HomeMy WebLinkAboutAppropriating $1,000,000.00 Improvement to StreetsORDINANCE No
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
JUNE 27th 19X56
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
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Approved and signed by me .TUNE 28th, 19: 56
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ORDINANCE NO. 4100 AS AMENDED
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
APPROPRIATING THE SLIM OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS
($1, 000, 000. 00) TO BE APPLIED: TO THE COST OF CON-
STRUCTION, RE- CONSTRUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT
OF STREETS, AND EXPENSES INCURRED IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH AS AMENDED.
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works and Safety of
the City of South Bend has found. that many streets in said city
have .deteriorated. and have become defective to a serious extent;
that an emergency exists for the immediate construction, re-
construction and improvement of such streets, and that said
project is necessary in order to protect the safety and well -being
of the citizens of said city, and will be of general benefit to the
entire city; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Public Works .and Safety has
determined that the estimated cost of said project, and the incidental
expenses necessary to be incurred in connection therewith, in-
eluding the issuance of bonds, will be in the approximate amount
of One Million Dollars ($1, 000, 000.00), and has filed a request
for an appropriation in said amount for said purposes, which request
has been approved by the City Controller, with the recommendation
that the funds necessary to cover such appropriation be obtained by
the issuance and sale of general obligation bonds of the city; and
WHEREAS, the Council now finds that the construction,
re- construction and improvement of streets- is immediately
necessary and will be of general benefit to the city and its citizens;
and
WHEREAS, the Council now finds that the city has no
funds available or provided for in the existing budget and tax levy
which may be applied to said projects, making it necessary to
authorize the issuance of bonds of the city in order to procure
such funds, and that an extraordinary emergency exists for the
making of the additional appropriation hereinafter set out;
Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA:
Section 1. That the sum of One Million Dollars
($1.000, 000. 00) be appropriated out of the proceeds of the bonds
heretofore authorized to be issued by the Common Council de-
signated as "City of South Bend, Municipal Bonds of 1956 ", for
the use of the Board of Public Works and Safety in paying the cost
of construction, re- construction and improvement of streets,
the program to include these minimums:
1. Widening, paving and re- surfacing East
Jefferson Boulevard an area not less than
from 26th Street to Logan Street.
2. Widening and re- surfacing a portion of
Indiana Avenue.
3. Widening and re- surfacing Olive Street
from Sample Street south to Prairie Avenue.
4. Paving and re- surfacing a portion of West
Sample Street.
Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and signing by the Mayor.
Member of the Common Council
Passed and adopted by the Common Council of the City
of South Bend on the 27th day of June, 1956.
Presiding Officer
Attest:
Freda Noble, City Clerk