07/21/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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d. 419 STREET OR`ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 335. Be It Resolved By the Board of Public Works of the City of Joseph Cour*y, State of Indiana, that it is desired and deemed necessary Cottage Grove Avenue from Michigan Avenue to Portage Avenue, as Follows, South Bend, St, to improve t o-wit : - 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 Cottage Grove Avenue not included in the roadway to be improved with ASPITALT,ASPHALTIC.CONCRETE BITULITHIC,CREOSOTED WOODEN BLOCKS 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. Or a. Concrete Pavement seven (7) inches in depth. Placing the necessary marginal curb, curbing the roadway with cement curb where same is not already constructed. Also the con— struction of the necessary storm water inlets and conduits. All as shown on the plans, and in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and pecif ications 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 inter- sections, shall be paid by special assessment to be levied upon the property specially benefitted, to the amount that the same may be legally assessmd therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Munt— cipaloCorporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the po— provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. 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 C ty, or upon property not subject to such assessment, shall be padd by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do so, or from a fund cre- ated by a�spe cial assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 109 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of tel 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 respon# sible 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 sny bond, bonds, certificate or certificates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have actually been received by the City from the assessents 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, assess- ments of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as provided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amendatory thereof and supplemental there- to. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Board of Public Works fix the l8th., day of August,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 satEd pupposed improvement, at which said Board of Publc Works will hear ill 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 RESLVED. That notice of the sideration be published and mailed in the manner provided shall be published on the 24th., day of July,19141 and o in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 21st., day of July21914. time' and place of sued public con - by law. Notice of this resoution n the 31st., day of July,1914 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.