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SPECIAL MEETING <br />JUNE 3, 1957 <br />GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 3709, Respectfully report that they have examined the matter and that in their opinion it <br />should be reported favorably as amended. <br />/s/ G. W. Carr, Chairman <br />Councilman Erler made a motion that the report be accepted and placed on file. Councilman Muszynski seconded the <br />motion. Motion carried. <br />ORDINANCE NO. 4168 <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 80, 81.and 82 OF CHAPTER 29 OF GENERAL ORDINANCE NO. 3709 <br />The Ordinance was given third reading and passed by a roll call vote of 8 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent (Councilman Hahn). <br />Councilman Carr made a motion to introduce a resolution. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Motion carried. <br />RESOLUTION <br />BE IT RESOLVED, that intra -city common carrier truck traffic shall use Olive Street between Sample Street and Western <br />Avenue: <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that intra -city truck traffic shall: <br />1. Not exceed 145 vehicles per average day. <br />2. Between hours of 10:00 P.M. and 7 :00 A.M. a maximum of three trucks per hour. <br />3. Not continue said use when and if the City Engineer shall determine that pavement or utility facilities have <br />become dangerously affected. <br />/s/ G. W. Carr <br />Member of the Common Council <br />Councilman Muszynski made a motion that the Resolution go to the Transportation Committee for study. Councilman Kroll <br />seconded the motion. Councilman Erler spoke against the motion. Motion carried by a roll call vote of 5 ayes, <br />(Councilmen Korpal, Carr, Tellson, Kroll and Muszynski,) 3 nays, (Councilmen Christman, Glass and Erler,) 1 absent <br />(Councilman Hahn). Resolution placed in the Transportation Committee. <br />Councilman Carr made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Muszynski seconded the motion. Attorney Robert Miller, Attorney <br />for the Truckers Association asked permission to read a prepared statement. Councilman Carr withdrew his motion to <br />adjourn and Councilman Muszynski withdrew his second to the Motion. President Korpal granted Mr. Miller leave to <br />speak. <br />I am Robert L. Miller of the Law Firm of Diamond and Miller, representing the Truckers. I have been instructed for <br />on behalf of our client, the Motor Carriers Association to issue the following statement: <br />1. The Association wants it made clear that there is only one issue remaining and that very simply this: <br />"They want the use.pf Olive Street for intra -city traffic so long as such traffic does not break down the pavement ". <br />2. In arriving at this issue the Association has made the following concession: <br />(a) They will accept 6 or more weeks of extra cost operations on the detour routes. <br />(b) They are willing to bind themselves to a relatively few trucks on Olive in intra -city use. <br />(c) They are willing to accept the opinion of the City Engineer as to how long the intra -city trucks could use <br />0live Street before damage occurs. <br />3. The Trucking industry throughout the whole period of this controversy has been willing to take on the tremendous <br />burden of the unreasonable detour routes in return for a public acknowledgment in the form of a simple resolution <br />such as that introduced to -nite. The private assurances of some are not sufficient. <br />4. There are petitions presently on file from residents and groups asking this Council to exclude trucks from many <br />other streets in the Olive Street area. These include Meade, Bendix, Kaley, Camden, Liberty, etc.,. These petitions <br />will probably obtain favorable action from the Council. These are certainly not ideal streets for truck use. The <br />question,however, is no longer whether Olive St., can withstand truck use, but the question is "Which street in the <br />area can best stand use by trucks ". To deny all of these streets to the use of trucks is to wield a telling blow <br />at in excess.of 25 industrial firms directly effected and at industry as a whole. <br />5. The Association further desires this Council to constantly bear in mind one elementary point relating to the <br />relationship of truck weight to street damage. It is not the weight of the truck per se that counts. It is the <br />number of axles and surface of tires which determines the pressure on the street of the weight of the load. One <br />example should suffice. A 110 lb., lady with high heels would create more pressure on a surface than a 300 lb. man in <br />average male shoe heels. <br />6. Lastly - -The issue is solely a matter of Council designation of a reasonable right of way for continuing intra -city <br />truck traffic. We sincerely hoped that our overtures of compromise would obtain affirmative definitive action here <br />to -nite. The problem, although of tremendous importance, has been aired for many- months last past and the Council has <br />already had the benefit of extensive studies. We concede that in many of its aspects, the problem is difficult. It <br />is not, however, unsolvable. We honestly cannot approve of any action which delays the final answer. The time is now. <br />Councilman Kroll stated that the Transportation Committee would do everything in their power to solve the problem. <br />There being no further business before the Common Council, Councilman Carr made a motion to adjourn. Councilman Kroll <br />seconded the motion. Motion carried and the Special Meeting of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, adjournec <br />at 8:41 P.M., C.D.S.T. <br />CLERK <br />
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