04/24/72 Board of Public Works Minutes

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4/24/72 motion made, seconded and carried, said request was granted and the Clerk is asked to notify the various departments involved. Request to Use Fire Station No. 4 for Model Cities Election On June 30, 1972, the Model Cities Program will hold their annual elec- tions. They request to use Fire Station No. 4 as one of their polling places from the hours of 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, said request was granted conditioned upon the availability of the fire station and the approval of the Fire Chief. Request for Use of City -Owned Property as "Tot -Lot" Mr. Lennon presented the Board with plans and drawings of a series of proposed "tot -lots" for the Model Cities Area. He cited that these lots would be locally supervised and would be,comprised of homemade play equip- ment. He advised the Board of the great need for playground facilities in the Model Cities,area and that he had been working with the Engineer- ing Department, the Park and Recreation Departments on the development and design of "tot -Lot" playgrounds. He also advised the Board that the program has been promised funds from various private citizens and organ- izations. Mr. Lennon asked that the city -owned lot at 936 W. LaSalle -Street be given to Model Cities for,the development of the first "tot -lot" which would be experimental in the program. ,He stated that this lot had been given to the City by Mrs. Jean Pridmore Bryan, and that Mrs. Bryan had stated in her Letter that she wished her donation to be used as a park, playground or other recreational facility. The Board moved that this matter be continued one week, to May 1, 1972, to allow them to confer with the Park Department and Model Cities, to determine whose jurisdiction this matter would come under. REQUEST OF JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL TO CIRCULATE PETITIONS IN DOWNTOWN AREA A letter from Mrs. Bernard Natkow, Jewish Community Council, 312 Commerce Building, South Bend, Indiana was filed with the Board. In her letter, Mrs. Natkow requests to set up several tables in the downtown area on April 25, 26 and 27, 1972 to solicit signatures for petitions for equal rights and religious freedoms for Soviet Jews. Mrs. Linda Klein, 419 S. 26th Street, South Bend, Indiana appeared on behalf of the Jewish Community Council. Mrs. Klein outlined that the Council would like to set up tables in front of the Albert Pick Motor Inn, Robertson's Store and Gilbert's Store in South Bend. After discussion on the fact that tables would block the public right of way on the sidewalks, Mrs. Klein offered to amend their request to permission to solicit signatures without tables. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board approved setting up the tables in front of the Albert Pick Motor Inn and Gil- bert's Store, and to allow the Council to have a table in front of the Frances Shop rather than Robertson's Store. SPECIAL POLICE BOND - MIA MARIA VAN KIRK A special police bond for Mia Maria Van Kirk, special police officer for Gilbert's Store, was filed with the Board. Upon motion made, seconded and carried, the Board decided not to approve this bond until such time as Mrs. Van Kirk can confer with Mr. Sweeney relative to her special police commission. The Clerk was directed to send Mrs. Van Kirk a letter requesting her to contact Mr. Sweeney prior to May 1, 1972.