08/28/1978 Board of Public Works Minutes

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231 REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28, 1978 IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION 03461 ADOPTED - PLANS, COST ESTIMATE AND PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT ROLL FILED - N -S ALLEY E. OF O'BRIEN The Department of Engineering submitted to the Board the preliminary plans, cost estimate, preliminary assessment roll and improvement resolution covering the proposed paving of the first north -south alley east of.O'Brien Street, from Humboldt to Elwood, under Barrett Law. These steps were taken in response to a petition of property owners on the alley. Upon motion made by Mr. McMahon, seconded by Mr. Brunner and carried, the documents were filed and the following resolution was adopted: IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 3461 BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that it is deemed necessary to'improve the first north -south alley east of O'Brien - -St., from Humboldt St. to Elwood Avenue by constructing'a V thick -- Portland Cement Concrete 12' wide inverted crown pavement. The same to be done in accordance with the profiles, drawings, general details and specifications for such improvements approved and to be adopted by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana, immediately upon the final adoption and confirmation of this Resolution, and placed on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of said City, and such improvement is now ordered. The total cost of said improvement, including all incidental costs, such as advertising and engineering, shall be assessed upon the real estate abutting on said alley in accordance with applicable statutes. The said improvement is to be financed and paid for as provided in Chapter 40 of the Acts of 1953, as amended (1971 I.C. 18 -6 -3). Assessments, if deferred, are to be paid in five (5) equal installments, with interest at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum. The 25th day of September, 1978 at the hour of 9:30 a.m. o'clock, Local Time, is hereby fixed as the time and the Board of Public Works Hearing Room, 1308 County -City Building as the place when and where all persons whose property may be affected by such proposed improvement, may be heard as to the necessity for the same, and all petitions and remonstrances received. The Board will, on said day, decide whether the benefits accruing to abutting and adjacent property, and to the City of South Bend, Indiana, will be equal to or exceed the estimated cost of said improvement., The Clerk of the Board is hereby ordered to give notice by two weekly publications of the time and place of hearing of this resolution. Adopted August 28, 1978. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS s/ Patrick M. McMahon S1 Thomas J. Brunner, Jr. s/ Peter H. Mullen ATTEST: s/ Patricia DeClercq, Clerk Notice of Hearing Published on September 1 and September 8, 1978.