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Resolution 2878 RESOLUTION NO. 2878 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, as follows: SECTION 1. That on June 20th, 1934, this City Council ordered that Sheridan Avenue be paved, and where hereto- fore paved to be repaved to a width of 221 from West 30th Street to West 41st Street with a bitu- minous wearing surface on a rock base. SECTION 2. That the Railway track of the Miami Beach Railway Company is now located along said Sheridan Avenue at the places where said avenue is to be paved, repaved or improved as aforesaid, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 205 of this City Council adopted April 9, 1924. SECTION 3. That pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of said Ordinance No. 205, said Miami Beach Railway Company be and it is hereby ordered to make the repairs or replacements as to ballast, ties, or other track facilities and provide such, if any, additional bal- last required as in the opinion of said City Council will put said track in said area in such condition as to preclude the probability of damage to said paving or improvement during the reasonable life thereof due to the deterioration of said grantee' s tracks maintained pursuant to said Ordinance No. 205, and that in the opinion of said City Council the re- pairs, replacement as to ballast, ties, or other track facilities, which will put said track in such condition as to preclude the probability of damage to said paving or improvement during the reasonable life thereof due to deterioration of said grantee ' s tracks, are: That said track be constructed of seven inch grooved- girder rails properly secured to 6" x 8" x 8' creosoted ties, the latter to be spaced not more than eighteen inches on centers at rail joints andnot more than forty inches on centers at rail centers. That brace tie plates be installed between the rails and ties of said track at a maximum spacing of six feet. That catch basins of a design approved by the City En- gineer be installed under said track at all sumps in the grade line thereof. That said track be lined up and surfaced to the lines and grades established by the City Engineer on a bed of crushed stone eight inches in depth after thorough com- paction. That crushed stone be thoroughly tamped either by hand or machine tampers under and around each tie and the base of each rail. That said tamping be continued until each and all of said rails and ties are firmly, solidly settled and bedded into their predetermined pos4ion and free from vibration or movement of any kind. That said track be gone over and retamped as is required until the above condition is obtained to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. That all rock for the above purpose lying below the plane of the centers of the ties be furnished and compacted in place by the said Railway Company. That all rock lying between the center of the ties and the base of the rail be furnished by the City of Miami Beach, but that the same be compacted in place by the said Railway Company. That all rock and other paving materials lying between the base and the top of the rail be furnished and compacted in place by the City of Miami Beach, except that the said Railway Company till be required to tamp suitable filler material under the rail heads on each side of each rail of each track until this space is filled to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. Any defects Which may develop at any time in said track construction or in said pavement because of such defects in said track construction shall be promptly remedied at the expense of the said Railway Company. SECTION 4. That said City will begin said improvement of said Sheridan Avenue on or about August 1st, 193 -, and that said Railway Company is hereby ordered to pave, repair and make the replacements within that portion of said Sheridan Avenue occupied by said track be- ginning not later than July 15, 1934, and continuing such construction with such force or forces of men and equipment as may be required in order to keep such construction well in advance and entirely out of the way of the city forces paving the street, otherwise the City Council will assess the cost of such pavement and improvement between the rails of said railway, and to the end of the ties on each side thereof, to said Railway Company including such costs on any intersection of highways. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 20th day of June, A. D. , 1934. esid of City Council ATTES City Clerk d , 0 Ti tzl 0 t--1 I-4 0 1-3 CY 1-4 MA /73 0 ck 9 .M 1-4 1-4 Pda- 0- trg, 0 t-I 1—,1 • rt1 CO 1.-d trio Vsi 1-I tji t-i