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WHEREAS THE COMMON COUNCIL of the City of
Jeffersonville, desires to improve the sidewalks of Jeffer-
sonville and
WHEREAS, sidewalks benefit the property owners and the
City of Jeffersonville and
WHEREAS THE COUNCIL believes that matching funds for the
improvement of sidewalks should be provided by the City of
Jeffersonville to the property owners on a 5~/50 basis from
the Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund of the Civil City of
Jeffersonville
NOW, THEREFORE, BE. IT ORDAINED by the COMMON COUNCIL of
the City of Jeffersonville, State of Indiana as follows:
A committee shall be formed for the purpose of
prioritizing applications for matching funds for the purpose
of sidewalk improvement. Said committee shall be composed of
the following: the City Engineer, the City Building
Commissioner and three (3) City Council persons.
Said committee shall immediately develop application
forms, development standards and dates to advertise and
accept or deny applications for sidewalk improvements.
The committee shall consider public safety and the
present sidewalk conditions as a criteria in placing sidewalk
improvements on a priority list.
The committee shall adopt such rqles as deemed necessary
to provide for the efficient expenditure of funds from the
Cumulative Capital Improvement Fund of the City of
Jeffersonville.
SECTION 95
If deemed necessary by the committee, new sidewalks
shall be narrowed to allow for existing trees.
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Ail applicants selected by the committee shall be
notified of said selection by mail.
Selected sidewalk projects shall be funded on a 5~/5~
basis with fifty percent (50%) of said funds coming from the
property owner and fifty percent (5~%) of said funds being
matched by the city from the Cumulative Capital Imp£ovement
Fund of the City of Jeffersonville.
Selected applicants shall be required to post their
fifty percent (50%) of the agreed cost of the sidewalk
improvement with the City Clerk-Treasurer before any work
is started on said improvements.
This ordinance shall become effective upon its passage,
approval and publication as required by the laws of the State
of Indiana.
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ATTEST:
C~.' Ric_hard Spencer, -Jr.
Clerk Treasurer '
Presented to me as Clerk-Treasurer to the Mayor of said
City of Jeffersonville this ~_~ day of ~/_---, 1987.
C. Richard Spenger, Jr.
Clerk-Treasurer
Approved and signed by me this /~ day of ~,
1987.