01/28/1925 Board of Public Works Minutes

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ed.- specifically set forth in said list, and that the respective amounts of damages contained in the said list be and are hereby awarded to the several tracts of lend as specifically sat forth in said list, and that net benefits or net damages, as the case may be as to, -the respective tracts of land, contained in said list are hereby awarded or assessed, as the case may be as to the said several tracts of land. T The Board hereby further sets off the benefits and damages each against the other where both benefits and damages are assessedm against the same piece property, tract of land or interests, and hereby fixes the said respective net bene- fits as the amount that shall be paid by the respective owners as benefits, and further hereby fixes the respective net damages as to the several tracts as the amount that shall be paid to the owners of the respective tracts as damages. Thereupon, upon motiondm4eand seconded and unanimously adopted the 11th. day of February 1925 at 7:15 P.M. was fixed as the day on which this Board will receive or hear remonstrances from persons with regard to the amount of their re- spective awards of a,ssessmentav, and the Clerk of this Board Was instructed to prepare and cause to be duly and legally given, notices to the owners of each parcel of property, showing the amount of the assessments or awards, with a description of the property affected, and the date of said hearing. Resolution adopted as follows with. form of notice. RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE FILING OF PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND :ESTIMATES UNDER MODIFIED GRADE SEPARATION RESOLUTION No. 4. WHEREAS on the 9th. day of January 1925 modified Resolution No. 4 providing for the separation of grades of the New York Central Rai3Road Company by the elevation of the same over.certain streets in said resolution named, was duly and legally adopted and confirmed by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and WHEREAS, said resolution as so adopted and confirmed was submitted to the Common Council.of the City of South Bend, Indiana for its action thereon and was by Ordinance No. 2452 duly confirmed and approved by said Common Council of the 26th. day of January 1925, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works of said City that In pursuance to Section 2 of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, approved March ist., 1923, being Chapter 36 of the Aols of 1923, the New York Central Railroad Company be and they are hereby ordered to prepare or caused to be prepared and filed within sixty (60) days after notice as provided by`saud act, complete plans and specifications, the same to be in particular covering all work required by scud resolution to be done except pavement,, sidewalks, drainage and approaches. All other Steam Railroad Companies having tracks connecting with or intersecting the tracks of the New York Central Railroad Company and which said tracks will have to.be changed on, ever or under certain streets if such companies shall desire to maintain such onnection or intersecting tracks shall likewise file plans and specifications in the office of such Board of any changes necessary in. their tracks resulting dfrom said improvement.; Be it further resolved, that the Board of Public Works does hereby order plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer for the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of said' Board for any and all work required to be done in connection with such improvement for pavement, sidewalk, drainage and approaches and such work as shall be required on that part of the streets the grade of which is changed by such improvement. In all -cases where the street or highway is to be carried over the railroad track or tracks, the plans and speeific6tion for approaches shall inloude the work required to be done up to the abutments supporting the super- structure, but shall not include the abutments, and in ail.cases where the street or highway is to be carried under the railroad track or tracks, the plans and specification for approaches. shall only inleude the work required to be done outside of the right of way of the railroads affected.