HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/15/1926 Board of Public Works Minutes�-Jednesday, September ISth., 1926.
Board met in regular session at 7-I5 P. 7. All members
present.
This being the date set, hearingw as had on the Sidewalk
improvement resolution for the North side of Sample Street under Imp-rov.ement
Resolution No. I730.
In the above matter, remonstrators appeared and a written
remonstrance was filed showing eighteen property owners who protested against the
improvement. The Board, after hearing all persons interested, desides to res6lid
all former action on said resolution and declares same null and void and the
proceedings closed.
The Board approved the bond of I,000.00 for Madyslaw iK-uberbki,
signed by Waclaw Dzikowski and Stanislaw Cichowicz as personal surities.
The Board signed the contract with the Albert Construction Co.,
for the pavement on Albert and Edison Avenue under Improvement Resolution No.I737.
Board also approved the construction bond for the above improvement, it being for
I001/, of the amount of the contradt, I9,054.09, signed by the Inland Bonding o.
This being the date set, hearings were had on the following
assessment rolls:
Trunk `'ewer on xarriett and-Hildredth Street under Improvement
Resolution No.I545.
Pipe Sewer on Smith Street from Olive Street to Huron Street
under Improvement Resolution No.I59I.
Pipe Sewer on !'illiam Street from Calvert Street t6 Ewing
Ivenue under Improvement Resolution No.I624.
In all of the above matters, no remonstrators appeared and
no written remonstrance was filed and the Board finds that all of the lots and
tracts of land described in said rolls have been benefited in the amounts shown
on said rolls. The Board therefore declares the above named rolls, in all things
ratified, confirmed and approved and the proceedings closed.
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City Engineer, 1,-r. H. G. Tray, submitted the following partial
estimates:
Partial estimate No.I for the pavement improvement on the
alley between Portage Avenue and ?Woodward Avenue from Yukon to Angella Avenue,
according to the terms of the contract between the City and and Carl E. Zimmer,
Uontractor, under Improvement Resolution No.I689. Board approved and signed same
in the amount of 2, 864. I6.
Partial Estimate RTo.3 for the grade- curb, walk, serer and drainage
system improvements on Imgella Avenue,a ccording to the terms of the contract between,
the city and the Highways Improvement Co., contractors, under Improvement Resolution
No.I560, Board approved and signed same in the amount of 4,II9.48.
City Engineer submitted the following Assessment polls:
Assessment Roll for the Grade, Curb and walk improvement i:. '
Lincoln Yanor under Improvement Resolution No.I665. This being a waiver improvement,;
the Board approved the assessment roll for I2,I70.25.
Assessment Roll for the pavement on Bellevue, Esther,-Kuskin
and Hildreth Streets under Improvement Resolution 1do.I673. This beinga waiver
Improvement, the Board hereby declares said roll in all things ratified, confirmed
and approved and the proceedings closed. Tmount of Assessment Roll 37,684.42.
Board approved the drive for the Valley Oil Co., at the corner
of Olive Street and-'isher Street.
The -Board made a, final award of contracts for the following
lowing
pavement improvements:
Sheet asphalt on Angella Avenue from Lafayette Street to the
Nest rail of the Southern Yichigan R. R., under Improvement Resolution No-170I.
Contract awarded to the "%illiston Construction Co., at their bid of I01230.65.
Pro ert owners ei ht t b d
p y , g y percen in num er, slgne a waiver fcr this improvement in
view of the fact that the improvement totaled 50 I of the value of the property as
assessed for taxation, exclusive of improvements.
Sheet asphalt on Angella Avenue from Leeper Avenue to a point
5.6 feet west of the East fright of way of the Southern Yichigan R. R., under Improve
ment Resolutim No.I700. Contract awarded to the ''iilliston Construction Co., at their
bid of 6,100.25. Eighty per cent of the property owners abutting on said Angella,
Avenue signed a waiver for this improvement in view of the fact that the improvement
totaled in excess of 506� of the value of the property as assessed for taxation,
exclusive of improvements.
Sheet
asphalt on. Lafayette
Street
from .Angella avenue, Fast of
Lafayette to the South Line
of Parkovash Avenue
under
Improvement Resolution No.I699.'j
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Contract awarded to the ti'l.11iston Construct, on Co.,' at their bid of II,053.82. Eighty
percent of the property owners abutting on said street signed a waiver for this improve.
ment in view of the fact that the cost of the improvement totaled in excess of 50%
of the value of the property as assessed for taxation, exclusive of improvements.
Sheet A@11halt on Jacob Street from Vffashington Avenue to TFcKinley Street
under Improvement Resolution No.17I8. Contract awarded to the "'illiston Construction
Co., at their bid of 9,360.23. Eighty percent of the property owners abutting on said
street signed a waiver for the improvement, in viewof the fact that the cost of the
improvement is in excess of of the value of the property as assessed for taxation,
exclusive of improvements.
In the matter of the section of xngella Avenue from r,Tarquette to Lafayette
Street under Improvement Resolution No.1702, the Board hereby rejects all of the. bids_
for said improvement because of the fact that the bids submitted were in excess of 50%
6f the value of the property as assessed for taxation. Board further decides to readv
tise for bids on said street, giving the property owners time in which to sign the waiv
allowed by law under the above condi-.ions.
The Board awarded the contract for the pavement of Division Street from th(
West line of Olive Street to the �ast Line of Chicago r�T,enue under Improvement Resol.utii
No.I722, to The Albert Construction Co., at their low bid of 80,639.43.
• Tabulation of bids on D�vision Street as follows:
Sheet t'sphalt
VvIllisto,n Co. IIS,355.OI
Albert construction 80,639.43
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City Engineer, T,,r. H. G.':.ray, submitted partial estimate No.I for the
grade, curb and walk improvement on Twenty-fourth Street from the north line 'of <Teffersc
Blvd., to the north line of !"ashington Avenue in accordance wits the terms of the
contract between the City and Eston Ball, contractcrm under Improvement Resolution
No.I640. Board approved and signed same in the amount of 2,I25.00.
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Upon the recommendation of ^�Tr. H. G. 77ray., the Board approved the grades
for the following alleys:
Alley between Harrison and Cottage Groove from Lindsey to VanBuren.
Alley between Van Buren and Lindsey from Cottage Groove to Harrison.
First Alley south of DuBail Avenue from Douglas Street to Kemble Avenue.
Alley between Clevel"nd and Blaine Aenue from Vassar and Humbolt Avenue.
City E: gineer filed plans and specifications and the Board adopted the
resolution for the pavement of Twenty Second Street from the north line of Jefferson
Blvd., to the South line of lots 65 and66 Jefferson Heights addition under Improvement
Resolution No.I74I. Property owners signed a waiver in this improvement resolution:
and the Board therefore confirms said resolutions and receives bids for same as follows:
Concrete Intersec. `eater Conn L.S. ";pter Conn S. S
",I. J. Nees Co. 5.8973 9.403 30.00 25.00
eet sphalt
Albert Co. 6.68 9.24 36.00 26.00
'lilliston Co. 6.69 8.60 36.00 28.00
Asphaltic C n.
, lliston o. 6.32 8.09 36.00 28.00
City E gineer, Yr. H. G. "'ray, filed plans and specifications and the Board
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adopted the improvement Resolution for the pavement of Twentv Second Street fromthe
youth Line of lots 65 and66 in Oefferson Heights addition t66the South Line of Y'cK._inley
='venue under Improvement Resolution No.I742.
Board approved the plat of 4,lwood Park with the following dedication:
-The annexed plat is a plat of Flwood ''a� rk _ddition to the C, ty of South
Bead, St. Joseph County, Indiana, and comprises the following desnnibed tract of land,
towit: -
Beginning at the S. E. corner of the S. of the S. E. of Section
34, township 37 No., R.2E., thence North one thousand and sixteen (I016) feet th nee
hest three hundred and twenty feet (320) thence South forty feet, (40) thence west one
hundred and sixty seven feet (I67) thence South nine hundred and seventy Six, (976) to t h
south line of the said section 34, thence east four hundred and eight seven feet (487)
to place of beginning, being a part of the S. '7. 4 of the S. E. 9 of Section 34 Township
37 No., R.2E.
The plat contains sixty eight (68) lots numbered from I to 68 inclusive.
Tti-e size of the lots and the widths of the streets and alleys are marked
on the plat in feet and decimals of feet.
The streets and alleys are hereby dedicated to the public for use as
public highways only.
lNednesday September 15th., 1926.
Signed Melvin F. Huey
Jeanette Huey
Yyrtle Huey
State of Indiana
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County of St. Joseph
Before me a notary public, in and for said state and county
personally appeared Melvin F. Huey, Jeanette Huey and Myrtle Huey,^ nd acknowledged the
execution of the above instrument.
,Signed Ferrie Smith
Notary Public
r?y commission expires `pril IOth. , I930. "
The Board approved the claim of the Engineering Lepartment
and signed same in the amount of 87.50 in favor F. D. 7.00dy.
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.-eeting adjourned at 9 0tClock.
Pre s ident
Tuesday, 6eptember 2Ist., I926.
Board net in regular session at 9 A . M. All members present.
T-Jinutes of meetings held September I4th., and I5th., I926, rea.d',
and approved.
Board approved the Construction Bond of Russel Vail and the
Excavation Bond of Carl S. Randolph.
Board approved the following Guarantee or T:Taintenaince Bonds:
Reith Riley Construction Co., for the pavement on Bellevue,
Fsther Street, nushkin and Hildreth Streets, all in Bellevue Addition. ki-ount of
bond 3,768.44 and signed by the Southern Surety Co.
C. E . Reesh for the local sewer on"illiam Street under Improve_
ment Resolution Uo.I624. Amount of bond 295.58 and sign_-d by the T,Tetropo-!itan Casualty
Insurance Co.
The '' illiston Construction Co. for the Brookfield Street
Improvement under Improvement Resolution No. I620. Ar,,,ount of Bond 4, 40I . T_2 and s igne d
by the Inland Bonding �'o.
City Engineer filed a report on the remonstrance on the Corby
Street pavement, showing I5 resident free holders on the street, nine of whom have
signed the remonstrance. This number constitutes a majority and the Board, therefore,
decides to res6in'd-all former action on said Improvement Resolution and declare same
in all things void.
City Fng%neer, Yr. H. G. 1'1ray, filed a remort on the remonstrance
on Rogers Street pavement, showing I3 resident free holders on the street, ten of whop,?
,have signed the remonstrance. This number constitutes a majority and the Board, theref re,
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