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HomeMy WebLinkAbout006 - 06/26/1905 - PRESCRIBING AND ESTABLISHING A SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT NO. 19 Proposed Ordinance. Public notice is hereby Given that the following ordinance was introduced, read and ordered printed, at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council Of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, held May 1, 1905. 41 / City Clerk. Ordinance No. /O -1905. An ordinance prescribing and establishing a sanitary sewer dis- trict , and ordering the construction of a sanitary sewer therein, and declaring the necessity therefor. V Whereas, on the ay of A.D. 1905, in pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado, entitled "An Act to Provide for the Construction of Local Improvements in Cities of all Classes having a Population of Less than One Hundred Thousand, and In- corporated Towns, the Issuance of Local Improvement Bonds themfor, and the Assessment and Payment of the Cost of said Improvements, " ap- proved April 8, A. D. 1899, by resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, the construction of a district sanitary sewer in and for the sanitary sewer district of the City of Fort Collins hereinafter described:, under and by virtue of the provi- sions of said act, was declared essential to the proper sanitation of said district and city, and therefore necessary for sanitary reasons ; and the City Engineer was duly authorized and directed to prepare full details , plans and specifications for the construction of said im- provement,'and an estimate of the cost thereof, together with a map of said district, and a schedule showing the approximate amounts to be assessed upon the several lots -and parcels of property in said dis- trict as required by sections 3 and 15 of said act, and to report th.e same to the City Council for consideration; and. Whereas, in pursuance of said authority the City Engineer there- after , upon theg7t-'day of /!'a .< A. D. 1905, made his report in the premises to the City ,Council, and filed therewith full details and specifications for the construction of said improvement, together with the official estimate, man and schedule required by said resolution and by law, said estimate showing a total probable cost of �- / �u w � for said improvement, and said schedule showing the approximate amount to be assessed upon each of the several,,,lpts or parcels of property within said district to be at the rate of �;.W. 4 Mills (, oa ) per square foot ; said esti- ate being exclusive of costs of insperetion, collections , incidentals and interest ; add Whereas, by resolution duly adopted on the same day by said City Council, said details, specifications, estimate and reap were adopted p( and approved, and said City Council determined the number of install- ments and the time in which the cost of said improvement should be payable, the rate of interest on unpaid installments, the district of lands to be assessed for the same, as provided by said act , and au- thorized the City Clerk by advertisement for twenty days to give to the owners of the property to be assessed for said improvement the no- tice required by law; and Whereas, in pursuance of said resolution the City Clerk has by advertisement for twenty days in the Fort Collins Weekly Courier, a weekly newspaper of general circulation published in said city, given notice to the owners of the property to be assessed, of the kind of improvement proposed as aforesaid, 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 as aforesaid, the probable cost per square foot as shown by the esti- mates of the City Engineer, and the time, towit on Monday the 1st day Of May, A. D. 1905, the same being more than thirty days after the first publication of said advertisement , whe$ an ordinance ordering said improvement would befinaily considered;.''that said details, speci- fications, map, estimate and schedule, showing the amounts to be as- sessed, and all resolutions and proceedings in the premises are on file and can be seen and examined by any person interested at the of- fice of the City Clerk at any time within said period of thirty days, and, until the time so fixed for consideration of said ordinance; and that all complaints and objections that may be made in writing con- cerning said proposed improvement , by the owner or owners of any real estate to be assessed therefor would be heard and determinjrfed by the City Council of said city before final action thereon; and Whereas, all complaints and objections made in writing by the owners of property to be assessed for the cost of said improvement have been duly considered by said City Council, A t&, - now therefore, upon consideration of the premises Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado: Section 1. That the construction of a district sanitary sewer in the district hereinafter described is and the same is hereby declared necessary for sanitary reasons. Section 2. That the construction of a district sanitary sewer in the district hereinafter described, together with all necessary man- holes, inlets, appurtenances , according to the plans and specifica- tions heretofore adopted by said City Council,' and on file in the of- fice of the City Clerk, be and the same is hereby ordered: under, by virtue of and in accordance with the provisions of said act of the General Assembly, and said plans and specifications are hereby pre- scribed for said construction. Section 3. That said district shall consist of all the real est- ate within the following, described boundaries, towit: - - G And the said district is hereby created and established, and shall be named and known as Fort Collins Sanitary Sewer District No. /9, Section 4. The cost of said sanitary sewer, including man-holes, inlets, connecting mains and appurtenances , with interest , shall be assessed wholly upon all the real estate in said district , exclusive of public highways , in proportion as the area of each piece of real estate in said district is to the area of all real estate in said dis- trict , exclusive of public highways, in accordance with said act . Section 5. The construction of said improvement shall be done by independent contract , but under the direction of the City Engineer, said contract to be let by the Ka.yor with the approval of the City Council, in the manner prescribed by said act, but no contract shall be let for any amount exceeding the estimate made by the City Engineer Said contract shall contain the provisions required by Section 39 of said act , and be subject to all the provisions of said act . Section 6. If any piece of real estate has already an improve- ment conforming to the general plan of said sanitary sewer, or which the City Council may find to be satisfactory to it , an allowance may be made therefor to the owner, the same to be deducted from his as- sessment and from the contract price, and said contract shall so pro- vide. Section 7. Said improvement shall be paid for in warrants of the City of Fort Collins, which shall be payable out of the funds collect- ed on account of the assessments made for said improvement . Said war- — rants� shal.l` b�;of such date, in such form, payable at such times and in such def,10 itions as may be hereafter prescribed by said City Coun il, 3r�1 shall be executed, issued and disposed of, and otherwise ' deal' with 'As i Sections 35) 36 and 37 of said act prescribed. Said warrants sl- it ^bear interest at the rate of six per cent, per annutm. 4SectiGn 8�4. The Mayor is hereby authorized to advertise, in the manner req,�iree� b law, for bids for the construction of said improve- ment,�'in "aa�;pr c# ice with said plans and specifications, and subject to the 'provisiohs of law and this ordinance. The right to reject any and alL' ids shalli'be in said advertisement and is hereby reserved. Section 9�• , The City Council does hereby find that notice of said rr"o,sed iAfpr46ment was duly given to the owners of the- property to be ayssess d t��refor, as orovided in said act; that the improvement hereby or(P_,r4is so duly ordered after notice duly given, that all the v " eal ert4v within the limits of said district above described is especially benefited by the construction of said imps-ement; that all the requirements of law in the premises have been duly complied with. The foregoing ordinance was introduced and read at a regular ad- journed meeting of the Yi.�tyd Council of the City of Fort Collins, Colo- rado, on�he day oA.i]. 1905, and was published in the Fort Collins a we .?fly newspaper of general circulation published in said ci , /on the /;Aday of A.D. 19005Y CLe��a t� % Z�iee C cu p /�vuu ey 4 GGtG 407 u�av✓ C1�/9 `P ` '` W1 eel —ful�"` zlc t 2 1 4`7�1 7�