Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-08-02
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY
Notice of Proposed Resolution of
Necessity,

NOtlCe Oh IfOpOSeu neSOlutIOu VI
Necessity.
Notice is hereby given. that at
meeting of the City Council of the
City of Audubon, Iowa. held on the
30th day of July, 1917, there was
introduced the resolution hereinafter
set forth and that the same will be
considered for passage at a meeting
of the said City Council to be held in
the Council Chamber of said City
Council in Audubon, Iowa, at
o'clock p. NJ, on the 22nd day of
August, 1917, at which time owners
of property subject to assessment for
the cost of the improvement contem-
plated by said resolution may appear
and make objection to the construc-
ton of said improvement and the
passage of this resolution, if any
they have, said resolution being as
follows, viz:
Resolution of Necessity for Paving
and Grading upon East Division
Street from North Division Street to
the North Corporate Limits of the
City of Audubon, Iowa.
Be 1t Resolved by the City Coun-
citl of the City of Audubon. Iowa:
That it is deemed advisable and
necessary to make improvements by
paving and grading East Division
Street of said City from the north
| line of North Division Street north
| to the North Corporate Line and Linn
its of said City of Audubon, Iowa,
Said pavement shall be construct
| ed of Portland cement concrete
| twenty-four feet wide, composed of
| Portland cement, sand and gravel, in
the following proportions, viz: One
part of Portland cement, two parts
| of sand and four parts of gravel, laid
on the prepared sub-grade to a depth
| of six inches, and shall be worked
and compacted until a smooth even
surface is obtained and the surplus
water taken up by a dry coating of
cement and sand mixed, the whole
| floated to a smooth and even sur
/ face.
The foundation to be prepared and
the paving and grading to be done
and constructed in accordance with
the plans and specifications therefor
prepared by the City Engineer and
now on file in the Office of the City
Clerk of said City of Audubon, Iowa,
which said plans and specifications
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Audubon, Iowa, on the 30th day of
| July, 1917, and the same are hereby
without incorporation herein, by ref
erence, made part hereof.
The above described portion of said
street shall be so graded that said
paving, when fully completed will
bring the same up to the established
grade. And so much of the cost OF
said grading as consists in the re-
moval of the earth and other materi-
al between the subgrade and the
established grade shall be considered
a part of the cost of the paving and
be so assessed. All other grading
shall be paid for by the City.
The expense of making said paw
i ing, including the cost of the intersec-
tions of streets and the removal OF
material between subgrade and grade
| to be assessed against all lots parts
| of lots, pieces and parcels of land
according to area abutting thereon
and adjacent thereto and including
one-half of the privately owned prop
! erty between the street so proposed
to be improved and the next street
whether abutting upon said street OF
| not; but not to include privately
owned property situated more than
300 feet from the street proposed to
be improved hereunder, all in pro
portion to the special benefits con
! ferred upon said property thereby
and not in excess of such benefits
and such assessment shall not ex
coed twenty-five per centum of the
actual value of any lot or tract a
the time of the levy. Any deficien
cies where the special assessment!
that may be levied against any lo
or tract of land is insufficient to pay
the cost of said improvement shall be
paid from the City Improvement
Fund by the issuance CT City I'm
provement Certificates in anticipa
ton of the levies to be made in sale
fund
Special Assessment Certificate!
shall be issued for all special assess
ments against private property bear
ing six per cent interest per annum.
And the contractor shall look eX
clusively to the funds stated hereiI
for payment for said street improve
ment and the City of Audubon, Iowa
will not make itself pecuniarly liabl
for the payment of the cost of an.
part of said improvement and will
not incur any Indebtedness for same
And the contractor who shall maxi
said improvement shall guarantee t
keep the same in good repair for fiv
years from it's acceptance by tn
City Council and give good and stuff
cient bond, in the sum of rs per cen
of the contract price, to be approve
by the City Council, obligating tn
contractor and his bondsmen to tn
faithful performance of the contrac
and to fulfill said guarantee.
Given by order of the City Council
of the City of Audubon, Iowa.
GEO. Z. KELLOGG,
City Clerk.