5297 Utility Improvements Grounds of Kansas Wesleyan UniversityORDINANCE NtMBM 5297
in the_Salina, Journal
AN ORDINANCE creating and defining a certain Lateral Sanitary Sewer District in
the City of Salina designated as Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 224, and pro-
viding for the construction of a Lateral Sanitary Sewer in said Lateral Sanitary Smm
District Number 224, 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 cost thereof.
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BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Lateral Sanitary Sewer District Number 224.
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 224 and which district shall include all the following describdd
property in the City of Salina, Kansas, to wit:
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Lots 22,24,26,28,30,32,34,36,38 and 40 on
Minneapolis Avenue and Lots 21,23,25,27,29,
31,33,35,37, and 39 on Beloit Avenue, all
in the Addition to the Grounds of Kansas
Wesleyan University, an Addition to the City
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of Salina, Saline County, Kansas.
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Section 2. It is necessary and it is hereby ordered that an eight 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 224 as created by Section 1 of this Ord -
inane along the following course, to -wit:
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Beginning at a manhole in Quincy Street on
the center line of an east and west public
alley, extended east, lying next north of
Minneapolis Avenue thence west in the cen-
ter of said alley 505 feet, more or less,
to a manhole to be constructed in said
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alley, being the terminus of said sewer.
Section 3. That the City Engineer shall on or before itiay 3rd 1948
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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 property 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 speei-
fications, 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 by any whose bid does not exceed the estimated
cost thereof, but said Board shall reserve the right to reject any or all such pro-
posals, and if no bid shall be received with such 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.
Section 4. That for the cost of building and construction of such sewer, special
assessments shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots or pieces of land
within the sewer district within and for such sewer shall be built, according to the
appraied value thereof, without regard to the improvements g p meets or buildings thereon.
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Section 5. After the passage and publication of this ordinance, the Board of
Commissioners shall appoint three disinterest appraisers, who after having taken an
oath to make a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of laud to
taxation for the cost of such improvements, shall within five days after having been
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notified of their appointment proceed to appraise all of the lots or pieces oil' land
with such district liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, without regard
to the buildings or improveWents thereon, and after making such appraisements sha11
return to the Board of Commissioners of said city and said Board shall designate a
time for holding a special meeting of said Board of the purpose of hearing any com-
plaints 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 pieces of land if, in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high br
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too low.
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Section 6. The special assessment herein provided for may be paid by the
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person liable therefor in four approximately equal annual installments bu the owner
of any property liable to such assessment may within thirty days from the date of
determining the amount assessed against his
� ag 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 thirty days from the time such
assessment is fixed.
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements in this
ordinance pro jvided for, the Board of Commissioners are hereby 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
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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
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purpose of paying 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 districts of such improvements, special
assessments covering the cost of such improvement and the apportionment therein
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 eg)portioned to each
tract, piece ar parcel of land within the taxing district and shall state the number
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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 oertified, 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
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tracts, pieces or parcels of land, which amounts shall include the annual install-
ments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the rate of not to exceed
five per cent per annum, on such amounts so certified, which shall be collected as
other taxes are collected.
Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and
after its publication once in the official city paper.
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I Introduced: April 19, 1948
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Passed: April 26, 1948
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City Clerk
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