd Addition of Lots in Jef- • ferson Heights Addition, AND the FIRST EAST -EST ALLEY SOUTH OF WILSON STREET from the east line of 24th Street, east a distance of 588 feet to the east line of Lots No. 9 and 24 in Tuxedo Park, First Addition of Lots in Jefferson Heights Addition, under Vaca- tion Resolution No. 2659. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remon- strances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of.notices and`same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several lots and`parcels of land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said roll Tne"Board, therefore, decided to take final action on said assessment roll and declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification and the proceed ings closed, and the alleys vacated upon receipt of the amount`of benefit assessments • from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had with reference to said alley. vacations are hereby sustained. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 261 ! This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public 'forks for the vacation of THAT PART OF EAST MARION STREET BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: Beginning at a point 201 feet east of the northwest corner of Lot 130 in the original Plat of South Bend; thence north 15 feet; thence east parallel to the south lint of Marion Street to the west line of the St. Joseph River; thence southwesterly along the^west line of the St. Joseph River to the south line of Marion Street; thence west on the south line of Marion Street 343.28 feet more or less to the place of beginning, • said 15 foot strip of East Marion Street being that part of said street lying north of the north property line of Lot 118 in the Original Plat of South Bend and a part of va- cated St. Joseph Street immediately west thereof, under Vacation Resolution No. 2671. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remonstrator' having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said part of street be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. PLANS REPORTED South Bend, Indiana • May 7, 1951 Board of Public !"forks & Safety City of South Bend, Indiana I'. Gentlemen: i hde hereby report Prof_les, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications, Esti- I; mates and Preliminary Improvement Resolutions for the improvement of WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue, AND KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue,! AND WELLINGTON STREET from the north line of 110estern Avenue to the south line of Linden Ave- nue by constructing Class C pavements. Respectfully submitted, Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates Civil Engineers BOARD APPROVES PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS • I South Bend, Indiana Department of Public Works & Safety; May 7, 1951 The l Profiles, drawings, plans, general details, specifications and estimates for the improvement of AaLBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly j line of LaPorte Avenue, AND KENMORE STREET from the north line of !�estern Avenue to the south line of Linden avenue, AND • WELLINGTON STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Ave- nue by constructing Class "C" pavements are hereby approved. i R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY j IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTIONS I Nos. 2665, 2666, 2667 - 1951 South Bend, Indiana • May 7, 1951 Be It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to improve WILBER STREET from the north line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line of LaPorte Avenue, AND • L� 0 KENMORE STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Avenue, AND WELLINGTON STREET from the north line of Western Avenue to the south line of Linden Ave- nue by constructing Class "C" pavements. The same to be done in accordance with the profiles, drawings, plans, general detail and specifications of such improvements approved May 7, 1951, and to be adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, immediately upon the final adoption of these resolutions, and placed on file in the office of the City Civil Engine of Said City, and such improvements are now ordered. The total cost of said improvements, including all incidental costs such as advertis ing, abstracting, inspection and engineering, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said WILBER STREET, KENMORE STREET, and ',��LLINGTON STREET to be improved, al according to the method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supple mental acts thereto, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Assessment if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal installments; with interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum. (A bond or bonds shall be issued to the contractor in payment of assessments, as the several owners of real estate upon which they are a lien exercise the right to pay the same in ten equal installments.) Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend, Indiana, be or be held responsible for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for certificate or certificates, bond or bond issued to said contractor in payment for such,work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually received by the City from assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as the City is by said entitled Act and the provisions of all Acts amendatory and suuple mental thereto, required to pay. All proceedings had and work done in making of -said improvements, assessment.of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said entitled Act and amdndments thereto. -The 31st day of May, 1951, at the hour of 6:30 o.?clock P.M. -CST is hereby fixed as the. time, and the office of the Board in said City as the place, when and where all per- sons whose property may be affect4d by such proposed improvements,,may be heard as to th necessity for the same, and all petitions and remonstrances received and the Board will, on said day, decide.'whether the benefits accruing to abutting and adjacent property, and to the City of South Bend, Indiana, will be equal to or exceed -the estimated cost of sai improvements. The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly pub lications, of the time and place of hearing of these resolutions. Adopted May 7, 1951. R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner Published on May 11, 1951 and May 18, 1951 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Freda G. Noble, Clerk NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS Nos. 2665, 2666 & 2667 - 1951 To Whom It May Concern: South Bend, Indiana May 11, 1951 May 18, 1951 Notice is hereby given by the Board of 'Public VVorks and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to make the following described public improve; ments in the City of South Bend, Indiana, authorized by the following numbered Improvement Resolutions passed by said Board on the 7th.day of May, 1951; Improvement Resolution No. 2665, 1951 for the line of Fassnacht Avenue to the southerly line Improvement Resolution No. 2666, 1951 for the north line of Western Avenue to the south line improvement of WILBER STREET from the north of LaPorte Avenue, AND improvement of KENMORE STREET from the of Lirden Avenue, AND Improvement Resolution No. 2667, 1951 for the improvement of WELLINGTON STREET from the north line of 111,estern Avenue to the south line of Linden Aven-ge by constructing Class "C" pavements. All work done in the making of said.described public improvements shall be in accor dance with the terms and conditions of Improvement Resolutions Nos. 2665, 2666 and 2667, 1951, adopted by the Board of Public-ITVorks and Safety on the above named day, and the pro files, drawings, plans, general details, specifications and estimates to be adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety of such City, upon the final ddoption of said Resolu tions and placed on file in the office of the Department of -Engineering of said City. The Board of P,iblic Works and Safety will meet in its office in t he City Hall on the 31st day of May, 1951, at the hour of 6:30 o'clock P' M-CST for the purposeof hearing and considering all remonstrances, which may have been filed or which may be presented, and will hear all persons interested or whose property is affected by said proposed im- provements, and will decide whether the benefit that will accrue to the property, abutti and adjacent to the proposed improvements and to said City, will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of the proposed improvements as estimated by the City Civil Engineer. Freda G. Noble, Clerk (Signed) R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner BOAS D OF PUBLIC V'aORKS& SAFETY STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per- taining to his department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTMENT: Stanley Leszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining to his department were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m. ATTEST: " BOARD OF LIC VC WS & S AFETY may 14, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, May 14, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and ap- proved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $ 21,114.97 were approved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel & Linen Service 2.00 Midwest Fire & Safety Equip. 3.00 Arrow Towel & Linen Service 13.45 Peltz-Kaufer Paper Co. 7.50 Business Systems, Inc. 39.80 Sheehan Tire Service 35.65 Englewood Electrical Supply 7.16 Thibault, Paul J. 4.20 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 14.94 Tro�.an Tool Equipment Co. 169.87 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 7.92 t'eisberger Brothers, Inc. 26.13 Levy -Ward Grocer Co. 23.61 VVest Side hardware 193.30 C. • • • • 0