2899 Street Improvements University PlaceORDINANCE NO. 2899
(Published in The Salina Evenipg Journal n n ;± - 1923 )
An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of
University Place in the City of Salina,.ansas from the west
dine o Baker Street to the Past line of the i ssouri Pacif-
ic Railroad Right-of-way in said City, (except the interiec-
tions of Phillips Street and College Avenue which are already
paved) and providing for the cost thereof, how the same
shall be assessed and the manner of paZrm.ent therefor.
V � PREAS , by resolution duly -adopted on the 24th day of
Oeptember 1923, the Board. of Co;missioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade and pave University Place in the City of Salina, Kansas
from the west line of .Baker Street to the east line of the ildis-
souri Pacific Railroad Right-ol' g" -jay in said City, (except the
intersections of Phillips Street and College Avenue i -,i ich are
already paved) and
V"HEREr.1S, 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
V HERLK S, 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 reso-
lution file with the City Clerk of said City their protest in
writing against such improvements or the making thereof ,
TH-IMEF ORE ,
BE IT ORDAIMED by the .Board of Cor issioners of the City of
Salina, Kansas
Section 1. That it is necessary and it is hereby ordered
that University lace in the City of Salina, Kansas from the
gest line of Baker Street to the east line of the "'Tissouri lacif-
ic Railroad Rightof-iliiay in said City, (except the intersections
of Phillips Street and College Avenue which are already paved) be
excavated and graded to the established grade thereof as estab-
lished 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 unproved
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 University Place in the City of Salina, Kansas from the
arrest line of Baker Street to the east line of the V'iissori Pacif-
ic Railroad Right-of-way in said City, (exvept the intersections
of Phillips Street and College avenue which are already paved)
be paved with such material as the Board of Commissioners may
hereafter designate and select as hereinafter provided for accord-
ing to the specifications of the City Engineer of said City
hereinafter provided for, and that at the intersections of streets
and alleys said raving be carried back to the lot Zine of the
street so improved.' Said street shall be paved for a width of
thirty-one (31) feet excluding cu. -Lb and gutter.
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Section 3. For the work and. improvements herein provided for
the City Engineer shall stake and file with the City Clerk on or before
the 3rd day of December 1923, complete plans and specifications for
the paving of said street with the following materials
PAVING
1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire out brick,
5 -inch concrete base
Asphalt Filler.
2. 2 -inch asphaltic concrete=
5 -inch concrete base.
3. 5 -inch Portland Cement Concrete (`reinforced)
and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Conraissioners, under oath detailed
estimates 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 spefifica.tions shall
have been made and prepared by the City Engineer and filed lvtith the
City Clerk as aforesaid, the Board of Con issioners may advertise
by advertisement published in the official City paper of the City
of Salina for five (5) consecutive days for the receipt of said
sealed proposals 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 re-
ceipt of such proposals the Board of Commissioners spalls elect
from the different kinds of street paving material, the kind with
which said street ought, in their judgment be paved and said Board
of Com.issioners may and are hereby authorized to let contr_.c is for
the grading and excavating of said street to the lowest responsible
bidder therefor, and for the paving of said street with the Materials
so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as determined
by said Board of Convnissioners 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 Cor:.issioners reserve
the right to ;reject any and all bids.
Section 5. That for such paving special assessments shall be
rude 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 appraisee value thereof, tsithout regard to
the buildings or improvements thereon, for the distance to be improved,
the entire distance to be graded shall constitute one grading dis-
trict.
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Section 6. After the passage and publication of this ordinance
the Board of Cominissioners shall appoint three disinterested
appraisers, householders, who, after having taken an oath to make
a true and impartial appraise-ment of all lots and pieces of larffl
liable to assessment and taxation for the cost of the improvements
herein provided for, 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 Corimission-
ers and .id Board of Cam=issioners shall designate a tine for
holding a special session of such Board for the purpose of hear-
ing any complaints that r. -_.ay be rade 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 to too low..
Section 7. For the purpose of paying for the -rork and improve-
ments 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 of 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 annutm, uhich bonds 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 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 assess=ments covering
the cost of such improvements and the apportionennt therein con-
tained shall hold good for all the installments that are to be
collected from the specific property chargeable vrith said improve-
ments. Such assessrient and apportionment ordinance shall contain
the total amount of tax apportioned to each tract, piece and par-
cel of land within the taxing district and shall state the nut nber
of annual installments in ilhich 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,
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""ansas a full list of all property liable for such Jrork and Improve-
mentpog gether 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 all unpaid balances for
one year at the rate of six (6) per cent per annun, on such amounts
so certified, shall be collected as other taxes am collected;
P OVIDED., that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving
the intersectio ns and areas formed by the crossing of streets and
alleysP as well as iwhere the improvement is through or adjacent to
property of the City for vfnich 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 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication once in the official City
paper.
(SEAL)
Attest:
Introduced for first reading, November 19th, 1923.
Passed and approved --------- November 26th, 1923.
Chas. E. Banker,
City Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS
) SS.
COUNTY OF SAT TINE
j. S. Harpett.
1,11ayor
I$ Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina, Kansas
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and cor-
rect copy of Ordinance N=ber 2899 passed and approved by the Board
of Commissioners November 26th, 1923; and a record of the vote on
its final adoption is found on Wage Z56of Journal No. 10. Said
Ordinance rias published in The Salina Evening Journal
1923.
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(Published in The Salina Evening Journal," ���,� - 1923)
ORDINANCE NO. 2899
An Ordinance providing for the excavating, grading and paving of
Universit Place in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west
ine o Ba er—Street to the east line of the Missouri Pacif-
ic Railroad Right-of-way in said City, (except the intersec-
tions of Phillips Street and College Avenue which are already
paved) 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
September 1923, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina,
Kansas have declared that they deem it necessary to excavate,
grade and pave University Place in the City of Salina, Kansas from
the west line of Baker Street to the east line of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Right-of-way in said City, (except the inter-
sections of Phillips Street and College Avenue which are already
pav ed) 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
VRLMEAS, 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 improvements or the making thereof, THEREFCRE,
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 University Place in the City. of Salina, Kansas from the west
line of Baker Street to the east line of the Missouri Pacific
Railroad Right -of -Way in said City, (except the intersections of
Phillips Street and College Avenue which are already paved) 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 stye@t 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
University Place in the City of Salina, Kansas from the west line
of Baker Street to the east line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rightof-way in said City, (except the intersections of Phillips
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Street and COIJege Avenue which are already paved) be paved with
such material as the Board of Commissioners may hereafter designate
and select as hereinafter provided for according to the specifica-
tions 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 thirty-one (31) feet excluding
curb and gutter.
Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided for
the City Engineer shall make and file with the City Clerk on orbefore
the3rd day of December 192 3 complete plans and specifica-
tions for the paving of said street with the following materials.
PAVING
1. 3 -inch vertical fiber plain wire out brick
5 -inch concrete base
Asphalt filler.
2. 2 -inch asphaltic concrete
5 -inch concrete base.
3. 6 -inch Portland Cement Concrete (Reinforced)
and that on or before the last said named date said City Engineer
shall submit to the Board of Commissioners, under oath detailed
estimates of the cost of such paving of said street with .the
different kinds of material herein mentioned and of the excavation
and grading cf 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
Salina for five (5) 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
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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 therefor,
and for the paving 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 paving which shall be
determined upon yy said Board of Commissioners and for such excavat-
ing 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 regars to the
buildings or improvements thereon, for the distance to be improved,
the entire,distance to be graded shall constitute one grading dis-
tract.
Section 6e LfterIthe passage and publication of this ordina.n,F
the Board. of Commissioners sha11 appoint three disinterested
appraisers, householeors, who, after h--vinL. t�.ken an oath to make
a true and. impartial apprc.isement of all lots :.nd, nieces of Tans.
liable to, assessment"and taxa�-ior_ for the cost of the improvements
herein provided for, shall, within five says after having been
notified, of their appointment, proneed to appraise said. lots and
pieces of land liable to assessment and taxation as a.foresaid, as
may be designated by the Board. of Commi.ssS.oners'of said City, with—
out regard to the buildinr's or improvements thereon, and after
making; said apprr.isement, shall return the same to the Board of
Commissioners and. said. Boars. of Commissioners s hall designate a
time for holding a special session of'suc Board for the purpose
of hearing any complaints than may be made as to the value of
any lots or pieces of land appraises: 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 hi€;h or too low.
Section t7. For the purpose of pa ying for the work and improve-,
ments in thiW 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 contrast
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,bonas 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 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 coffering
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the cost of such improvementa.tand 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. Stiach assessment and apportionment ordinance shall contain
the total amount of tax,apportioned to each tract., piece and par. -
eel of land within the tc.xing 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 Gounty, .
Kansas a full list of all property liable for such work and improve-
ment, together w ith the respe,;tive amounts due on each of said
tracts, pies es and parcels of land, which amounts shall include
the annual installments and interest on all unpaid palances for
one year at the rate of six (6) per cent per annum on such amounts
so certified, s
hall be
colleted
as other
taxes
are
collected,;'
Provided, that
for the
purpose of
defraying
the
cost
of improving
the intersections and areas formed bythe 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 te.xable property of the Gity
and paid by the City at .large,
Section .'8>. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publicgLtion once in the official City
paper.
Introduced for first reading, November 19th. 1923
passed and approved, November 2#th, 1923
Ma yor .
Attest; �.
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