Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-08-09
RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY
Notice of Proposed Resolution Of
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NotICe OF proposed keSOlutlOn OF
Necessity.
Notice is hereby given, that at
meeting of the City Council of the
City of Audubon, Iowa, held on the
Both 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 Lin
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 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
were approved by the City Council of
Audubon, Iowa, on the 30th day of
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
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
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 or
not; but not to include privately
owned property situated more than
800 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 at
the time of the levy. Any defcien-
cies where the special assessments
that may be levied against any lot
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 said
fund.
Special Assessment Certificates
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 herein
for payment for said street improve
ment and the City of Audubon, Iowa,
will not make itself pecuniarly liable
for the payment of the cost of any
part of said improvement and will
not incur any Indebtedness for same.
And the contractor who shall make
said improvement shall guarantee to
keep the same in good repair for five
years from its acceptance by the
City Council and give good and suffi-
cient bond, in the sum of rs per cent
of the contract price, to be approved
by the City Council, obligating the
contractor and his bondsmen to the
faithful performance of the contract
and to fulfill said guarantee.
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