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Home My WebLink About07/30/1956 Board of Public Works Minutes503 i July 30, 1956 i A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, July 30, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. All (;members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims of the follow- ing suppliers in the total amount of $856.78 were approved and ordered paid: Business Systems, Inc. 8.23 Business Systems, Inc. 1.32 i Business Systems, Inc. 3.74 Business. Systems, Inc. 2.43 • Business Systems, Inc. 1.35 Business Systems, Inc. 1.35 The Egry Register Company 105.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 288.38 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 11.76 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 27.24 !Indiana Bell Telephone Company 13.91 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company 226.40 Mito Craft Screen Process Prts. 32.35 STREET & TRAFFIC The O'Brien Corporation 15.90 Atlas Silk Supply Company 25.70 W.A.R. Equipment Company 8.00 j Sargent & Sowell Inc. 70.50 West Side Hardware 2.25 3 West Side Hardware 10.31 i IThe Misses Joyce Mamula and Jean McCracken appeared before the Board on behalf of the Debs of Riley, High School and were given permission for the use of a city thoroughfare, specifically on Altgeld Street be-* �tween Miami and Dale.Streets from 7:00 to 10..00 P.M. on the 29th day of August, 1956 for a Street Dance. Th. !Street Department was notified and the Clerk of the Board was directed to notify the Traffic Engineer. Mr. Jacob Mitchelen appeared before the Board requesting permission to move a house from 2327 South' Michigan to 3501 South Michigan. Four properties' frontages are concerned. Mr. Lane, Building Commissioner, was directed to notify the affected property owners and the matter would then be brought before the Board at the August 6th meeting of the Board. i An excavation bond for Nelda R. Keller d/b/a Ralph Keller was approved and accepted. i A contract between the City of South Bend, Indiana and Clyde E. Williams & Associates for the im- provement of the west half of North Shore Drive at Angela was approved. I A Certificate of Insurance for the Rieth-Riley Construction Company was examined and ordered filed.;! i The dedication of Chalfant Street between Jacob Street and Twyckenham Drive for street purposes was l accepted by the Board and the Dedication ordered recorded. Mr. Muia appeared beforeBoard askingpermission to build a pedestrian walk around the building on the northeast corner of Michigan and Sample Streets. Permission was granted for the pedestrian walk sub- ject to a plan being set up by the Traffic Engineer. Numerous complaints have been registered with the Board on the weeds growing over the walks in Mag �Igies Court. The Clerk of the Board was directed to send a, -letter to William E. Voor; 620 Associates Bldg. i The deed for the following property was ordered recorded: Lot Numbered 250 as shown on the record fled plat of the Ridgedale 5th Addition to the City of South Bend, Indiana. Numerous complaints have been registered with the Board that the sidewalks surrounding the City ;;Cemetery are in need of repairs. Clerk of the Board was ordered to investigate and take necessary action. The Board received a directive from the City Council concerning the condition surrounding Pierre Nevarre Park. The City Engineer was directed to make a drawing of the area showing the county and city limits. 1 4 Mrs. Sosnoski requested permission to have the 100, 200, and 300 blocks of 34th Street closed from • "6 to 12 P.M. on Saturday, August 11, 1956 for a Street party. Permission granted. I. n i J; Mr. Boehm of the Recreation Department of the Park Department requested permission to close River- iside Drive between Michigan and Lafayette Streets on the evening of August 9, 1956 for a street dance. Per - emission granted subject to notifying the Police and Traffic Departments. The Board read a letter from the City Council regarding the condition of the blocking of the Sampler ;Street -Olive Street crossing for long periods. The City Engineer directed to contact all railroad companies involved and set a date for a meeting and to give this date to the President of the Council along with Trans- I!portation Committee of the Council. I The contracts for the Sibley Street improvement Resolution No. 2836 were signed. I! Improvement Resolution No. 2834 The Estimate of Cost for construction of a local combined sewer on Meade Street from Elwood Avenue !to Bulla Street was approved and ordered filed. Also, the Notice of Property Owners was filed and advertised. I Improvement Resolution No. 2843 Entry of Petition Presented I' i The Board of Public Works and Safety hereby received and placed on file the Petition of Daryl E. La - ;caster and 12 others for the improvement of Oakcrest Drive from 35th Street to Sylvan Glen & Sylvan Glen • !;from Oakcrest Drive to McKinley Avenue by constructing a local combined sewer with all appurtenances. j' 1i s ii i 504 Improvement Resolution No. 2843 City Civil Engineer's Recommendation Referring to the petition of Daryl E. Lancaster and 12 others for the improvement of Oak - crest Drive from 35th Street to Sylvan Glen & Sylvan Glen from Oakcrest Drive to McKinley Avenue by con- structing a local combined sewer with all appurtenences the City Civil Engineer recommends that the petiti be granted. Improvement Resolution No. 2843 The above named improvement resolution, the petition is hereby referred to the Engineer and also the order to Engineer For Preliminary Plans was filed with the Board. 10:35 A.M. (DST). There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at AUGUST 69 1956 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, August 6, 1956 at 10:00 A.M. (DST All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the total amount of $18,157.83 were approved and ordered paid for the following suppliers: Business Systems, Inc. 1.13 Business Systems, Inc. 5.62 City Water Works 7.80 City Water Works 24.96 Ernest DeGraff 42. 80 L. G. Erickson & Olson 10.00 J. 0. Hildebrand, Jr. M.D. 8.00 J. 0. Hildebrand, Jr. M.D. 8.00 Huntington Lab., Inc. 16.00 Ideal Press 146.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 11.55 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company 12,564.93 Ind. & Mich. Electric Company 499.43 Elmer E. Murray 50.16 Dr. Robert L. Parsons 10.00 Reliance Pharmacy 5.00 Reliance Pharmacy .65 Reliance Pharmacy 5.20 Sheehan Tire Service, Inc. 10.13 Reliance Pharmacy 5.00 Reliance Pharmacy 5.90 PARKING METER FUND City Water Works 15.00 The Dual Parking Meter Company 39802.50 Mark -Time Parking Meter Repair 37.33 STREET & TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT The O'Brien Corporation 378.00 The O'Brien Corporation 54.60 The O'Brien Corporation 378.00 Sheehan Tire Service 3.90 Frank S. Vukovits 50.24 Excavation bonds were approved for Riggs & Sons Plumbing & Hearing Company and Taylor Construction Company. Contractor's bonds were approved for Carl J. Reinke & Sons, Inc., Taylor Construction Company, Ansel E. Anderson, and P. L. Wilson. A letter was received from the City Planning Commission recommending the vacation of part of the n Bout: alley between Pine and Chapin Streets, south of Monroe Street and north of the New York Central ri of -way. Referred to the City Engineering Department for preparation of a vacation resolution. The Clerk of the Board was directed to contact Traffic Engineer about Barbie, Teri, & Fellow Street for traffic signs. Stop signs were installed on northeast corner of Colfax Avenue at Ironwood St., on northeast corner of Broadway at Ironwood Drive, on 31st Street, both sides, at Wall Street, and the sign on southwest corn of Dubail at Brookfield Street replaced with a Yield Right -Way. Also Yield Right/Way on Dubail Street, b sides, at Jackson Street was installed. No Parking From 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday signs installed on Longfellow Street from the alley to Mishawaka Avenue. A letter from the Civil Defense Department was received and placed on file. Mr. Mitchelen appeared before the Board with reference to moving a house in a vacant lot at 3510 S. Michigan Street -Messrs. Fred Walters, 3606 South Michigan; M. C. Claywell, 3502 South Michigan Street; M. F. Jamison, 3506 South Michigan; and Andrew Kuzmich, 3518 South Michigan Street property owners of the adjacent lots appeared before the Board with referencb to opposing the moving of said building. Board her by denies permission of said request subject to the disapproval of adjacent property owners. 1] • • • • •