2573 Improving Elm Street1
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An ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of
Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east line
of T .ihirc? :street to the west line of Front Street, and pro-
viding for the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed
and the manner of payment therefor.
11,HEREAS, by resolution duly adopted the 8th day of May,
1922 -the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas
have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade
and pave Elm Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east
line of Third Street to the west line of Front Street in said
City, and
v{dHEREAS, 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
WHLREAS, the majority of the resident property owners,
owning a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate
liable to taxation for the cost of said improvements 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, improvements or the making thereof, therefor,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street'in the City of Salina, Kansas from the east line
of Third Street to the west line of Front Street in said City be
excavated and graded to the established grade thereof as estab-
lished by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas, provided, that
at the intersections of streets and alleys, said excavation and
.grading shall be carried to the lot line of the street so im-
-proved and that at such lot line the grade be made to conform to
the established grade of such street or alley if the same has
been established.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street in the .City of Salina, Kansas from the east line
of Third Street to the west line of Front Street in said City be
paved with such material as the Board of Commissioners may here-
after designate and select as hereinafter provided for according
to the specifications of the City Engineer of said. City herein -
provided for, and that at the intersections of streets and alleys
said paving be carried back to the lot line of the street so im-
proved. Said street shall be paved for a width of forty-one (41)
feet, excluding curb and gutter.
Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided
for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on
or before the 28th day of August 1922 complete pians and specific -
ations for the paving of said street with the following materials:
1. 3 inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick®
5 inch concrete base.
Asphalt filler.
2. 2 inch asphaltic concrete.
5 inch concrete base'
and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed
estimates of the cost of such paving of said street with the
different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the excavation
and grading of said street.
Section 4. 'That after such plans and specification shall
have been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as aforesaid, the Board of Commissioners may ad-
vertise by advertiserient published in the official City paper of
the City of Salina for six consecutive days for the receipt of
sealed proposals for the paving of said street with the different
kinds of' paving material named and specified in the preceding
section hereof, and for the excavating and grading of said street
to the established, grade thereof as herein provided for; and after
the receipt of such proposals the Board of Commissioners shall
select .from the different kinds of street paving material, the
kind with which said street ought, in their judgment be paved and
said Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorized to let
contracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the
lowest responsible bidder therefor, and for the paving of said
street with the materials so selected to the lowest responsible
bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of Commissioners for
the kind and character of paving which shall.be determined upon
by said -Board -of Commissioners and for such excavating and grad-
ing; said Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject any
and all bids.
Section_ 5. That for such paving 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, according to the appraised value thereof, without
regard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance
to be improved; the entire distance to be graded shall constitute
one grading dpi_strict.
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Section 6. That after the passage and publication of this
ordinance the Board of CocTuissioners shall appoint three dis-
interested 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
after having been notified of their appointment proceed to ap-
praise said lots and pieces 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 such appraisement shall
return same to the Board.of Commissioners at the first meeting
of said Board after such appraisement shall have been completed,
and after said appraisement is returned to the Board of Comm-
issioners said Board of Commissioners.shall designate a time for
the holding of 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 aforesaid, of which. special
session due notice shall be given in the official City paper, at
T,ahich special session the Board of Commissioners may alter the
valuation of any lot or piece of land if in their opinion the
same has been appraised too high or too low.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work the im-
provements in this ordinance provided for,'the Board of Commiss-
ioners are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal im-
provement bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed
.the contract price of such improvements and to run for a period
of ten years and be payable in ten (10). equal installments, to-
gether with the interest not to exceed five (5) per cent 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 im-
provements and the apportionment therein contained shall hold
good for all the installments that are to be -collected from the
specific property chargeable with said improvements. 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
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Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from 'and after its publication once in the official
City paper.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Introduced for first reading, August 14th, 1922..
Passed and approved ........, August 21st, 1922.
Chas. E. Banker, _
STATE OF KANSAS )
) SS.
COUNTY OF SALINE )
F. S. Dyar,
Mayor,
.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 2574 passed by the
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Board of Cormmn_issioners and approved by the Mayor of the City
of Salina, Kansas,, August 21st, 1922; a record of the vote
on its final adoption is found on Page 87 of Journal No. 10,
Said Ordinance was published in The Salina Evening Journal
August 26th, 1922.
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(published in The Salina Eve nin g Journal) -4 1922 )
ORDINANCE NO. �\ / 3
An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of Elm
Street in the City of Salina, Kansas from the eastline off'""-'
TT 11r�Street to the west line of Front Street,. and providing
for the cost thereof, how the same shall .be assessed and the
manner- of "payment therefor.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted the 8th day of May,
1922 the Board of Cormnissioners of the City of Salina, Kansan have
declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade and pave
Elm Street in..th,e City of Salina, Kansas from the east line of
Third Street to the west line of Front Street 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 taxa-
tion for the cost of said improvements 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 improvements
or the , making thereof, therefor
BE IT ORIAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street in the City of Salina, liansas frora the east line of
Third Street to the west line of Front Street in said City be excavated
and graded to the established grade thereof as established by ordinance
of the City of Salina, Kansas, Provided, that at the intersections
of streets and alleys, said excavation and grading shall be carried to
the lot line of the street so improved and that at such lot line the
grade be made to vo nform to the established grade of such street or
alley if the same has been established.
Section 2.
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That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Elm Street in the City o f Sal ina, Kansas from the east line . o f
Third Street to the west line of Front Street in said City be paved
with such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter desig-
nate and select as hereinafter provided for according to the speci-
fications of the City Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for,
and that at..the intersections of streets and alleys said paving be
carried back to the lot line of the street so improved. Said street
shall be paved for a width of forty-one (41) feet, excluding curb and
gutter.
Section 3. For the work and impr ov eme nt s herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Ole rk on or before
the day of August 1922 complete plans and specifications for
the paving of said street with the following materials.
i. 3 inch vertical fiber plain wire out brick.
5 inch concrete base.
Ashphalt filler.
2. 2 inch asphaltic concrete.
5 inch concrete base,
and that on or before the last said named date said City- Engineer shall
submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates
of the cost of such paving of sa id street wit h the diffe rent kinds of
material herein mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said
street.
Section 4. 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 advertisement published in the official City paper of the City of
Salina for %,,, � consecutive days for the re ceipt of sealed proposals:
for the paving of said street with the different kinds of paving
material named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and for
the excavating and grading of said street to the established grade
thereof as herein provided for; and after the receipt of such proposals
the Board of Commissioners shall select from the different kinds of
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street paving material, the kind with which said street ought, in
their judgment be paved and said Board of Commissioners may and are
hereby authorized to let contracts for the grading and excavating of
said street to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, and for the
paving of said street with the materials so selected to the loweat
responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of Commission-
ers for the kind and character of paving 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 5. That for such paving spe ciol 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,
according to the appraised value thereof, without regard to the. buildings
or improvements thereon for the distance to be improved; The entire
distance to be graded shall constitute one grading district.
Section 6, That after the passage and publication of this
ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested
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 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 Board of Commissioners of said City, without regai,d to the
buildings or improvements thereon, and after making such appraisement
shall return same to the Board of Commissioners at the first meeting
of said Board after such appraisement shall have been completed, and
after said appraisement is returned to the Board of Commissioners said
Board -of Commissioners shall designate a time for the holding of
a special session of such Board fob the purpose of hearing any com-
plaints that may be made as to the value of any lots or pieces of land.
appraised as aforesaid, of which sp eei&l session due notice shall be
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given in the official City paper, at which special session the
Board of Commissioners may alter the valuation of any lot or piece of
land if in their opinion the same has been appraised too high or too
low.
Section 7. For. the purpose of paying for the work and improve-
ments in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and dim cted to issue internal improvement bonds of the
City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract price of
such improvements and to run for a pe riod 'of ten years and be payable
in ten (10) equal installments, together with the interest not to
exceed five (5) per cent 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 thby :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 contained shall hold good
for all the. installments that are to be collected from the specific
property chargeable with said improvements. Such assessment and
apportionment ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax appor-
tioned to each tract, piece -and parcel of land within the taxing dis-
trict 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 taxes are to . be• certified, certify to the County Clerk
of Saline County, Kansas, a full list of all property liable for
such work and improvements, together with the respective amounts
due on eaeh of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which amounts
shall include the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances
for one year at the rate of six per cent per annum and such amounts so
certified 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 trhere
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the improv ement is through or adjacent to the property of the City for
which the City would be liable, the assessment Ahall be made against
all taxable property of the City and paid by the City at large.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after iOus publication once in the official Cit.y
paper .
Attest
Introduced for first reading, August 14th, 1922.
Passed and approved .....4