05/04/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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E;'1 Tuesday May 4th.-,1915. Continued. STREET XND ALLEY IMPROVE+IENT RESOLUTION NO. 391. #% 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 ivtprove Hamden Court from .La Salle Avenue to the First alley north of La Salle Avenue as follows,to—w~i.t By grading anad macadamizing the roadway with a Water Bound Macadam Pavement eight (9) inches in depth from the north line of La Salle A venue to the first alley, north of La Salle Avenue. Placing necessary marginal cement curb, curbing the roadway with cement* curb vuftere not already constructed. Also the construction of the necessary stop Ater inlets and conduits. All as shown on the plans and in accordance with theprofile and de— tail drawings on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. 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 bne— fitted, to the amount that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of th a General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled. " An Act Concerning Munic— pal Corporations," approved March 6,19@5, and in accordance with and. pursuant to the provi— sions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all street and alley intersections, including one —halt' of the width of the improvement opposite street and alleys, Vvhich run into, but do not cross said roadway herein, proposed to be improved and that portion of said street or alley abutting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such assessment, 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 10F of the above ex — titled Act. a 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 is -sued to the contractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in pro rata payments for such improvement Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held responsi— ble for any sum of sums due from said property owner or o .ers 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 es shall have actually been received by the City from the assessments for such improvement,or such motleys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendements and supplements thereto required to pay.. All proceedings. had, and viork done in the making of said improvement, as: essment ff 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 thereto. Be It Further Resolved. That the Board of Public Works fix the Ist. day.of June,1915 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 which said Board of Public Works will hear all persons interested, or Y. ose 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 cast thereof. BeIt Further Resolved, That notice of the time end 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 9th. day of May,1915 and on the 15th. day of May,1915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 4th. day of May,1915 . BOARD OF PUBLIC Vi RKS. Contract for pipe sewer an Ckerry Street from Washington Avenue to lst. alley South of Jefferson Blvd, was awarded to Hoban and Roach for the amount of 564.00 Mr. D. C. Layton, St. Commissioner appeared before the Board relative to the purchasing of Street signs. The Beard instructed Mr. Layton to write to the sign companies and get prices.