The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-17
PRELIMINARY NOTICE.
OF Consideration For Passage OF
prOnOSed Resolution of Neces-
sity For Street Improves
- n,ort
n All Whom It May Concern:


sity For Street Improves
nlent,
To All Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that at
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 filed
with said City Council Resolution
OF Necessity providing for the lnl-
provement of certain streets OF sal
city, by grading, curbing, and paw
ing the same. -,
of Necessity, by order, OF
said City Council, will be consider
ed for passage ny said City COUNCIL,
at meeting fixed by. said City
Council to be held at the City Hal
in Leon, Iowa, on the 4th day or
August. 1919, at 500 o'clock p. m.
of said day, at which time and place
subject to the special assessment
for the cost of said street improve
ment contemplated in said Kesolu-
ton of Necessity, or other persons
interested may appear and make OBJ
]ections, if any they have, to. SAID
contemplated Improvement and the
passage of saia proposed Resolution
of Necessity which Resolution OF
resolution OF Necessity.
"Be 1t Resolved BY The City Coun-
Gil or The City of Leon, Iowa, on
it's own motion, 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 City! of Leon Iowa. as follows to-
Section II On Main Street, -
feet aet Vide: From the north size Of
4th Street north to the south side
of st Street.
On First Street. "a feet wide:
From the east side of Church Street
east to the west side of Idaho Street:
feet wide: From the east SIDE o.
Vine Street east to the east size OF
Oak Street.
On Oak Street, 26 feet wide: From
the south side of 18th Street south
to the south side Of 18th Street.
On Thirteenth Street, 26. feet
wide: From the east side of Oak
Street east to the corporaton line ya
feet wide: From the south size OF
the 18th Street south to the south
side of 18th Street.
On Ninth Street, "a feet wide:
From the east side Of @ Street east
to the east side of Poplar Street.
On Poplar Street, "a feet wide:
From the south side of 9Th Street
south to the north side of Com
That the foregoing street i'm
provement shall be made and con-
structed of one, or more of the fol-
lowing kind, or kinds, of material
Bithulithtc or Sheet Asphalt, laid
on cement concrete foundation OF
not to exceed FIVE inches in thick Il; =
surface, composed of selected hard
stone and the best grade of natural
lake asphalt two inches in thickness,
and laid on a Portland cement foun-
dalton of not to exceed five inches
in thickness. Number One Cd
Vitrified brick block laid on ce-
ment concrete foundation of not to
exceed five inches in thickness;
ing, not to exceed eight inches in
thickness. Combination curb and
gutter to be of Portland cement
concrete, or gutter to be of Portland
cement concrete, asphaltic concrete,
bithulithic, or No. l vitrified brick
block with concrete foundationA
. The City. Council to determine the
kind, or kinds of pavement, curbs
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 by
the City Engineer and approved BY
the City Council.
Be It Further Resolved, That up
on the completion of said improve
ment, and notice and proceedings
required by law, the entire cost of
said street and alley improvement,
the cost of paving, curblng, and
guttering including the cost of all
intersections of streets, and alley
crossings, and one-half of the cost
streets and alleys intersecting but
not crossing, shall be assessed, by
special assessment against all lots
and parcels OF land according to law
and in proportion to the special
benefits conferred upon said proper
ty by said improvement and not IN
excess thereof, and shall not exceed
twenty-ve per cent OF 18th the 81 actual innd
assessed at the time of the levy and
such special assessment shall be
limited to the amount to be assess
ed against privately owned property:
against all lots and parcels OF land
according to area so as TO lnclude
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 (3OO)
feet from. the street so improved be
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 improve
ment if any, not included in the
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, if any.
shall be paid from the City I'M
Fund, or from any other
fund of said city available for said
purpose
The contractor who shall make
said street improvement shall guar
antee that the same will endure
need of repair for period
nf fya (S0 wears from the date OF