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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 878
A RESOWTION OF THE CITY COlOOSSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, CREATING A SPECIAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 400 FOR
THE PURPOSE OF OPERATING AND MAINTAINING A LIGHTING SYSTEM TO LIGHT CYPRESS A VENUE FROM
ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST MAIN STREET TO THE NORTH PROPERTY LINE OF BLOCK D OF MARWYN
ADDITION, EAST BABCOCK STREET TO AYLSWORTH A VENUE, AYLSWORTH A VENUE TO EAST CURTISS
I STREET AND EAST CURTISS STREET TO THE POINT OF ENDING, SAID LIGHTING SYSTEM TO BE IN-
STALLED AND PAID FOR BY THE MONTANA POWER COMPANY, ALL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF AND IN
CONFO~rrTY WITH SECTIONS 11-2245 to 11-2257 INCLUSIVE, OF THE REVISED CODES OF MONTANA,
1947, PURSUANT TO AND IN CONFORMITY WITH COlOOSSION RESOLUTION NUMBER 875 OF SAID CITY
COMMISSION AS PASSED AND ADOPl'ED BY SAID CITY COMMISSION ON THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER
1957
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WHEREAS : The City Commission of the C1.ty of Bozeman, Montana, on the 4th day of December
1957 passed and adopted Commission Resolution No. 875 declaring it to be the intention of said
Commission to create a Special Improvement Lighting District No. 400 of said City for the purpose
of installing and maintaining a lighting system to light Cypress Avenue, East Babcock Street,
Aylsworth Avenue and East Curtiss Street, said lighting system to be installed and paid for by the
Montana Power Company, all under the authority of and in conformity with Sections 11-2245 to 11-
2257 inclusive, of the Revised Codes of Montana, 1947, which said Resolution, of record and on
file in the office of the Clerk of said City Commission and open to the inspection of the public,
is hereby referred to for further particulars; and
WHEREAS; Due proof has been made that service of notice of the adoption of said Resolution
No. 875 was duly made and given as by law provided; and
WHEREAS: At the time and place fixed in said Resolution No. 875 for the making and filing of
protests against the creation of said proposed Special Improvement Lighting District No. 400, to
wit, at the hour of 1:00 o'clock P.M. on Thursday, the 26th day of December 1957, being a regular
meeting time of said City Commission, at the Commission Chamber in the City Hall building of the
City of Bozeman, there were not sufficient protests made or filed against the creation of said
Special Improvement Lighting District No. 400;
NOV!, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
I Section 1
Creation and Purpose
That there be, and there is hereby created a special improvement district of the City of Bozeman
to be known and designated as Special Improvement Lighting District No. 400, for the purpose of in-
stalling and maintaining a lighting system to light Cypress Avenue from its intersection with East
Main street to the North Property Line of Block D of Marwyn Addition, East Babcock street to Aylsworth
Avenue, Aylsworth Avenue to East Curtiss Street and East Curtiss Street to the point of ending, said
lighting system to be installed and paid for by The Montana Power Company, all under the authority of
and in conformity with Sections 11-2245 to 11-2257 inclusive, of the Revised Codes of Montana 1947,
pursuant to and in conformity with Commission Resolution No. 875 of the Commission of the City of
Bozeman, passed and adopted on the 4th day of December 1951, which said Commission Resolution No. 875
declares it to be the intention of said City Commission to create said Special Improvement Lighting
District No. 400 for the purposes aforesaid, and which said Commission Resolution No. 875 is of
record and on file in the office of the Clerk of said City Commission in the City Hall Building,
Bozeman, is open to the inspection of the public, and is hereby referred to for further particulars.
Section 2
Boundaries
The boundaries of said Special Improvement Lighting District No. 400, hereby created, are
defined and described as follows:
Beginning at the Corner of East Main street and Cypress Avenue, thence south
along Cypress Avenue 543.6 feet to the north property line of Block D of the
Ma~rn Addition, thence east on East Babcock street to Aylsworth Avenue, thence
south on Aylsworth Avenue to East Curtiss Street, thence west on East Curtiss
street from the property line common to Lots 6 and 7 of Block B and Lots 3 and 4
of Block C, all of Marw,yn Addition to the point of ending, the same being the
I east corner of the intersection of the County Road commonly known as Golf Way
leading in a southeasterly direction and East Curtiss Street.
Section 3
Character of Improvements
The character of the improvement to be made in said Special Improvement Lighting District No.
400 to be installed and paid for by The Montana Power Company is the erection and installation of
12 luminaries with 6,000 lumen lamps mounted approximately 30 feet high on wood poles. Power is to
be fed by a single overhead wire, and the installation shall ~" equipped with all necessary appliances
for the safe and proper operation of the system.
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Section 4
Frontage of District, Estimate
of Cost of Maintenance and
Electrical Current and Method of Assessment
The estimate of the cost of maintaining such lighting system and supplying current therefor is
the S1Jm of Three Hundred Thirty-Two and 64/100 Dollars ($332.6h) per year, of which total seventy-
five per cent (75%) is to be assessed against the property within the district on a front foot
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basis, a11d twenty-five per cent (25%) is to be paid by the City of Bozeman. The estimated rate
of assessment per year per front foot of the property within the district is $.053633 per front
foot. The total actual frontage of the property within said proposed Special Improvement Lighting
District No. hoo is 4651.63 front feet.
Section 5
Pa;yment
Special Improvement Lighting District No. hoo is established for the purpose of paYing the
operating and maintenance cost of such lights only which said operation and maintenance will in-
clude the furnishing of electric current, all lamps as needed, and the maintenance of poles, cables,
and other incidental items. The entire installation cost of such lights will be borne by the
Montana Power Company. The portion of the cost of maintenance and electrical current payable by
the City of Bozeman will be paid directly by the City of Bozeman and the portion to be assessed
against the property wi thin the district will be assessed and paid annua.lly as provided by law.
Passed and adopted by the Commission of the City of Bozeman at a regular session thereof held
on the 26th day of December, 1957.
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Mayor
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Clerk of the City Commission
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State of Montana j 5S
County of Gallatin
I. L. G. Shadoan, Clerk of the Commission of The City of Bozeman, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was published by title and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a
newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said City in the issue of December
27th, 1957, and that due proof of such publication is on file in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate seal of my office this
27th day of December 1957.
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CO}~ISSION RESOLUTION NO. 878
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