09/24/1912 Board of Public Works Minutes

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�05 STREET OR AuLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 209. 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 BRICK AVENUE FROM LAPORTE AVENUE TO MICHIGAN AVENUE including the intersection of Euclid Avenue as follows,t o-wit : - By grading and paving said B ri ek Avenue from property line t® property line with Brick ,Bitulithie, Creosoted Wooden Block or Asphalt laid upon a 5 inch portland cement gravel foundation: or with Brick laid on a six (6) inch gravel foundation, placing the necessary marginal curb, all as shown on plans and in accordance with the specifications detail drawings and profiles on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. And such improvement is now ordered. 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 Indi anal ent it led "An Act Concerning Muncipal Corporations," approved March 6,1905, and in accordance with and pursuant to the provisions ofall acts amendatory and supplemental thereto. The cost of all street and alleys i. ntarsections, including one+-dalf of the width of the improvement opposite street and alleys which run t1to, 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 subJect to sueh assessment, 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 109 of the above entitled Act. Assessments of ten dollars and more against each lot, if deferred,ane 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 rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held rerpons- ible for any sum or gums due -from' paid property owner or owners for said work,or for t rs collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bonds, certificate or certifi.eates issued to said contractor in payment for sueh 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 pro- perty, 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 Pubtie Works fix th# 25th. day of October A.D. 1912 at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the office of the Boardof Public Works of this City, as the time and place for the public eondiderstion of said proposed improvement, at which said Board of Public Works will hear all persons interested, or vtose property is liable to be assessed for said improvement, and vdll decide whether the benefits tot * property liableto be assessed for said improvement will equal the estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. That noti ee 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 26th. day of September 1912 and on the 3rd. day of October 1912. in the South Bend Daily Times. Adopted this 24t h. day of September 1912. P re si dent.