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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/25/1912 Board of Public Works Minutesjun& 25t h. Board met in regular session at 10:00 A?M. All members present. Bids• were opened and were referred to the City Engineer for Tabulation on the follovd ng St re et s Pipe sewer on Garst street, Under Improvement Resolution No. 172. macadam Pavement on Wake,wa Avenue, "" no No. 167. "Grade, curb and walk ofi No. Lafayette St, "" "" "" 162. "W no "" "" :North Shore Drive "" "" "" 163. ✓ nn n" nn "" Nakewa Avenue n" n», "n 164. 'Marquette Avenue "" "" ; no 165. ;. Tecumseh Avenue "" no "M 166. The Engineer to report the tabulation of same to the Board Friday June ,-�Exeavation Bond,", of John H. Meyers for One Thousand Dollars ( 1000.00) Board. 28t h. 1912. approved by the fond and contract signed by C. H. Defrees and the American Surety Company of New York, and approved by, the Board. For Grade, Curb and Walk on Wood arcs and Blaine A venues, Under. Improvement Resolution No. 143. in the City of South B nd, Indiana. t-'ilearing given on Grade, Curb and Walk on Oakland Street,under Improvement Resolution No. 155. The same was deferred until Wednesday June 26th. '1912p at 10:00 A.M. Communication on same r1ceived and referred to City Attorney` TRUNK SEWER IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION NO. 192. RESOLVED by the Board of Public Works of the City of South Bend, .County of St. Joseph, State of Indiana; That it is desired and deemed necessary to construct a sewer in and- along OLIVE.SPREET.. AND',MICHIGAN AVENUE all in said City, which, Prom it s si ze and character, is not only intended and adapted for use by p rope rt y ow era whose property abuts along the line of said sewer, but is also intended and adapted for receiving sewage _ from collateral drains already constructed or which may be hereafter con- structed, and the 'same is hereby ordered constructed in and along the following line in said City,to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of Longley. Avenue and Olive Street; .thence North along the center of Olive Street a di st ance of 300 feet with a 24 inch vitrified pipe sewer; thence still north along the center line of said Olive Street to the center of Michigan Avenue with a 20 inch vitrified pipe sewer; thence north westerly along the center line of said Michigan Avenue a distanee .of 1436 feet measured along the center line of Michigan Avenue with a 15 inch vitrified pipe sewer, together with the necessary manholes, inllts and house connections to the curb line along the line of said improvement. And to be built in accordance with the profiles, specifications, detail plans, maps and estimate now on file in the office of the Department of Public Works of said City, which includes an estimate of the proportion, that the cost of an adequate loC9,1 sewer, built along the above line,bears to the cost of the main sewer, to be bui it as follows: The cost of an adequate local sewer, built along the line above de s- cribed, is hereby estimated a nd fixed to be of the cost of the main sewer to be built along said line as above set forth, which proportion, as herein estimated and fixed, shall -be taken and adopted in all computations requiring a knowledge of the cost of such local sewer if built il-ong the line where the main sewer is to be built. The cost of the construction of said sewer shall be divided as follows:. 1. So much of such cost ashall be equivalent to the construction of an. adequate local sewer not adapted to receive sewage from collateral drains or sewers, if built along the proposed line as hereinabove set forth, shall be paid by the abutting property holders and the City of South Bend, if it be determined that said City`id bene- fited by said sewer in the same manner and to the same extent as local sewers, are paid for by them, under the Statutes in such cases made and provided. 2. The excess of cost over and -above what would be equivalent to the cost of a local sewer, if built along said line, shall be assessed against each piece of pro- perty in the district or area to be drained and against the City, if it be determined that the said. City if benefited by the said sewer, according to the manner and method pre- scribed by law, all of which said property benefit!ially affected lies within the follow- ing described territory in the City of South Bend, County of St. Josejih, and State of I di ana,to-wit : - Beginning on the North line of Longley Avenue at a point 150 feet . east of the east. line of Olive Street; thence north parallel with and 150 feet east of the east line of said Olive Street to the south line of Michigan Avenue; thence northwesterly along the southerly line of said Michigan Avenue; thence northwesterly along the southerly line of said Michigan Avenue to the east lire of Olive Street; thence north along the east line of said Olive Street to a point 150 feet north of the north line of Michigan Avenue; thence northwesterly parallel with and 150 feet north of the northerly line of said Michigan Avenue to a point 1342 feet due west of the center -.484 of Olive Street; thence south parallel with a;,;d 1342 feet west of said Olive Street to a point in line with hhe north line of Longley Avenue; thence east in line with said north line of Longley.Aven�e to a point 150 feet east of the east line of Olive Street which point is the place of beginning. Said improvement shall be known as OLIVE STREET AND MICHIGAN AVENUE RRUK SEWER under IMPROVI ;MENT RESOLUTION ' NO. 192 in the City of South Bend, Indiana. And each piece of property in said district or area above described,"in- cluding abutting property holders and the said City of South Bend, if the said City is benefited, shall be assessed, as aforesaid, to pay said excess of cost over and above what would be equivalent to the cost of a local,,sewer.; all of which' will more fully appear by reference to the profiles, map, drawings .and specifications now on file in the office 'of the Department of Public Works of said City, 'which, among otk other things, gives the exact course of said proposed main sewer, overflows, and it its appurtenances, and the district or area which may he ,injuriously''or benefically affe ct edt he reby, 'as shown by the heavy boundary lines marked on said map and draw. ings, with proper worKs and figures written thereon; clearly indicating what said heavy boundary lines represent, and the district- or, area embraced thereby. Assess- ments if deferred, are to be paid in ten equal annual installments, with interest 16 at the rate of six per cent per annum. A Bond or bonds shall be issued to the conr. tractor in payment for said work, unless the property oxiers pay said assessments before said bond or bonds are. issued. Under no circumstances shall the City of South Bend be or be held responsible 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 pay- ment of any bond, bonds,' certificate or certificates, -issued to said contractor in payment for such work, except for such moneys as shall have been actually rec- eived by said City from the assessments or such improvements. All proceedings had and work ,done in the construction of said main sewer and its appurtenances, manner of assessment/ of property, collect ion of assess- ments nd issuance of bonds thereofr, shall be as provided for in an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, entitled "An Act Concerning Municipal Corporations," in matters pertainning to the constitution, alteration and main- tenance of public drains and sewers, providing for the construction, alteration and maintenance of such sewers and drains in such cities and within four miles the thereof, also providing for the assessment of property specially benefited thereby for the payment thereof, in khole or in part, and for the collection of such assess ments, repealing all laws and parts of laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency, approved March 6, 1905, and all acts supplementary and amendatory thereto, passed by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana. Notice: of this resolution shall be published can the 26th. day of June 1912 and on the 3rd. day of July, 1912 in the South Bend Daily 'Times. This Board will give a hearing on this resolution at its dffice in the City Hall on the 26th. day of July,1912 at 7:45 P.M. Adopted this 25th. day of June, 1912. ram_ Petition for the vacation of an alley at the east end of Keasey Street, referred to the City Engineer for investigation. ity Attorney submitted copies of contract and franchise for s t reet rai-1-wq r 'track on East Madison Street. ZHearing given on declaratory Resolution No. 175 for paoement.:on:L'st�- Alley West of Lafayette Street from LaSalle MWenue to Madison Street. In the above matter no- remonstrators appeared and no remonstrances were filed. Therefore be it resolved that the Board find in each and every case, in said improvements that the benefits to the property, and to the City of South Bend are equal to' the estimated cost of said improvements and the 'same are hereby in all things ratified, confirmed and approved. Be it resolved that notices be published in the South Bend Daily Times on the A TAL day of June 1912 and on the 5th. day of July 1912 to the effect that this Board 'will receive bids for the construction of said improvements up to 10.000 A.M. on the 16t h. day of July 1912. The. Board reserves the right to reject an# and all bids. 485 A` ie,aring given on Declaratory resolution No. 174 for paxemerrt . of ist. Alley North of La Salle Averme from Lafayette Street to lst. Noft# &id South Alley west. In the above matter remonstrators appeared and remonstrances were filed. The Board after due _consideration rescinded all previous ' action on the same. v. In, the matter of bids on sewer connection son.Madison Street, there was no bids received, and the same were ordered re -advertised and to be opened on .July 26th.. 1912 at 10 : 00 A. M. President.