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Home My WebLink About02/25/57 Board of Public Works Minutes (2)559 Ll • • 0 0 E 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, and such improvement is now ordered. j The total cost of said improvement, including all incidental costs such as advertising, abstracting, in- 1 spection and engineering, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said Pershing Street to be improved, all according to the method and manner provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" approved March 6th, 1905 and an Acti of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations" Approved February 27, 1943, and in accordance with and pursuant to the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in five (5) equal installments, with interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum. Assessments, either cash or deferred, and such costs as said City is by said en- titled Acts and provisions of all Acts amendatory and supplemental thereto, required to pay, shall paid � into the General Improvement Fund of the City.of South Bend, Indiana. All costs in the making of said Im- provement shall be paid from said General Improvement Fund. All proceedings had and work done in making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and and issuance of bonds therefor,, j shall be as provided for in said entitled Act and amendments thereto. "! The 4th day of March, 19579 at the hour of 10:00 A.M. (CST) is hereby fixed as the time, and the office of11 the Bcard in said City as the place, when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such prol- posed 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 improvement, The Clerk of the Board is here- by ordered to give notice by two weekly publications, of the time and place of hearing of this resolution.; Adopted February 18, 1957. R. S. Andrysiak Irving J. Smith Frank J. Bruggner Anthony J. Sabo, Clerk There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjuurned at 10:30 A.M. (CST). X ATTEST: SABO, CLERK -= r FEBRUARY 25, 1957 A regular meeting of the Board of Public Works was held on Monday, February 25, 1957 at 10:00 A.M. (CST). jj All members were present. Minutes of the previous regular meeting were read and approved. Claims in the it total amount of $5080.79 were approved and ordered paid to the following suppliers: Business Systems, Inc. 1.20 Business Systems, Inc. 43.60 j Business Systems, Inc. 20.78 Business Systems, Inc. 7.38 jj Business Systems, Inc. 11.50 Business Systems, Inc. 11.09 Ernest DeVraff 30.80 Englewood Electrical Company 6.27 Freeman Spicer Company 3390.00 Gafill Oil Company 15.39 H. F. Glaser 100.00 Ideal Press 102.00 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 11.80 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 21.85 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 16.56 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 55.13 Indiana Bell Telephone Company 14.53 Indiana & Michigan Electric Company .68 International Business Machine Corp. 1.56 Nick Lonetti 12.50 Midwest Lite Company 4.25 Modern Floor Covering 101.25 Elmer E. Murray 27.68 R. L. Polk Company 40.00 South Bend Window Cleaning 53.50 West Side Hardware 44.22 West Side Hardware 2.07 West Side Hardware 55.59 PARKING METER FUND I Indiana Bell Telephone 9.19 Mark time Parking Meter Repair Service 7.50 I Huston's Sinclair Refining Service 10.00 STREET & TRAFFIC FUND American Distributing Company 7.80 American Distributing Company 3.35 11 American DistributingCompany 15.50 Business Systems, Inc. 7.65 Business Systems, Inc. 12.21 Business Systems, Inc. 18.27 Business Systems, Inc. 3.78 Business Systems, Inc. 4.86 Ideal Press 56.50 Lyle Signs, Inc. 580.00 Minnesota Mining Mfg. Company 141.00 Contractor's bond was hereby approved for Sollitt Construction Company. . Traffic signs were installed at the following location: Stop Signs installed on Vine Street, both sides, at 30th Street. 560 Verner L. Lane, Building Commissioner, reports to the Board that the 2 vehicles purchased by the Building Department have been thoroughly examined and found to meet the required specifications in accordance with the bid. Lane also reports that the Parking Lot operator on Main and Jefferson have put the necessary car stops as required by the City of South Bend for safety of the public. The Board now authorizes Mr. Lane to request the owner of the property at 426 South Chaping Street to appe at a hearing on Monday, March 41 1957 at 10:00 A.M. (CST) with reference to a condemmation order. Mr. Richey Whitesell, Bendix Corporation, appeared before the Board with reference to the progress on which said corporation has made in regards to the installation of sound control equipment at Bendix. Mr. Whitesel2 reports that the corporation now has the completed contract signed and actual construction of the equipment; • is underway and should be in operation and completed by July 1, 1957. !The Bids received for the Dog Pound Department were rejected by the Board and returned to the respective bidders, unopend. !The Clerk of the Board is hereby authorized to advertise for a vehicle for the Dog Pound Department and also for the Parking Meter Division. i WARRANTY DEED ;This indenture witnesseth that Place and Company, Inc., an Indiana Corporation, of St. Joseph County in theJ . ;State of Indiana conveys and warrants to the City of South Bend, Indiana, a Municipal Corporation, of St. Joseph County in the State of Indiana for and in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) and other valuable con sideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the following Real Estate in St. Joseph County in the State of Indiana, to wit: . PARCEL NO. 1: Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 303, Twyckenham Hills, Section "G"; thence southeasterly along a curve.15.27 feet to the northeasterly corner of Lot 391, Twyckenham Hills, Section "H"; thence south 85 degrees 19 minutes east 73.83 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 390, Twyckenham Hills, Section "H"; thence northwesterly 19 feet or more along a curve to the southwest corner of Lot 318 of said Twyckenham Hills, 'Section "G": thence westerly 68.28 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 303, Twyckenham Hills, Section "G", { the place of beginning. i • PARCEL NO. 2: Beginning at the southeast corner of Lot 322, Twyckenham Hill, Section "G"; thence easterly 61.08 feet Ito the southwest corner of Lot 373, Twyckenham Hills, Section "G"; thence southeasterly 19 feet or more to .j the northwest to the northwest corner of Lot 386, Twyckenham Hills, Section "H"; thence westerly 61.08 feet; ;to the northeast corner of Lot 387, Twyckenham Hills, Section "H"; thence northwesterly 19 feet or more to :I ,the southeast corner of said Lot 322, Twyckenham Hills, Section "G", the place of beginning. i The above described property (Parcel No. 1 being a part of Caroline Street and Parcel No. 2 being a part! ,of Springbrook Drive is hereby conveyed to such City of South Bend, Indiana, for use for street purposes. .The above mentioned deed is records in Book 563, Page 406 in the office of the County Recorder and placed ` • on file in the office of the Board o .Public Works & Safety. VACATION RESOLUTION NO. 2845, 1957 This being the date set, hearing was held on the assessment roll showing the award of damages and the assess- ment of benefits in the matter of the vacation of a PORTION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH ALLEY LYING BETWEEN CHAPIN AND PINE STREET AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NW CORNER OF LOT 14, ERASTUS PERKINS' 2nd SUB -DIVISION OF PART OF BANK OUT LOT 76, SOUTH BEND INDIANA; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE FIRST ALLEY WEST OF CHAPIN STREET 66.04 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL ' RAILRAOD RIGHT-OF-WAY: THENCE WESTERLY 9.9 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTH AND • SOUTH ALLEY ; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID ALLEY 66.04 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO A POINT WEST OF THE NW CORNER OF SAID LOT 14; THENCE EAST 9.9 FEET TO PLACE OF BE - ginning, under Vacation Resolution No. 2845, 1957. In the abovenamed 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 alley has been benefited and damaged in the amounts shown on said roll. The Board.; therefore decides to take final action on said assessment roll and declares same in all things ratified, j confirmed, and approved without modification and the proceedings closed , and the alley vacated upon receipt of the amount of benefit assessments from the various property owners so benefited and all proceedings had With reference to said vacation are hereby sustained. Mr. Anderson and Nicholis Chollis, Attorney for Northern Indiana Transit Company, Inc. appeared at a hear- iing before the Board of Public Works & Safety with reference to change of bus routes in the City of South ;Bend, Indiana. Also, a group of remonstrators from the Belleville are appeared in regards to a possible 'change of routing in the extremer.�west end of Ford Street in Belleville district. After due consideration .the following Amendment$ to proposed route was adopted: 'Western Avenue: The Western Avenue route, as amended, is to be as follows: Leaving Court House South on Main Street to'j ';Western Avenue, West to Liberty Drive, South to Ford Street, West to Falcon Street, South to Sample Street, West to Ford Street, North and east to Gladstone Street, North to Western Avenue, east to Lafayette Street, ,north to Jefferson and East to the Post Office. j ;There being no further bu mess to come before the Board, the meeting was a ned atZ1O-A. M. (CST) +ATTEST: ANT NY a, 0, CLERK 17 j