09/29/1916 Board of Public Works Minutes

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`L65 STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION No. 479. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLI CORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY STATE OF INDIANA, That ' it is desired and deemed necessary to improve the First alley south of Napier Street from Cliapin Street to Scott Street as follows, to -wit: - By grading and paving the road -way, also -by grading and paving the roadway of all interesting and entering streets, and alleys lying within the property line of said alley south of Napier Street from Cpili Street to Scott Street not included in the roadway; by paving said roadways with either Sheet Asphalt, Bithulthic, Asphaltic Concrete or Br-ick laid on a, five inch portland cement concrete foundation, or with Brick laid on a s ixh inch #tolled gravel foundation,, or with a seven inch concrete Pavement, by placing the necessary marginal cement curb curb, 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 add in accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and speci- fications 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 benef itted, to the amount that the same may be legally ass"essed therefore, in accordance with an Art of the -General Assembly of the State of Indiana,entitled.." An Act _Concerning Municipal Corporation, " approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the prov is ions of all acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all streets 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 up n the property belonging to said City or upon property hot subject to such assessments, 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 108 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dollars and more against each lot, it deferred, are to be paid in ten equall annual installments, wtli 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 rata payment for such improvement.. Under no circumstances shall the City, of South Bend be or be held -responsi- ble for 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 for -any bond, bonds, certif'icate or- cent ficates issued to the 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, assessment of property, collection of assessments, and issuance of bonds therefor, shall be as: provided for in said -above ent tled Act, and acts amendatory thereof and supplemental -thereto. BE IT RESOLVED , That the Board of Public Works fix_ the 24th. day of October.1916 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 whose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and will. decide whether the benefits to the property liable to be assessed for saidimprovement will equal the estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That notice of the time place of such public consideration be published and mailed in the manner provided by law. Notice of this Resolution shall be published on the 2nd. day of October 1916. and the 9th. day of October 1916 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 29th day -of September 1916. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. E. K. MORRIS JOHN B. WEBER Attested: Veronica C. Sweeney, Vlerk of Board. President.