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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/02/1954 Board of Public Works Minutesi August 2, 1954 �+ A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 2, 1954, at I 110:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting and also 'special meeting were read and approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total. !amount of $13,192.78, were approved and ordered paid: j Charles Aulm Contractor Ward H. Crothers, Petty Cash South Bend Tribune Office Engineers, Inc. PARKING METER: Indiana Bell Telephone Co. White Swan Laundry SEWAGE WURKS r ONS TRUC TI (1N • $215.00 Charles. Aulm Contractor $463.00 4.67 Indiana Bell Telephone 11.76 1.80 South Bend Tribune 1.80 1.44 John W. Gorney 5.00 10.24 Dual Parking Meter Co. 12.00 5.25 Falcon Marine Co. 12,219.37 STREET & TRAFFIC: Nicholls Printery 62.50 The O'Brien Corporation 176.40 Ward H. Crothers, Petty Cash 2.55 The Board first authorized the Clerk to sign a rental agreement between the Board !' of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, and Mr. Ed Hans to pay $10.00 per day rent for the use of a certain area, presently used as a parking lot, which will be required by the contractor constructing the lift stations for the sewage system, for the period of time required for such construction at this particular site. Next appeared before the Board Mr. James E. Trump, representing the South Bend Jaycees, and described their proposed money -raising campaign, in the form of a merchan- dising scheme for the distribution of a small non -toxic fire extinguisher to householder After considerable discussion on the probabIQ merits of the device, and the suggestion by the Fire Chief, Richard J. Duck, that in addition to its printed label, it should carry the Fire Department's telephone number. the Board granted permission for the proposed campaign, with the stipulation of no solicitation or demonstration is to be conducted on the downtown streets due to the necessity to avoid any further excess of traffic. Then appeared before the Board, a missionary, C. Walker, 713 Jacquith Court, statin that he has established a church in a store building at 325 Chapin Street, and plans various activities of a city mission type, in addition to religious services. The Board informed Mr. Walker that no permit is required provided none of these activities cause sidewalk or street congestion, and provided the building has not been condemned for any reason. Next appeared before the Board, Mr. Jerry Brown, representing the Open Bible Temple Revival Center, requesting permission to hold street meetings Sunday afternoons and Monday evenings on the downtown streets. The meetings will be in the nature of Bible readings, preaching, and music. The Board granted permission, stressing, however, that the meetings must permit the free flow of pedestrian traffic. The Board then proceeded with a continuance of hearing on preliminary resolution to condemn property for the location and construction of sewer river crossings, lift statio and appurtenances, from the hearing had in regular meeting of July 26, 1954, and took final action on Tracts Numbered 1, 2 and b as set out in Declaratory Resolution No. 1, for the acquisition and condemnation of easement rights for the construction of river crossing, lift station and appurtenances on said tracts as described in said Resolution. The Board now rescinds its former action as to said Tracts 1, 2 and 6. CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION RESOLUTION NO. 2777 - 1954 Certificate of Completion was furnished by the civil engineer, Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates of the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, owner, and the McIntyre & Jones, Contractor, for the construction of the sidewalk and curb improvement on -EAST COLFAX AVENUE (NORTH SIDE), from the east line of Greenlwan Avenue to the west line of Coquillard Drive, under Improvement Resolution No. 2??7, has been completed in accordance with plans and specifications for this project. RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE RESOLUTION NO. 2777 - 1954 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indian a, that the Final Estimate and Primary Assessment Roll submitted to the Board by the City Civil Engineer or his duly authorized representative on this 2nd day of August, 1954s passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on May 24, 1954, and con- firmed by said Board on June 14, 1954, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing of Special Bene- fits 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 J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich oard Board o u is Wo RE & sa=ety • 11 • 0 • • Z49 • • • • 0 IMPROVE14ENTS RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMED RESOLUTION NO.2788 - For the improvement of DUNHAM STREET under Improvement Resolution No. 2788, adopted July 6, 1954, from the west line of Olive Street to the east line of Kaley Street by constructing a Class 110 Pavement. RESOLUTION NO.2789 - For the improvement of SOUTH BROOKE'IELD STREET under.Improve- ,ment Resolution No. 2789, adopted July 6, 1954 from the south line of Indiana Avenue to the north line of Prairie Avenue by constructing a Class 110 Pavement. RESOLUTION NO. 2793 - For the improvement of HAWTHORNE DRIVE under Improvement Resolution No. 2793, 1954, adopted July 6, 1954 from the south line of lot 137 in Jefferson Heights Addition (unrecorded) to the south line of McKinley Avenue by construst ing a local sewer. RESOLUTION N0. 2794 - For the improvement of GRANT STREET under Improvement Resolution No. 2794, 1954, adopted J�ly 6, 1954, from the center line of Indiana Avenue to the center line of Prairie Avenue by constructing a local sewer. After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the premises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices to property owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same as reported by the City Civil Engineer, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2793, duly passed by this Board on July 6, 1954 for the above improvement be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed and the improvement is hereby in all things ordered to be made. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED - RESOLUTION NO.2793 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and Estimates approved by this Board on the 6th day of July, 1954, fcr the improvement of HAWTHORNE DRIVE fr-om the south line of lot 137 in Jefferson Heights Addition to the south line of McKinley Avenue by constructing a local sewer, be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Department of Public Works and Safety. August 16, 1954, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. Central Standard Time is hereby fixed as the time and the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the City Hall of this City, as the place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and consider bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction of said work shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Board before 10:00 o'clock A. M. CST of said day. Each bidder for said work shall.enclose with his bid a -certified check, payable to the Treasurer of this City in the sum of two and one-half (21) per cent of the amount of his bid, or a bid bond for two and one-half percent of the amount of his bid, to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him. The clerk of this Board is hereby ordered, to give notice by two weekly publications of the time and place,.when and where bids will be received, opened and considered for the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each bidder shall enclose with his bid a certified check or bid bond for above named amount, to insure ithe execution of this contract. Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Board. R. S. Andrysiak J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich Boara of PVbllc Works & 6afeuy PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED - RESOLUTION NO.2794 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, .Indiana, that the Profiles, Drawing, Plans, General Details, Specifications and Estimates approved by this Board on the 6th day of July, 1954 for the improvement of GRANT STREET from the center line of Indiana Avenue to -the center line of Prairie Avenue by con- structing a local sewer be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Department of Public Works and Safety. August 16, 1954, at the hour of 10:00 A. M. CST is hereby fixed as the time and .the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the City Hall of this City, as the 'place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and consider bids 'for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction of said work shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Board before 10:00 o'clock A. M. CST of said day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified check,_ payable to the Treasurer of this City, in the sum of two and one-half percent of the �210 bid, or a bid bond for two and one-half percent of the amount of his bid, to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him. The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered, to give notice by two weekly publication of the time and place, when and wherebids will be received, opened and considered for the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each bidder shall enclose with his bid a certified check of bid bond for above named amount, to in- sure the execution of this contract. R. S. Andrysiak J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich Board of Public Works & Taety Ward H. Crothers Clerk of the Boar IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2775 - AWARDING CONTRACT Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been receive and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of SOUTH LAKE STREE FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE ALLEY NORTH OF Jefferson Street to the center line of the alley north of Western Avenue by constructing a twelve inch local sewer in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2775, 1954, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on June 14, 1954 and confirmed by said Board on July 12, 1954, the bid was awarded to Niles Excavating Company of Niles, Michigan for the sum of $5908.00. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2778 - AWARDING CONTRACT Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been receive and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of NORTH IOWA STREE from the center line of Ardmore Trail to the center line of Locke Street by constructing a local sewer in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 27780 1954, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on June 14, 1954, and confirmed by said Board on July 12, 1954, we hereby report that we have examined the tabulations and bid was awarded to Youngs Excavating Contractors of South Bend, Indiana, for the sum of $2197.88. IMPROVEI!MTT RESOLUTION NO. 2779 - AWARDING CONTRACT Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received and examined by the Bcard, in the matter of bids for the improvement of GERTRUD STREET from 233 feet south of Prairie Avenue to the center line of lot 31 in Sumption Prairie Addition by constructing a twelve inch local sewer in accordance with Improve- ment Resolution No. 2779, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on June 14, 1954 and confirmed by said Board on July 12, 1954 the bid was awarded to Niles Excavat- ing Company of Niles, Michigan, for the sum of 5631.00- IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2782 - AWARDING CONTRACT j Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of ALLEY BETWEEN COLLEGE STREET AND BROOKFIELD STREET from the north line of Humboldt Street to the south line of the first alley north by constructing a Class "C", Type 1, Cement Concrete Pavement in accordance with Improvement Resolution No.'2782 and confirmed by j this Board on July 12, 1954, the bid was awarded Ralph Keller Company of South Bend, h Indiana for the sum of 2387.10- I+ !I IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO.2783 - AWARDING CONTRACT Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been received and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of the ALLEY BE TWEET COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE AND CUSHING STREET from the north line of Van Buren Street to the east line of Cottage Grove Avenue by constructing a Class C, Type 1_, Pavement in accor- dance with Improvement Resolution No. 2783 and confirmed by this Board on July 12, 1954.,11 the bid was awarded to Ralph Keller Company, South Bend, Indiana, for the sum of,$2405.5$- 7 0 II IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO.2784 - AWARDING CONTRACT Engineer's report, submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates, having been • received and examined by the Board, in the matter of bids for the improvement of ALLEY I BETWEEN PORTAGE AVENUE AND ASHLAND AVENUE by constructing a Class C Cement Conrete Pave ment, in accordance with Improvement Resolution No. 2784 and confirmed by this Board on July 12, 1954, the bid was awarded to Ralph Keller Company, South Bend, Indiana, for the sum of $2227.95• IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED - Resolution 2795 - 1954 For the improvement of Rockne Drive under Improvement Resolution No. 2795, 1954, adopted August 21 1954) from the easterly line of Chimes Boulevard to the easterly.line of MacArthur Avenue by constructing a Class "C", Type 3, Pavement. . BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that Improvement Resolution No. 2795, 1954, duly passed by this Board on • • .7 August 2, 1954, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed, (Owners of all the property liable for assessment have filed with their petition for the improvement, a waiver of notice and all irregularities in the proceedings,) and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, ';Indiana,_that the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specification and Estimates` approved by this Board on the 2nd day of August, 1954, for the improvement of ROCKNE !;DRIVE, from the easterly line of Chimes Boulevard to the easterly line of MacArthur ;`Avenue by constructing a Class 1zC",Type 3, pavement, be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Department of Public Works and Safety. August 1E, 1954s at the hour of 10:00 o'clock A. M. CST is hereby fixed as the time and the office of the Board of Public Works and Safety in the City Hall of this ;:City, as the place, when and where the Board of Public Works and Safety will open and ?!consider bids for the above named improvements, provided all bids for the construction '"of said work shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Board before 10:00 A. M. CST'of said day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified chec, ,payable to the Treasurer of this City, in the sum of two and one-half per cent of the amount of his bid, or a bid bond for two and one-half percent of the amount of his bid, 'to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to him. The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered, to give notice by two weekly publications' of the time and place, when and where bids will be received, opened and considered by the 'construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each bidder ,shall enclose with his bid a certified check or bid bond for above named amount, to insure the execution of this contract. R. S. Andrysiak J. A. Bickel I. A. Hurwich Boar o u c Works & Sa ety Ward H. Crothers CIM of the Board The Board next read and considered letters from several local industrial concerns, 'namely, Drewry's Limited, U.S.A. Inc., Kuert Concrete, Inc., The Oliver Corporation, ''Roach -Appleton -Mfg. Co., South Bend Toy Mfg. Co., and Ward Baking Company, all relative to the metering of water for the purpose of sewage disposal billing. It was the decision ,of the Board to allow an adjustment of charges, where an overcharge may have been made, after three months of charges based on actual metered gallonage had been made, whereby an average gallonage could be reasonably established, and the Board directed that these firms be so advised. It was brought to the attention of the Board that an unsightly appearance of the river bank at a certain location was commented upon by guests of the Mayor's Sewage Treatment Plant Inspection Tour, conducted Thursday, July 29th. The Board -directed that property owners involved be notified to remove the rubbish and rubble creating this condition. Then appeared before the Board, Mr. Frank Andrysiak, 1520 Ford Street, with a complaint against the G.T. W. Railway, because of a practice of "parking" one of their diesel locomotives close to his home for a period of hours daily, thereby creating a nuisance from the standpoint of noise, as well as from the fumes of its diesel fuel. The Board informed Mr. Andrysiak that the railroad company would be notified of this situation and they would undoubtedly put into effect some measure of relief. The Board then heard and approved of the agreement negotiated between the City Engineer, and G. W. Falcon, marine contractor, for the use of James B. Clow & Sons Company's new river crossing pipe for the three river crossing sites, as follows: • #1 Playland Park #2 Sample Street #3 Monroe and Edgewater Drive This agreement was negotiated for the additional sum of $11,313.00, and applies to Contract 6.:A River Crossings. The Board then gave further consideration to application and affidavit of John L. Detzler for taxicab license, and in view of the fact that this does not represent any increase in the number of licensed cabs, because of Detzler's intended purchase of cab currently owned and operated by Fred Hartman, the Board -approved the issuing of license to John L. Detzler, and the City Controller was so advised. In granting the • license, it was stipulated that License No. 54, presently held by Fred Hartman, is to be surrendered to the City Controller at the time of the issuing of license to John L. Detzler. 212 Next appeared before the Board, Mr. Floyd Jessup, representing the Granada Theatre, requesting permission to park a truck in front of the theatre, carrying a free Eqyptian exhibit, on August 4th. The Board refused permission, both for the reason of avoiding setting a precedent, and because of the serious congestion likely to be added to the heavy traffic of that area of the downtown district, and suggested that the Granada obtain space for the exhibit at a nearby parking lot. Mr. Max Jacobs then appeared before the Board and presented blueprint showing an over -hanging canopy to be constructed at 631 Lincolnway East. The Board examined the • blue -print and finding no objectionable or hazardous features in the proposed con- struction.. granted approval. The Board next examined a petition, signed by several of Phe home -owners of Joyce Drive and Lagoon Court and carrying also motion of referral by Councilman Niezgodski, seconded by Councilman Bestle, of the Common Council. Inasmuch as the area for which ; stringent policing is required, in accordance with an explanatory letter accompanying the petition, is an area eventually destined for park purposes, and inasmuch as the Department of Public Parks is agreeable to assuming jurisdiction over the area at this time, the Boad recommended that steps be taken immediately for this transfer of authority over this particular area of city -owned property. This strip of land, presentl being nominally in the control of the StreetDepartment, Street Commissioner, H. M. • Tomlinson was directed to proceed with the required negotiations with Superintendent Ralph Newman of the Department of Public Parks. The Board advised Street Commissioner Tomlinson that the legal aspects of the transfer are to be handled by the attorney for i the Department of Public Parks. A petition, dated August 2, 1954, to vacate the alley between the1300 and 1400 blocks, between East Sunnymede Avenue and East Wayne Street South, was examined and referred to the City Plan Commission for investigation and recommendation. j Excavatorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved by the Board for Riggs & Sons Plumbing & Heating Company of Mishawaka, and the Taylor Construction Company. • The Board next examined and approved Contractor's Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.ID for the following contractors: - Ernest J. Lee Kenneth McIntyre and Ray Jones, d/b/a McIntyre & Jones H. F. Reading Luther Wing Rimer Taylor Construction Co. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned) • at 11:30 A. M. • Attest: Clerk n LJ