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HomeMy WebLinkAbout017 - 03/11/1971 - RELATING TO THE CREATION AND ORGANIZATION OF SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 55 ORDINANCE NO 17 1971 BEING AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE CREATION AnD ORGANIZATION OF SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 55 PROVIDING FOR THL CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS THEREIN AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF WHEREAS heretofore written petitions were duly filed and presented to the City Council requesting the creation of a special improvement district for the purpose of installing the improvementsdescribed on Exhibit A attached hereto (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the improvements ) for the benefit of the property described on Exhibit A and WHEREAS the City Council has pursuant to said petitions received the necessary reports and given the notice required all as specified in Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended and WHEREAS the City Council is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of the City of Fort Collins to form said special improvement district NOW THLREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That there is hereby created and organized an improvement dis tract under and by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordi nances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended to be known as Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No 55 (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the district ) comprised of the property described on Exhibit A attached hereto Section 2 That the improvements to be constructed shall consist of the improvements described on Exhibit A attached hereto all as more fully set forth in the map plans and specifications heretofore submitted by the City Engineer and accepted by the City Council by resolution Section 3 That the total cost of such improvements shall not exceed the City Engineer's estimate heretofore accepted of Fifteen Thousand Four Hundred Eighteen and No/100 Dollars ($15,418 00) and that said total cost shall be assessed against the property in said district in the manner set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto\vin accordance with the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort—Collins Colorado 1958 as amended Section 4 That the City Council has pursuant to notice duly mailed and published all as provided in Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended considered all complaints and objections made and filed in writing by the owners of any real estate to be assessed or any persons interested and the City Council further finds that all requirements of the ordinances of the City of Fort Collins respecting the organization of the dis tract have been observed and complied with in all respects and it is hereby ordered that the improvements of the district as provided for in the map plans and specs fications heretofore adopted by the City Council be and they hereby are ordered to be constructed Section 5 For the purpose of paying the costs of said improvements bonds of the City of Fort Collins in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed the City Engineer s estimate above set forth plus the amount authorized by ordinance to be added to cover the expense of collection legal and advertising engineering financing interest during construction and other incidentals (such amount to be seventeen per cent [17 -] of the cost of such improvements) are hereby authorized to be issued by the Director of Finance of the City of Fort Collins which bonds shall bear the date of their issuance Said bonds shall beat the name of the district and s'iall bear interest at the rate of six per cent (6 ) per annum payable semiannually said interest to be evidenced by coupons attached to the principal bond and attested by the facsimile signature of the City Clerk which said bonds shall be in denominations of not more than One Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($1 000 00) each and each of said bonds shall be subscribed by the Mayor countersigned by the Director of Finance and shall have the corporate seal of the City affixed thereto attested by the City Clerk and said bonds shall be registered with the Director of Finance and shall be sold to the highest and best bidders for cash but in no event for less than par and in all cases to the best advantage of the City in order to pay the costs of the work herein provided Such bonds shall be payable out of moneys collected on account of the assessments made for such improvements as provided in Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended Said bonds shall be numbered consecu tively and shall be redeemable consecutively according to number and in the order of issuance and the Director of Finance shall preserve the records concerning the issuance of said bonds in a suitable book kept for said purposes All of said bonds shall be absolutely due and payable ten (10 ) years from date of issue and shall be subject to call and payment at any time prior thereto All assessments made pursuant to this ordinance together with all interest thereon penalties for default in payment thereof and all costs of collecting the same shall from the date of final publication of the assessing ordinance hereafter to be adopted constitute a perpetual lien on the property therein assessed on a parity with the tax lien for general State County City Town or School taxes and no sale of such property to enforce any general State County City Town or School tax or other lien shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such assessments herein provided to be made Section 6 Said bonds and coupons attached thereto shall be substantially in the following form UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF COLORADO CITY OF FORT COLLINS SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 55 BOND No $1 000 00 The City of Fort Collins in the County of Larimer and State of Colorado for value received acknowledges itself indebted and hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of ONE THOUSAND and No/100 DOLLARS in lawful money of the United State of America at the office of the Director of Finance of said City ten (10 ) years from the date hereof subject to call and payment however at any time prior thereto as provided in the City Charter and Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colo rado 1958 as amended with interest thereon from date until payment payable semiannually at the office of the Director of Finance of the City of Fort Collins upon presentation and surrender of the annexed coupons as they severally become due This bond is issued for the purpose of paying the costs of local improvements constructed in Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No 55 in said City This bond shall be callable at any time by the Director of Finance of the City of Fort Collins as provided in Section 15 79 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended which provides as follows Whenever there are available funds in the City Treasury therefor it shall be the duty of the Director of Finance to call in and pay a suitable number of any bonds outstanding by giving notice for five (5) days in an official newspaper published in the City At the expiration of thirty (30) da)s from the first pub lication of such notice interest on the bonds so called shall cease The notice 2 shall specify by number the bonds called and all such bonds shall be paid in numerical order The holder of any such bonds may at any time furnish his post office address to the City Clerk and in such event a copy of the publication shall be mailed by the City Clerk to the bondholder at such address within ten (10) days after the date of publication This bond is payable out of the proceeds of special assessments to be levied upon the real property situate in said improvement district especially benefited by said improvements and the amount of the assessments so to be made upon the real estate in said improvement district for the payment thereof with accrued interest is a lien upon the said real estate in the respective amounts to be apportioned to said real estate and to be assessed by an ordinance of said City and the lien created by said assessing ordinance together with all interest thereon penalties for default in the payment thereof and all costs in collecting the same shall from the date of the final publication of the assessing ordinance hereafter to be adopted constitute a perpetual lien on a parity with the tax lien for general State County City Town or School tax and no sale of such property to enforce any general State County City Town or School tax or other lien shall extinguish the perpetual lien of such assessments herein provided to be made It is hereby certified and recited that the total issue of bonds of said City for said improvement district including this bond does not exceed the amount authorized by law and it is further certified and recited that every requirement of law relating to the creation of the district the making of local improvements therein and the issuance of this bond have been fully complied with by the proper officers of said City and that all conditions required to exist and all things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond to render the same lawful and valid have happened and been properly done and performed and did exist in regular and due time form and manner as required by law IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF the said City of Fort Collins has caused this bond to be subscribed by its Mayor countersigned by its Director of Finance and attested by its City Clerk under the seal of said City and the interest coupons hereto att�cned to be attested by the facsimile signature of the City Clerk as of the / t day of Ad✓ 197 / 4Z ,� M r SEAL ATTEST COUNTERSIGNED City Clerk Director of Finance (Form Coupon) No $30 00 On the = day of /'�'nn o 19 7.L, unless the bond to which this coupon is attached has been called fo prior redemption the City of Fort Collins will pay to bearer THIRTY and No/100 DOLLARS in lawful money of the United State of America at the office of the Director of Finance of Fort Collins Colorado being six (6) months' interest on its local improvement bond dated n/a / 19_1_L issued for paying the costs of -3 r improvements in Sanitary Sewer Improvement District No 55 (Facsimile Signature) City Clerk Section 7 Whenever considered prudent by the Director of Finance he is hereby authorized and empowered whenever sufficient funds may be in his hands to the credit of said improvement district including six (6) months' interest on the unpaid principal to advertise for five (5) days in an official newspaper of said City and call in a suitable number of bonds of said district for payment and at the expiration of thirty (30) days from the first publication interest on said bonds so called shall cease The notice shall specify the bonds so called by number andall bonds so issued shall be called and paid in their numerical order Section 8 Upon the taking effect of this ordinance the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to advertise for bids for the construction of the improve ments in accordance with the map plans and specifications heretofore adopted which advertisement shall be twice published in an official newspaper published in the City Said publications are to be at least a week apart and the date for opening of bids shall be not less than ten (10) days after first publication and bids received under said advertisement shall be submitted to the Council for approval or rejection Advertisements for bids shall comply with the requirements and be in accordance with the provisions of Section 15 60 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended Section 9 When the inprovements herein authorized have been completed and the same approved and accepted by the City of Fort Collins the costs as set forth above shall be assessed upon the real property in said improvement district all as hereinbefore set forth Section 10 This ordinance shall be irrepealable until the indebtedness herein provided for whenever the same shall be created shall have been duly paid sates fled and discharged as herein provided Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 18th day of February 1971 and to be presented for final passage on the llth day of March 1971 or ATTEST City Passed and adopted on final reading this llth day of March A D 1971 r ATTEST City Clerk -4 R EXHIBIT A ORDINANCE NO 17 1971 SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 55 A Description of property specially benefited by the improvements to be installed in the district and to be assessed for the costs incurred in making said improvements Commencing at the intersection of the centerline of Mulberry Street and the East line of Ponderosa Drive thence Westerly along the centerline of Mulberry Street 35 00 feet to the true point of beginning thence continuing Westerly along the centerline of West Mulberry Street 143 00 feet thence Southerly and parallel to the East line of Ponderosa Drive 130 00 feet thence Westerly and parallel to the centerline of Mulberry Street 330 00 feet thence Northerly and parallel to the East line of Ponderosa Drive 2 50 feet thence Westerly and parallel to the centerline of Mulberry Street 120 00 feet thence Southerly and parallel to the East line of Ponderosa Drive 12 50 feet thence Westerly and parallel to the centerline of Mulberry Street 540 00 feet to the Westerly line of Green Meadows Homesites Second Subdivision thence Northerly and parallel to the East line of Ponderosa Drive 140 00 feet to the centerline of Mulberry Street thence Easterly along the centerline of Mulberry Street 146 54 feet thence Northerly along the annexation line of the Plat of Maxwell s Second Annexation 130 00 feet thence Easterly and parallel to the centerline of Mulberry Street 986 46 feet thence Southerly and parallel to the centerline of Impala Drive 130 feet to the point of beginning B Improvements to be installed in the district consist of Installation of sanitary sewer lines C The cost of making the improvements in the district shall be assessed against the assessable property in the district as follows In proportion as the area of each piece of real estate in the District is to the area of all real estate in the District exclusive of streets and alleys as provided in Section 15 63(c) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins Colorado 1958 as amended -5