1486 Improve Iron Avenue(Published in the Salina Evening Journal May______, 1909.)
ORDINANCE NO. /
An ordinanceproviding for the paving, curbing, Sutterir� and excavat-
ing of Iron avenue, in the city of Salina, Kansas, and
the east
end of the bridge crossing the Smoky Hill River crossing said
street and the West- side of Penn avenue; specifying the manner
r . . of construction} and providing_fQr the., cost thereof and the manner
of payment.
Whereas, by resolution duly adopted on the 15th day of March, 1909,
the mayornand council of the city of Salina have declarbd that they deem
it necessary to pave, curb and gutter Iron avenue, in said city, between
the Iron avenue bridge and Penn avenue; and,
Thereas, said resolution was duly published for ten (10) consecu-
tive days in the "Salina Evening Journal,* a daily newspaper published
in the city of Salina; Mad,
Thereas,.a majority of the resident owners of property liable to
taxation for the cost of such paving, curbing and guttering of said
street, did -not, within twenty (20) days from -such last publication,
file with the city clerk of said city their protest against such paving,
curbing and guttering; therefore,
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Councilmen of the city of Salina: --
Section 1. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that Iron ave-
nue, in the city of Salina, between the east end of the bridge crossing
the Smoky Hill River crossing said street and the Wes -t- si d of Penn
avenue, be paved, with such material as the mayor and council may here»
after designate and select, as hereinafter provided, sixty (60) feet in
width, more or less,, in. the blocks between Iron
avenue bridge and Front street, and thirty-seven (37) feet in width,more
or less, from Front street to Penn avenue; and at the intersections of
all streets and alleys said paving shall extend from lot line to lot
line.
Sec. 2. That it is necessary and hereby ordered that Iron avenue,
between the limits.defined in section one hereof, be curbed, on both
sides thereof, with cement curbing, and guttered, on both sides thereof,
with cement guttering, such curbing and guttering to be made and con-
structed in one piece as a combined curb and gutter, the curb part of
the same to be six (6) inches in thickness and the gutter part thereof
to be thirty (30) inches, more or less, from the back edge of such curb
to the edge of such paving, and such curbing shall be setZoz.
des feet from and parallel with the lot line on either side of daid
street from the Iron avenue bridge to Front street, and --Z— feet
from and parallel with the lot line on either side of said street from
Front street to Penn avenue, except at the intersections of streets and
alleys where such curb and gutter shall return to the lot line.
Sec. 3. A4xcavating, filling and rolling necessary for the proper
construction of said paving, curbing and guttering shall be done, and
such paving, curbing and guttering shall be done and constructed accord-
ing to the established grade of said Iron avenue as hereibfore estab.
lished by the ordinances of the city of Salina.
Sec. 4. That the plans., specif icatios,.and profile "kof the city
engineer, now on file with the city clerk, for the paving of said street
with the different kinds of material for street paving, to-wit: brick
block, bitulithic and asphalt, and for the curbing, guttering and exca-
vating of said street, are hereby adopted and approved, and all of the
work antdd improvements herein provided for shall be done in accordance
with zwftlans specifications and profiles of the kind of paving to
be selected by the said mayor and council, as hereinafter provided, and
with the plans, specifications and profiles of such city engineer for
such curbing and.guttering aforesaid, which such plans, specifications
and profiles for the paving so selected as aforesaid and for such curbing
and guttering are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this ordi-
nance in all respects as if.the same were written out in full herein,
and all the work and construction herein provided for shall be done under
the direction and supervision of the city engineer, orchis duly author-
ized assistant.
Sec. 6. That 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 taxationn for the improvements herein provided for,
shall, within ten (10) days after having been notified of their ap-
pointment, proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of ground liable to
taxation (without regard to any buildings or improvements thereon) and
after making said appraisement shall return the same to the city coun-
cil at the first meeting thereof after said appraisement shall have been
completed, and after said appraisement is returned to the -city council
the mayor and council.shall designate a time for holding a special ses-
sion for the purpose of hearing complaints and equalising said appraise-
ment, of which special session due notice shall be given in the offic44
city paper, and at said special session the mayor and council shall, if
they deem it just and proper, alter or change such appraisement.
Sec. 6. After the passage -and publication of this ordinance, the
city clerk shall advertise for bids for the paving, curbing, guttering
and excavating herein provided for, in the official city paper and such
other newspapers as the mayor and council may direct, for not exceeding
days, and such advertisement shall call for bids or proposals
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for all the kinds of paving specified and described n said pland and
specifications of the city engineer now on file with the city clerk, and
after the reception of such bids or proposals the mayor and council shad, l
determine the kind of paving to be used on said street and may and are
hereby authorized to let the contract for the paving of said street with
the material so selected, and for the curbing and guttering of said
street, to the most satisfactory and responsible bidder, as determined
by the said mayor and council, the said mayor and council,.reserting the
right to let the contract for the curbing and guttering, or for the
paving, separately., or for all together, or to reject any and all bids
or proposals.
Sec. ?. For the purpose of paying for said paving, curbing, gutter.
ing, etc., the mayor and council are hereby authorized to issue bonds
of'the city of Salina, in an amount not to exceed the contract price,
and to run for a period of ten (10) years, and be payab4e in ten (10)
equal annual installments, together with 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 interst on said bonds, as they severally become due, the mayor and
council
shall each year during
the life of said
bonds levy an assessment
against
the lots and pieces of
groubd liable to
taxation for the improve-
ments herein provided for in an amount sufficient to pay the principal
and interest for that year; Provided, that for the purpose of defraying
the cost of paving and otherwise improving the squares and areas formed
by the intersection of streets and alleys, as well as where the improve.
went is through \or adjacent to property of the city, for which the city
would be liable, the assessments shall be made against all the taxable
property of the city; and the city clerk shall certify said assessments,
as they are severally made, to the county clerk of Saline county, at
the same time and in the same manner as other city taxes are certified,
and said assessments shall be liable to the same penalties as all other
taxes.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall tkke affect and be in force from
and after its publication once in the Salina Evening Journal.
Passed and approved May 17, 1909.