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3214 Improving Lincoln Ave11 ORDINA AN ORDINANCE providing for the curbing, excavating, grading and gravellix with sand clay Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, frc the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenti± 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 14th day of December 1925 the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina.. Kansas have de= clared that they deem it necessary to curb, excavate grade and gravel with sand -clay type surface Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said City, and WHEREAS, said resolution was published for six days in The Salina Journal, a daily newspaper published in the Citi of Salina, the'official City paper of- said City, and WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners, owning a maj• ority- in square feet of the lots or real estate liable to taxation for:tk cost°of said improvements did not within twenty days from the date of the last publication of such resolution file with the. City -Clerk of said Cit7 their protest in writing against such improvement or the making thereof, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD (' COMMISa ONERS OF THE CITY OF SALINAJ KADBE 6Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereb-i ordered that Lincoln Avenge in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said City be curbed With such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for gccording to*the specifications of the City Engineer of the City of Salina,as hereinafter provided for, and thatw, said street within the limitszAbove defined be excavated and greiEl'ed to such extent as may be necessary for the completion of said work, and that at the intersections of streets and alleys such curbing shall be carried back to the lot line of the street so improved, the distance be- tween the curbing on each side of said street to be 37 feet from face to face of curb. Section 2. That.it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line df Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said City, be gravelled with sand -clay type surface according to the specifications of the City Engin- eer of said City hereinafter provided for, for a width of 37 feet, the s same being the distance between the curb on each side of sadd street as herein provided for. Section 3. That for the work and improvement herein provided for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before the 1st day of March 1926, complete plans and specifications for the curb ing and for the gravelling of said street with the following materials: CURBING• Curb to be 6 inches at top, 7 inches at bottom and.16 inches.deep. GRAVELLING• To be of sand clay type surface and to'.be 7 inches deep. and that on or before the satd last named date the City Engineer of said City shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath detailed to I estimates of the cost of such curbing and gravelling, includingythe'excavatior. and.grading necessary .therefor with the different kinds of materials herein mentioned. Section 4. 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 published in the official City paper of the City of Salina, Kansas, for six consecutive days for the receipt of sealed proposals for the improving of said street with the kind of material named and specified ip the preceding section hereof, -and for the excavating and grading necessary for the completion of such curbing, and for the 'gravelling of said street with the kind of material named and specific hereinbefore, and after the receipt of such proposals the said Board of Comm- issioners may and are hereby authorized to let contracts for the improving of said street with the material so selcted to.the-lowest responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of Commissioners, which kind and char- acter of curbing and gravelling shall be determined by said Board of Commiss- ioners,.and for the excavating and grading. Said Board of Commissioners re- serve the right to reject any and all bids. Section 5. That for the improving the above mentioned street special assessments shall be made for the full cost,thereof on each block separately on all lots and pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of the street accordng to the appraisers value thereof, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon for the distance to be improved. Section 6. After the passage and publication of this ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested appraisers, house- holders, who after having taken an oath.to make a.true andimpartial apprailse- ment 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 pieees{of .land liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid as maybe 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 Boardof Commissioners of said City and said Board of Commissioners shall designate a time for holding q 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 spe session the Board of Commissioners may alter any valuation of any,,Iot or pieeq of land.ibf,,.in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high or too low Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements in this ordinance provided for the Board of Commissioners are hereby author- ized and.directed to.issue internal improvement bonds of the City of Salina G in an amount not to exceed the contract price of such improvements and to .run for a period of ten years and be payable in ten equal installments, together with 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 interest 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 assessments covering the cost of such improvemel and the apportionment therein contained shall hold good for all the inst- allments 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 and par - eel -of land within the taxing district and shall state the number of annus installments in which such tax is to be collected;. and thereafter the Ci -#3 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 amount due on each of said tracts, pieces and parcels 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 5% per annum, on such amounts so certified which shall be collected as other taxes are collected; PRO* VIDED, that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving the inter- sections and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement is through or adjacent to property of the City for which the Citywould be liable the assessment N111 be made against all paxable property of the City and paid by the City at large. Section 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the official City paper. Introduced for first reading, January 25th, 1926. Pqssed and approved -----------February 1st, 1926. Ittest; [AS. E. BANKER �tvCler�-� 'ATE OF KANSAS ) UNTY OF SALINE) J . S .. HARGETT Mayor, I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas, do here certify that the above and foregoing is a true and coyest copy of )rdinance No. 3214 passed and appnoved by the Board of Commissi m ers 'ebruary 1st, *1926, and a record of the vote on its final adoption is Pound on page 1 ��"I of Journal No. 11. J __ ��� i"�y'°C er . (Published in The Sal inaJournal J b s 1926) ORDINANCE NO. 3214 7 An Ordinance providing for the curbing, excavating, grading and gravelling with sand clay Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said. City and providing fob the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor. WHEREAS; by resolution duly adopted on the 14th day of December 1925 the Board of Commissioners.of_the City of Salina.. Kansas, have dep Glared that they deem it necessary to curb, excavate, grade and gravel with sand -clay type suf'face Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said City, and WHEREAS; said resolution was published for six days in the Salina Journal, a daily newspaper published in the City of Salina, the official City paper of sais.City, and WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners, owning a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable to taxation for the cost of said improvements 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, NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED b.:j the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas; Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that Lincoln Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth Street in said City be curbed with such matetial as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select,,as hereinafter provided for according to the specifications of the City Engineer of the City of Salina as hereinafter provided for, and that said street within the limits above defined be excavated and graded to such extent as may be necessary for the completion of said work, and thatat the intersectionsof streets and alleys such curbing shall be carried back to the lot line df the street so improved,, the distance between the curbing on each side of said street to be 37 feet from face to face of curb. Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that Lincoln Avenue in the Cityof Salina, Kansas, from the west line of Ninth Street to the west line of Tenth 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 3' ; feet, the same being the distance between the curb on each side of said street as herein provided for. Section 3. That for the work and improvement herein 0 provided for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before the 1st day of Larch 1926, complete plans and _._.. specifications for the curbing,and for the gravelling of said street with the following materials: CURBING: Curb to be 6 inches at top, 7 inches at bottom and 16 inches deep. GRAVELLING: To be of sane clay type surface and to be 7 inches deep. A nd that on or before the said last named date the City Engineer of said City shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimates of the cost of such -'curbing and gravelling, including the excavation and grading necessary therefor with the different kinds of materials herein mentioned. I n t S ction That after such plans and specifications shall have been made and W'epar.ed by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk as aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may advertise, by advertisement published -in -the official City paper of the City of Salina, _{ansas for six."consecutive days- i for the receipt of sealed proposals for the improving of said street with the kind of material named and speeffied in the preceding.section hereof., and for the excavating and grading necessary..for the completion of such curbing-a,Ad—! and f or the graveling of said street with the kind of material named" and . specified.Ihereinbefore , and after the receipt of such proposals the said Board of Commissi oners may, and -are hereby authir;- ized to let ,contracts for the improving of said street with the material so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor', as determined by said Board of Commissioners, which kind and character of curbing and graveling shall be deter- ... ----- mined 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., That for'the improving the above mentioned street 'special assessments shall be made f,or the full cost, thereof on each block separately on all lots and 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 After the passage and publicationn of this' r ordinance the Board of Commissioners s hall appoint three.'disin- terested appraisers, householders, who after having taken an oath -to make a true and impartial.#praisement of all Tots and pieces of land liable'to assessment-'and`taxa:tion for the cost of the improvements herein provided' for+., .".'shall within five days after. having been notified of'tbg,ir appointment proceed to appraise �l said.lotc and pieces of land liable- to assessment and taxation as aforesaid as may be designated by the Board of Commissioner s df said City,,without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon,, and after making said approiscmcnt 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 piece of land if, in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high or too low. Section For the purpose of paying for the work and improvements in this ordnance provided for the Board of Commis- sioners are hereby authorized tnd directed to issue internal improvement bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract price of--�suchk-:improvements and to rum for a period of ten years and be payable in ten equal, installments, together with interest not to exceed 5% per annum, which bonds shall be made payable at the fiscal agency of the State of Kan- . sas; and for the, purpose of paying principal and interest on said bonds, as they .severally become due and payable the Board of Commissioners shall apportion and dssess against the lots and picced'•of land -within the taxing district of,such improvements special assessments'c.overing the cost of such improvements and the apportionment therein contained shall hold good for all the installments that arc to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said improvements. Such assessment and appor- tionment ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax apportic-::l to each tract, piece and parcel. of land within the- taxing dint ';et and shall state the number of annual installments in which suc'�'. tax is to be collected; and thereafter the City Clcrk shall r. r 0; annually, at the same time other taxes are certified, certify to the"County Clerk of Saline County, -Kansa s. a full list of all propertq liable for :such work and improvements, together with the respective amounts due on each of..said tracts, pieces and parcels :of land, which amounts shall inc lude..the annual install- ments -_and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the rateof not to exceed 5% per an on such amounts so certified whcih-shall be collected as other taxes are collected.;. PROVIDED, that -for -the purpose of defraying the cost of improving the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement 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 This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its publication once in the official City paper. Attest: Introduced for first reading, Fanuary 25th, 1926, Passed and approved =-------- February lst, 1926. f