HomeMy WebLinkAbout016 - 12/15/1913 - RELATING TO THE JEFFERSON STREET IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 ORDINANCE NO I G 1913
RELATING TO THE JEFFERSON STREET IMPROVRENT DISTRICT
NO 1 THE CONSTRUCTION OF S U D ITUR OV12MITT S AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS TO PAY THE
COST OF CONSTRUCTION THEREOF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That pursuant to a petition duly presented
to the City Council on the 19th day of August 1912 which said
petition was duly and regularly signed by the owners of the
maj on ty of the frontage in the proposed dis tri ct and under
and in virtue of a resolution adopted by the City Council on
the 22nd day of September 1913 there is hereby created and
adopted an improvement district to be known as the Jefferson
Street Improvement District No 1 comprising Jefferson Street
from the Intersection of said street with North College Avenue
to the point of intersection with East Mountain Avenue and
more particularly described as follows Being the roadway
area on Jefferson Street from the east line of College Avenue
to the intersection of Jefferson Street and Lincoln Avenue on
the north line of Mountain Avenue which is fifty-four (54)
feet in width when including the Denver & Interurban Railroad
Company' s t r asks on said street
Section 2 The said petition provided for the use
of Sherman Hill gravel , which is hereby adopted for the surfacing
of said street together with the curbing guttering and allq7
approaches to be constructed of concrete all of which work of
construction is to be done in accordance zith the map plans
and specifications reported to the City Council by the City
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Engi ne er raider authority theretofore granted said City Engineer
to pr epar a the same and which said map , plans and spe cif ications
were adopted on the 2?d day of September A D 1913 and are
hereby adopted in this ordinance as the flap plans and specifi-
cations for the construction of said improvement as provided by
law together vAth the estimate of the cost of the construction of
said improvement amounting to Six Thousand On6 Hundred Seventy-
three Dollars and ninety-five cents ($6173 95) and the Engineer ' s
estimate of the cost per front foot to the owners of the lots
abutting hereon
Section 3 That pur want to the requireme nt of said
resolution adopted on the 22d day of September 1913 due notice
was given by due and lawful publication in the Fort Collins
Courier a daily newspaper cf general circulation published
in the City of Fort Collins Colorado , which said notice was
to the owners of the property to be assessed and describing
the kind of improvements proposed the number of installments
and the time in which the cost will be payable the rate of
interest on unpaid and deferred installments the extent of the
district to be improved together with the probable cost per
ftontage foot as shorn bythe estimates of the Engineer and
to the further effect that on the 24th day of Navem�pr 1913
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at the council chamber in the City of Fort Collins the City
Council would hear and consider all complaints and objections
that might be made in writing concerning the proposed improvement
by the owner or owners of any real estate to be assessed that
in pursuance of said notice the said City Council did sit to
hear canplaants and that no complaints in writing concerning
the said proposed improvement had then and there been filed with
said City Council
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Section 4 The City Council finds that all the
requirements of the statute respecting the petition for said
improvement and the not is es re qui re d by law to be given in
respect thereto before the adopt ion of an o rdinanc a or Jeri rg
said improvement have been complied with and it is hereby
ordered that the improvement of the Jefferson Street Improvement
District No 1 as provided for in the map plans specifications
heretofore adopted by the City Council and auproved in this
ordinance the and are hereby ordered to be constructed in
accordance with said map plans and specifications
Section 5 It appearing from the map plans and
specifications of the City Engineer as adopted that no pro-
vision is made for the cast of the improvement as occupied
by the tracks of the Denver & Interurban Railroad Company
that the cost of the improvement between said tracks and for
l inches on each side of the outside rail of said tracks
be and the sane is ordered to be constructed by the said The
Denver & Interurban Railroad Company in accordance vtth the
requirements of Ordinance No 13 of tre Series of 1906
entitled "An Ordinance Granting to The Denver & Interurban
Railroad Company its successors and assigns the right to
construct maintain and operate a street railway in the
City of Fort Collins Colorado and granting a right of way
to said company its succes9ors and assigns over along and
across certain streets alleys avenues and public highways
of the City of Fort Collins " and that said work of dmgrovement
upon and along the tracks of said railroad company be and the
same is hereby required to be constructed in accordance vrith
the map plans and specifications of the City Engineer and
under his imme di ate di rec ti on and sup er vi s i on and at the
expense of the said railroad company
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Section 6. That for the purpose of paying for
said improvements bonds of the City of Fort Collins are here-
by authorized to be issued by the Commissioner of Finance and
Ex-officio City Treasurer of said city which said bonds shall
bear date at such time as may be fixed by the City Treasurer
after the work of improvement has b een commenced in said di s-
trict and in such form as may be approved by the City Council
after submis sion by the Commis stoner of Finance the said
bonds shall bear the name of the Jefferson Street Improvement
District No 1 and shall be payable in ten (10) annual in-
stallments ten per cent (109/o) thereof payable in each and
every year during said period and shall bear interest at
the rate of six per eent per annum payable semi-annually
said interest to be evidenced by coupons attached to the
principal b� at d by the fac simile signature of
the City Clerk 'fan* shall be in denominations of not more than
One Thousand Dollars ($1 000 00) each Each of said b onds
shall be subscribed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk
with the seal of the city and registered with the City
Treasurer and shall be payable out of the moneys collected
on account of the assessments made for said improvement all
moneys collected from said assessments for said improvement
shall be creditBd to the Jefferson Street Improvement District
No 1 fund and the moneys so collected shall cmly be used
for the redemption of said bonds and the payment of interest
thereon
Section 7 It shall be lawful for the City Council
up on the ap p roval of the Mayo r an d up an an adverts sement f or
not less than ten (10) days in some newspaper of gen oral
circulation published in the City of Fort Collins and in such
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other newspaper as may be approved by the Mayor , to advertise
and sell sufficient of bonds when duly issued and registered
as herein provided at not less than per to pay the expenses
of engineering clerical e-xpenses and cost of inspection
Section 8 Whenever considered prudent by the
City Treasurer he is hereby authorized and empowered when-
ever funds may be in Ins hands to the credit of said Jefferson
Street Improvement District No 1 exceeding six months ' interest
on the unpaid principal to advertise fbr five (5) days in
some ne wspaper and c all in a suit abl a numb ar of bonds of sa id
distri ct for payment and at the expiza.tion of thirty OD )
dEys from the fr ist publication inter est on the b ands s o
called shall cease the notice shall specify the bonds so
called by number and all said bonds so is su ed shall be paid
in their numerical order
Section 9 Upon the taking effect of this ordinance
the Mayor is hereby authorized and empowered to advertise for
bids for the construction of said improvement in accordance
with the map plans and specifications herein and heretofore
adopted which said advertisement shall not be less than ten
(10) days in some newspaper of general circulation published
in the City of Fort Collins and all bids received under said
advertisement shall be submitted`tt� to
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approval or rejection and no c antra c shall a avaas de d wit bout
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a bond for the faithful performgmce of the same with suffici ant
surety or sureties to be approved by the Mayor, and the work
of construction when so awarded under contract shall be under
the general control of the Commissioner of Public Works and in
the rrmediate supervision and control of the City Ergineer
whose decision in all matters of dispute respectirg compliance
tith this ordinance and the contract made thereunder shall be
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final and binding upon all parties thereto
Section 10 Vhen the said public improvement
shall have been completed and accepted by the City of Fort
Collins the cost thereof shall be assessed upon all the
lots or tracts of land abutting upon said Jefferson Street
Improvement District in proportion as the frontEge of each
lot or tvact of land is to the frontage of all the lots and
lands improved,, the sides of the corner lots abutting on
the street or alley so improved being regarded as frontage
the cost of the street intersection to be assessed as
provided by law and the same assessed collected in accor-
dance with Ordinance No 19 1884 concerning assessment and
collection of special charges
Section 11 This ordinance sha11 be irrepealable
until the indebtedness herein provided for whenever the
same shall be created shall be fully paid satisfied and
discharged
Passed and adopted this day of December A D
1913
Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk