3149 Improving Washington AvenueAn Ordinance providing for the curbing and guttering of
Phillips Street in the City of Salina, Kansas, from
the south line of Washington Avenue to the north line
of Morrison Avenue in said City, and providing for the
cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the
manner of payment therefor.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 29th day of
June, 1925, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to curb and
gutter Phillips Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the
south line of Washington Avenue to the north line of Morris-
on Avenue in said City, and
WHEREAS', said resolution was published for six days in
The Salina Evening Journal,•a daily newspaper published in
the City of Salina, the official City paper of said City,
and,
WHEREAS, the majortiy of the resident property owners
owning a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate
liable to taxation for the cost of s aid improvement did not''
within twenty days from the date of the last publication of
such resolution file with the City Clerk of said City their
protest in writing against such improvement or the making
thereof, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby`drdered
that Phillips`"Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south
line of Washington Avenue to the north line of Morrison Avenue
in said City be curbed and guttered with such material as the
Board'of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as
hereinafter provided for according to the specifications of
the City Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for, and
that at the intersections of streets and alleys said curbing
and guttering be carried back to the lot line of the street
so improved, the distance between the curbing on each side of
said street to be 30 feet from face to face of curb.
Section 2. That for the work and improvement herein
provided for the City Engineer shall make and file with the
City Clerk on or before the 24th day of August, 1925, complete
plans and spoifieations for the curbing and guttering of said
street with the following material:
Combined curb and gutter (Portland Cement Concrete).
to be 30 inches wide from back of curb to toe of
gutter. Curb to be 6 inches at top, 7 inches at
bottom, 12 inches deep. Gutter to be 6 inches at
¢garb and 7 inches at toe of gutter, and
that on or before the said last named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, de-
tailed estimates of the cost of such curbing and guttering of
said street with the kind of material mentioned and of the
excavation and grading necessary for the completion of such
work.
Section 3. That after such:plans and speficitations shall
have been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with tY.
City Clerk as aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may advertise
by advertisement published in the official City paper of the City
of Salina, Kanwas for six consecutive days for.the receipt of
sealed proposals for the curbing and guttering of said street witt
the kind of material named and specified in the preceding section
hereof, and.for the excavation and grading necessary for the com-
pletion of such work and after the receipt of such proposald the
said Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorized to let
contracts for the curbing and guttering of said street with the
material so selected to the powest responsible bidder therefor, ae
determined by said Board of Commissioners for the kind and characl
er of curbing and guttering, which shall be determined upon by
said Board of Commissioners and for.such excavating and grading;
said Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any and
all bids.
Section 4. That for such curbing and guttering special
assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof.on each block
separately on all lots or pieces of land to.the .center of the
block on either side of the street.aceording to the a ppraiesers
value thereof without regard to the buildings or improvements
thereon for the distance to be improved.
Section 5. After the passage and publication of this
6rdinance the Board of Commis oners shall appoint three disinter.
estad appraisers, householders, who,.after'having taken an oath '
to make.a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces
of land liable.to assessment and taxation for the cost of the
improvements herein provided for, shall,., within five days having
been notified of their appointment, proceed to apyr aise said
lots and.pieees of land liable to assessment and taxation as
aforesaid, as may be designated by.the Board of Commissioners of
said City, without regard to the buildings or -Improvements thereon
and after making said appaisement.shall return the same to the
Board of -Commissioners of said City and said • Board of Commission-
ers shall designate a time for holding a special session of such
Board for the -purpose -of hearing any complaints that may be made
as to the value of any lots or pieces of land appraised as afore-
said, of which special session due notice shall,be given in the
official City paper, at which special session the Board of C armnis.
sioners may alter any valuation of ..any lot -or piece of land if in
their opinion the same has been appraised too high or too low.
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Section 6. For the purpose of paying for the work and im-
provements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commission-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improve-
ment bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the
contract price for such improvements, and to run for a period of
ten years and be payable in ten euqal installments, together with
the interest not to exceed 5% per annum, which bonds shall.be made
payable at the fiscal agency of the State of Kansas; and for the
purpose of paying principal and interest on said bonds as they
severally become due and payable the Board of Commissioners shall
apportion and assess against the lots and pieces of land within the
taxing district of such improvements, special assessments covering
the cost of such improvements and the apportionment therein con-
tained shall hold good for all the installments thar'are to be
collected from the specific property chargeable with said improve-
ments. Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain
the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and parcel
of land within the taxing district and shall state the number of
annual installments in which such tax is to be collected; and
thereafter the City Clerk shall annually, at the same tirm other
taxes are certified, certify to the County Clerk of Saline County,
Kansas a full list of all property liable for such work and Improve-
ments, together with the respective amounts due on each of said
tracts, pieces and parcels ofland, which amounts shall includ the
annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at
the rate of not to exceed 5% per annum on such amounts so certified
which shall be collected as other taxes are collected; PROVIDED that
for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving the intersections
and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, as well as
where the improvement is though or adjacent to property of the City,
for which the City would be liable, the assessment will be made
against all taxable property of the City and paid for by the City
at large.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City
paper.
Introduced for first reading, August 3rd, 1925.
Passed and approved --------- August 17th, 1925.
(SEAL)
J. S. Hargett,
Attest: -yor
Chas. E Banker.
City Clerk.
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STATE OF KANSAS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF SALINE )
I. Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct copy of Ordinance Number 3149 passed and ap-
proved by the Board of Commissioners., August 17th, 1925; and a
record of the vote on its final adoption is found on Page
of Journal Number 11. Said Ordinance was published in The
Salina Daily Union August 1925.
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( Published in The Salina Daily Union, - -7 o 1925)
OttDINAIv CE No. _�I
An Ordinance providing for the curbing and guttering of Phillips
Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south line
of Washington Avenue to the north line of Morrison Avenue
in said City and providing for the cost thereof, how the
same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor„
WHEREAS, b,, resolution duly adopted on the 29th day of June,
1925, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas
have declared that they deem it necessary to curb and gutter
Phillips Street in the City of Salina.. Kansas from the south
line of Washington Avenue to the north line of Morrison A -venue
in said City, and
WHEREAS, said resolution was published for six days in The
Salina Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City
of Salina, the official City paper of said City, and
WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners owning
a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable to tax-
ation for the cost of said improvement did not within twenty days
from the date of the last publication of such resolution :file with
the City Clerk of said City their protest in writing against such
improvement or the making thereof, THEREFORE..
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Galina,
Aansas,:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Phillips Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the south
line of Washington Avenue to the north line of Morrison Avenue
in said City be curbed and guttered with such material as the Board
of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter
provided for according to the specifications of the City ligineer
Of said City hereinafter provided for, and that at the intersections
of streets and alleys said curbing and guttering be carried back to the
lot line of the street so improved,$ the distance between the curbing on eac
side of said street to be 30 feet from face to face of curb.
Section 2* That for the work and improvement herein :provided
for the City engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or
before the g4th_ day of August , 1925 complete plans and speci-
fications for the curbing and guttering of said street witix the
following material:
Combined curb and gutter (Portland Cement Concrete) to be zo
inches wide from back of curb to toe of gutter. Curb toe 6
inches at top, 7 inches at bottom, 12 inches deep, au
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be �6 inches at curb and 7 inches at toe of gutter, and
that on or before the said last named date said C�,ty Engineer shall
submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates
of the cost of such curbing and guttering of said street with the kind
of material mentioned and of the excavation and grading necessary for
the completion of such work.
Section 3. That after such plans and specifications shall have
been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City
Clerk as aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may advertise, by adver-
tisement published in the official City paper of the City of Salina,
Kansas for six consecutive days for the receipt of sealed proposals
for the curbing and guttering of said street with the kind. of Material
named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and .for the
excavation and grading necessary for the completion of such work and
after the receipt of such proposals the said Board of Commissioners
may and are hereby authorized to let contracts -for the curbing and
guttering of said street with the material so selected to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said. Board of Commiss-
loners for the kind and character of curbing and guttering, which shall
be determined upon by said Board of Commissioners and for such excavat-
ing and grading; said Board of Commissioners reserve the right -to re-
ject any and all bids.
Section 4. That for such curbing and guttering special assess-
ment shall be made for the full cost thereof on each block -separately
on all lots or pieces of land to the center of the block on either
side of the street according to the appraisers value thereof without
regard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance to
be impro ved.
Section 5. After the passage and publication of this ordinance
the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested apprais-
ers, householders who, after having taken an oath to make a true and
impartial appraisement of all lots; and pieces of land liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of the improvements herein
provided for, shall, within five days after having been notified of
their appointment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of land
liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as may be designated
by the "oard of Commissioners of said City, without regard to the
buildings or improvements thereon, and after making said appraisement
shall return the same to the Board of Commissioners of said City, and
said board of Commissioners shall designate a time for holding a spec-
ial session of such Board for the purpose of hearing any complaints
that may be made as to the: value of any lots or pieces of land apprais-
due notice shall be given in the official City paper, at which special sess-
ed as aforesaid, of which special session/the Board of Commissioners ion
may alter any valuation of any lot or piece of land if, in their opin-
ion the same has been appraised too high or too low.
Section 6. For the purpose of paying for the work and improve-
ments in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement bonds of
the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract price for
such improvements, and to run for a period of ten years and be payable
in ten equal installments, together with the interest not to exceed.
5% per annum, which bonds shall be made payable at the fiscal agency of
the State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and[ inter-
est on said bonds as they severally become due and payable the Board
of Co=,Iissioners shall apportion and assess against the lots and pieces
of land within the taxing district of such improvements, special assess-
ments covering the cost of such improvements and the apportionment
therein contained shall hold good for all the installments that .are
to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said improve-
ments. Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain the
total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and pascal of
land within the taxing district and shall state the number of annual
installments in which such tax is to be collected; and thereafter
the City Clerk shall annually, at the same time other taxes are cer-
tified, certify to the County Clerk of Saline County , Kansas a fall
list of all property liable for such work and improvements, together
with the respective amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces and par -
eels of land, which amounts shall include the annual installments and
interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the rate of per
annum on such amounts so certified �e hall be collected as other taxes
are collected; provided that for the purpose of defraying the cost
of improving the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of
streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement is through or
adjacent to property of the City, for which the City would be liable,
the assessment will be made against all taxable property of the City
and paid by the City at large.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force
from and after its publication once in the official City paper.
Introduced for first reading.. August 3rd, 1925,
Pass ed and approved, August 11a; 1925.
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