Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1921-06-23
CITY To HEAR
OBJECTIONS gN
LOCAL PAVING
COMMISSION HAS NO DESIRE TO
FORCE PAVING ON ALMA
RESIDENTS.
Simply Taking
Legal Course

A second petition was submitted to
the city commission asking that the
street on which the petitioners reside
should not he paved this year, at The
Tuesday evening session Of the COM
mission.
The first such petition was from
residents on Elwcll street The one
submitted Tgesday evening was from
residents of Prospect avenue, and is
said 70 contain the names Of a ma
jority Of the property owners on the
street. BY resolution the city COM
mission has fixed the time Of the
hearing of objections against the paw
ing on the various streets Of the city
as July -, at which time all persons
interested in the matter will have
full and complete opportunity to be
heard at the city hall, and complete
data on the costs Of the paving, etc,
may be secured.
In the case Of every street, which
the city officials expected to pave,
except for the city paving on the
state trunk line roads, petitions sign
I ed by a majority OF the property
owners on the streets were submitted
to the commission asking that these
streets be paved. This left no other
course open Tor the city, except to
prepare plans, specifications, profiles,
etc, and 20 appoint a time for the
hearing Of objections to the paving.
The city charter provides that this
shall be done when petitions are re-
ceived from a majority OF the proper
ty owners.
lt was clearly stated at the COM
mission meeting Tuesday evening
that the city commission had no de-
sire to force pavement on any streets
where it was not desired, and if the
majority OF the property owners on
the streets to be paved raise obicc-
tions to the paving this year, it un-
doubtediy will be held up during 1921
Notice Of the hearing Of objections
VIII be found elsewhere in this issue.
1t is rumorcd that in sone cases
the objections to tie paving have
teen raised by some individuals be-
cause they had heard that the paving
would cost several hundred dollars for
each fifty foot lot. Residents on the
various streets may easily find out
cost of the paving to themselves from
the following information secured
from William +. Reynolds, city man.
ager. which gives the cost Of paving
per foot on the streets for which the
city received paving petitions.
The cost per foot on Elwcl street
is about $40 per foot, the paving on
that street to be 26 feet wide
On Prospect street the cost per foot
is placed at sG,iJ per foot, the paving
on this street TO be 80 feet wide.
On North Wcodworth avenue the
cost per foot is placed at 5000 for 80
foot pavement
On South Woodworth the estimated
cost is $3.50 per foot for pavement 30
feet in width
Pavement rs feet in width is to be
constructed on Pine, West Downey,
Park and West End streets On Pine
avenue the cost per foot is placed at
$3.50, On West Downey it is esti-
mated at $3.50, on West End at S5.41
per foot front and on Park avenue at
S5.32 per foot front.
To ascertain very closely the cost
of the paving residents on these
streets should multiply the cost per
foot by the foot frontage Of property
that they own on the street.
The cost Of construction Of the paw
ing on the various streets varies
slightly by reason of the fact that on
some streets there is more excavation
than on others, and more fill: The
drainage problem is also an item in
the total cost.
The city is planning on spreading
the cost Of the paving over a five year
period, where it is so desired. This
! will allow residents TO take advantage
, of the five year period TO pay the
cost of the paving at the time Of con-
struction. As it is spread over a five
year period il will not be necessary
, for the first payment to be made
, until next year, although Of course
the city would much prefer to have
the first Of the pavements this year.
Cost Of water and sewer connec-
tions, of course, must be paid for at
, the time that they are made.
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