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December 27, 1954 i
A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, December 27, 1954,
at 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the previous meeting were read !�
and approved. Salary claims in the amount of $25,111.67 were approved.
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The Board first examined and accepted the Quit Claim Deed of Louis E. and Ruby L.
Veneziani conveying a strip of land for the purpose of extending Rose Street to River-
side Drive and directed the Clerk to proceed to have this deed recorded. •
Mrs. Thad R. Szymczak, 718 East Colfax Avenue, next appeared before the Board,
requesting permit to erect a barber pole in a residential section. The Chairman of the II
Board referred to the ordinance governing in this matter, and permission was accordinglyi!
denied. It was pointed out to Mrs. Szymczak that a sign, not exceeding one -hundred 11
forty-four square inches., may be used, but ordinance does not permit the erection of a '
barber pole in residential area.
Then appeared before the Board, Mr. Harold G. Reinke, together with a representative
for the Sherland Building, in connection with providing service for Smithts Cafeteria
and other Sherland Building occupants though the alley presently closed to traffic
because of construction operations on the adjoining property to the north under contract;
with Carl J. Reinke & Sons.
Permission heretofore granted to Carl J. Reinke & Sons to block a portion of the
alley immediately to the east of the Sherland Building for a distance of 150 feet north
from Jefferson Boulevard is now amended, and the contractor is required to maintain an.
area of access from the north sidewalk of Jefferson Boulevard north along the east side
of the Sherland Building sufficient to permit a hand cart to pass through for the pur-
pose of servicing the Sherland Building.
The Board re-examined the two bids opened on September 27, 1954, for an addition
to No. 4 Hose House, previously taken under advisement and the low bid of Carl J.
Reinke & Sons, in the amount of $4365.00,'is now accepted by the Board and Mr. Harold
G. Reinke, a member of the firm of Carl J. Reinke & Sons, being present, accepted the
contract,
The Board next gave consideration to the occasional extension of water service
beyond the City Limits, and made the determination that on all inspection for water
service outside of the City Limits, the prospective account must comply with the mini-
mem City plumbing requirements, on the water side, and with the minimum County require-
ments on the sanitary sewage side.
The Board then examined a letter from. the South Bend Parking Co., Inc., addressed
to Mayor John A. Scott, under date of December 23, 1954, relative'to the vacation of
Center Street from Mill Street to St. Joseph Street, and the providing of a sidewalk
for pedestrians on Center Street, from Mill Street to Michigan Street. The entire
matter was referred to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller for study and report.
STREET DEPARTTJENT:
H. M. Tomlinson, Street Commissioner, being present, brought to the Boardts
attention the offer of the Municipal Supply Company to completely rebuild "like -new"
two Gutter -Snipe Sweepers for the surr, of $8730.00. It was the consensus of opinion
that this would provide the service for three or more years of two sweepers at a cost
considerably below that of one new sweeper, and accordingly the re -building of t he two
Gutter -Snipe Sweepers was authorized by the Board.
The Street Commissioner also pointed out the recent heavy snow -storm completely
exhausted his stock of rock salt and pending purchase of a quantity replacement stock-
pile, the Commissioner asks permission to make two forty ton purchases locally at the
price of $13.80 per ton, to be available for the interim period. The Board authorized
purchase be made accordingly.
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The Board next examined and approved a drawing submitted by Wilbur H. Gartner &
Associates, covering Sewer Improvement in Rockne Drive, from MacArthur Avenue to Edison
Road.
The Board then examined Contract Supplement No. 1, Contract No. 5-A, Paschen
Contractors, Inc., and supplement having been recommended by the consulting engineers,
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Consoer, Townsend, and Associates, the Board granted its approval-.
VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2803 - 1954
This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the i
award oedsame
and the a sessment of benefits in the matter of vacation of GARLAND
ROAD FRST LINE OFF AROLINE STREET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE RECORDED PLAT OF
TWYCHENADDITIO CTION `tG", TO THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, under j
Vacatioion No. 03. !
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Ine ame ssessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written
remonst f d, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of
notices eround sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the several
lots anof land have been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said
roll. The Board, therefore, decided to take final action on said assessment roll
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and declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modification
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iceedings had with reference to said road vacation are hereby sustained.
IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2795 - 1954
Certificate of Completion was furnished by Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates,
jaccompanied by Contractorts Completion Affidavit of the contract between the City of
jSouth Bend, Indiana, Owner, and the Reed Construction Company, Contractor, for the
construction of the pavement improvement on ROC12TE DRIVE from the easterly line of
j,Chimes Boulevard to the easterly line of MacArthur Avenue, under Improvement Resolution
,No. 2795, 1954 has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifications for
!this project.
�j RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE
jj RESOLUTION 110. 2795 - 1954
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 27th day of Decem-
ber, 1954, on the Improvement known as the ROCKNE DRIVE PAVEMENT as described in Improve ;
ment Resolution No. 2795, 1954, passed by the Board of Public Works and Safety on
!'August 2, 1954, and confirmed by said Board on August 2, 1954, be and the same is hereby
,!adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hearing off;
';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. i!
R. S. Andrysiak
J. A. Bickel
I. A. Hurwich
Board of Public Works & Safety
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;,Ward H. Crothers
Clerk of the Board j
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Excavation Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined and approved for
,the following contractors:
William H. Burke & Robert H. Burke
Arthur W. Deppert j
Henry DeWulf
Harry Nicodemus, Inc.
Slutsky Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc.
W. T. Otterstein
Victor Trippel
Contractorts Bond, in the sum of '1,000.00, for William H. Burke and Robert H.
Burke, was examined and approved by the Board.
- There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned at 11:10 A.M.
Attest•J���
'Clerk