The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-24
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
or Consideration For Passage Of
Proposed Resolution of Neces.
sity For Street Improve
mant.

or Consideration For Passage Of
Proposed Resolution Of Neces-
sity For Street Improve
nent.
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
meeting Of the City Council Of the
City Of Leon, Iowa, held at the City
Hail on the 18TH day of July, A: D.,
1919, there was introduced, and MED
with said City Council a Resolution
of Necessity providing, for the m,
provement of certain streets OF sali
city, by grading, curbing, and paw
| ing the same.
Notice is further given, that said
said CITY Council, viii be consider
ed for passage by said City Council,
at meeting fixed by. said CITY
Council to be held f be the ft6 ct day aa 81
August. 1919, at $500 o'clock p. M.
of said day, at which time and place
the owner or owners o. the property
subject to the special assessment
for the cost of said street improve
ment contemplated in said Resolu-
ton of Necessity, or other persons
1ections, if any they have, to. said
Contemplated IMPROVEMENT and the
passage of saia pro"osed Resolution
of Necessity which Resolution OF
Necessity is as follows, to-Wit:
"3tesolu n,Iaa q d. Necessity Wee Ely Conn
its its on own me %ot i5y That It is deemed
necessary and advisable to improve
by grading curbing and paving. the
streets and parts of streets, located
within the corporate limits of the
City of Leon, Iowa, as follows TO-
wit: e
feet wide: From the north slue OF
4th Street north to the south side
81 on ls' First Street, "a feet wide:
From the east side of ChurcA Street
east to the west side of Idaho Street:
Section IL. On Twelfth Street rs
Vine Street east to the east size OF
Oak Street.
On Oak Street 2S feet vide sidet From p
to the south side of 18th Street.
On Thirteenth Street, rs feet
wide: From the east side OF OAK
Street east to the corporation fion me ne
feet wide: From the south sioe OF
the 18th Street south to the south
side of 14th Street. :
On Ninth Street, "a feet wide:
From the east side OF q Street east
to the east side Of Poplar Street:
On Poplar Street, "a feet get S vide;
From the south side s;d Of s o9 S Gnm.
' That the foregoing street .im-
provement shall be made and con
structed of one, or more or the 1ol,
lowing kind, or kinds, of material
Bithulithic or Sheet Asphalt, laid
not to exceed five inches in thick
ness; Asphaltic Concrete wearing
surface, composed of selected hard
stone and the best grade OF natural
lake asphalt two inches in thickness,
and laid on a Portland cement 1oun-
datop Of not to N sXGGed y Une inc9 rs
Vitrified brick block laid on &C.
ment concrete foundation Of not to
exceed five inches in thickness;
Standard reinforced concrete pay
ing, not to exceed eight inches IN
thickness. Combination curb anu
gutter to be of Portland cement
concrete, or gutter to be Of a p1rtraha
bithulithic, or No. l vitrified brick
block with concrete foundation.
The City Council to determine the
kind, or kinds of pavement, curbs
and gutter, or cutters, to be USED,
for each street or part or section OF
the work, above enumerated.
All of the aforesaid grading, curb
ing guttering, and paving, shall be
done in accordance with the plans
and specifications to be prepared oy
the City Engineer and approved by
the City Council.
Be It Further Resolved, That up
on the completion of said improve
|
required by law, the entire cost Of
said street and alley Improvement!
the cost of paving, curbing, ana
guttering including the cost OF all
intersections of streets, and alley
crossings, and one-half OF the cost
Of paving, curling and suffering,
streets and alleys intersectlng Dut
Special assessment against ali lots
and parcels of land according to law
| benefits conferred upon said proper
ty by said improvement and not IN
excess thereof, and shall not exceed
twenty-five per cent of the actual
value OF the lot or parcel of land
such special assessment shall pc
| limited to the amount to be assess
ed against privately owned property;
against all lots and parcels OF lana
according to area so as TO lncluue
one-half Of the privately owned prom,
erty between the street improved
and the next street whether, such
privately owned property abut upon
said street or not, but in no case
shall privately owned property STU
ated more than three hundred (3OV)
| feet from the street so improved pc
! so assessed. All the foregoing to be
in accordance with the laws of the
State of Iowa governing the same:
The City of Leon, Iowa, to pay
the cost of extra grading, and such
other cost of said street impro.v We ;
| FOREGOING cost to be assessed against
said abutting and adjacent property;
except only, If any portion of said
cost of said street improvement. may
not be lawfully assessed against any
lot or parcel of land, and in case the
special assessment which may be
levied against any such lot or parcel
of land shall be insufficient to pay
the same, the amount and deficiency
arising by reason thereof, II any.
shall be paid from the City Inn
provement Fund, or from any other
fund Of said city available for said
purpose