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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/08/1955 Board of Public Works Minutes363 • 0 li August 8, 1955 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held Monday, August 8, 1955, at 10:00.A. M. All members were present. Minutes of.the previous regular meeting and also special meeting were read and approved. Salary claims, in the total amount of $35,325.05, were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $147,593.87, were approved and ordered paid: I Dean Armstead 038.08 Ward H. Crothers 4.15 Gafill Oil Co. 38.10 Indiana & Michigan Electric 463.20 Verner L. Lane 13.52 Office Engineers, Inc. .59 Dale E. Shelly 104.72 South Bend Tribune 6.08 Tri-County News 6.05 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUC TICN: Consoer, Townsend & Assoc. 1,291.65 Indiana & Michigan Electric 7.50 Russell C. Kuehl 60.00 1954 GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND: Wilbur H. Gartner & Associates 10,143.00 Reed Construction Co. 15,586.29 Business Systems, Inc. $5.63 Gafill Oil Co. 10.92 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 11,830.02 Halsey LeRoy 24.00 Radio & Television Dist. Co. 2.34 South Bend Electric Co. .35 Walter Stickley 27.84 Office Engineers, Inc. 2.85 Consoer, Townsend & Associates 7,863.16 Indiana & Michigan Electric Co. 60.00 Niles Excavating Co. 100 000.00 Abstract & Title Corporation 10.00 STREET & TRAFFIC: Millerls Paint Service 18.50 National Mill Supply, Inc. 18.23 . First appeared before the Board Edw. A. Smith architect for Chas. W. Cole & Son, a and discussion ensued relative to anticipated progress with the Eddy Street widening program. Then appeared before the Board Attorney John W. Montgomery, in the matter of the I rehabilitating of the residence at 724 W. Monroe Street. City Engineer, R. S. Andrysiak, ;'being present, reported on the findings of personal inspection of the premises made by i himself and Mr. I. A. Hurwich. Mr. Andrysiak stated that while the Board would concur 1with recommendations and findings of the Building Commissioner as to the deteriorated Ieondition of the specific house in question, in view of the fact that houses on the iadjoining lots on each side of this property, and the houses on the opposite side of ,the street being in very good condition, together with the concensus of opinion of the ,Board being that an expenditure of1;000.00 would restore this house to a satisfactory structural condition, the Board accordingly directed the Building Commissioner to issue ;;the required building permit for this rehabilitation work to proceed; it being speci- ficially agreed by Attorney Montgomery, as the representative of the Mary Kowalik Trust • 1 that - 1. This house will be repaired to such standards as will meet with the Building Commissioner's approval. 2. The concrete block building on the premises shall not be used as living quarters. 3. The rear part of the house, in the nature of a storm porch, shall be torn down. 4.. And specifically the kitchen floor, showing evidence of rotted joists . beneath, is to be repaired to meet with the Building Commissionerts approval. • The Board next read the request of WSBT Radio & Television, dated August 5, 1955, over the signature of Scott N. Hagenau, for permission to suspend at a height of twenty- five feet a three-quarter inch coaxial cable across North LaFayette Boulevard,near the Leeper Park concession stand, on Friday,August 12th, for the purpose of telecasting the tennis tournament to be held Saturday and Sunday, August 13th and 14th. The Board granted approval and directed the Clerk to so advise PrR_r. Hagenau. The Board next examined and signed contract between Rieth-Riley Construction Company, Inc., and the City of South Bend, for the construction of an asphaltic concrete resurface for Portage Avenue,. from Keller Street to Lathrop Street, in accordance with their bid in the total sum of $44,130.00. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2812 - 1955 This being the date set, hearing was had on the resolution heretofore -adopted by ,,the Board of Public Works and Safety for the vacation of the ALLEY BETWEEN NORTH ST. .LOUIS BOULEVARD AND NORTH ST. PETER STREET running north from the north line of St. .Vincent Street to the south line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street and from the ':north line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street to the south line of Napoleon Street, ;'under Vacation Resolution No. 2812. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remon- strators having appeared and no written remonstrances having been filed with the Clerk it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. 364 The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the ;.assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. R. S. Andrysiak, City Engineer, filed primary assessment roll showing the award4§ of damages and the assessments of benefits in the matter of the vacation of -the alley 'between north St. Louis Boulevard and north St. Peter Street, from the north line of St. Vincent Street to the south line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street and from the north line of the alley north of St. Vincent Street to the south line of Napoleon Boulevard, under Vacation Resolution No. 2812. In the above named assessment roll, the Board hereby orders that it wi1l meet in the City Hall at 10;00 A. M. C.S.T. on the 6th day of September, 1955, for the purpose of hearing and receiving remonstrances from all persons interested in or affected by said vacations, and the Board furthe orders that notice of said hearing, together with amount of damages awarded and benefits assessed be addressed to the property owners by publishing same on the 12th day of August, on the 19th day of August, and on the 26th 'day of August, 1955, in the South Bend Tribune and the Tri-County News. The Board next approved the request of the Major General Maurice D. Rose Post No. 318 ;Ladies Auxiliary, that Monday, September 12, 1955 be committed to their organization for their annual Flower Tag Day; there being no conflicting commitments. A letter, dated August 5, 1955, was received from the City Planning Commission recommending the vacation of the east -west alley running from Ironwood Street east to Congress Avenue between Solomon Avenue and Union Street in Edison Park Subdivision, subject to the retention of necessary utility easements, and this was referred to the Engineering Department for further consideration. Then appeared before the Board, Mir. Richard Gartner, and considerable discussion was given the matter of payment to contractor for work performed under the 1954 General Street Improvement Program. Agreement was reached satisfactory to Mr. Gartner. The Board examined and signed contract between Morris B. Hoffman and the City of South Bend in connection with the program for the widening of Eddy Street, and examined and approved appraisal report of Russell Oberlin, realtor, for property required for the extension of Colfax Avenue east to Ironwood Drive. The Board then read the letter of Caroline McNamara, dated August 2, 1955, and it was unanimously agreed to indemnify Mrs. McNamara in the sum of $15.75 for damage .done to curbing in front of 116 Peashway by the City Street Department equipment. ,'TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT: E. H. Miller, Traffic Engineer, then appeared before the Board and reported upon the ,violation of ordinance by Armour & Company, stating that loading dock constructed for the specific purpose of complying with ordinance now fails to meet these requirements due to the increased length of refrigerated trucks used by their carriers, and that Armour and Company are asking for one week to notify all carriers, before the Board :..proceeds with its declared policy to arrest and fine for these repeated violations. Mr. Miller further advised that an Armour and Company general manager from Chicago will be in South Bend this week to discuss and correct this particular problem. A petition, bearing date of July 6, 1955, and thirty or more signatures, requesting Speed Limit signs be changed from 30 M.P.H. to 20 M.P.H. on Portage Avenue, from the 1600 block to the City Limits, was examined and referred to Traffic Engineer, E. H. Miller, for investigation and report. The Traffic Engineerts need for 200 U-Posts, available at the pre -steel advance price of $2.34 was authorized by the Board and the Clerk was directed to proceed with the purchase. The Board approved the following installations - STOP SIGN - on Southwest corner of Dean Street at St. Joseph Street on Sample Street, both sides, at Lombardy Drive, making this a four-way stop on Altgeid Street, both -sides at Leer Street. YIELD RIGHT OF WAY sign - on Northwest corner of Main at Chippewa Ave. An Excavation Bond in the sum of $1,000.00, was examined and approved for Riggs ':and Sons, Plumbing and Heating Co., Mishawaka, Indiana. Contractor's Bond, in the sum of $5,000.00, for Harry H. Verkler, was examined and approved,. and also Contractor t s Bond for $1,000.00, for Frank Lupa. There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:55 A. M. Attest:Clerk F • L` r� L L-] 0 • 0 11