09/29/1914 Board of Public Works Minutes

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509 Board met in regular session at 7:45 P.M. All.members present. Hearing had on Improvement `Eddy, Resolution No. 356 for the pipe sewer on Parry Francis. and Division Street, in the City of Sout_ Bend, Indiana. Upon said hearing remonstrators appeared(remonstrancing against the Eddy St. sewer being built this fall) but no written remonstrance was filed. And the Board being fully advised in the premises, decides that the benefits to property liable to be assessed for said improvements are equal to the estimated cost of the same, as reported by the City Civil Engineer, and thereupon takes final action on said resolution as org;inally adopted, and the same is hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Resolved further, that notices be published on the Ind. day of October 1914 and on the 9th., day of October,1914 in a newspaper of general Circulation in said City, stating that this Board will receive bids for the construction of said improvements up to 10:00 A.M. on the 20i;h. , day of October,1914. The Board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The above resolution was approved with the understanding that', the bias were to be received and contract let this fall, work on Parry and Francis Street to be completed this fall,but Eddy Street part to remain until Spring.of 1915. nearing had on Improvement Resolution No. 357 for pipe sewer o-i Cherry Street from Washington Avenue to lst. alley South of Jefferson Blvd. In the City of South Bend, Indiana. Upon said hearing remonstrators appeared but no written remonstrance i,7,,as filed. The Board after due consideration dPoided to deferred all action On the above resolution until Tuesday April 13th.,19�5 at 7:z_5 P.M. Property owners to be notified by cards before hearing. Partial estimate=)llowed Stewart —Sheets Company on the Bos..Tnan Creek nkserer for the amount of.......... ........ _ .................... ....... 32754.J The City Engineer submitted the list of property owners in the matter of ✓'bhe appropriation of certain property under Condemnation Resolution No. ,28 shown in Resolution No. 28. on Page 202 Record 5, w-lich list includes the names of the owners and r olders of property and of interests therein soulght to be taken or beneficially or in- juriously effected, and the description of the several pieces of property which is affected by the said appropriation proceedings. Thereupon the Board proceeded to award the damages sustained and to assess the benefits accruing to each piece of property,upon said list. It was thereupon, upon motion duly made and seconded and unanimously adopted, resolved that said list, together with the amounts of benefits and damages and net )benefits and net damages therein set forth as to the serveral parcels of land be adopted and that the respective amount of benefits contained in said list be and are hereby .assessed against the several tracts of land as specifically set forth in said list, and Unat the respective amounts of damages contained in the said list be and are hereby ,wa.rded to the several tracts of land as specifically set forth in said list, and that the , .t benefits or -net -damages, as the case may be as to -the respective. tracts of land, con-- k,ained in said list are hereby awarded or assessed, as the case mail be as to the said &everal tracts of land. The Board hereby further sets off the benefits and damages each against 4 he other vfnere both benefits and damages_ are assessed against the same piece of property, tract of land or interest, and hereby fixes said respective net benefits as the'_amount `::fiat small be paid by the respective owners as benefits, and further hereby fixes the re— spective net damages as to the several tracts as the amount that shall be paid to the c.;,rners of the respective tracts as damages. ( over )