2927 Street Improvements Santa Fe Avenue:T
ORDINANCE NUIVIBER 2027
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An Ordinance providing for the excavzting, grading , and paving of
all of the unpaved portion of Santa Fe a=venue in the City of
Salina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as
now occ up' e:d by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway
Company, from a point 230 .feet south of South Street to
the north 1inC-'. of Beloit Avenue therein, providing for
the cost thereof, how the same shall be assessed and the
manner of payment therefor.
N-REEAs, by resolutions duly adopted on the 24th day of
September 1023 and on the 13th day of October 1023, 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 Santa Fe Avenue in the City of Salina,
ansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue, as now occupied
by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company, from a point
230 feet south of South Street to the north line of Beloit
Avenue therein, and
': � 1'iS, sa. id 1,e.solutions were published for six days in
The Salina -Evening Journal, a daily newsppaer publi
to the specifications of theGIty Engineer of said City as herein-
after provided, and that said Santa Fe Avenue between the limits
aforesaid be paved for a width of twelve (12) 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 25th day of February 1924, complete plans and speci-
fications for the paving of said street with the following materi-
als:
1. 3 -inch Vertical fiber plain wire'eut 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 adv6rtise
by advertisement publihhed in the official City paper of the City
of Salina,, for 6 consecutive days for the receipt of sealed propos-
als for Ihe paving of said street with the different kinds of
paving material named and specified in the preceding section here-
of and for the excavating and grading of said street to the estab-
lished grade thereof as herein provided for; and after the re-
ceipt 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 excavating of said street to the loviest responsible
bidder therefor, and for the paving of such street with the mater
ials so selected to the lowest responsible bidder therefor, as
determined by said Board of Commissioners foi, the kind and charadt-
er of paving which shall be determined upon by said Board of Com-
missioners and for such eXcavating and gradin& SaidBoard 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
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regard to the bWklidings or improvements thereon, dor the distance
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to be improved. The entire distance to be graded shall constitute
one grading district.
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
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session due notice shall be given in the official City paper, at
which special session the Board of CormAssioners 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 7 For the purpose of paying for the work and :Im-
Drovement in this ordinance provided for., the Board of Commission-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improve-
ment 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 years3, and be payable in ten equal installments, together with
the interest not to excedd five (5) per centmn per annmi, v-,ihich
bonds shall be made payable at the fiscal agency of the State of
kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and interest on
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said bonds as they severally become due and payable, the Board of
Commissioners shall apportion and assess against the lots and
-oieces of land �4iithin the taxing district of such improvements and
special assessments covering the cost of such improvement -vi and
the apportionment therein contained shall hold good for all the
installments that are to be collected from the specific property
chargeable with said Jr-,lprovements. Such assessment and apport-
ionemtn ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax apport-
ioned 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 thereqfter the City Clerk
shall annually., at the same time other taxes are certified,
certified to the County Clerk of Saline County, Kansas a full list
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'Section 6. After the passage and -publication of this
ordinance the Board of Commissioners shall appoint three disinter.
ested appraisers,, householders, who after having taken an 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 improve»
ments 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 Cormiissioners of said City, with-
out regard to the buildings or imporvements thereon, and after
making said appraisement shall return the same to the Board of
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CormAssioners 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
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session due notice shall be given in the official City paper, at
which special session the Board of CormAssioners 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 7 For the purpose of paying for the work and :Im-
Drovement in this ordinance provided for., the Board of Commission-
ers are hereby authorized and directed to issue internal improve-
ment 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 years3, and be payable in ten equal installments, together with
the interest not to excedd five (5) per centmn per annmi, v-,ihich
bonds shall be made payable at the fiscal agency of the State of
kansas; and for the purpose of paying principal and interest on
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said bonds as they severally become due and payable, the Board of
Commissioners shall apportion and assess against the lots and
-oieces of land �4iithin the taxing district of such improvements and
special assessments covering the cost of such improvement -vi and
the apportionment therein contained shall hold good for all the
installments that are to be collected from the specific property
chargeable with said Jr-,lprovements. Such assessment and apport-
ionemtn ordinance shall contain the total amount of tax apport-
ioned 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 thereqfter the City Clerk
shall annually., at the same time other taxes are certified,
certified 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 on all unpaid balances for one year at
the rate of not to exceed five {5%) per cent per annum, on such
amounts so certified, shall be collected as other taxes are collect-
ed; PROVIDED, that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improv-
ing 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 S. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force from and after its publication onece in the official City
paper.
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Attest:
Introduced for first reading, February 11th, 1924.
Passed and appro7ed----------6�ebruary 18th, 1924.
1J.qas# E. Banker,
city Clerk.
STATE OF IILI SA S }
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COUNTY OF SALINE i
I$ Chas.
J. S Hargett.
T Eayor
E. Banker, City Clerk of the City of Salina,
do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true
nsas,
and correct copy of Ordinance Nwmber 2927 passed and approved by
the Board of Cmiritissioners, February 18th, 1925; and a record of
the vote on its final adoption is found on Page 6 l i of Journal
Number 10. Said ordinance was published in The Salina Evening
Journal February 23rd, 1924.
(Published in The Salina Evening Journal, I A-,\ Zd, t,.-, 1923)
ORDINANCE NO. 2927
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 of said Santa Fe Avenue
as now occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Rail-
way company, from a point 230 feet south of South Street
to the north line of Beloit Avenue therein, providing
for the cost thereof, hoar the same shall be assessed and
the manner of payment therefor.
WHEREAS, by resolutions duly adopted on the 24th day of
September 1923 and on the 15th day of October 1923, the Board
of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas have declared.
that they deem it necessar to excavate, grade and pave all
of the unpaved portion of �anta 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 a point
230 feet south of South Street to the north line of Beloit
Avenue therein, and
WHEREAS, said resolutions were 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, 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 as now
occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company
from a point 230 feet south of South Street to the north line
of Beloit Avenue in said City (with the exception however of the
intersections of said Santa Fe Avenue with Prescott Avenue, Craw-
ford Avenue, Bond Street, Wilson Street and Republic Avenue in
said City, which said intersections have already been excavated,
graded and paved) be excavated and graded to the established
grade thereof, as established by ordinances 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 Salina, Kansas in the center of said Santa Fe Avenue as now
occupied by the tracks of the Salina Street Railway Company from
a point 230 feet south of South Street to the north line of Beloit
Avenue in said City (with the exception however of the intersections
of said Santa Fe Avenue with Prescott Avenue, Crawford Avenue, Bond
Street, Wilson Street and Republic Avenue in said City, which said
intersections have already been excavated., graded and paved) be
paved with such material as the Board of Commissioners may here-
after designate and select as hereinafter provided for according
to the specifications of the City Engineer of said City as herein-
after probided, and that said Santa Fe Avenue between the limits
aforesaid be paved for a width of twelve (12) feet.
Section 3. For the work and improvements herein provided
for the City Engineer shall mmakke� and file with the City Clerk on
or befofe the 20 J y oft//'-v� 1924, complete
plans and specifications for the paving of said street with the
following materials.
1. 3-jr-ch vertical fiber plain wire cut brick.
51�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 cath, detailed estimate
of the cost of such paving of said street with the different kinds
of material herein mentioned and of the excavation and grdding 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 Salina for 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 Tr e ceding section
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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 lught, 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 such
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
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
grading 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 o6th to make
a true and impartial appraisement of all lots and pieces of land
liable to assessment and tacation 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, with-
out 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 holding a special session of such Board for the purpose
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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 7.For the purpose of paying for the woitk 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 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 aseessments covering
the cost of such improvements and the apportionment therein con-
tained shall hold good for all the installments that are,to be
collected frmm 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 -
del 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 time other
taxes are certified, certify to the County Clerk of Jaline County,
Kansas a full list of all property liable for such work and improve-
ments, together with the respective amounts due on each of said
tracts, pieces and parcels of land, which amounts shall include
the annual installments and interestn all ynpaid balances for
C; not. to exceed- t.;
one year at the rate of per c nt pe annum on such amounts
so certified, shall be collected as other taxes are collected;
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PROVIDED, that for the purpose of defraying the cost of improving
the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of streets aril
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 S. 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, February 11th, 1924
Passed and approved ---------
rebruary 19th, 1924
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