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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/29/1951 Board of Public Works Minutes35 said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, havE been or will be benefited by said, improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is jf greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and time all; owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. is R . S . Andr ys i ak F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner { Board of Public l,,`orks & Safety • Freda G. Noble, Clerk S-TREET 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. i There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned !. at 11!00 a.m. October 29, 1951 • I A regular meeting of the 9:30 a.m. All members were Board of Public Works was held on Monday, October 29, 1951 Minutes of the previous meeting were read and at approved. Claims of the following present. suppliers in the amount of $881.20 were approved and ordered paid: American Vitrified Products Co. 147.00 Shoemaker, 0. J. 4.75 !(Barany Hardware Co. 133.79 South Bend City Water Works 25.30 ,!Business Systems, Inc. 14.17 Surgical Supply Co. 18.00 �JEnglewood Electrical Supply 3.83 Tri-County News 43.70 ;Maywood Publishing Co. 5.22 STREET & TRAFFIC: Laboratories, Inc. 195.00 Medow, Inc., Ben 70.34 IlHuntington Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 10.80 Meyers & Son, G. E. 3.84 • ; Indiana Lumber & Mfg. McClave Printing Co. 29.67 8.50 Standard Oil Co. PARKING METER: 18.79 _ I Meyer & Son, G. E. 108.50 Vennet, Maurice 40.00 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matte _ pertaining to his department were discussed. • • C J Mr. Miller presented his report on the petition for the installation of a traffic signal at Mishawaka Avenue and Beyer Avenue. A survey of traffic conditions was made an( it was found that traffic at this intersection is at times quite congested. Mr. Miller informed the Board, however, that since the petition for this signal was received rather late this year, it will be impossible, due to taterial shortages, to complete this in- stallation during 1951. He feels, however, that it should be included in the 1952 insta: lations. BUSSES: A petition was received asking for the approval of the Board for an addition to ibus service to the southwest section of the city. The bus route at present follows a route north on Gladstone Avenue to Western Avenue then east on Western Avenue to center. The petitioners ask that this route be altered so that the bus would travel north on Gladstone to Western Avenue, on Western Avenue to Villagpway; north on Villageway to WasY� ington; east on Washington to Sheridan; south on Sheridan to Western; then east on Wester I to center. This petition was referred to Northern Indiana Transit for t heir considerati� ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT: Contractor's Bond was approved and ordered filed for Belleville, Lumber and Supply Company, Excavation Bonds were approved and ordered filed for Leslie 0. Hawkins and Wallace Mitchell. A petition was received asking for the construction of a curb on Sheridan Avenue from Western Avenue to Sample Street. This was referred to the City Engineer's office. A petition was received requesting the Brookfield Street to North Johnson Street. for investigation and report, vacation of `Nest Colfax Avenue from North This was referred to the City Plan Commissio CAI] A petition was received requesting the vacation of the first alley north of South I�I Bend Avenue from Turnock Street west eighty-three feet. This was referred to the City h Plan Commission for investigation and report. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2689 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works for the vacation of A PART OF KLINGER STREET beginning at a point on the north line of Klinger Street 50 feet e'; t h u w c� 1 i n°o th el i tb ' n roe e t 1. f numbered 120 of said addition; thence easterly LoE ! • to on%the soutth.easp corner oi� numbered 122 of said addition; thence south 19 degrees, 15 feet east, 12 feet to a point due east of the place of beginning; thence west to the place of beginning under Vacation Resolu- tion No. 2689. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication andl no remonstrators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk, it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be final -I ly adopted and the said portion 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. VACATION RESOLUTION 2692 I� RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC MRKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND A . ' , INDI NA. That it is � • desirable to vacate the following: � THE FIRST ALLEY W EST OF EDDY STREET, from Washington Street north to the south line of the alley running east and west. i The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: 45' x 1981. owned by Wallace R. Schwalm 1/4 acre owned by Florence Vaughn Carroll in Lot No. 16, part of Cottrell's First Addition to Lowell. j . i Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 2nd day of November and on the • 9th day of November, 1951, in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Record. ! This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 19th day of November, 1951, at 11:00 a.m., will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affect; ed by these proceedings. Adopted this 29th day of October, 1951 Frederick K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner + R. S . Andrys i ak BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY • VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2693 RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA: That it is 1j desirable to vacate the following: THE FIRST ALLEY SOUTH OF CALIFORNIA AVENUE from Wilber Street west to the east line of the north and south alley and from the west line of the north and south alley west to Adams Street.! �i I The following property may be injuriously or beneficially effected by such vacation: Lots Numbered One to Five inclusive, and Lots '; Numbered 21 to 25 inclusive, • part of Augustine Addition. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 2nd day of November and on the 9th day of November, 1951, in the South Bend Daily Tribune and the Weekly Record. Ij This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 19th day of November, 1951 at ll:CO a.m., will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by jl these proceedings. 1! Adopted this 15th day of October, 1951.. j • R. S. Andrysiak F. K. Baer' Frank J. Bruggner BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY ° 11 t7 The City Engineer called the attention of the Board of Public Works and Safety to the proposed widening of Hydraulic Avenue and the weight limits on the Hydraulic Avenue Bridge. He stated that at one time the weight limit of motor vehicles was confined to ten ton butdue to the weakened structure of said bridge, that by administrative order on or about April, 1949, the passage of trucks having a weight of over five ton was prohibited. j The City Engineer further requested that said rule continue in full force and effect. The Board considered the Engineer's recommendation and it was moved seconded and unani- , mously passed that the said resolution be approved and pp given full retroactive validity to the date said order was • I put into effect. li CONTRACTORS COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT STATE OF INDIANA f1 SS: ST. JOSEPH COUNTY ) �' • i IN THE MATTER relating to the Improvement made under Improvement Resolution No. 2675- 1951 and the plans and specifications therefor comes now Virgil H. Reed who being duly s sworn%upon oath deposes and says he is acquainted with the Reed Construction Company the party to whom was awarded the contract and who performed the work under Improvement Reso lution No. 2675-1951, ILLINOIS STREET PAVEMENT. That he is familiar with and personally knows the requirements of the plans and spe cifications of said improvement resolution and further knows that the said Reed Construe tion 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 m ality required therein and according to and under thl direction of the Board of Public Works and Safety. Virgil H. Reed Subscribed and sworn to before me this 27th day,of October, 1951. My Commission expires April 17, 1954. Richard B. Gartner, Sr., Notary Public, St. Joseph Co, Ind. ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION To the Board of Public Works & Safety South Bend, Indiana aouth Bend, Indiana October 29, 1951 . Vie hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Owner, a nd the I Reed Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the Class "C" Cement Con- crete Pavement improvement on ILLINOIS STREET from the south line of -western Avenue to the north line of Huron Street under Improvement Resolution No. 2675-1951 has been com- pleted in accordance with the plans and specifications for this project. • • • Respectfully submitted, WILBUR H. GARTNER & ASSOCIATES By: Wilbur H. Gartner RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE No. 2 7 - South`Bend, Indiana October 29, 1951 Be It Resolved, By the Board of Public v+forks 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 29th day of October 1951 on the improvement known`as the ILLINOIS STREET PAVEM NT As described in Improvement Resolution No. 2675-1951, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on August 20, 1951, and confirmed bysaid Board on September,17, 1951, be and the same is hereby adopte and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Benefits on said Improvement, as required by Section N.111 or 120 of an Act entitled, "Ar. Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. Freda G. Noble, Clerk F. K. Baer Frank J. Bruggner R. S. Andrysiak BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVEMENT No. 2675, 1951 South Bend, Indiana November 9, 1951 November 2, 1951 Notice is hereby 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 ILLINOIS STREET PAVEMENT from the south line of -Western Avenue to the north line of Huron Street. 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 wi the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the office of said City Ccntroller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the office of the Board in said City, will on the 1 2th day of November, 1951, at 10:00 o'clock 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 been or will be benefited by said Improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greater or less than that named on said roll or in any sum. At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in person or by representative and be heard. RS . Andrysi ak I Frank J. Bruggner ; F. K. Baer Freda G. Noble, Clerk BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY STREET DEPARTMENT: Melton 0. Brannan, Street Commissioner, was present and matters per - twining 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 11:00 a.m. ATTEST: November 5, 1951 • • s • BOARD UBLIC WORYZ & SAFETY I � A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, November 5, 1951, at 10:00 a.m. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Salary Claims in the amount of $30,067.93 were approved and ordered paid. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $14,063.09 were approved and ordered paid: Brinley, Bill 41.25 '~!Miller Bryant Pierce 38.5o Business Systems, Inc. 27.10 Miracle Mfg. Co. 55.64 Commercial Motor Freight 5.33 Moore Tree Expert Corp., H.W. 199.50 Continental Oil Co. 62.10 Shoemaker, Inc., O.J. 8.25 Englewood Electrical Supply 118.19 South Bend City Water Works 75.79 Englewood Electrical Supply 5.30 West Side Hardware 98.05 Haywood Publishing Co. 10.00 Williams & Associates, Clyde E. 900.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 13.79 Worrell Mfg. Co. 65.45 ! I� Indiana Bell Telephone Co . ! 9. 41 E SEWAGE DISPOSAL: ,I Indiana & Michigan Electric .92 Niles Excavating Co. 12,298.32 Lien Chemical Company 30.20 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT., Ernest Miller, Traffic Engineer, was present and matter pertaining to his department were discussed. Mr. Miller was graned permission to attend a meeting at Champaign, Illinois, Novem- ber 13 and 14, 1951. TAXI CABS: A letter was sent to Eugene Kovacs directing him to appear before the Board on Tuesday, November 13, 1951, to show cause why his taxi driverts license should not be revoked. • • 0