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HomeMy WebLinkAbout3636 --7._) & 3(„ - ..... - Be it resolved by the city council of the city of Waterloo, Iowa, that t the advisability and necessity of im- proving the streets hereinafter de- scribed are hereby declared and di- rected: Wellington street from the northwesterly line of First street to the east line of Belmont street; Al- len street from the northwesterly line of First street to the southeasterly line of Mullan avenue; Randall street from the west line of Sunnyside ave- nue to the east line of Belmont street; Reber avenue from the east line of Moir street to the east line of Euclid avenue; Oak Lawn avenue from the south line of Falls avenue to the north line of Mullan avenue together with the necessary intersec- tions where not already paved, the roadway of said streets to be paved 24 feet in width excepting Welling- ton street between First street and. Mullan avenue which is to,be paved 30 feet in width, and constructed on each side of the roadway a Portland cement concrete curb or curb and gutter where not already built. Wherever the existing curb is of sufil- cient depth and width and can be re- moved without impairing same, said curb to be reset to new line of curb, said roadway of said streets to be 'paved with best quality asphaltic con- crete paving two inches in thickness j upon a five inch Portland cement I concrete base. The contractor is to be required to guarantee the pavement for a per- iod of five years from and after the completion of same and to execute a bond in the sum of not less than 85 cents per square yard to be given as security of said guarantee and that he will carry out all the provi- sions of said contract. The cost of improving said streets to be assessed against all lots and; parcels of land according to area in proportion to the benefits thereto and including one-half of the private-! ly owned property between the' streets so.proposed to be improved! and the next street whether abutting on said street but not to include pri-I vately owned property situated more 1 than 300 feet from the street pro-1 posed to be improved hereunder in accordance with Section T, Chapter 76, Laws of the 35th General Assem- bly of Iowa, and the roe of paving j greet and alley intersections to be assessed in accordance with the laws governing the same, payment to be I made to the contractor for the case of the work by issuance and delivery to him of Special Assessment Certi- ficates bearing 6 per cent interest for the amount of such assessment, said certificates to be issued in anticipa- tion of the collection of said Special Assessment as provided under the provisions of Chapter 8, Title 5, of the Code of Iowa and Acts amenda- tory thereto. Any deficiency be- tween the amount of the contract, price and the amount of said certifi- cates issued on account of said 1m-I provement will be paid from the Im- provement Fund or such other funds as may be available for that purpose against which fund warrants shall be issued as provided by law.