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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/30/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes311 • 40 • • SPECIAL MEETING July 2 , 19 A Special Meeting of the Board of Public Works w4s called on Tuesday, July 24, 1951, at 2:00 p.m. All members were present. The meeting was called for the purpose of signing contracts between the City of South Bend by and through its Board of Public Works and Safety and Mancini & Ventrella for the construction of the Hydraulic &LaSalle Avenues Sanitary and Storm Sewers. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. VA July 30, 1951 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, July the meeting were 30, 1951 at read and ap- 9:30 a.m. All members proved. Claims of the were present. following suppliers Minutes in of previous the amount of $1,911.69 were approved and ordered paid: Andrysiak, R. S. 23.60 Casimer Super Market 146.25 9.08 Huntington Laboratories, Inc. 108.85 Central Etipment Co. 61.80 Harwich Iron Company 6.50 112.60 Dow Corning Corp. Inglewood Electrical Supply 91.50 Indiana Bell Telephone Indiana Bell Telephone Co. Co. 12.79 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.19 12.44 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 6.50 McComb Battery Co. 15.15 6.25 Ivankovics, S. G. Kuert Concrete, Inc. 23.50 Record, The Record, The 9.07 Meyer & Son, Inc., G. E. 38.32 120.07 South Bend Tribune 5.89 10.78 Republic Steel & Tool Republic Steel & Tool 136.68 Weaver Co., Inc., G. E. West Side Hardware 126.60 Seneca Petroleum Co. 101.50 86.21 West Side Hardware 94.75 Smogor Lumber Co. Smogor Lumber Co. 64.23 STREET & TRAFFIC: Burke Elctric, ift. I. 97.50 119.10 PARKING METER: Indiana Bell Telephone Co, 9.19 Burke Electric, Wm. I. Casimer Super Market 195.00 Vennet, Maurice C. 40.00 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matters; ;pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Frederick Elbel appeared before the Board to present a request for a traffic !signal at Woodlawn and Portage Avenues. Mr. Miller: discussed this request to some length;' land the Board informed Mr. Elbel that a study would be made of the situation, but a traf-I ,fic signal would probably not be installed this year. • {i Mr. Stephen Lebiedzinski appeared before the Board representing theg residents on �Kaley Street and requested that sign be placed on Kale Street rohibitin trucks. The ilBoard directed Mr. Miller to install said signs. • 0 Mr. Knoop, representing Mercury Motors, appeared before the Board to discuss.the use of Louise Street by the truck -:trailers operated by his company. Mr. Knoop informed the Board that they were using Louise Street because North Side Boulevard was blocked for the installation of the Intercepting Sewer System and as soon as North Side Boulevard is opened,for traffic, they will again use that as an exit from their property. (ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractorts Bonds were approved and ordered filed for George S. jCressy; Louis R. Demeter; Harold Hansen; D. E. Hodges; Harry G. Mills; S-L-A-B Construc- Ition Company, Inc.; and Al Tomaszewski & Sons. Cosette Benbow appeared before the Board to request permission to install a canopy !from the driveway of 216 South Lafayette Boulevard, approximately 14 feet across the side, walk to the curb. This was to be a permanent canopy. Permission was denied. The Board approved plans for the construction of a permanent type canopy extending 2 feet from the building on the northeast corner of South Michigan and Dayton Streets jfor the Taylor Construction Company. 312 VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 26 This being the date set for continued hearing, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works for the vacation of ALLEY BETWEEN MAIN A MICHIGAN STREETS from.. Navarre Street north to the south line of the alley north of Navar Street under Vacation Resolution No. 2678. The Clerk of the Board having shown suffieie proofs of publicationand no remonstrators having appeared andno written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and un.animousl carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. �he Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessmwnt of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2678 R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the awards of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of ALLEY BETWEX MAIN AND MICHIGAN STREETS from Navarre Street north to the south line of the alley north of.Navarre Street under Vacation Resolution No. 2678. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it will meet in the City Hall at 10:00 a.m., C.S.T., on the 20th day of August, 1951, for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said j vacation, and the Board further orders that notice of said hearing, together with the axI unt of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publish-1 ing same on the 3rd day of August and on the loth day of August, 1951, in the South Bend' Tribune and the 'Tri-County News. 1, CONTRACTORS COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT STATE OF INDIANA ) ) SS: ST.` JOSEPH COUNTY ) • IN THE MATTER relating to the Improvement made under Improvement Resolution No. 'I • 2648-1950 and the plans and specifications therefor comes now Lee A. Rieth who being duly sworn upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the Rieth-Riley Construction�li�I Company the party to whom was awarded the contract and who pefformed the work under Impr9ve- ment Resolution No. 2648-195o, ALLEY BETWEEN C HAPLY STREET AND KENDALL' STREET PAVEMENT, II That he is familiar with and personally knows the requirements ofsthe plans and specifications of said improvement resolution and further knows that the said Rieth-Rile; Construction Company in the performance of said work complied with all the terms and conditions of said plans and specifications in every particular, and that the material used was of the character,,kind quantity and quality required therein and according to and under the direction of the Aoard of Public Works and Safety Lee A. Rie th Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of July,1951 Jacob B. Dibble Notary u c, St.JOs'ph o77—ndiana ENGINEERtS CERTIFICATE OF OOMPLETION To the Board of Public Works & Safety South Bend, Indiana South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1951 We hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, and the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement im- p rovement on ALLEY BETWEEN CHAPIN STREET AND KENDALL STREET from the south line of Dubai -195 Street to the south line of Bruce Street under Improvement Resolution No. 2640.has been completed in accordance with the plans and.specif ications for this project. Respectfully submitted, WILBUR H. GARTNER & ASSOCIATES By: Wilbur H. Gartner RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE 'No. - 0 South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1951 Be It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Final Estimate, and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 30th day of July, 1951 on the Improvement Known as the ALLEY BETWEEN CHAPIN STREET AND KENDALL STREET PAVE. • • • 313 PINT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2648-1950, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on August 14, 1950, and confirmed by said Board on September 5, 1950, be and the.same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the earing of Special Benefits on said improvement, as required by Seetio N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved Mar 6, 1905. i R. S. Andrysiak • F. K. Baer Frank J. Bru.ZEner Board or public Works 8c Safety Freda G. Noble, Clerk 1 I NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVEMENT No264d-1950 i South Bend, Indiana August 3, 1951 August 10, 1951 Notice is hereb y given , that the following street improvement has been completed. The general character of the improvement, the street, alley or public place on which it has been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as -follows: ALLEY BETWEEN CHAPIN STREET AND KENDALL STREET from the south lire of Dubail A enue to the south line of Bruce Stree by constructing a Class "C" Type 1 - Cement Concrete Pavement. i There is on file in the office of the City Controller of said City,an assessment roll with the names of the owners and description of property subject to be assessed with the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City Control ler. i The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said • City, will on the 13th day of August, 1951, at 10:00 otclock AM -CST receive and hear remonstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, on said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, have be or will be behefited by said improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greate: or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and time all owners i of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer lFrank J. Bruggner Freda G. Noble, Clerk Board or rublic`Wor s & Safety RESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL o. - South Bend, -Indiana July 30, 1951 Board of Public Works and Safety: i After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of Public' I Works and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, therefore. Be It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the • 9th day of July, 19510 for the improvement of ALLEY BETWEEN ALTGELD STREET AND VICTORIA { STREET from east line of Fellows Street to west line of Alley west of Erskine Blvd., by constructing a Class "C" - Type 1 - Cement Conc. Pavement be and the same is in all thins eonf firmed. j R. S. Anft rysiak ` F. K. Baer 1 Frank J. Brgganer Freda G. Noble, Clerk Board of rublic Works & Safety I iRESOLUTION ADOPTING FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL e o. 663-1951 South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1951 I Board of Public Works and Safety; 1� 11 After hearing all persons interested who appeared and the Clerk of the Board of PublidI! Words and Safety having proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and_the { same having been found ' sufficient, therefore, E'e- It Resolved, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of trg e City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Primary of Preliminary Assessment Roll adopted by the Board on the 9th;l day of July, 19511 for the ' improvement of EDISON STREET from the south line of Ford-- gt. • - I 314 to the north line of Sample Street by constructing a Class "C" - Type 1 Cement Concret Pavement, be and the same is.in all things confirmed., R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Brunner Boat off' u is WoMM &Safety Freda G. Noble, Clerk CERTIFICATE OF CONTRACT AND WORK: COMPLETED Re: WEST ONE-HALF (1) of FELLOWS STREET PAVEPENT Resolution Number 2670-1951 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby certifies as follows: That there is a contract, dated June 11, 1951, by and between the City of South Be Indiana, and the Reed Construction Company, Mishawaka, Indiana, for the construction by said Reed Construction_ Company of a Class "C" Cement Concrete Pavement, Curb and side- walk on the west one-half () of Fellows Street from the south line of Sherwood Avenue to and including part of James Monroe School property, and that the final amount of the contract is P16,616.00. That said Reed Construction Company has completed the construction of said improve- ment according to the terms of said contract and that eighty-five (85) per cent of the final amount of said contract is $15,209.73. That said contractors will be entitled to receive the said eighty-five (85) per cent or 15,209.73, either in cash or street im- provement bonds to be hereinafter collected or issued by the City of South Bend, Indiana, in the manner provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, has issued this Certificate on this 30th day of July, 1951- Freda G. Noble, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer Frank J. Brute ner Board of Public Works aSafety STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per- taining to department were discussed. CEMETERY DEPARTNIENT: Stanley Zeszczynski, Sexton, was present and matters pertaining o departmenE were discussed. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjounned at 11:15 a.m. ATTEST:. August 6, 1951 0 • • A regular meeting of the Board of Works was held on Monday, August 6, 1951 at 9:30 a.m. All members were present. Salary claims in the amount of Minutes•of the previous meeting were read $31,367.29 were and approved. approved and ordered paid. following suppliers in the amount of $137,631.65 were approved and ordered Claims of the paid: 1 Business Systems, Inc., 3.18 STREET & TRAFFIC: Hoover Company 9.25 Bituminous Materials Co. 483.12 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.44 Northern Ind. Wholesale Groc. 16.00 � Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. .88 St. Joseph Hospital 6.50 1 • Lauber Co., J. C. 39.75 St. Joseph Hospital 3.00 Medow, Inc., Ben 19.79 St. Joseph Hospital 2.00 St. Joseph Hospital 24.00 St. Joseph Hospital 2.00 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. 8.00 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 4.65 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. 11.70 Sheehan Tire Service 22.75 1 Simon Brothers, Inc., 11.20 Shelley, E. S., M.D. 25.00 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. 50.53 Weisberger Brothers, Inc. 8.00 Shoemaker, Inc., 0. J. 49.93 Weisberger Brothers, Inc. 8.00 South Bend Supply Co. 4.40 Standard Oil Co. 13.13 Zimmerman Brush Works, Inc. 70.92