02/17/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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2Q�9 --7. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION N0.295. ` BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,STATE OF INDIANA, that it is desired and deemed necessary to improve CEDAR STREET from ERERICK STREET to EDDY STREET, as follOws,to-wits:- By grading and paving the roadway also grading and paving the roadway of all intersecting and entering streets and alleys, lying within said portion of said Cedar Street not included in the roadway to be improved with Asphalt, Asphaltic Concrete Bithulithic, Wooden Block or Brick laid on a five (5) inch Portland Cement Gravel concrete foundation. Or with Brick laid on a six (6) inch rolled gravel foundation, placing the necessary marginal cement curb, curbing the roadway with cement curb cohere same is not al- ready constructed, also the construction of the necessary storm water inlets. All as shown on the plans and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. And such improvement is now ordered. The cost of the improvement herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessments to be levied upon the property specially benefitted, to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March 6,19051 and in accordance with and pureuant to the provisions of all amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all street acid alley intersections, including one-half of the width of the improvement opposite street and alleys which run into, but do not cross said roadway herein proposed to be improved and that portion of such street or alley abutting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such assessment, shall be paid by the City out of its general fund, if able to do ee, or from a fund cre- ated by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 109 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dollars and more against each lot, if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of Six per cent per annum. A bond or bonds will be issued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in pro rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held re- sponsible for any sum or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certi- ficates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have actually been received by the City from the assessments for such improvement,or such moneys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendments and supplements thereto re- quired to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bon ds therefor, shall be Ls provided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto. BE IT FURTTFR RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Worixs fix the 24th. , day of March A.D. 1914 at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the office of the Board of Public Works, of this City.) as the time and place for the Public consideration of said proposed improvement, at wrdch said Board of Public Works will hear all persons interested, or whose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide wnether the benefits to the property liable to be &ssessed for s?-id improvement rril? equal the estimated cost t-klereof. BE IT FURTI.R RESOLVED, That notice of the time and place of such public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this resolu- tion shall be published on the 19th. , day of February 1914 and on he 26th. , day of Fe ruary 1914 in the South Bend Daily News Times. Adopted this 17tri. , day of February 19i4. BOARD Oz' PULIC WORKS.