1669 Improvements Weil Place(Published in the Salina Evening Journal,. July 1912. )
OR nAyiCE 170.1669.
An Ordinance providing for the paving, curbing, guttering and excava-
ting of Weil Place from Seventh street to Eighth street, in the
city' of Salina; specifying the manner of construction, providng
for the cost thereof and. the manner of payment, and letting the
contract therefor..:
WHEREAS, there has been presented to the mayor and council a
gtition requesting said mayor and council to pave, `curb, gutter and
excavate Weil Place, in the city of Salina., Kansas, between Seventh
street and Eighth street; rind,
WTM'REAS, said petition has been found by the said mayor and
council to contain the names of a majority of the resident property
owners owning property fronting on both. sides of said. Weil Place
between the limits above defined; therefore,
Be it ordained -by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Salina„
Section -1.,' - That it is necessary and hef'oby ordered that 4Jei'1
Place, in the city of Salina, Kansas., between the east line of
Seventh street and. the east line of Eighth street, be paved with
asphaltic-concrote pavement, on a five inch concrete base, and ac-
cording to the specifications therefor, as hereinafter provided., said
paving to be. twenty four (24) feet in width from gutter to. gutte•,
except that at the -intersections of streets and alleys such paving
shall extend from lot line to lot line on said Weil Place.
Sec..2. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that said
Weil Place, between the limits defined in section one hereof, be
curbed and guttered on - both sides thereof with cement curb and gutt w,;
according to the specifications hereinafter provided for, the lot
line edge of such curbing to be set fourteen and a half (14-) feet
from and parallel with the center line of.said street east and west;,
Provided, that at the intersections of streets and alleys such curb
and. gutter shall return to the lot line of said street.
Sec. 3. That all excavating, filling and rolling necessary
for th.e proper construction of said paving., curbing and guttering be
done, and such paving, curbing and guttering shall be constructed
according to the established grade of said Weil Place, as heretofore
or hereafter established by the ordinances of said city.
Sec. 4. -..That the plans and specifications of the city engineer
of said city, novo on file with the city clerk, for the paving, curbing,
guttering and. excavating of said Weil Place are hereby adopted and
approved as and for the plans and specifications for the improvement
of said street, and all wort; herein and in such plans and specifica-
tions provided for shall be done in accordance with such plans and
specifications, which are hereby incorporated in and made a part of
this ordinance.
Sec. 1® After the passage of this ordinance the mayor and.
council shall appoint three disinterested householders, who, after
having taken an oath to faithfully and impartially- appraise all lots
and pieces of ground liable to taxation and assessment for the cost
of making such improvements, without regard to.any buildings or im
provements thereon, and after making suid appraisernlent.said appraisers
shall return the same.to the city council, at the first meeting there-
of after such appraisen,ent shall have been made and completed; and
after .said appraisement is returned to the city council the mayor
and council shall designate a time for holding a special session of
said mayor and council for the purpose of hearing complaints and
equalizing said appraisement, of which special session due notice
shall she. giver_ in the official city paper, and at such .special sessim
the mayor and council, shall, if they deem it just and proper, alter
or .change such appraisement.
Sec. 6. That a contract be and is hereby let to The Katie Paving
Company of Topeka, Kansas, for the paving and excavating of said i'leil
Place«With asphaltic -concrete paving material, as specified in the
said specifications of the said city engineer, as aforesaid, on a
five inch concrete base, at and for the uniform price of One and
fifty-eight ($1.58) Dollars per square yard for the square yards
of such pavement actually laid and put in place on said street, and
for the excavating necessary to properly lay and construct such pave-
ment said Kaw Paving Company shall be paid at the rate of Thirty' -five
(J-54 cents per cubic yard for the actual number of cubic yards of
such excavq:ting done by such contractor.
Sec. 7. That a contract be add is hereby let to Lyon Brothers
of Salina, Kansas, for the curbing and guttering provided for in this
ordinance at and for the uniform price of Thirty-two (32) cents per
lineal foot for the curbing; and Twenty-eight (28) cents per lineal
foot -for the guttering constructed and put in piaee on said street.
Sec. 8. That the prices for such work and improvement as
I specified a.nd agreed to be paid in sections 6 and 7 of this ordinanceee,
are hereby found to be less than the pricbs.for cost df such work
and improvements made and given in the city engineerts estimate of
the cost therefor=_now on file with the city clerk.
Sec. 'g. For the purpose of paying for the voric—anti; improvements
herein provided for in installments instead. of levyirje_- the entire tax
or special assessments for such cost at one time, the mayor and council
a.re.hereby authorized to issue improvement bonds of the city of Salina
payable in installments of equal amounts in each year, none of which
bonds nor any of the installments thereof shall run longer than ten
years nor bear interest 'exceeding five ped cent per annum. Such
bonds may be issued to the contractors constructing such improvements
in payment thereof, or the mayor and council may sell said bonds at
not less than their par value and pay the proceeds thereof to tle con-
tractors, and such bonds shall be of such glenoenina.tions as the mayor
and council may deem proper. And for the purpose of paying; principal
and interest on said bonds, as they severally become due, the nWor
and council shall each year during the life of said bonds, levy an
assessment againstthe lots and pieces of ground liable to taxation
and asdessment for such improvements in an amount.sufficiert to pqy,
the principal and interest for that year: Provided, that for the
purpose of paying the cost, of the improvements on. the squares and
areas formed by the crossing of streets and alle;rs,'for which the
city would be .liable, the assessrr:.ents shall be made against all the
taxable property of the city; and the city clerk shall certify such
assessrlents, as they are severally made, to the county clerk of
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Saline county, Kansas, at `` ie— ssrne time andira the same manner as
other city taxes. are certified., to be ' collected as -other -taxes are
collected.
Sec. 3.0. This ordinance ehall take effect a.nd be in force
from and after its publication once in the Salina. Evening Journal.
Passed and approved July lqth,1912.
.Attest: Mayor
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