Board of Public Works & Safety

A G E N D A – Amended Version 5 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS & SAFETY Monday, August 19, 2024 Meeting to be held at 4:00 p.m. (CST) in the Common Council Chambers, City Hall Building 100 East Michigan Boulevard, Michigan City, Indiana and hosted by “Hybrid/ZOOM” and streaming live on “Access LaPorte County” Facebook page TO CONNECT TO ZOOM PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INSTRUCTIONS ROLL CALL APPROVAL OF MINUTES Regular “HYBRID/ZOOM” meeting August 5, 2024 CITY HALL ROOF REPAIR City Hall roof replacement due to hail damage. https://tinyurl.com/2m2bjmwf PROJECT CLOSEOUT Brad Minnick, Haas & Associates, is requesting the approval and acceptance of Substantial Completion and Final Completion of the 2022-2 Paving Cycle Project on August 6, 2024. https://tinyurl.com/2p9ue6mu Page 1 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 INSURANCE POLICY General Insurance Services is requesting approval of the APPROVAL 2024 Oktoberfest Special Event Insurance Policy. https://tinyurl.com/bdd3kudv REQUEST TO PURCHASE Edward J. Graveline, 222 Fogarty St., is requesting to CITY-OWNED PROPERTY purchase city-owned property at Fogarty St. Parcel #460121361005000022 https://tinyurl.com/yvfnjp8v REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL Ron Landtroop, A Slice of Heaven, is requesting an EMPLOYEES additional employee for his mobile food vendor license. https://tinyurl.com/586j8z3s STREET ENHANCEMENT Councilman Don Przybylinski is requesting for the Board of Works to contact CSX Railroad for a projected start date to fix the railroad crossing at Woodland Ave. https://tinyurl.com/mtu4ce49 Page 2 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 SIDEWALK REPAIR Tommy Kulavik, 1316 Ohio St., is requesting to replace the missing concrete sidewalk panel at 1502 Elston St. https://tinyurl.com/yxse2c4e SIDEWALK CLOSURE FOR Minority Health Partners of La Porte County is requesting RACE/WALK sidewalk closures for their Annual Breast Cancer Walk starting at 2722 Wabash St., to Barker Ave., then to Franklin Ave. going South, then turn right onto Pytynia Ave past Ames Field and finishing back on Wabash St. on October 5, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. https://tinyurl.com/rdzkajvr POSTPONING OF Criterion Productions is requesting to postpone the Last SPECIAL EVENT Splash Street Festival for September 28, 2024, to September 27, 2025. https://tinyurl.com/4j7mxtyb STREET ENHANCEMENT Scott Meland, 200 Kenwood Place, is requesting to make Arthur St. a one-way Eastbound at Franklin St. due to obstructed view to the South going Westbound at the Franklin St. intersection. https://tinyurl.com/aj528smc Page 3 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 REQUEST FOR PARKING John Traub, 107 Nevada Ave., is requesting the following: SIGNAGE & LINES -“No Parking This Side” signage on the East side of Nevada Ave. -Parking line to be painted on the West side of Neveda Ave. to facilitate angle parking. https://tinyurl.com/2zay7j33 CITY HALL ROOF REPAIR City Hall roof replacement due to hail damage. https://tinyurl.com/2m2bjmwf INSURANCE RENEWAL City Employee Health Insurance Renewal. UPDATES Special Events Page 4 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 PAYROLL DOCKET August 9, 2024 City Payroll $ 826,314.45 https://tinyurl.com/437wnee8 CLAIMS DOCKET August 19, 2024 Municipal $ 1,694,379.03 Health & Life Ins. Fund $ 287,332.75 CDBG $ 14,853.99 Worker Comp Trust $ 97,361.57 Special Events $ 250.00 Zoo Casino Agreement $ 834.30 Self Funded Liability EFT $ 0.00 ARP Local Fiscal Recovery $ 0.00 Total Claims: $ 2,095,011.64 https://tinyurl.com/mdxj3daf UNFINISHED BUSINESS – PENDING ITEMS ROAD SURFACE Erica Murray, 3213 Springland Ave., is requesting to have REPAIR the pitched road fixed in front of her home due to ground water getting too high and not being able to drain into the storm basin. Tabled June 3, 2024; https://tinyurl.com/27243pvp Page 5 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 STREET Daniel Radtke, 508 E, 2nd St., is requesting to install a curb ENHANCEMENT gutter and possibly a sidewalk to the East side of Taylor St. at 216 Taylor St. Tabled November 6, 2023; https://tinyurl.com/3depaz3k TRAFFIC CONTROL Scott Meland, 200 Kenwood Place, is requesting to change the traffic signals at the NICTD crossings so that people won’t run the red lights going Northbound after a train passes and the gates go up. Tabled June 17, 2024; https://tinyurl.com/mtvm36y5 TRAFFIC SIGNAGE Councilman Don Przybylinski is requesting to install school REQUEST crosswalk signage at Coolspring Ave. and Cleveland Ave. Tabled July 15, 2024; https://tinyurl.com/42djvrmc REQUEST FOR ROAD Councilman Don Przybylinski is requesting to fix a REPAIR severe dip in the roadway at Gardenia St. & Cleveland Ave., and repair the curbing removed by the Water Department. Tabled August 5, 2024; https://tinyurl.com/yc3wrvhb Page 6 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024 ADMINISTRATIVE APPEAL HEARRINGS APPEAL HEARING - Paul A. Przybylinski, 1716 Washington St., is requesting to WEED/GRASS appeal a Notice & Order that was issued at his property at 1716 Washington St. PUBLIC COMMENT NOTE: Public Comment is limited to three (3) minutes. All comments are to be addressed to the Board President not to the individual Board members. “All comments must be germane to and within the mandate and authority of this Board.” BOARD COMMENT ADJOURNMENT _________________________ Izabelle Galvin Ellis, BOW Clerk How to connect to “Hybrid Zoom” You are invited to a Zoom webinar. When: August 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Topic: Board of Works Meeting Please click the link below to join the webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81953781411?pwd=emV1QXRPT05sUEQxaXlMT1pLdDZKUT09 Passcode: 463602 Webinar ID: 819 5378 1411 Passcode: 463602 Page 7 Agenda August 19, 2024 Posted August 19, 2024