3171 Improving Prescott AveORDINANCE -NO.. -31710
AN ORDINANCE providing for the gravelling with sand clay type surface of
Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west
line of Eleventh Street to.the East line of Twelfth Street
in said City, and providing for the cost thereof, how the
same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor.
WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 3rd day of August 1925s
the Board.of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas, have declared
that they deem it necessary to gravel Prescott Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Eleventh Street to the East line of
Twelfth Street in said City, and
WHEREAS, said resolution vacs published for six days in the Salina
Evening Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Salina, the
official City paper of said City, and'
WHEEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners owning a
majority of square feet of the lots or real estate liable to taxation
for the cost of said improvement did not within twenty days from the
date of the last publication of such resolution file with the City Clerk
of said City their protest in writing against such improvement or the
making thereof, THERiFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that Preacott
Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Eleventh} Street
to the East line of Twelfth Street in said City, be gravelled with sand -
clay type surface according to the specifications of the City Engineer
of said City hereinafter provided for, for a width of 26 feet, the same
being the distance between the present curb and gutter on each side of
said street as now installed.
Section 2. That for the work and improvement herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before
the 19th day of October 1925 complete plans and specifications for the
gravelling said street with sand clay type surface as aforesaid the
same to be 6 inches deed and that on or before said date said City
Engineer shall submit to the Board of Commissioners under oath detailed
estimates of the cost of such gravelling of said street with the kind of
material mentioned, of excavation and grading necessary for the completion
of such work.
Section 3. That after such plans and specifications shall have been
made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk as
aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may advertise, by advertisement pub-
lished in the official city paper of the City of Salina, Kansas, for six
consecutive days for the receipt of sealed proposals for the gravelling of
said street with the kind of material named and specified in the preceding
section hereof, and for the excavation and grading necessary for the
completion of such work, and after the receipt of such proposals the said
Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorized to let contracts
for the gravelling of said street with the material so selected to the
lowest responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of
Commissioners for the kind and.mharacter of gravelling, which shall be
determined upon by said Board of Commissioners and for such excavating
and grading. Said Board of Commissioners reserve the right to reject
any and all bids.
Section 4. That for such.gravelling special assessment shall
be made for the full cost thereof on each block separately on all lots
or pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of the :- '
street according to the appraisers value thereof without regard to the
buildings or improvements thereon for the distance to be improved.
Section 5. After the passage and publication of this ordin-
ance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested
Opraisers, householders who after havint taken oath to make a true
and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of land liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of the improvements herein pro-
vided for;: shall within five days after having been notified of their
appointment proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of land liable
to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as may be designated by the
Board of Commissioners of said City, without regard to the buildings
or improvements thereon, and after making said appraisement shall
return the same to the Board of Commissioners of said City, and said
Board of Commissioners shall designate a time for holding a special
session of such Board for the purpose of hearing any complaints that
may be made as to the value of any lots or pieces of land appraised
as aforesaid, of which special session due notice shall be given
in the official City paper, at which special session the Board of
Commissioners may alter any valuation of any lot or pieces of land,
if in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high or too low.
Section 6. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvemehs
in this ordinance provided for the Board of Commissioners are hereby
authorized and directed to issue internal improvement bonds of the
City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract, -price for such
improvements, and to run for a period of ten years and be payable to
ten equal installments, together with the interest not to exceed 5°%
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 in-
terest on said bonds 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
e
aseessments covering the cost of such improvements and the apportionment
therein contained shall hold good for all the installments that are to be
collected from the specific property chargeable vvrith said improvements.
Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain the total amount
of tax apportioned.to each tract, piece and 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 timeother taxes are certified, certify to the County Clerk of
Saline County, Kansas, a full list of all property liablt for such work
and improvements, together with the respective amounts due on each of
said tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which amounts due shall include
the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year
at ghe rate of not to exceed 5% per annum on such amounts so certified
which shall be collected as other taxes are collected; provided that for the
purpose of defraying the cost of improving the intersections and areass
formed by the,crossing of streets and alleys, as well as where _the improve-
ment is through or adjacent to property of the City, for which the City
would be liable, the assessment will be made against all taxable property
of the City and paid by the City at large.
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in -full force
from and after its publication once in the official city paper.
Introduced for first reading October 5th,.1925.
Passed and approved October 12th, 1925.
J. S. Hargett
Mayor
Attest:
Chas. E. Banker
i Y 017r0k.
STATE OF KANSAS )
)SS
COUNTY. OF SALINE)?
I,. Chas. E. Banker, City CleAk of the City of Salina..
Kansas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct
ampy of Ordinance No.3171 passed and approved by the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Salina, Kansas October 12t019251 and a record of the vote
on its final adoption is found on page /a o
of Journal Number 11.
City uerx.
(Published i, theS,11re joctob�r 2 Z
ORDIVAYCE M.
,is (opIDIIqA?jCE providing for thz Sravelling witb a 'lay type surface
of Prescott Avenue in the city of Salina, HE Yzas. from the
west line of Eleventh Street t-- t -I -Lc 1,'a2t line of Twelfth
Street in said City, a-Cid.1 providing for the cost thereofo
how the same shall be assessed and, the nay
maner of pment
iherefor.
vn,7�,� -
I--. by resolutinn duly adopted onhe t3rd day of August
1925, the Roand of commissioners of the City of Salina, Xansus, have
declared that they deem it necessary to gravel Prescott Avenue Q
the City of Salina, Kansas2 from thE west line of Eleventh Street to the
East line of Twelfth Street in said City, and
=v vs, said resolution was published far six days in the
Salina G' i. journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of
Salina, the official city paper of said City, and
TT TAS
�1,.c majority of the resident pronprty owners
,I— "
owning a majoritYP of square feet of the lots or real estate liable
to taxation for the cost of said improvement did not1,'AL, thin twenty days
fro-im, the clLate of M last publication of such resolution file with
the City Clerk of said City their protest in writing against such
improvement or the making thepeof, THEREFFREp
BE !T BRUINED by the Board of Commission:rs of the City of Salina,
Konsas!
Section I® That it is necessary and it ishereby ordered
-,,?r777777T_T7enue in the city of Salina, Kansas, from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the East line of Twelfth Street in said
City, be
gravelled
with
sand -clay
type
surface according to the
specifications
of
the
City Inyineer of
said City
hereinafter provided
for, for a width of 261 feet, the same being the distance between
the present curb
and
gutter
on each side
of said street as now
installed.
Section
2*
T'-Y—,P-t for
the work and
improvement herein
provided
fot, the City Fngineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or
before the
Wthday of Oct§�b 1225 complete plans and specifi-
cations for the gravelling said street with sand clat type surface
as afonesaid tin same to be Q 6 inches deep ant thai on or before
said date aaid City Engineer shall sulbr;ilt to the Board of Comm-IlLssicrers
under oath detailed estimates of the cost of such gravelling of said
street witb the kind of daterial mentioned, of excavation and grading
necessary for the completion rf such uorb.
Section 3. That aftcr such plans and specifications shall
liavC o-cer, �-_ade and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the
City Olerk as aforesaid the Boma,,d 1' Coi-w, issioners mLi advertise,
by advertisement publis ed in the official City paper of the City of
Salina, lansas, fgr six consecutive days for the receipt Of sealed
proposals for the gravelling of said street with the Rina Of
mat!7%rial named and specified in Qdin
e, preceg section hereof j and.
for the excavation and grading necessary fc,,)r tII,_e completion of such
work, and after the age ceipt,of such proposals the said Board of ,
Commissioners may an-d-are hereby authorizedI to -j.c-.t contracts fcv tile
gravelling of said street with the watcrial so ssiected to the
responsible
jolowest/fidder the-efor, as detepmIned by. said Board of Commisabners
for the kind and character of gravelling, whic'.L. shall b dletrm I i n e c,11
upon by said Board of t 07MMILS 3i.-MrS and for sunh excavating and
oradtag; Said Board of Commissioneps reserve the right to reject any
C>
ard all bids.
Section 4 That for such gravelling spedial assessment
shall be made for the full cost theceof on each block separately
on all lots or pieces of land to the center of the block an eithm,
side of the street according to the appraisers value thereof without
regard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance
to be improved.
Section 5. After the passage and nublication of this
ordinance the Board cE Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested
appraisers, householders who after having taken oath to make a true
and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of land liable to
assessment and taxation for the cost of the improvements herein
provided for, shall within five days after having been notified
of their appointment proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of
land liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as may be
designated by the Board of Conmissionprs of said City, without
regard to the buildings or iaprovements thereon, and afterLmaking
said appraicement shall return the same to thn Board of Commissibners
of said City, and said Board of commissiongrs shall designate a
time for holding a special aes°a on of such Board for the purpose of
hearing any -complaints that may te made as to the value of any
lots or pieces of land appraised as aforesaid, of which special
0-
0
ses� on d,,j-e notice, shall be -iven in the official city papery at
'o "ter any
Ion the Board Of Co ission yrs may aJ_
wh ich spe c LI I in e
I a 1 sass s J4.
;re of any lot or I piece of land, if 1L. -r! the -Ir opinion, the
haS been. api.-Iraised t1oo or too lolv.
Sect II.2I'_'&!For the purpose of paying fpr thO work and
improvements in this ordinance' provided for the Board of Commiss-
ioners are hereby authorized and directe)to issue internal
improvement bonds of the city of Sal-ina in an amount not to
exceed the contract price for such improvements, and to run
for a period of ten years and be payable in ten equal install -
dents, together with the interest not to exceed 5% per annum,
vhich bonds shall be made payable at the fiscal agency of the
State of Kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and
Interest on said bonds as they severally become due and payable
the Board of Commissioners shall apper tion and assess against
the lots and pieces of land within the taxing district of such
improvements speciaA."sessments covering the cost of such
improvements and the apportionment therein contained shall hold
good for all the installments that are to be collected from the
specific property chargeable with said improvements. SuA
assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain tht total
amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and parcel of
land within the taxing district and shall state the number
of annual installments in which such tax is toy 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, pieces and parcels of land., which
amounts due shall include the annual installments and interest
con all unpaid balances for one year at the rate .of not to exceed
6% per annum on such amounts so oertUied which shall be
g.ollected as other taxes are collected; provided that for the
purpose of defraying the cost of improving the intersections
and arears formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, as
well as where the improvement) is through or adjacent to
'Property of the City,fcw which the City would be liable,
the assessment will be tuade against all taxable property of
the City and paid by the City at large*
Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be
in full force from and after its publication once in the
official city paper.
Introduced for first readingOotober 5th 1925.
Passed and apploved October 12th 1925.
mayor
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G ity C er •