02/27/1917 Board of Public Works Minutes

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385 STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO,; 491. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEPH COUNTY,- S:TATE OF INDIANA,. that it is - desired and deemed necessary to improve Broadway$ from Carroll Street to High Street and from Lafayette Street to Franklin Street as follows, to -wit:- By grading and paving the roadways of all intersecting and enter in.g . streetal and alleys _ lying within. the_ property lines of said Broadway not_ inculdeed. in the roadways; by paving said roadways with. either Asphalt,, Bitulithic_, Asphaltic Concrete or Brick laid on a, five _(5) inch Portland cement concrete foun.dat;ion, or with Brick laid on a six (6) inch rolled gravel Foundat ion; by plating the: necessary cement marginal curb, by curbing the roadway with cement curb Where same is not already constructed, by placing all manholes.and storm water inlets to the proper grade, and the construction of the necessary storm water` inlets and conduits. All as shown on the plans and in. accordance with the profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in the office of the Department of Public Wdrks 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 leived upon the property specially benef itted . to the amount that the same may be kegally assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, entitled. " An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations, " approved lurch 6,1905, 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 mf the improvemeit oppeesite street and alle�s which run into, but do not cross said rbadwty herein proposed to be improved and that portion of such street or alley. abutting upon property. bolongi ng to said City, or! upon property not subject to such assessment, sha ll x be paid by the City in cash out f of its generdl fund, if able to do so, or from a fund created . by a spec ia-1 assessment to Abe levied under the provisions of Sec- tion 108 of , the above entitled Act. Asaessments of ten dollars and more against each let, 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 proratapayment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held r esponsb le for any sum of - 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 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 improve- ment, or such moneys as said City is by said entitled Act and amendments and supple- ments thereto require:dt o pay. All proceedings had, and work done in the making of .sadd 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 supplemntal thereto. Be It Further Resolved, That the Board of Public Works fix the Jrd. day of April 1917, 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 imrovement, 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 they estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That notice of the time: and placer of such public cons iderat ion be published and mailed in the manner provided by law, Notice of this resolution shall be published on the 6th. day of March 1917 and on the 13th. day of March 1917 in the South Bend Daily Tribune. Adopted this 27th. ' day of . February 1917. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. E. M. MORRIS A. H. RICE ATTEST:- JOHN B . WEBER Veronica C. Sweeney, Clerk of the Board.