03/08/1916 Board of Public Works Special Meeting Minutes

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6'l Wednesday March March Sth.,1916. ' 4 Board met in special session at 10:00 A.M. All members presents Contract for 50,000 feet of white oak lumber for the Street Department was awarded to Sanders !fie Egbert Co. at ...29.00 per M. Street Commissioner reported as follows on complaint of o,ff set nd step incline from Stephenson sidewalk to race bridge sidewalk. The width of the Race BrAl ,e n.q ✓ Colfax Avenue being narrower than the Street, the sidewalks form w jog at Ginz Ave. Paving at this intersection is same as any other intersection and not defective. Printing of the blank forms for the Building Department was awarded to the Tribune Printing Company, @ $70,00 Filing cabinet for the Building Department was ordered from Herr & Herr Co. ✓ at' $100.00 STRH 9T OR ,ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 421. ✓ 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— prove Indiana Avenue from Kemble Avenue to Prairie Avenue as.follows, to —wit: — By grading and paving the roadway, also by grading and paving the roadways of all intersecting and entering streets and alleys lying within $he property lines of said Indiana Avenue not included in -the roadway; by paving said roadways with either Asphalt, Bithulithie, Asphaltic Concrete or Brick laid on a five (5) inch portland cement concrete foundation, or with Brick laid on a six (6) inch rolled. gravel foundation; by placing the necessary marginal cement curb; curbing the roadway with cement curb where same is not already constructed; by placing all manholes and inlets to the proper grade; and by the construction.of the necessary storm water inlets and conduits; all as shown on the plans and in accordance wi-h the profiles, detail drawings and specifications 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 intersections, 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 accordance with an,Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled, "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations,-" approved March 6,1905, and in accord— ance 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 end alleys which run into, but do not pro-s 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 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 fend created by a special assessment to be levied under the provisions of Section 109 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dollars rund 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 annume A bona 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 ben held responS able fqr ,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 any bond, bonds, certificate or cer# ficates , is ued to s id contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have actually been received by the City from the assessments for such improve meat: , or such moneys as said Citty is by said entitled Act and amendments and supple- mentst hereto required to pay. All proceedings had end 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.