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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/13/1953 Board of Public Works Minutes76 October 13, 1953` A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, October 13, 1953, at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers in the amount of $2105.1�3 were approved and ordered paid; Chas. Armstrong & Son $1.85 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 80.93 Business Systems, Inc. 3.51 City Water Works 1.70 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Indiana Paint & Wallpaper Co. .95 South Bend Tribune 6.82 PARKING METER DEPARTMENT: Casimir W. Dzikowski 36.75 CONTRACTOR'S IMPROVEMENT: Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates1391.39 STREET & TRAFFIC Michigan Calvert Hdwe. Co. 20.61 Schilling's 6.96 A. J. Boyle $200.00 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 22.59 Walter J. Braunsdorf & Son 8.50 City Water Works 45.68 Office Engineers, Inc. 3.03 Simon Brothers 4.40 The Todd Company, Inc. 60.00 Meyer's Hardware Co. 3.70 Harry M. Tomlinson,(Petty Cash) 16.21 The O'Brien Corporation 180.00 First appeared before the Board, Engineer Wm. S. Moore, presenting plans showing sewer taps required for the north side of Corby Street, from Manchester Drive east to Whitehall Drive. Installation of these, as indicated on the drawing, was given the approval of the Board. Plan for local sewer improvement for Rockne Drive, from Chimes Boulevard to Benedict Avenue, and for Benedict Avenue, from Rockne to center line of Lot 350, Edison Park Addition, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, was next examined and approved by the Board. Curb, grade, walk and pavement plan for Ridgedale Road, Twyckenham Hill Addition, Section "G", as certified by Wm. S. Moore, Engineer, for Place & Company, Inc., was examined and approved by the Board. DEDICATION WHEREAS, a plat with dedication of streets and utility easements indicated thereon iris now presented to the Board, by Clyde E. Williams & Associates, Professional Engineers, 1rand bearing the approval of the City Plan Commission, to be known as Zook's First Sub- 'Division, an addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana. This plat and dedication is filed in the records of the Board of Public Works and ;Safety and recorded in Book , Page # , in the Recorder's Office of St. Joseph County NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City ,of South Bend, Indiana, that all public streets and utility easements dedicated to the i. ,public use in said plat are hereby accepted and approved by said Board for and on behalf !of the City of South Bend, Indiana. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2757 - 1953 Certificate of Completion was furnished by the civil engineer, Wilbur H. Gartner, accompanied by Contractor's Completion Affidavit, of the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Contractor, for the construction of the pavement improvement on FORD STREET, SCENIC DRIVE AND LOMBARDY DRIVE under Improvement Resolution No. 2757, 1953, has been completed in accordance with the plans and specification for this project, was examined by the Board and ordered filed. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE RESOLUTION NO. 2757 - 1953 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 13th day of October 1953, on the improvement known as the FORD STREET - SCENIC DRIVE - LOMBARDY DRIVE PAVEMENT as described in Improvement Resolution No. 2757, 1953, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety (waived) and confirmed by said Board on June 8, 1953, be and the same is hereby adopted, 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, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6, 1905. R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & SEFety Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Board. Mr. Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, Civil Engineers,.reported to the Board, Profile Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications, Estimates Preliminary Improvement • • • 76 • • • • �) Resolution for the improvement of ELLSWORTH PLACE, from the center line of lots 27 and 70 in Jefferson Heights Addition to a point 26 feet south of the south line of Colfax Avenue by constructing a local sewer. The Board approved the report and passed Improvement Resolution No. 2763- 1953, authorizing this public improvement, and the 9th day of November 1953, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. Central Standard Time, is hereby fixed as the time, and the office of The Board in said City as the place, when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed improvement, may be heard as to the 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` said improvement. The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of hearing of the Improvement Resolution No. 2763, to be published October 16th and October 23rd. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2764 - 1953 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 NORTH LINE OF KENWOOD AVENUE TO THE SOUTH LINE OF BERTRAND STREET AND THE ALLEY NORTH OF KENWOOD AVENUE FROM KALEY STREET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE ALLEY EAST OF KALEY STREET. The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots Numbered 121 to 128 inclusive, Part of Kaley+s Second Subdivision and Lots Numbered 81 to 88 inclusive, Kaley's First Subdivision. Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 16th day of October and on the 23rd day of October 1953, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 2nd day of November 1953, at 11:00 A. M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. Adopted this 13th day of October 1953. R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Safety i IMPROVEMNT RESOLUTION NO. 2765 - 1953 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 ALLEY BETWEEN CAROLINE STREET AND ELDORA COURT FROM THE NORTH LINE OF DELBERT COURT TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY NORTH OF DELBERT COURT The following property may be injuriously or beneficially affected by such vacation: Lots Numbered 17, 18, 19, and 51 to 55 inclusive Replat of Lots 17, 18, 19, and Sub. of Lot "A" in Henry Leerls Survey. • Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 16th day of October and on the 23rd day of October 1953, in the South Bend Tribune and Tri-County News. This Board, at its office in the City Hall on the 2nd day of November 1953, at 11:00 A. M. will hear and receive remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by these proceedings. i Adopted this 13th day of October 1953- R. S. Andrysiak G. P. Ziegler I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Sa -e y 78 Petitions, presented to the Board by Attorney Joseph T. Pawlowski, for the United ab Company of South Bend Inc., and Yellow Cab Company of South Bend, Inc., were examined hid referred to the Traffic Engineer for his investigation and report. The request of Radio Distributing Company for permission to install a 45 f t. tower front of their place of business, after due consideration by the Board, was denied. A letter from John Rupp, 1108 West 6th Street, Mishawaka, reporting damage to his r by loose manhole cover at the intersection of Bertrand and Olive Streets, on the ght of October 1, 1953, accompanied by an appraisal sheet indicating estimated repair st, prepared by L. 0. Gates Chevrolet, Inc., was next examined and considered by the ard. It was the consensus of opinion that the City should assume the cost of such mage as was incurred at the time of the accident, which is a matter of record in the lice Department. The Board then referred both the letter and appraisal to the Street mmissioner for his investigation and report. RTREET DEPARTMENT: Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, brought to the Board's atten- tion, his urgent need for a wash rack on which to wash all city -owned trucks, including the new Sanitation Department trucks equipped with Packmaster bodies. The Commissioner informed the Board of the quotation of $355.00 to provide an 18 x 24 foot wash rack with a 12-foot catch -basin two foot in width, the Street Department to do the required excavating. The Board approved the wash rack and directed the Commissioner to accept the $355.00 quotation and proceed with its construction. !TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, being present, called the attention of the Board to the need of Traffic Department employee, Devite Nelund, for a new belt to replac Told and worn belt, supplied by the City, because of a back injury suffered by this amployee in line of dutt. Funds being available, the cost negligible, and the Board ;being assured of the need for the continued use of this brace or belt, approval was !granted for its purchase. Considerable discussion next ensued in regard to the unauthorized removal of iparking signs at 602 South Walnut Street. The Board directed that new signs,replacn g ;those which have disappeared,are to be installed without delay. The installation of S-T-O-P signs at the intersection of Elwood Avenue and Wilbur ,Street, making this a 4-way stop intersection, was approved by the Board. Considerable discussion was then given the present practice of permitting left ;hand turns from the through or second lane of traffic on one-way streets. No decision ;eras reached, although it was conceded that eventually these lanes will have to be marked ;prohibiting this practice. That the current arrow mark confuses as to whether left turn its It permissable or mandatory" seemed to be the consensus of opinion. A petition to vacate alley between Lots 69 and 70 in Martin's Addition, submitted by Victor Freeman, Gilbert L. Schaus, and Sears, Roebuck & Company was examined and !referred to the City Plan Commission. f An Excavation Bond, in the sum -of $5,000.00, binding Joseph Young and Howard Goodhew, as principals, and American States Insurance Company, as surety, was examined and approved by the Board. An Excavation Bond, in the sum of $2,000.00, binding E. J. James, as principal and the Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, as surety, was examined and approved by the Board. Excavation Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, binding Howard Mendenhall, as principal, and the Western Casualty and Surety. Company of Ft. Scott, Kansas, as surety and binding Harold H. Schanfald, as principal, and the American Indemnity Company, as surety, respectively, approved by the Board, were ordered filed. The following twelve Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, approved by the Board, were ordered placed on file: Cletis Asher Chas. W. Aulm George Bowering, Jr. Belleville Lumber & Supply Co. Welvin Ganaway Garry W. Gould Stanley N. Kile Midland Engineering Co., Inc. W. H. Sharp, Jr. Arnold Berger and Floyd Jacobs Grant E. Stump Al Tomaszewski & Sons A Certificate of Insurance, submitted as a sample, by the Ohio Oil Co., of the type of liability policy this firm proposes to provide through the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company, in lieu of Sign and Billboard Bond and Contractor's Bond they now have on file with the City of South Bend, was examined by the Board, and deemed unsatis- factory since it does not coincide with the uniform method of handling of this type of bonding established and found to best meet our requirements. The Clerk was directed to advise The Ohio Oil Company accordingly. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourne t 11:30 A. M. •. • • 0 0