07/21/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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4242 .STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO- 339- Be It Resolved by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, J St. J<-seph County, State of Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary to im- prove Marion Street from the west line of St. Joseph Street' to the east. line of Lot 5 Hammond & Whitcomb Addition, as follows,to-wit.:- By resurafcing the present pavement with three inches of crushed lime- stone a -id a bituminous filler. Placing the necessary cement marginal curb, curbing the roadway with cement curb where same is not -already constructed. Also the construction of the.necessary storm water inlets and conduits. All as shown on theplans, and in accordance with the prfoles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. The ,cost of the improvement herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be paid by special assessment to be elvied upon the prop- erty 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 Munciicpal Corporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accord- ance with and pusuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental therete The cost of all street and 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 asessment, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so, or from a fund created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 101 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dallars and more agairrist 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 agsponsible 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 certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have actaully been received by the City from the assessments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said eneitled Act and amendments and supplements thereto required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of said improvement, assessment of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be ps provided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amenda- tory thereof and supplemental thereto. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works fix the 25th. day of August,1914 at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the office of theBbard of Public Works of this City, as the time and place for the public consideration of said proposed im- provement, at which said Board of Public Works will hear all persons interested, or whose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will decide whether the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for said improvement will equal the estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That notice of the .time and place of suhh public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this resolution.shall be publiseed on the 24th., day of July 1914 and on the 31st. day of July,1914 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 21st, day of July21914. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. President.