05/25/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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680 Tuesday May 25th.,1915• Continued. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT'RESOLUTION NO. 307.0 $; 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 im:Frove Lincoln Way West from. the east line of Olive Street to the west City limits, as follows, to -wit By grading the roadway 42-1/2 feet wide and paving a strip of the roadway 18 feet wide with concrete pavement 7 inches thick, or by paving that portion of the road- way which is not already so improved with a,st rip of gravel 24 feet wide, 12 inches in depth in the center and 9 inches in depth do the sides. Together with the necessary drains, all as shown on the plans and in accordance with the profiles, detail draw- ings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City. The cost of the improvement hereinp rovided 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 assessed therefor, in accord- ance with an act of the general Assembly of the State of Indiana, "entitled " An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March 6 1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory ands 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 allay .abut- ting upon property belonging to said City, or upon property not subject to such assess- ment, 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 Sec- tion 108 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 rats payment foX such improvement. Under Under no etreumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held respon- sible for arW sun or sums due from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collections 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 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 required to pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the -making of said improvement, assessments of property, collections 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 22nd. day of June91915 at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the @ffice of the Board of Public Vb rks, of this City, as the time and place for the public consideration of said proposed i prove - went 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. Br It further 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 resolution shall be published on the 29th. day of May91915 and June 4th.,1915 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 25th, day of May,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC 11D RKS.