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Home My WebLink About02/04/1919 Board of Public Works MinutesRemonstrance received, read -and placed ,on file-,.ggainst-pavement on and sewer can High Street. Same read and placed on file. Finanic ial report of the City Cemetery Sexton filed with the Board. Dr. C`. H. Meyers and Attorney Sehellinger-appeared-before the Board and regp.ested that the Board take up. -the proceedings started sometime ago for the opening of a _highway from Sample Stk6et -to ' Ew.ing Av6' nue in this City, in the southwest part of City. The Board agreed to.set this resolution for an Informal hearing.for-Saturday February 15th.,1919 at 10:00 A:M. The 'Clerk of the Beard was instructed to send out notices to propetty owners -interested in this -opening af- s-a 1-d- meet-ing. Bruno De Peape appeared before the Board in regard to the payment for rebuilding sewer on East La Salle Avenue. The Board instructed the City Controller to pay the check due Bruno De Peape in :the sum of $1,999.30 for the rebuilding of East La Salle Avenue sewer, and the Board ordered that Bruno De Peape is to pay the Street Department the sum of One Hundred ($100.00)Dollars for services rendered in cleaning out new sewer, and that Bruno De Peape is to deposit with the City Controller payable to his order his certified check in the sure of` One Hundred ($100.00) for a period of ninety (90) days from date, this is to cover any cleaning out of the sewer by the Street Department within the period of ninety (90) •days. These checks to be deposit before the voucher is paid out. Bruno De Peape agreed to deposit said checks before receiving voucher. Geo. M. Urey, Sexton of the City Cemetery met with the Board and discussed the matter of the Ctetery associations wanting to have no fuaerels on Sunday in this City. The Board advised Mr. _Urey that they would take no action in regard to this matter at the present time, but if agreeable to other Cemeteries in the City, that the City would agreed to it also. The following resolution was adopted by the Board. STREET OR ALLEY IMPROVEMENT RESOJJUTION N0. 612. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, ST. JOSEHH COUNTY, STATE OF INDIANA, that it is desired and deemed necessary ` to improve She first alley east of St. Louis Boulevard from La Salle Avenue to 'Madison ` Street as follows, to -wit: - Said alley shall be graded and the roadway there of shall be paved; and also the roadway of certain portions of the streets and alleys which enter or intersect said_ street shall be graded and paved. The paving material to be used in making said improvement shall be Sheet Asphalt, Bitulithic Asphaltic concrete or Brick; and the foundation shall be portland cement concrete five (5) inches thick for. the Sheet .Asphalt, bitulithieVi asphaltic concrete and brick or rolled gravel six (6) inches thick for the Brick; or construct ing ' a Portland cement Cnncrete pavement at least seven (7) inches thick; storm.water .inlets and conduits shall be constructed where'neeessary; all manhole tops and storm water inlets shall be set to the proper grade; cement marginal curb shall be constructed at all streets aiid alleys where necessary, all as is more r particularly shown and all in accordance with the Plans, profiles, detail drawings and specifications on file in, the office of the Department of Public Works of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The coat of the Improvement herein provided for, ezoent street and Ailey intersections, shall be paid by 1pdab.t assessment to be levied upon the property specially bene$tted, to the amount that the same may be leg- any assessed therefor, in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning 1:11�n cipal Corporations," approved March 6, 1906, and In accordance with and pursuant to the provisions of all acts amendatory and supplemEatal thereto. The cost of all street and alley intersections, including oxie-h11`; of tie>idt%► of the Improvement oppo- stte Street teia.d alleys which "run into, but do not cross said roadway° .hbreilt `p `olst�sed' to be improved and that portion, of st;ch street or alley abutting upon property belonging to satd "pity, or upon property not subject eo Such .assessment, shall be paid by the City in cash out of its general ' fnud; if able to do .aq, or from a fund ere Ated .by a srecial 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 paidin ten equal annual in- , stallmen s, with. interest at the rate of Six per cent per annnm. A bond or Ronda will be issued to the con- tractor to the amount of such deferred assessments in .pro rate payment for such impro� e=nent. Bailer no circumstances shall_ thie city of South Bend be, or be held responsible for any sum'or suns` dire from said property owner or owners for said work, or for the collection of the same, or for the payment of any bond, bands, certificate or certzdeates, 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 impr0einent, or such inoneys as said City is by_said entitled Act and amendment. and supplements thereto required to pay. All -proceedings had, and work :done in the making of . said improvement, assessment, of property, , collection of as- sessments and issuance of bonds therefor, shallbe as.provided for in said above entitled Act, and Acts amend- Uory thereof and s xpplemenial thereto. ' T BE TT F'€ TMR RLSOLVED, That the -Beard of Pt-W6 W � #�• •��P�� _ ... @9 . , . A n l 1�1 at t, o e hotar of 7 p F bi , i1t rite O rd O! lt�� S§'erks, of this City, as the time and 10lace for. the public At mid: ptt med 110pt'ave p tt, 6t i fi said Board of pLI)lic Forks will hear all persons interesiset; or' wfi: propel is"iiAbh% to to assg°scd Jor 4 improvement, and will decide whether the benefits to lire -to be assessed for said 1141"a me Will equal the eat I n.-ated cost thP-reof. " _� s T �� P Sin C �VED, That notice of the time and utaes of nneh V011c 1Ans4t4erat49b liglAd a d r alle�l in the m =x er orovid d bylaw. Notice of this resoiiuti sun be bl Ott tho.,,, h' } p ,. ��... the Srd oQUY T �buAe d<y:"`' Feb....�ii��9a-�.z ni th®..1�tlAsiay of. Peb .�,�1�, ., Adopted t s ••tft•,}x............l.day of.......F�b,�� i��, - BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS G. A. ELLIOTT H. F. ROSTISEB Attested: • JOHN F. DEHAVEN Veronica C. Sweeney, Clerk of the Board. Petition received for pipe' sewer on Jackson Street from Ford Street to Division 'Street. Salve read and referred to the City Engineer for •resolutimn'. The following claims were, presented to -the ward. Engineering Dept. payroll $75.00 Indiana & Michigan Elec ., . Co., 1.70 So. Bend Spring Wagon & Carr lag* Co. '1.30 Avenue Shoring: Shop 5.75 Rec. C. ,U. Tel.Co. 6.OG Indiana & Michigan Elec . Co. .85 Ind iana & Michigan Elec . Co.-, 98 Wm. Miller 6. o0 Elec. Service Co., 10,37 Electric Seryice Co..., 103.14 Indiana; & Michigan Electric Company 95.30 .-City Cemetery 48.30 • SamUel Lontz & Sons 314.99 Jos.. A. Luther 170,51 Tuttle Corporation of 3 20 Itwas resolved by usaalwous consent_ of tke Board tkatiesolutioais No. 6e3 for .pavement on Yord .Street from lose ivesko Street to Olive Street, Resolution No. 604 for pavement on Enron Street from Koseiuseko Street to Meade Streets Resolution No. 605 for• pavesext on Olive Street From Lincoln, Way West to Waskingtoa Avenue and Resolution No. 606 for • pavestemt on alive Street from Div is ion Street to Saalple Street adopted on tie 28tk. t day of January 1919 are k.ereiy rose laded` aad tke City Eng Reer ixotructed to prepare sad .file, new resolutions for pavehaeats on the alsove. rent-ioaed streets inclu4tg'cotcrete pavement.