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Home My WebLink About05/07/1956 Board of Public Works MinutesThe street improvement plans in the Broadmoor'Addition of the City of South Bend, Ind Tana for Clayton Drive was submitted to the Board. Accepted and filed. I RESOLUTION NUMBER 2831 IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION CONFIRMED For the improvement of 29th Street from the South property line of Pleasant Street to, the North property line of Northside Blvd. under Improvement Resolution No. 2831, 1956, a- dopted March 12, 1956 by constructing a Class "C'" pavement (type 1 to 4) and cement con- I) crete curbs. i After hearing all persons interested who appeared and being fully advised on the pre-' mises and the Clerk of the Board having shown proofs of publication of the notices to prol- erty owners and the same having been found sufficient, the Board decides that the benefit's to the property liable to the assessed for said improvement are equal to the estimated cot 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, Indi- 'anag that Improvement Resolution No. 2831, 1956, duly passed by this Board on March 12, 11956, for the above improvement, be and the same is hereby in all things confirmed. First confirmation April 3, 1956 and the improvement is hereby ordered to be made. i R. S. Andrysiak j Irving J. Smith Frank J. Bruggner There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 11:15 A.M. (DST). i � - I i 3 ' � 1 II i Attest • it erk 'I MAY7, 1956 •i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works & Safety was held Monday, May 7, 1956 at 10:00 A.1r11. (DST). All'members were present. -Minutes of the previous regular j mmeeting were read and approved. Salary clai.Ma in the total amount of $37,015.73 were ap-! roved. Claims in the total amount of AP51,788.62 were approved and ordered paid for the following suppliers: it i Arms to ad De an 53.6o Armstrong Charles 7.00 ;Buds Service 3.00 Business �Systems, Inc. 45.63 if iDeGraff Ernest �17.52 Dictaphone Corp. 28.59 Ideal Press 85.00 Indiana Sell Tele. Co. 306.00 ;Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 20:74 Lonetti Nick 10.76 � ;;Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 10:04 Midwest Fire & Safety Co. 12.50 I • 'McCaffery Company 94.89 Moranz H. L. 72.65 i! I;Iloranz, H. L. 17:50 Sheehan Tire Service Co. 7.80 I iPiIurray, Elmer E. 44�24 Sidwell Studion 5.79 LShe11y, Dale E. 97.84 South Bend Tribune 24- 00 'Slutsky Plbg. & Htg. Co. 312.8 Stickley Walter �0 South Bend Tribune 5.40 Indiana Bell Tele. Co. 33.20 i TJVest Side Hardware 80.00 ii GENERAL IMPVT. FUND Chas. W. Cole &, Son 316.83 Rieth-Riley Const. Co. 18,127.73 South Bend Tribune 12.60 Reed Const, Company 8,027.51 (Reed Const. Company 12,385.91 iSEWER FUND South Bend Foundry Co. 49.50 Singer General Tire Inc. 6.75 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND American Auto Parts- Inc: 34.68 American Auto Parts, Inc. 63.38 American Auto Parts, Inc. q7-95 0.90 Deeds Equip. Company 268.00 (IDurox Dist. Company EK. Loyd A: 2.50 Elgin Sweeper Company 53 55 Hildebrand John 0. i ;;Ideal Press 53. , Jr. M.D.32.00 �; 50 Ind: & Mich: Elec, Co. 16.84 i.Ind. & Mich. Elec. Co. 191.20 �1 Ind-. & Pilich, Elec. Co, 24.80 I� ;Industrial Towel & Uniform 17.95 Korte Bros: 15.01 1 Iorte Brothers i ;Liberty Gas & Service Co. 20.00 Korte Bros, 588.56 i 'McClave Printing Co. 26. Lien Chemical Co. 24.95 50 McClave Printing Co. 74.50 Medow Bend,Inc. 3,999.30 Mich. Machinery & Equip. CdL98.30 iNational Brake Service 191.04 National Mill Supply Inc. 18.64 .Richardson, Dan W. 0.97 St. Joseph►s Hospital IScherman-Schaus-Freeman 1.1.9, Seneca Petroleum Co. 52 .72 i 472 Simon Broth rs 38.85 C. D. Smelser Co. 72.52 Sheehan Tire Service 24.00 Sheehan Tire Service 255067 South Bend Electric Co, 3.15 South Bend Sand & Gravel 1037.84 South Bend Supply Co. 20.02 South Bend Supply Co. 106.40 Standard Automotive Supply 57.68 Vukovits Frank S. 24.40 'Wire & Disc. Wheel Sales 53.25 West Side Hardware 182.12 West Side Hardware 150.07 H. L. Mloranz 18,50 The bids for the Street Department front-end loader were reviewed and the contract ..was awarded to the following company: DEEDS EQUIPMENT COMPANY A non -collusion affidavit and a bidders ,,ROCHESTER, INDIANA bond accompanied the bid. 1 Michigan Model 75A Rubber Tired Tractor Shovel Front-end Loader Total bid price...................................11,946,25 The bids for the Twenty-ninth Street improvement will be awarded next Monday, :,May 14, 1956. A petition was received for the improvement of the east and west alley between Sam- 1 , ple and Fisher Street from, South Webster Street to SouthWalnut Street by the construction ..of pavement according to the Barrett Law Plan. Referrred to the City Engineer. The monthly report of the Building Department was accepted and approved, for the month of April, 1956. The City Hall will be closed on Election Day, Mlay,8, Tuesday. Contractorts bonds were approved for the following: H & L Construction Company, Swanson Construction Company, J. C. Gillstrap Construction Company, H. F. Glaser Construe- .tion Company, Nelda R. Keller d/b/a Ralph Keller. A certificate of insurance for Edward J. White, Inc. 1011 S. Michigan Street, was accepted.and placed on file. VACATION RESOLUTION NO.2832 This being the date set, hearing was held on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works & Safety for the vacation THE ALLEY WEST OF OLIVE STREET FROM LINCOLNWAY WEST, SOUTH TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF LINCOLNWAY WEST, under Vacation Resolution No. 2832. The Clerk of the Board having shown sufficient proofs of publication and no remon onstrators 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�dopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. VACATION RESOLUTION No. 2833 This being the date set, hearing was held on the resolution heretofore adopted by the Board of Public Works & Safety for the vacation THE ALLEY RUNNING PARALLEL WITH LIN- COLNWAY EAST FROM T= SOUTH LINE OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF SAMPLE STREET, THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT H OF WENGER AND KREIGHBAU�,.Jt S VISTULA AVENUE ADDITION WHERE SAID ALLEY ABUTS THE GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RIGHT OF WAY, subject to an easement to Indiana & Michigan Electric Company for the use, maintenance and replacement of poles and wires ford electric transmission purposes, under Vacation Resolution No. 2833• 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 Clerl� it was moved, seconded and unanimously carried that the said Resolution be finally adopted and the said alley be vacated. The Engineering Department is directed to prepare an assessment roll covering the .assessment of benefits and the award of damages to the surrounding properties. The Broadway EUB Church through its pastor Rev. Wilson Parks requested permission to close Carroll. Street between Broadway and Haney St. on the 12th day of May, 1956 be- tween the hours of 9 a.n. to 4 p.m. for Youth Car Wash. Permission was granted and Rev. Wilson Parks was directed to notify the Street Department and also the Police Department.,' Peter Schum.acker requested permission to have Jefferson Street closed between Main' and Lafayette Sts. on May 14, 1956 between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.P.J. for the purpose of relocating a cooler in the Associates Bld ,also, submitted to the Board was a certificate of insurance for proptection to the Ciy. • • • IA • 2.Y 3 RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Indiana Toll Road Commission did, heretofore,acquire by purchase fro he City of South Bend that part of the Sewage Treatment Plant site which was reserved fo uture expansion, and, WHEREAS, this Board has heretofore authorized that negotiations be conducted for t 1purchase of the land lying immediately north of the treatment plant and of the Indiana To Road, and such negotiations have been successfully accomplished, • NOW, THEREFORE, this Board does hereby authorize the purchase from om the Indiana & ,Michigan Electric Company of the following described tract of real estate situated in Ger an Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to wit: • • • 0 A tract or parcel of real estate containing twelve and 92/100 (12.92) acres, more or less, situated in the Southwest Quarter (!) of Section 23, Township No. 38 North, Range No. 2 Fast, bounded and described by line running as follows: Beginning at a point in the South line of said Sec- tion 23 at a point three thousand eight hundred nineteen (3819) feet East of the Southwest corner of the Southeast Quarter (!) of Section 22, Town- ship and Range aforesaid; thence North 70151 West, one hundred thirty- three (133) feet; thence North 90301 East, one hundred ninety-seven (197) feet; thence North 120451 g y-one and. 5/10 (281.5) 45 East, two hundred eighty-one feet; (hence North 160 151 East, one hundred seventy-five and 5/10(175.5) feet; then North 4015T West, seventy and 5/10 (70.5) feet; thence East to the low wa line of the left bank of the St. Joseph River; thence upstream along sa.d-Tow water line of said left bank of said river to the South line of said Sect' Im 23; XX�XgXXNXX$X�X XXXXXXXXX,3; thence West alo said South line -of said Section 23 to the point and place of beginning, thence North 170151 East, two -hundred eighty- one (281) feet) or the sum of One Thousand Dollars (1000.00), said purchase price to be paid from the rm .ies received from the Indiana Toll Road Commission upon a proper deed of conveyance be- ng delivered to the Controller of the City of South Bend, and said real estate to become part of the Sewage Treatment Plant site. CERTIFICATE OF CONTRACT AND WORK COMPLETED RESOLUTION NO. 2815 - 1955 The Board of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana, hereby ce ;if ied as follows: That there is a contract, dated September 26, 1955 by and between the City of Sout >end, Indiana, and The Reed Construction Company for the construction by said Reed Constr ;ion Company of a Class C - Type 3 - Bituminous Concrete (AH) Pavement from Corby Street ;o MacArthur Avenue on Victory -Delano Avenues and that the final amount of the contract i ;30,188.05. That said Reed Construction Company has completed the construction of said improve .ent according to the terms of said contract and that eighty-five (85) per cent of the i mount of said contract is 825,649.84. That said Contractors will be entitled to recei�e he said eighty-five (85) per cent or $25,649.84, either in cash or street improvement onds to be hereinafter collected or issued by the City of South Bend, Indiana, in the ma er provided by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Public Works and Safety of the Cit f South Bend, Indiana, has issued this Certificate on this 7th day of May, 1956. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith CONTRACTORIS COMPLETION AFFIDAVIT RESOLUTION NO. 2815 - 1955 In the Matter relating to the pavement Improvement on Victory Avenue -Delano Avenue ade under Improvement Resolution No. 2815, 1955 and the plans and specifications there - ore comes now Virgil H. Reed, who being duly sworn upon oath deposes and says he is ac- uainted with the Reed Construction Company the party to whom was awarded the contract and ho performed the work under Improvement Resolution No. 2815, 1955. That he is familiar with and personally knows the requirements of the contract, plans nd specifications in every particular, and that the material used was of the character, ind, quantity and quality- required therein and according to and under the direction of th, oard of Public Works and Safety of the City of South Bend, Indiana. j� Virgil H. Reed ENGINEER'S CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION RESOLUTION NO. 2815 - 1955 We hereby certify that the contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana, owner+ and the Reed Construction Company Contractor, for the construction of the Pavement Improv lent on Victory Avenue -Delano Avenue from PilacArthur Avenue to Corby Street under ImproveL" lent Resolution No. 2815, 1955 has been completed in accordance with the plans and specifill). rations for this project. in RESOLUTION ACCEPTING FINAL ESTIMATE RESOLUTION NO. 2815 - 1955 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 the 7th day of May, 1956 on the improvement known as the Victory Avenue - Delano Avenue Pavement as described' in Improvement Resolution No. 2815, 1955, passed by the Board of Public Works & Safety on'i September 6, 1955, and confirmed by said Board on September 6, 1955, be and the same is hereby adopted, and the Clerk of this Board is hereby requested to give notice of the hear- .ing 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 Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith NOTICE OF HEARING SPECIAL BENEFITS ON STREET IMPROVENENT RESOLUTION NO. 2815 Notice is hereby given, that the following Street Improvement has been com- pleted and the general character of the Improvement, the street, alley or public place on'. which it has been made, and the terminal points thereof, are as follows: Victory AVenue-- Delano Avenue from MacArthur Avenue to Corby Street by constructing -a Class C - Type 3- Bituminous Concrete (AH) Pavemwnt. There is on file in the Office of the City Controller of the City of South Bend, Indiana, an assessment roll with the names of the owners and description of prop- erty erty subject to be assessed with the amount of the prima facia assessment, and can be seen in the Office of the City Controller. The Board of Public Works and Safety of said City, at the Office of the Board in said City, will on the 21st day of May, 1956, at 10:00 A.M. (DST) receive and hear re- monstrances against the amounts assessed against their property respectively, on said roll and will determine the question as to whether such lots, or tracts of land, have been or will be benefited by said Improvement to the amounts named on said roll, or is greater or less that that • named on said rollor in any sum. At which place and time all owners of such real estate may attend in by person or representative and be heard. R.S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith i' ENTRY OF PETITIONv PRESENTED IMPROVETVENT RESOLUTTION NO. 2834 The Board of Public Works & Safety hereby received and placed on file the • ;Petition of Clarence Simonis and six (6) others for the improvement of Meade Street from ;';Elwood Avenue to Bulla Street by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer. PETITION REFERRED TO ENGINEER IMPROVEIV NT RESOLUTION NO. 2834 The Petition of Clarence Simonis and six (6) others for the improvement of ;Meade Street from Elwood Avenue to Bulla Street by constructing a local combined sanitary. land storm sewer is referred to the Engineer for investigation and recommendation at the -'next regular meeting of this Board. R. S. Andrysiak • Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith CITY C I VI L ENGI NEER t S REC 0 MI,� ENDATI ON IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2834 Referring to the Petition of Clarence Simonis and six (6) others for the im- provement of Meade Street from Elwood Avenue to Bulla Street by constructing a local com 1'bined sanitary and storm sewer, the City Engineer recommends that the Petition be granted. I R. S. Andrysiak �, •ORDER TO ENGINEER FOR PRELIMINARY PLANS IMPROVETv�IENT RESOLUTION NO. 2834 According to the recommendation of the City Civil Engineer concerning the petition of Clarence Simonis and six (6) others for the improvement of Meade Street from Elwood Avenue to Bulla Street, you are hereby directed to prepare Plans, Drawings, Pro- files, General Details, Specifications, Estimates and the Preliminary Improvement Resolu- tion for improving such part of said streets by constructing a local combined sanitary and storm sewer. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner • Irving J. Smith 475 0 • n U • 0 ENTRY OF PETITION PRESENTED III4PROVEMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2836 The Board of Public Works & Safety hereby received and placed on file the Petition of Julius J. Jurek and 13 others for the improvement of Sibley Street from the West prop erty line of College Street to the East property line of Brookfield Street by paving wit a Class "C" pavement (types 1 to 4). PETITION REFERRED TO ENGINEER IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2836 The Petition of Julius J. Jurek and 13 others for the improvement of Sibley Street from the West property line of ,"College Street to the East property line of Brookfield Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement (types 1 to 4) is referred to the City Engi- neer for investigation and recommendation at the next regular meeting of the Board. R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith CITY CIVIL ENGINEER I S RECOMMENDATIONS IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2836 Referring to the Petition of Julius J. Jurek and 13 others for the improvement of Sibley Street from the West property line of College Street to the east property line of Brookfield Street by constructing a Class "C" pavement (types 1 to L_), the Engineer rec- ommends that the Petition be granted. R. S. Andrysia.k ORDER TO ENGINEER FOR PRELIMINARY PLANS IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 2836 According to the recommendation of the City Civil Engineer concerning the petition of Julius J. Jurek and 13 others for the improvement of Sibley Street from the West prop- erty line of College Street to the East property line of Brookfield Street, you are here- by directed to prepare Plans, Drawings, Profiles, General Details, Specifications, Esti- mates and the Preliminary Improvement Resolution for improving such part of said streets ,by constructing a Class "C" pavement (types 1 to R. S. Andrysiak Frank J. Bruggner Irving J. Smith There being no further businesti t at 11:15 A.M. (DST). Attest: meeting was adjourned