04/18/1913 Board of Public Works Minutes

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779 STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION N0. 249. 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 DUNHAM STREET FROM HARRIS STREET TO ARNOLD STREET. By grading and paving the roadway also grading and paving of intersecting and entering streets and alleys lying within the portion of said Dunham Street not included in the roadway to be improved with ASPHALT,CREOSOTED W)ODEN BlioCKS,BITULITHIC OR BRICK laid upon a five inch portland cement concrete foundation or Brick laid upon a six inch gravel foundation, placing the necessary marginal curbs, storm water inlets and curbing the roadway with cement curb where the same has not lready been constructed. All as shown on plans in accordance with detail plans, profiles and specifications on file in the Board of Public Works of said City. And such improvement is now ordered. The cost of the improvement herein provided for, ex cept 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 Muni cipal Corporations," approved March 6119052 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 cooss 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 Rind, if able to do so, or from a fund cre- ated 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, 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 pro rata payment for such improvement. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be, or be held re- sponsible 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 of any bond, bonds, certificate or certi- ficates, issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys*as shall have actually been received by the City from the assessements 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, assessments of property, collection of assessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shai 1 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 23rd. day of May,A. D. 1913s at the hour of 7:45 P.M. at the office of the Board of Public Works, of this City, at 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 said improvement will equal the estimated cost thereof. BE IT FURTBER 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 22nd. day of April 1913 and on the 29th. day of April 1913 in the South Bend Daily Times. Adopted this 19th. , day of Apri 1,3 �1. BOARD OF PUBLIC W)RKS.