2893 Street Improvements Prescott AvenueAn Ordinance providing for the curbing, guttering, excavating,
grading and paving of Prescott-Lvenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas from the west line of Eleventh street to
the west line of Twelfth Street, south in said City and
providing for the cost thereof, how trhe same shall be
assessed and the manner of payment therefor.
TIHEREkSo by resolution duly adopted on the 24th day of
September, 1923 the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade, curb, pave and gutter Prescott Avenue in the City of
Salina, Kansas from the west lineof Eleventh Street to the west
line of Twelfth Street, south., in said City, 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
WHERFJtS, the majority of the resident property owners
owning a majority in square feet of the lots or real estate lia-
ble to taxation for the cost of said improvements did not within
twenty days from the date of the last publication of said reso-
lution file with the City Clerk of said City their protest in
writing against such improvement or the making thereof, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAIMEM) by the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Salina.. Kansas;
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered:
that Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth.6treet, south,
in said City be -,excavated, and, graded to the established grade I
thereof as established by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas,
provided that at the intersections of streets and alleys said
excavation and grading shall be carried to the lot line of the
street so improved and that at such lot line the grade be made
to conform to the established grade of such street or alley if
the same has been established.
Section 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth 6treetp south,
in said City be curbed and guttered with such material as the
Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as here-
inafter provided for according to the specifications of the City
Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for, and that at the
intersectionsof streets and alleys said curbing and guttering be
carried back to the lot line of the street so improved.
Section 3. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth Street, south
in said City be paved with such material as the Board of Commiss-
ioners may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided
for according to the specifications of the City Engineer of said
City hereinafter provided for, and that at the intersections of
streets and alleys said paving be carried back to the lot line of
the street so improved. Said street shall be paved for a width
of twenty -Aix (26) feet excluding curb and gutter which are pro -
v-ided for herein.
Section 4. For -the work and improvement herein provided
for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk
on or before the 3rd day of December, 1923 complete plans and
specifications for the curbing, guttering and -paving of said
street with the following materials:
PAVING
1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick,
5 -inch concrete base,
ksphalt Filler.
2. 2-inch'asphaltic concrete,
5 -inch concrete base.
3* 6 -inch Portland Cement Goncrete (Reinforced.)
CURBING AND GUTTERING
Qombf-de _cT_cur -b-and gutter -- concrete.
From back of curb to paving line 30 inches.
Curb to be 6 inches at top., 7 inches at bottom,
12 inches deep.
Gutter to be 6 inches at curbs 7 inches at paving line.,
estimate of the cost of such paving and of such curbing and gut-
tering of said street with the different kinds of material here-
in mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 5. That after such plans and specifications shall
have beenmadeand prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may adver-
tise by advertisement published in the official City paper of
the City of Salina for five consecutive days for the receipt of
sealed proposals for the curbing, guttering and paving of said
street with the different kinds of material named and specified
in the preceding section hereof and for the excavating and grad-
ing 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 material,
the kind with which said street ought, in their judgment, be
-paved and said board of Commissioners are hereby authorized to
let contracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the
lowest responsible bidder therefor and for the curbing and gutter-
ing of said street with the materials so selected to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of
Commissioners for the kind and character of curbing, guttering
and that on or before the said last named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners., under oath, a detailed
estimate of the cost of such paving and of such curbing and gut-
tering of said street with the different kinds of material here-
in mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 5. That after such plans and specifications shall
have beenmadeand prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as aforesaid the Board of Commissioners may adver-
tise by advertisement published in the official City paper of
the City of Salina for five consecutive days for the receipt of
sealed proposals for the curbing, guttering and paving of said
street with the different kinds of material named and specified
in the preceding section hereof and for the excavating and grad-
ing 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 material,
the kind with which said street ought, in their judgment, be
-paved and said board of Commissioners are hereby authorized to
let contracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the
lowest responsible bidder therefor and for the curbing and gutter-
ing of said street with the materials so selected to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor, as determined by said Board of
Commissioners for the kind and character of curbing, guttering
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and paving which shall be determined upon by said Board of
Commissioners, and for such excavating and grading. Said Board
of Commissioners reserve the rightto reject any and all bids. I
Section 6. That for such excavating and grading special
assessment shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots
and pieces of land to the center of the block' on either side
of the street for the distance to be improved according to the
appraised value of said lots or pieces of land without regard
to the buildings or improvements thereon, said apprai sement to
be made in the manner as hereinafter provided for. The entire
distance to be graded shall constitute one grading district.
Section 7. That for such curbing and guttering and paving
special assessment shall be made for the full cost thereof on
each block separately.,- on all lots or pieces of land to the cen-
ter of the block on either side of the street according to the
appraised value thereof without regard to the buildings or im-
provements thereon for the distance to ue improved.
Section 8. After the passage and publication of this ord-
inance the Board of Comiissioners, shall appoint three disinter-
ested appraisers,, householders who after having taken an oath
/I I 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 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 Com-issioners and said Board. of Commission-
ers shall designate a time for holding a special session of such
Board for the purpose of hearing any complaints that may be made I
as to the value of any lots or pieces ofland appraised as afore-
said$ 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 9. For the purpose of paying for the work and improve
meats herein this ordinance provided for, the board of Commission-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement
bonds of the City of Salina in an amount not to exceed the contract
price of such improvements, and to run fora period of ten years
and be payable in ten equal installments, together with interest
not to exceed five percent (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 Daybel the Boarduof Commissioners
shall apportion'and assess against the lots and pieces of land
within the,taxing district of such iiiiprovements., special assess-
ments covering the cost of such improvements and the apportion-
ment therein contained shall hold good for all the installments
that are to be collected from the specific property chargeable
with said improvements. Such assessment and apportionment ord-
mance 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 time other taxes are certified, certify to the Uounty
Clerk of Saline County, Kansas a full list of all property liable
for such work and improvement., together with the respective
amounts due on each of said tracts, pieces and parcels of land,
which amounts shall include the annual installments and interest-
on
nterest
on all unpaid balances for one year at the -rate of six (61 per
cent per annum on such amounts so certified, 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 im-
provement 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 Uity and Paid by the City at large.
Section 10, 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, November 19th,, 1923.
Passed and approved, November 26th, 1923.
J. S. liargett-
Mayor
Attest:
Chas. E. banker
City Clerk,
STATE OF KANSAS
)SS
COUNTY OF SALINE)
1, Chas. E. banker, City Clerk of the City of
Salina, Kansas do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of ordinance
Number 2893, passed and approved by the board of
Commissioners of the City of Salina, Yansaso November
26th., 1923 and a record of the vote on its final
adoption is found on page 3,15!j- of Journal Number 10.
11,110 �AFVA
(Published in The Salina Evening Journal,i'Q 1923)
ORDINANCE N0. :�
An Ordinance providing for the curbing, guttering, excavating,
grading and paving of Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina,
Kansas from the west 1 ne o event Street to the west
line of Twelfth Street, south, 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 24th day of Sep-
tember, 1923, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina.
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade, pave, curb and gutter Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina,
Kansas from the west line of Eleventh Street to the west line of
Twelfth Street, south, in said City, 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
NJHEREAS, 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 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, 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
Prescott !,venue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west line
of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth Street, south, in
said City be excavated and graded to the established grade thereof
as established by ordinance of the City of Salina, Kansas, provided
that at the intersections of streets and alleys said excavation
and grading shall be carried to the lot line of the street so im-
proved and that at such lot line the grade be made to conform to
the established grade of such street or alley if the same has been
established.
Sedtion 2. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered'
that Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth Street, south,
in said City, be curbed and guttered with such material as the
Bca rd of Commissioners may hereafter designate and select as here-
inafter provided for according to the specifications of the City
Engineer of said City hereinafter provided for, and that at the
intersections of streets and alleys said curbing and guttering be
carried back to the lot line of the street so improved.
Section 3. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that Prescott Avenue in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Eleventh Street to the west line of Twelfth Street, south
in said City, be paved with such material as the Board of Commission-
ers may hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for
according to the specifications of the City Engineer of said City
hereinafter provided for, and that at the intersections of streets
and alleys said paving be carried back to the lot line of the street
so Amproved.. Said street shall be paved for a width of twenty-six
(26) feet excluding curb and gutter which are provided for herein.
Section 4. For the work and improvement herein provided
for the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on
or before the 3rd3ay of December 192& -,complete plans and
specifications for the curbing, guttering, and paving of said strebt
with the following materials:
PAVING
1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick,
5 -inch concrete base.
Asphalt filler.
2. 2 -inch asphaltic concrete.
5 -inch concrete base.
3. 6 -inch Portland Cement Concrete (Reinforced)
CURBING AND GUTTERING
Combined curb and gutter - concrete.
From back of curb to paving line 30 inches.
Curb to be 6 inches at top, 7 inches at bottom,
12 inches deep..
Gutter to be 6 inches at curb, 7 inches at paving line.,
and that on or before the said las t named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath, de tailed -
estimates of the cost of such paving and of such curbing and gut-
tering of said street with the different kinds of material herein
mentioned and of the excavation and grading of said street.
Section 5. That after such plans and specifications stall
have been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed with
the City Clerk as a foresaid, the, Hoard of Commissioners may ad- .
vertise by advertiserient.published in the official City paper of
the City of Salina for 5 consecutive days for the receipt'of sealed
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proposals for the curbing, guttering and paving of,said street,
with the different kinds cf material namod anc. specified in the
preceding section hereof and fcr the excavating and grading, of
said street to the established grade thereof as herein provided
for; and after the, receipt of ,such proposals the Boarcl of COmm-
issioners shall select f^om the different kinds of materials, the
kind. with which- saic' street ought, in their jud6ment, be paved
and said Board. of Commissioners are hereby authorized. to let con-
tracts for the grading and excavating of said street to the lowest
responsible bidder therefor anct fcr the curbing and guttering of
W"id. street with the materiels so selected to the lowest respon-
sible bid -der therefor, ez,} determined by said Board of Commissioners
for the kind and character of curbing, guttering and 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 6. That for such, excavating and grading special
assessment shall be made for the full cost thereof on all lots and
pieces of land to the center of the block on either side of the
street for the distance to be improved- according to the appraised
value of said lots or pieces of land without regard to the build-
ings or improvements thereon, said appraisement to be made in the
manner as hereinafter provided for. The entire distance to be
graded shall constitute.one grading district.
Section 7_. That for such curbing and guttering and paving
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 appraised
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v-•lue thereo£.w*thout regr.rd. to the buildings o, imp.rovemeiits there
on for the distance to be Jrip:-oved,
Section 8. lifter the pass -.€,e and publication of this ordina:nae
the Board of.'Commissioners sh-:7.1.appoi.nt three disinterested•
appraisers, househole.e.rs., who, after having ts.ken an oath to make
true and impartial appr-.ise"lent of r.11' lots c.nd- nieces of 1-.nd
liable to assessment and tax -tion for the cost of the improvements
r« herein provided. for, shall, within five C -.Ys after he-ving been
notified, of their -ppointr:emt. proceed to appraise said lots and
pieces or land liable to assessment and taxation as aforesaid, as
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may be desi€;nated' by the. Board. of .'.•omrni.sai cners of said City, with-
out reEardZ to the bui_d_n,•s or im7:.•o. = en,' s
a t m �. a
�. thereon, and after
�j makinL said appr-,isement, shall retn.:n the same to the Board of
Commissioners and_ said Board of C MUllssloners s hall designate a
time for holding a special session of suds Board for the purpose
of hearinL; any COMP laints tra.c 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 9, For the purpose of pa yin& for the work and -improve
-
ments in this- ordinance provided for, the Board. of Commissioners
are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improvement
bonds of the Gity of Salina, '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 .s hall be
made payable at the fiscal agency of the State of K�,nsaa; and foie^
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 eoVering'
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the cost of such improvementw,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 par. -
eel of land within the U xing district and shall state the number
of annual installments in w hick 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 Gounty,
Kansas a full list of all property liable for, such work and improve-
eis*e acno znts due on each of said
ment, together w ith the resp
tracts, piec es and parcels of land, vwaieb_amounts shall include
the annual installments a-nd interest on all, unpaid palanees for
one year at.the rate of six (6) -per cent per -nnum on such amounts
so certified, shall be collected as other taxes are collected•;
Provided,. that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving
the in 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 afainst all taxable property of the city
and paid. by the City at large.
Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect Arid be in full
force from and after its publicA.tion once in the official City
paper.
Introduced for first reading, November 19th. 109
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passed and approved, _ Nnvamha» 2a}�� ,923__
Mayor
Attest. dr
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