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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/07/1955 Board of Public Works Minutes40 ! ! November 7, 1955 !lit . i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held November 7, 1955, at !' 10:00 A. M. All members were present. Minutes of the regular meeting and also special j 1 meeting were read and approved. Salary claims,in the total amount of $35,013.905 were approved. Claims of the following suppliers, in the total amount of $3415033.34, were approved and ordered paid: Arrow Towel '& Linen'Service $17'10 Patrick Brannan $10.00 Gear e,Cortier.-Service 160.00 Charles Colip ,10.00 j Ernest DeGraff 42.32 George Dunn 10.00 William J. Ewald, D.D.S. 14.00 Ferguson Sons, Inc. 4.10 Kaspar Falk 10.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Co. 9.60 Knapp Seed & Hdwe. Co. 40.00 Koontz -Engineering Co. 14.25 Koontz -Wagner Electric Co. 9.73 Koontz -Wagner Electric C. 13.30 _E. E. Murray 48.80 Office Engineers, Inc. .74 Simon Brothers, Inc. 127.90 PARKING METER: Meyerls Hardware .29 Meyer's Hardware 1.30 Casimer A. Szynski 16.64 SEWAGE WORKS CONSTRUCTION: ! Consoer, Townsend.& Associates 1967.29 Indiana & Michigan Electric 7.50 Censoer, Townsend & Associates 3865.69 Sollitt Construction Co. $169,382.51 J Falcon Marine Co. 8536.08 Paschen Contractors 12,958.42 I Paschen Contractors, Inc. 19,756.91 Paschen Contractors Inc. 55,562.04 it 1954 GENERAL STREET IMPROVEMENT: Donald 0. & Mary E. Colwell 500.00 Mitschelen Construction Co. 13,458.95 Rieth-Riley Construction Co. 4966.74 Worden Brothers 9,613.77 Reed Construction Co. 320005.88 Reed Construction Co. 6,354.31 Reed Construction Co. 10445.62 ! STREET & TRAFFIC: The Gibson Co. 17.01 St. Josephts Hospital 11.00 The OtBrien Corporation 20.15 Frank S. Vukovits 32.40 Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Co. 3.00 Memorial Hospital 8.00 • Plans for the Beverly Place Sewer Extension, submitted by Chas. W. Cole & Son, were examined and approved by the Board. The awarding of contract for the construction of pavement to improve Fremont Street, from Elwood Avenue to Keller Street, was again given consideration and deferred I for a later date. Next appeared before the Board a property owner on West Colfax Avenue, in the general area of Orange and Adams Streets, which area is without sewers and verbally petitioned the Board to provide sewer service. The City Engineer, being present, ex- I plained the problem which has existed over a long period of years in the matter of the financing of the desired improvement. The matter then received considerable discussion,;; the property owner offering to lay the sewer pipe and build the required manholes without charge to any property owner and the City Engineer offered to do all of the required engineering on his personal time, and at no cost to the several property owners to be benefited. The City Controller advised that funds will be accumulated in the j' General Improvement Fund, and as soon as sufficient for the financing of this improve- ment, estimated to approximate k,000.00, the project will be instituted and completed. The Board next considered and approved the request of Scherman-Schaus-Freeman Comp! j pany for the use of a mobile searchlight for publicity purposes at their automobile ": salesroom, 520 South LaFayette Boulevard, Sunday and Monday evenings, November 20th and 21st, the Board being satisfied of the required amount of indemnifying insurance being provided. �! A representative of the Sollitt Construction Company next appeared before the Board requesting an extension of time, in the matter of the closing of the alley on the east side of the J. C. Penney Store Building, north of Wayne Street, to February 1, 1956. Request was so granted. Ii It A remonstrance, dated October 29•, 1955, bearing forty or more signatures, against;! the proposed construction of Bercliff Sewer Project, known as Group 1, located along j the western section of Oakcrest Drive, starting t 35th Street, Sylvan Glen Drive and I' the western part of Windingwood Drive, under modified Improvement Resolution No. 2814 was examined and ordered filed. i STREET DEPARTMENT: j Street Commissioner, H. M. Tomlinson, being present, discussion next' erisued j concerning certain fencing of properties; one located on Cushing Street and another on North Scott Street. The fence, in each instance, having been constructed and/or ' located in such a manner as to present a definite hazard to the public, the Commissioner;! was directed to make an investigation and report his findings to the Board at its next p regular meeting. The Board next considered and approved Supplement to Supplement No. 21 Contract 5-A Paschen Contractors, Inc., contractor; as recommended by the consulting engineers, f! Consoer, Townsend and Associates. !j 405 • • • The Board next considered and approved Supplement to Supplement No. 4, Contract No. 5-A, Paschen Contractos, Inc., contractor; as recommended by the consulting engineer: Consoer, Townsend and Associates. !; The Board again referred to petition, dated September 19, 1955, registering ! complaint against burning of rubber and other refuse on the premises at 1420 South Walnut Street and directed the Clerk to call upon Attorney Arthur W. Frisk for report on his investigation, and advice in this matter. The following S-T-O-P sign installations were approved by the Board: On both sides of Elmer Street at Keller On both sides of Ford Street at Lombardy, making this a four-way stop On both sides of Hastings Street at 25th Street. An excavation Bond, in the sum of $1,000.00, was examined and approved for John B. Hendricks. Contractorts Bonds, each in the sum of $1,000.00, were examined by the Board and approved for -the following contractors: Charles V. Berta Joe R. Cleland d/b/a J. R. Cleland Construction Co. Constructioneers, Inc. Walter Tomaszewski VACATION RESOLUTTION NO. 2817 - 1955 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assessment of benefits in the matter of alley between MICHIGAN AND MAIN STREETS, from the south line of Dean Street to the North line of Sherwood Street, under Vacation Resolution No. 2817. In the above named assessment roll, no remonstrators appeared and no written remonstrances were filed, the Clerk of the Board submitted proofs of publication of notices and same were found sufficient, and the Board, therefore, finds that the I several lots and parcels of 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 and declares same in all things ratified, confirmed and approved without modifi- cation and the proceedings closed, and the portion of alley vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and is all proceedings had with reference to said alley vacation are hereby sustained. ENTRY OF PETITION PRESENTED The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby received and placed on file the petition of Frank A. Slaby and two others for the improvement of Beverley Place from an existing manhole at Lot No. 36 to Lathrop Street by construction of a local combined sanitary and storm sewer. The petition was examined by the Board and referred to the City Engineer for recommendation. The City Engineer being present, made the recommendation that the petition be granted. The Board then directed the firm of Chas. W. Cole and Son to I prepare general details, drawings, specifications and preliminary improvement resolution! for sewer to be constructed and the firm was so notified. is i PLANS REPORTED Chas. W. Cole & Son, Civil Engineers, reported to the Board, Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications, Estimates and Preliminary Improvement Resolution'' for the improvement of Beverley Place from an existing manhole at Lot No. 36 to Lathrop Street by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer. The Board approved the reports and passed Improvement Resolution No. 2820, authorizing these improvements and the 30th day of November, 1955, at the hour of 7:30 P.M. 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, 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 improvements. The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of hearing of this resolutions, adopted on this 7th day of I,: November, 1955 and to be published on the loth day and 18th day of November, 1955- 406 t SUPPLEMENT TO IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2814 - 1955 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana that Improvement Resolution No. 2814 - 1955, be and is hereby modified as follows: BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the construction of a local sewer, intended and adapted only for local use by the property holders whose property abuts thereon, and not intended or adapted ;for receiving sewage from callateral drains, be and the same is hereby ordered in and .along all streets of Bercliff Estate Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana, excepting those streets serving Lot Numbered 1 and 48 through 79, of sizes 811, loll, 1211 and 15" in diameter. Said sewer, with all its appurtenances, shall be constructed in accordance with the Profiles, Drawings, Plans, Genera. Details and Specifications of such improvement approved August 22, 1955 and modified November 7, 1955, and to be adopted by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, immediately upon the final adoption and confirmation of this Resolution, and placed ,on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works and Safety of said City. BOARD APPROVES FINAL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS RESOLUTION NO. 2814 The Profiles, Drawings, Plans, General Details, Specifications and Estimates for the ;:improvement of all properties of Bercliff Estate Addition excepting Lots No. 1 and No. 48 through No. 79 by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer are hereby approved. IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED For the improvement of all properties of Bercliff Estates Addition excepting lots -No. 1 and No. 48, through No. 79, under Improvement Resolution No. 2814, 1955, adopted August 22, 1955, and modified November 7, 1955, by constructing a local combined sani- ''tary 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 improvement 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. 2814, 1955, duly passed by this Board on :August 22, 1955, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby iri all things confirmed as modified. First -Confirmation of modified Improvement Resolution No. 2814, 1955, passed by this Board on November 7, 1955, and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. Ward H. Crothers, Clerk R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich J. A. Bickl Board of Public Works & Safety FINAL CONFIRMATION OF IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2814-1955 For the improvement of all properties of Bercliff Estates Addition excepting Lots No. 1, and No. 48 through 79, by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer, under Improvement Resolution No. 2814, 1955, adopted August 22, 1955, and first confirmed; on November 7, 1955. No written remonstrance or remonstrances against said improvement bearing the sig- natures of fifty-one percent or mdre of the resident property owners on said street to be improved, having been filed within the ten day period following the date and time of the hearing on said improvement, therefore BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana,.that Improvement Resolution No. 28 4, 1955, duly adopted by this Board on August 22, 1955, and first confirmed on November 7, 1955, be and the same is in all things finally confirmed and the improvement is hereby ordered made. Ward H. Crothers,Clerk R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich J. A. Bickel Board of Public Works & Safety lJ • • • is r1 N ---------- 71 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, Specifications and Estimates as modified, approved by the Board on the 22nd day of August, 1955, for the improvement of all properties of Bercliff Estates Addition, excepting Lots No. 1 and No. 48 through No. 79 by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer, be and the same are hereby adopted and ordered placed on file in the office of the Depart- ment.of Public Works and Safety. November 21., 1955, at the hour of 11:00 A. M. C.S.T. is hereby fixed as the time and; Ij 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 0 bids -for the above named improvements,- proVided all bids for the construction of said it work shall be filed in the Office of the Clerk of this Board before 11:00 A. M. of said I 11 day. Each bidder for said work shall enclose with his bid a certified check, cashier's Ij check or bid bond in the sum of 5% of the amount of his bid., to insure the execution of this contract, if said work is awarded to 11.im The Clerk of this Board is hereby ordered to give noticeiby two weekly publications of the time and place, when and where bids will by received, opened and considered for the construction of said work. Said Clerk shall state in said notices, that each 11 bidder shall enclosewithhis bid a certified check, cashier's check or bid bond for above named amount, to insure the execution of this contract. R. S. Andrysiak I. A. Hurwich J. A. Bickel Board of Public Works & S—a-F—ety • ' Ward H. Crothers, Clerk. There being no further business to come before the Board., the meeting was adjourned at 11:05 A. M. 0 Attest: <& Clerk 0 0 0