5372 Utility Improvements Grounds of Kansas Wesleyan Universityr
- - - ORDINANCE 1]TTIB'ili 5372
(Published in the Salina Journal PIT
fi D , 1949
AN ORDIIANCE creating and defining a certain lateral sanitary sewer district in
the City of Salina, Kansas, designated as Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number
239, and providing for the construction of a Lateral Sanitary Sewer in said Lateral
Sanitary Sewer District Number 239, so created, and providing for the payment of
the cost thereof and for the levying of special assessments against the property
in said district for the payment of the cost of such construction and for the
issuing of bonds to pay the ccs t thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Lateral Sanitary Sewer District 239.
That there be and there is hereby created Lateral Sanitary Sewer District in the
City of Salina, Kansas, which shall be and it is hereby designated as Lateral
Sanitary Sewer District Number 239 and which district shall include all the follow-
ing described property in the City of Salina, Kansas, to -wit:
Lots 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 on Kirwin
Avenue and Lots 21, 23, 25, 27,29, 31, 33, 35, 37, and
39 on Jewell Avenue, all in the Addition to the Grounds
of Kansas Wesleyan University,. an Addition to the City
of Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
Section 2. It is necessary and it is hereby ordered that an eiht inch
V.C.P. lateral sanitary sewer with all necessary connections, manholes, flushing
tanks and other appurtenances be constructed and built in and to serve said
Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 239 as created by Section 1 of this ordi-
nance along the following; course, to -wit:
Beginning at an existing manhole on the center line of
alley, extended east, next north of Kirwin Avenue and
thirty feet west of the east line of Quincy Street,
thence west in the center line of said alley 500 feet
to a manhole to be constructed which will be the termi-
nus of said sewer.
Section 3. That the City Engineer shall on or before April 25, 1949
1,949 prepare and file in the office of the City Clerk, plans and specifications
for the construction of the lateral sanitary sewer provided for in the preceding
sections of this ordinance which shall be of proper character to serve the prop -
arty lying within the district within which such sewer is to be constructed and
shall on or before the same date prepare and submit to the Board of Commissioners
a detailed estimate under oath of the cost thereof. That thereafter the City Clerk
shall advertise for three consecutive days in the official city paper for sealed
proposals for the building and construction of such sewer according to such plans
and specifications, which proposals shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before
the time fixed in such notice, at which time the Board of Commissioners may let a
contract for the building; and construction of such sewer to the lowest and best
responsible bidder or bidders therefor, if there be any whose bids do not exceed
the estimated cost thereof, but said Board shall reserve the right to reject any
or all such proposals, and if no bid shall be received within such estimate, the
Board of Commissioners shall have the power to do s wh work and make such improve-
ments within the estimated cost thereof as provided by law.
Section 4. That for the cost of building and constructing such sewer,
special assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots and pieces
of land within and for which such sewer shall be built, according to the appraised
value thereof, without regard to the improvements or buildings thereon.
Section 5. After the passage and publication of this ordinance, the Board
of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested appraisers, who after having
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 Salina County, Kansas, a full list of
all property liable or such work and improvements,, together with the respective
amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces of land, which amounts shall include
the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the
rate of not to exceed five per cent per annum, on such amouhts so certified, which
taken an oath to make a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces o f
land to taxation for the cost of such improvements, shall within five days after
having been notified of their appointments proceed to appraise all of the lots and
pieces of land within such district liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid,
without regard to the buildings or improve.nents thereon, and after making such
appraise-ment shall return to the Board of Commissioners of said city and said Board
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shall designate a time for holding a special meeting of said Board for the purpose
of hearing any complaints that may be made as to the value of any lot or piece of
land appraised as aforesaid, of which special session due notice shall be given in
the official city paper, and at which special session said Board 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.
Section 6. The special assessment herein provided for may be paid by the
person liable therefor in four approximately equal annual installments by the
owner of any property liable to such assessment may within thirty days from the
date of determining the amount assessed against the property pay the same in full
and his property shall not be liable for any assessments for the cost of such
improvements, and bonds as hereinafter provided for shall be issued in the amount
of the cost of such improvements remaining; unpaid at the end of the thirty days
from the time such assessment is fixed.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements in this
ordinance provided for, the Board of Commissioners may hereby and are authorized
and directed to issue improvement bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to
exceed the cost of such improvement, and to run for a period of four years and be
payable in four approximately equal installments, together with interest not to
exceed five per cent per annum, which bonds shall be issued and payable according
to law; and for the purpose of paging the principal and interest on said bonds as
they severally become due and payable, the Board of Commissioners shall apportion
and assess against the lots or pieces of land within the taxing district for such
improvements, special assessments covering the cost of such improvement and appor-
tionment therein contained shall hold good for all of the installments that are to
be collected from the specific property chargeable with such 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 Salina County, Kansas, a full list of
all property liable or such work and improvements,, together with the respective
amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces of land, which amounts shall include
the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the
rate of not to exceed five per cent per annum, on such amouhts so certified, which
shall be collected as other taxes are collected.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its publication once in the official city paper.
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Introduceds April 11, 1949
Passed; April 18, 1949
Mayor
Attest
C ity C le rk
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