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$1200.O0 avail~ole for additional asphalt left over from the 10% which the Commission reserved
<br />on the Job.
<br /> The cost of resurfacing these strips (viz.3540 sq. yds. $ $1o30) is $4600.00.
<br />Deduct from this amount the $2300.00 and the '$1200.00 above referred to and the net additional
<br />cost is $!100.00. '
<br /> Should it be decided to resurface the strips next to the gutters and to use
<br />high early strength 9ement, as proposed in~a~6~h~'~report herewith submitted, the total cost
<br />of the work will be $23,890.00, whereas, the estimate on which we based the settlement with
<br />the V.E.0. Co. for paving the area then occupied by the s~reet car tracks, was $24,452.00.
<br /> Taking into consldsration all of the conditio~s~,,I am~.~ ~he opinion that
<br />the strips in question should be resurfaced with new asphalt at this time and I so recommend."
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Hutchins to concur mn the City Manager s recommendation, and
<br />that an appropriation of $1100.00 for same, be laid on tab~ e until next meeting, was adooted,
<br />and by the following vote: - -
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<br />Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Moore, Cast, Stewart.
<br />Nays: None.
<br />
<br /> 5th - "In the matter of a petl~lon, dated May lOth, 1935, from J.H.Sykes and
<br /> P.M. Wilder, for payment of $3,150.OO for curbing and guttering of certain streets in West
<br /> Park View, I find that on March 8th, 1926, a letter from the petitioners was referred by the
<br /> Council to the~ City Manager._ _ wh!ch~ :~ ~, letter smgg~sted that the City pay one-half of the cost of
<br /> curbs and gutters and sidewalks on ~A,~ A~n"~d'~"Streets in West P~rk View. On August 23rd,
<br /> 1926, the petitioners addressed a letter to th~.~C~ ~ager, in which they referred to a con-
<br /> ference held with the Manager on August 19th, ~6/ i~'which ~he petitioners oroposed to ad-
<br /> vance the entire cost 6f the said improvements, mn exchange for a'~ity~Aote f~'r one-half the
<br /> said cost, the Aote to be paid with taxes accruing to the City, a~ buildings were ~rected.
<br /> On May !3th, 1926, the petitioners add~e~ed'A i~t~er.to the Manager
<br /> and the Cotuucil, from which I quote as follows: ,~
<br /> "After discussing ~he imp~aveA~n~ with several members
<br /> of the Council, it appears that ~hey would orefer to have no part
<br /> in the cost of installing sidewalks, but wo~id favor installing
<br /> curbs and guttering, if we could lay the sidewalks. This plan
<br /> will be very satisfactory to us. The City will receive the entire
<br /> amount of the cost of the said curbs and gutters in the course of
<br /> two or three years from taxe~ levied on the abutting property.'
<br /> On June 22nd,~1926, ~he Finance Committee made the following recom-
<br />mendation: - ' ' ~' .
<br /> 'To reimburse P.M. Wilder and J.H. Sykes for work and
<br /> guttering done in tract in West Park View by ~hem, at their ex-
<br /> pense, and under the specifications and supervision of the City;
<br /> this refund to be made when Council authorizes and sells another
<br /> bond issue for curbs and guttering of streets in West Park View,
<br /> and said expenditure of F.M. Wilder.~and J.~.~Sykes to be not more
<br /> than $3,100.O0 and to bear no inter~t., ~
<br />Contract to this effec~ was executed between the City and petitioners on Sept. 28th, 1926.
<br /> While the contract provides that the refund is to be made when the
<br />Council authorizes and sells another bond issue for curbs and gutters and streets in West
<br />Park View, at the same ~ime there is little probability now that such a bond issue will ever
<br />be made, and inasmuch as the contract was made in good faith, my opinion is that the obliga-
<br />tion is a strong moral one, from which the City should have no desire to escape through a
<br />legal technicality.
<br />
<br /> ..... ~ . _P~rthermo~e~ a considerable amount o~ curbs and ~tters have been
<br />pzace~ mn ~ne s~ree~s or wGat~Park View, without cost to property holders. Under the
<br />~t~ I recommend that $3'iio0.oo be Dro~id~d.~in the 1936 budget for settlement ofthisCircum-
<br />
<br />and by
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Hutchins
<br />the following vdte:
<br />
<br />to oo~cur k~"~e Manager's recommendation was adopted,
<br />
<br />Ayes: Brooks, ~ox, Hutchins, Moore, Cast, Stewar~.
<br />Nays: None.
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<br />- UNFINISHED BUSINESS -
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<br />rea~:
<br />
<br />The following ordinance, laid on table at last meeting, was taken up smd
<br />
<br />vote:
<br />
<br />"AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE BORROWING OF THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE
<br />HUNDRED DOLLARS, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE REVENUE FOR 1935, AND PROVID-
<br />ING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A ~OTE OR NOTES THEREFORo~
<br />
<br />On motion of Mr. Hutchins, the ordinance was adoRted, and by the following
<br />
<br /> Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins,Moore, Oast~ StewaD~.~
<br /> Nays: None.
<br />
<br /> Report of W.P. Jordan & Company for auditing the ferry books and accounts
<br />for April, was presented, and ordered filed.
<br />
<br />penal~y,
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. Cast to ex~end the time limit on all City licenses, without
<br />to June t5th, 1935, 'was adopted, and by the followi_ng vo~e:
<br />
<br /> Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Moore, Oast, Stewart.
<br /> Nays: None.
<br /> On motion adjourned. ~ ~ /~~
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