The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-10-16
PRELIMINARY NOTICE
or Consideration for Passage OF Pro.
posed Resolution of Necessity
for Street Improvement.

To all Whom it May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the City. Council OF the
| City of Leon, Iowa, held at the City
there was introduced and filed with
said City Council Resolution of Ne
cessity providing for the, improve
ment of certain street Of said City,
by grading, curbing and paving, the
same.
Resolution of Necessity, by order 20 Of !
for passage by said City Council at a
| meeting fixed by said City Council to
be held at the CITY Hall in Leon,
Iowa, on the 3rd day of November,
1919, at $500 o'clock p. M, OF said
day, at which time and place the
subject to the special assessment for
the cost of said Improvement con-
templated in said Resolution of Ne
cessity, or other persons Interested,
may appear and make objections, II
any they have, to said contemplated
improvement and the passage, of
said Resolution of Necessity, which
Resolution of Necessity IS as follows,
to-wit:
Resolution of Necessity. !.
Be it Resolved by the City Council
of the City of Leon, Iowa, on petit
ton filed by the abutting property
owners requesting street improve
ment by paving, and it being deem
prove by grading, curbing and paw
ing, the part of street within the
corporate limits of the City of Leon,
Iowa, as follows, to-wit:
On Poplar Street, 26 feet wide:
From the south side of Tenth south
to the south side of 18th:
f0rarnin~
provement shall be made and con-
structed of one or more of the fol-
lowing kind, or kinds, of material,
tO-Wit:
Bithulitic or Sheet Asphalt, laid
on cement concrete foundation OF
not to exceed five inches in thick
ness; Asphaltic concre eteo. wearing ring
stone and the best grade of asphalt
two inches in thickness, and laid on
a Portland cement foundation of not
to exceed five inches in thickness.
Number One CD Vitrified brick block
laid on a cement concrete foundation
of not to exceed five inches in thick
ness: Standard reinforced concrete
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 foundation.
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 by
the City Engineer and approved by
the City Council.
Be it Further Resolved, That up
ment, and notice and proceedings
required by law, the entire cost OF
said street and alley Improvement,
the cost of paving, curbing, and gut
tering including the cost of all in
crossings, and one-half of the cost
of paving. curbing and guttering,
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
excess thereof, and shall not exceed
twenty-five per cent of the actual
value of the lot or parcel OF land
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 include
one-ho1f of the privately owned prop
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
i 1,or hun
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 improve
ment, if any, not included in the
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
arising by reason thereof, it any,
shall be paid from the City I'm
prOvement 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
without need of repair for period
Of five 60 years from the date of
the acceptance Thereof by the City
Council.
Be It Further Resolved: That
whenever the contractor who shall
have made said street improvement
shall have finished and fully COM
pleted, according to contract, all the
streets and parts of streets herein
above described, and the same shall
have been accepted by the City
Council, said city shall pro-
coed as by law provided to
make said special assessment and
levy for the cost of the improvement
of said streets herein described and
so completed and accepted, and is
sue to- said contractor the special
assessment certificates therefor, and
shall also issue to said contractor
city warrants, or other debentures,
upon the~City improvement Fund, or
other fund available for said pur-
pose, for such an amount, if any, as
should be paid from said fund or
funds for such street and alley i'm
o., o1yo ord oooor$