The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-12-07
RESOLUTION NO. 2O6

ton Of the city council of the City
| of Blackfoot, Idaho, to make street
lighting improvements In the said
city and to assess the cost. thereof
on the lots and parcels of land abut-
ting, fronting, contiguous or tribu-
tary to the streets to be improved,
and to pay the expense of such i'm
provement; declaring its intention
to create local improvement district
No. 20, including all the property
fronting on, contiguous or tributary
to the portion of the streets to be
improved between the points named:
fixing time within which protests
against such proposed improvement
may be filed with the city clerk, and
ordering publication of said resolu-
ton.
Whereas, there has been presented
to the city council petition signed
by numerous resident property
owners and taxpayers of the City
of Blackfoot, and particularly by
owners of 70 per cent of the prop
erty within such improvement dis
trict abutting the streets hereinafter
named in the City of Blackfoot,
which petition requests the improve
ment of certain streets in said city
by the installation and construction
Of an ornamental curb lighting sys-
TEN; and
Whereas, the city council has ap-
proved and granted the said petition,
and has deemed it advisable to make
said lighting improvements on GER
tain streets in said city in accordance
with law; and
Whereas, the entire cost of such
improvement is to be levied and as
sessed upon the property benefited
and upon the lots, blocks and par
cells of land fronting, abutting, con-
tiguous or tributary to such streets
so to be improved; provided, that
the expense of operation and main
tenance of said system shall be paid
by said city.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by
the mayor and council of the City
of Blackfoot, Idaho:
That the city council Of the City
of Blackfoot, Idaho, does hereby de-
clare it's intention to make street
lighting improvements within the
corporate limits of the City of Black
foot, Idaho, and on the streets as
hereinafter more fully specified.
That the names OF the streets SO
to be improved, and the points be-
tween which said improvements are
to be made, are as follows:
The west side OF west Main street,
between Judicial and Alice streets.
Both sides of Taylor street, be-
tween Judicial and Idaho streets.
Both sides of Bridge street, be-
tween West Main street and Maple
street.
Both sides of Pacific street, be-
tween West Main street and the al
ley between Taylor and Ash streets.
For the purpose of constructing
the Improvements mentioned herein |
it is proposed to establish Local I'm
provement District No. TO-" which |
shall include all the property 'front.'
ing or abutting on, contiguous or
tributary to, the streets to be i'm
proved, between the points named
in this resolution to the distance
back from such streets, IL plated
in blocks, to the center Of the |
blocks; If plated in lots, only to the |
center of the lots; and II not plated,
to the distance of one hundred |
twenty-five feet.
The general character of the pro-
posed improvements is as follows:
A system of ornamental curb |
lighting consisting of seventy-six cast |
iron or pressed steel standards ap-
twelve feet high, each |
standard bearing one lamp enclosed |
in an ornamental globe of type and |
size to be determined upon by the
council at later date, and said |
lighting system to be
supplied with electrical energy by
means of steel armored lead sheath
ed cables laid under the sidewalks
and pavements of the streets includ-
ed within and affected by said inn
provement district.
The estimated cost of the said i'm
provement Is ten thousand dollars
($10,000), and the total cost of the
original construction of said i'm
provement shall be assessed against
the property abutting, fronting, con-
tiguous or tributary to said improve
ments.
That Tuesday, the eighteenth day