8294 Sidewalk ImprovementsrED-SALYNA
ORDINANCE NUMBER 8294
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(Published in The Salina Journal 'IEJ 1973)
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AN ORDINANCE providing for the construction of certain sidewalks, for
the payment of the cost thereof, and how the same shall be assessed and the manner
of the payment therefor.
WHEREAS, as provided by Resolution Numbers 3140 and 3149, duly published
in the official city newspaper on the 6th day of April, 1973, and the 29th day of
June, 1973, the Board of Commissioners determined the necessity of and directed
that the owners of certain lots to construct sidewalks immediately adjacent to
their respective lots within 45 and 30 days from the date of the publication
thereof, and
WHEREAS, the owner or owners, or a part of them failed to cause said
sidewalks to be so constructed, and SO NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED by the Governing Body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that certain
sidewalks be constructed along the following course, to -wit:
A concrete sidewalk on the south side of Cloud
Street from Norton Street to Roach Street, adjacent
to Lots 1 and 2, Block 2, Southern View Addition
and part of Lot 1, in Surveyor's Plat 11.
A concrete sidewalk installed at the curb line on the
east side of Lewis Street and adjacent to Lots 1 and
16, Replat of Block 8, Claflin Addition to the City of
Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
Section 2. That for the work and improvements herein provided for,
the City Engineer shall on or before the 13th day of August, 1973, submit to
the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates of the cost of such
work and improvements.
Section 3. That the work and improvements herein provided for shall
be constructed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications on file
in the Office of the City Clerk and the Office of the City Engineer of the City
of Salina, Kansas, as made and provided for by law and the ordinances of said
City. Said plans and specifications are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 4. That after the City Engineer has filed the detailed
estimate above ordered, the Board of Commissioners may advertise, by advertisement
published in the official city newspaper of the City of Salina, Kansas for three
(3) consecutive days, for the receipt of sealed proposals for constructing said
sidewalks according to plans and specifications set out in Section 1 hereof, and
that said Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorized and directed to
let contracts for said sidewalk construction to the lowest responsible bidder or
bidders therefor, as determined by the Board of Commissioners, said Board
freserving
the right to reject any or all bids, if no bids shall be received
within the estimate, the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to do such
work and make such improvements within the estimated cost thereof, as provided
by law.
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Section 5. That when said sidewalk or sidewalks have been constructed,
then special assessments shall be levied against said lot, lots or parts of lots
for the full cost or pro rata abutting footage cost thereof and the Board of
Commissioners shall levy an assessment against each lot or piece of land abutting
said sidewalk, by ordinance, and the property owner or owners shall have 30 days
after the publication thereof in which to make full payment of the assessment.
The City Clerk shall mail a notice not less than 15 days prior to the end of said
30 days period to the owner or owners of the property or parts thereof, as shown
on the records of the Office of the Register of Deeds, but failure of the owner
or owners to receive the notice shall not affect the validity of the assessment.
Section 6. That for the payment of the cost of construction of the
above mentioned sidewalks, assessed in four (4) approximately equal installments,
shall be made against the property abutting on the sidewalks.
Section 7. That for the purpose of paying the cost of the work and
improvements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners are hereby
directed and authorized to issue Internal Improvement Bonds or Scrip of the City
of Salina, Kansas, in an amount not to exceed the contract price or cost of such
improvements. Said bonds or scrip shall run for a period of four (4) years and
be payable in four (4) equal annual installments, together with interest not to
exceed six percent (6%) per annum, and for the purpose of paying the principal
and interest on said bonds or scrip 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 herein
contained shall hold good for all of 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 or 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 time other taxes are
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 each of said tracts and pieces of land, which amounts shall
include the annual installments on all unpaid balances for one year at the rate
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not to exceed six percent (6%) per annum on such amounts so certified, which
shall be collected as other taxes are collected. That pending the issuance
and sale of bonds or scrip as aforesaid, the temporary notes may be issued
from time to time to pay the accrued cost thereof in the manner and form required
by law.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city newspaper.
Introduced: July 30, 1973
Passed: August 6,`1973
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Jack Weisgerber ayor
(SEAL)
Attest:
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D. L. Harrison, City Clerk