06/01/1915 Board of Public Works Minutes

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688 STREET OR ALLEY WROVEMENT RESOLUTION N0. 392. 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 improve Tonti Avenue from Lafayette Street to Tecumseh Avenue, as follows,to-wit:- By gracing and paving the roadway, also grading and paving the roadway of intersecting and entering streets and alleys, lying within said portion of said Tonti Avenue not included in the roadway, to be improved with WATER BOUND MACADAM PAVEMENT. Placing the necessary marginal cement 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 the plans, and in accord- ance with the profiles, detail drawings . and specifications on Pile in the office of the Department of Public Works ok the City of South Bend, Indiana. The cost of the improvement herein provided for, except street and alley intersections, shall be patid by special assessment to be levied upon the specially benefitted , to the amount oil that the same may be legally assessed therefor, in accordance with art Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indianav entitled an Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," approved March 61,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the 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 City, or upon property not sub feet ti such assessments, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general fund, if able to do sa, or from a fund created by a special assesment to be levied under the provisions of Section 108 of the above entitled Act. Assessmarits of ten dollars and more against each lot, ifndeferred, 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 rates payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held respbne responsible for any sum or sums due frog said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment for 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 asses ments for such improvement, or such moneys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendments and supplemnts 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 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 29th, 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 id ll 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 vd ll equal the estimated cost thereof. Be 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 3rd. day of June,1915. and on the loth. day of June,1915. in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this lst. day of June,1915. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.