Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1923-01-17
Resolution of Necessity

1923.
Resolution of Necessity
BE 1T RESOLVED by the City
Council of the City of DEBORAH,
Iowa, on its own motion.
That it is deemed necessary and
advisable to build, construct and put
II place certain improvements as
hereinafter described, in, upon and
along the following streets, alleys,
avenues and parts of streets, alleys
and avenues, in said city, towit:
Bridge street and State Road,
starting from the North line of Wa
ter street at its intersection with
Bridge street and running in gen.
orally northwesterly direction to the
corporate limits of the city of De-
corah, Iowa, where the said corpor-
ate limits intersect said State Road;
and said streets being approximately
1880 feet in length, the width or
the paving being Is feet with con-
crete shoulders, and said Bridge
street and State Road being an ex-
tension of Primary Road No. IL, al,
in Proposed Paving District No. 2,
hereinafter referred to.
Said Improvements to consist of
pavement and curb, or pavement and
combined curb and gutter, or pave
ment alone, said pavement to be con-
Stlucted in one or more of the fol-
lowing methods to wit:
l. One course concrete pavement
s inches thick.
2. Two course concrete pavement
s inches thick.
3. One course concrete pavement
7 inches thick.
4. Two course concrete pavement
7 inches thick.
). Vibrolithic Concrete Pavement
s inches thick.
6. Vibrolithic Concrete pavement
7 inches thick.
All said pavement, curb and guy-
ter, or curb, to be constructed in
strict accordance with plans and
specifications to be prepared by the
city engineer and approved by this
council and by the Highway Com
mission of the State of Iowa.
That paving district number two
(2) shall be established with the
boundaries as shown by the plat and
schedule now on file in the office of
the City Clerk of the City of De-
oorah, Iowa, which shows every lot
and tract of land therein contained,
together with the proportion of the
estimated total cost which will be as
sesSed against each said lot or tract,
and an estimate of the total cost of
the proposed improvement, which
said plat and schedule by this refer
ence is made part hereof.
That the estimated total cost OF
such improvement is $31424.26, ans
the proportion of such estimated
total cost which will be assessed
against each lot or tract of land in
said district number two (2) is
S14137.20, which proportion shall be
fixed and determined in accordance
with the provisions of Section 840-J
of Code Supplement of 1915 OF state
of Iowa, and in accordance with the
benefits, value, area, distance from
said roadway and accessibility there
to.
That the costs and expenses of
making said improvement shall be
dS%c~Stu upOl anu against al lllC
privately owned property within said
paving district number two (2), in
accordance with the provisions o.
Supplemental Supplement of Code of
Iowa, 1915, Section S40-J, and in
accordance with the benefits, area,
value, distance from said roadway
and accessibility thereto, except about
Sl1675.00 of the cost and expenses of
said work will be paid out or the
Primary Road fund allotted to Win
neshiek County, Iowa, appropriated
by the Board of Supervisors of Win
neshiek County, Iowa, for this pur-
pose and approved by the State
Highway Commission of the State of
Iowa.
Be it further resolved, that the
above Nand foregoing Improvements
are hereby proposed to be made and
constructed as hereinbefore set forth,
and that paving district number two
(2) shall be established as above SET
out and referred to, and that this
proposed resolution, except this para
graph be and the same is hereby
set down for further and final hear
ing, consideration and determination,
at a meeting of the City Council
to be held on the 7th day of Febr'y.
A. D., 1923, at seven thirty o'clock
p. NJ. in the council chambers in said
city, and that the City Clerk be
and he is hereby instructed to cause
notice of the tendency of the above
resolution, and the time and place,
when and where said proposed re-
solution, will be considered for pass
solution will be considered for pass
age, and objections 20 the passage
thereof, and to the construction of
the proposed improvements, and TO
the establishment of said proposed
paving district number two (2), will
be heard, said notice to be given by
publication in the DEBORAH Public
Opinion, the DEBORAH Journal and
the Deocrah Republican, newspapers
of a general circulation published IN
the city of DEBORAH, Iowa, in the
manner and for the time provided
for by law.
The above resolution was approx
ed and ordered placed on file for
final action, and notice of the PEN
dency thereof ordered given this