Loading...
2978 Improving Santa Fe AveORDINANCE:NO._2 An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the Oity of Salina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as not occupied by the tracks of the Salina °treet Railway Company from the south line of Beloit Avenue, thence south to Claflin Avenue therein., providing for the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor. WHEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 7th day of April 1924, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Lansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade and pave all,of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, as now occu- pied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company, from the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin.Avenue there- in, and WHEREAS, said resolution was 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 WHEREAS, the majority of the resident property owners, own - Ing a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate liable to taxation for the cost of said improvements did not within twen- ty days after 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, THEREFORE, 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 all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City of Salina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas in the center of said,Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina street Railway Company from the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin Ave- nue in,said City be excavated and graded to the established, grade thereof, as established by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas. Secticn 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas, in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as not occupied by the tracks of the Salina Jtreet Railway Company from the south line of Beloit t•venue thence south to Claflih Ave- nue in said City be paved with such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for according to the specifications of the City Engineer of saldCity as hereinafter provided and that said Santa Fe Avenue between the limits aforesaid be paved for a width of eight feet. Se etion 3. For the work and improvements herein provided for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before the 26th day of May, 1924, complete plans and specifications for the paving of said street with the following materials. 1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick. 5 -inch concrete base. Asphalt Filler. and that on or before the last named date said City Engineer shall submit to the board of Commissioners, under oath, detailed estimate of the cost of such paving of said street with the different kinds of mater ial herein mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street. 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 adver- tisement published in the official City paper of the City of Salina for &.cons.ecutive days..for the receipt of sealed proposals for the pav- ing of said street with the different kinds of paving material named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and for the excavating and grading of said street to the established grade thereof as herein provided for; and after the receipt of such proposals, the board of Commissioners shall select from the different kinds of street paving material the kind with which said street ought, in their judgment be paved and said Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorised to let contracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, and for the paving of such stree with the materials so selected to the lowest responsible bidder there for, as determined by said Board of Commissioners for the kind and char- ''acter of paving 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 5. That for such paving special assessments 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 appraised value thereof, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon, for the distance to be improved. The entire distance to be graded shall constitute one gVeding district. Section 6. 'after the passage and publication of this ordinance the board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinterested appraisers householders, who, after having taken an oath to make a true and im- partial appraisement of all lots and pieces of land liable to assess- ment 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 desig- nated 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 and said Board of Commissioners shall designate a time for hold- ing 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 valua- tion of any lot or piece of land if, in their opinion, the same has been appraised too high or too low. Section 7. For the purpose .of paying for the work and im- provements in this ordinance provided for, the Board of Commiss- ioners 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 in ten equal installments,, together with the interest not to exceed five (5) per centum 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 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. Such assess- ment 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 install- ments in which such tax is to Ie collected; and.thereafter the City Clerk shall, annually, at the same time other taxes are certi- fied, certify to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas a full list of all property liable for such work and improvement, togeth- er with the respective amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces parcels of land, which amounts shall include the annual installments and interest on all unpaid balances for one year at the rate of six pef centum per annum 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 crossings 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 assess- ment will be made against all taxable property of the City and raid by the City at large. bection S. 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, May 12th, 1924. Passed and approved, May 19th, 1924. ( SERI. ) Attest: Chas. E. banker City Clerk STATE OF KANSAS ). )SS COUNTY 0'F SALINE) F. S "llygtrtL. —c ng- :ayor I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, xansas do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of Ordinance Number 2978, passed and approved by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas, May 19th, 1924,/an/dam a record of the vote on its final adoption is found on page i �/ of Journal Number 10, City Ulark — i (Published in `i'he Salina Evening Journal �ry 1924) Z ORDINANCE No. q %� An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas in the center or said Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Rail- way Company from the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin Avenue therein, providing for the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the manner of payment therefor. 1:1HEREAS, by resolution duly adopted on the 7th day of April 1924, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate, grade and pave all of the unpaved portion of 'Oanta Fe Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue, as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company, from i the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin Avenue therein, and WHEREAS, said resolution was 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 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, THERE- FORE, 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 all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City of Galina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company from the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin Avenue in said City be excavated and graded to the established grade thereof, as established by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas. Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered that all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe Avenue, in the City of Ualina, Kansas, in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as now occupied by the. tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company from the south line of Beloit Avenue thence south to Claflin Avenue in said City be paved with such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for a•c- corfing to the specifications of the City Engineer of said City as hereinafter provided, and that said Santa Fe Avenue between the limits aforesaid be paved for a width oft-fRigLt feet. Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on or before the`L_day of 6Wgd4 1924, complete plans and specifications for the paving of said street with the following materials. 1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick. 5 -inch concrete base. Asphalt filler. and that on or before the last named date said City Engineer shall submit to the Board of Commissioners under oath, detailed estimate of the cost of such paving of said street with the different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street. 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 yalina for sa& consecutive days for the receipt of sealed pro- posals for the paving of said street with the different kinds of paving material named and specified in the preceding section hereof, and for the excavating and grading of said street to the established grade thereof as herein provided for; and after the receipt of such proposals the Board of Commissioners shall select from the different kinds of street paving material the kind with which said street ought, in their judgment be paved and said Board of Commissioners may and are hereby authorized to let contracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the lowest responsible bidder there- for, and for the paving of such street with the materials so select- ed to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of Commissioners for the kind and character of paving which shall be determined upon by said Board of Commissioners and for such excavating and grading. Said Board of Commissioners re- serve the right to reject any and all bids. Section 5. That for such paving special assessments 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 appraised value thereof, without regard to the buildings or improvements thereon, for the distance to be improved. The entire distance to be graded shall consti- tute one grading district. -4- 1 Section 6. i%fter the pass,.Ee and publication of this or(ftincncs the Board,of Commissioners sh-1-.11 appoint three disinterested appraisers, householders, who, after havinE. tc,ken.an oath to make true and impartial apprzaise:nent of all lots nct pieces of lend liable to assessment and tax -bion for the cost of the improvements herein provided f . ur, shall, within five e.zys after having been notified, of their appointment,. proceed to appraise said lots and pieces of land liable to assessment and laxation as aforesaidp as m . 1-y be designated by the Bol -rd Of. Commiss-'oners of said City, with- out regard to the buildings or improvements.thereono and after M, akinL said -Ppr1aisement., shall return the same to the Board of Commissioners and. said Board, of Gommiss-loners s hall designate a time for holding a, special session of sue# Board., for the purpose of hearing any complaints that may be made as to the value of any lots or I pieces of I. -Ind 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 hiE-h or too low, Section '79 For the purpose of Pa yinE for the work and improve- ments in thir ordinance provided for; the Board Of Commissioners are hereby authorized.and directed to.issue internal improvement bonds of the Gity of Salina,, in an -mount no to'exceed .the contract price for such improvements, and to run for a Period of ten years,, and be payable,in ten equal installments, together with the interest not to exceed five (5) Per centum per.annum., -'which bon6s s hall 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 the . y severally become due and payable, the Boar . d Of Commissioners shall apportion and assess against the lots and pieces of -land within the taxing district of such improvements, special assessments coVering -5- the cost of such improvements,;and the apportionment therein con- tained shall hold good for all the installments that are to be collected from the specific property chargeable with said improve- ments. Such assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain. the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and per- eel of land within the taxing district and shall state.the number of annual installments in w hich 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 p: or ety lia-ole for such work and improve- ment, together w ith the respe,".ti:>e amounts due on each of said tracts, piec es and.paroels of land, wk.i:;b. amounts shall include the annual installments and interest on all unpaid palances for one year a,t the rate of six (6) per cent per annum on such amounts s;o,certified, s hall be collected as other taxes are collected; Provided, that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving i the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets and alleys, as well as where the improvement is thru 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 B."', This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its public�.tion once in the official City paper* Introduced for first.reading, May 12th. 1924 Passed and approved, May 19tils 1924 Attest.