HomeMy WebLinkAbout1969-036-06/05/1969-PETITIONS FOR THE CREATION OF AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN STREETS A RESOLUTION
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROVING PETITIONS
FOR THE CREATION OF AN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AUTHORIZING THE
PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN STREETS AND ALLEY IN SAID IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT
AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO MAKE THE NECESSARY SURVEYS, MAPS,
PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
WHEREAS, the owners of more than one-third of the property having
frontage to be assessed for the same have petitioned the City Council under
the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended, for the organization of a permanent
improvement district for the purpose of installing, paving and other street
improvements on the alley in Block 6 Craft's Resubdivision of Lake Park
Addition to the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, said petitions have been referred to the City Engineer
and the City Engineer has reported to the City Council that the same are
fully signed and represent the required amount of frontage and has recommended
that appropriate action by the City Council be taken, and
WHEREAS, the City Engineer has further recommended that certain
other streets in the City be improved with curb, gutter, paving and other
street improvements, said streets being the following
North Grant Street between Maple Street and Cherry Street
Sycamore Street between Wood Street and Grant Street
Elm Street between Shields Street and West Street
That portion of Stuart Street between Stover Street and
Cheyenne Drive not previously improved by the City with
curb, gutter and pavement
Riverside Avenue between Endicott Street and Myrtle Street
and
WHEREAS, Chapter 15 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Fort
Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended by Ordinance No 24, 1969, provides that
the City Council may, without petitions therefore, order the improvement of
any street which improvement will connect two portions of the same street
which have already been improved where the distance between the improved sections
of such street does not exceed 660 feet, and
WHEREAS, all of the streets recommended for improvement by the
City Engineer as listed above meet the requirements as set forth above and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to establish an improvement
district and to include the alley for which petitions requesting its improvement
have been received and the streets recommended for improvement by the City
Engineer in said district
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS
1 That the petitions for the improvement of the alley in Block
6, Craft's Resubdivision of Lake Park Addition to the City of Fort Collins ,
Colorado, be and the same hereby are received and approved
2 That pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 15 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, 1958, as amended, and
Ordinance No 24, 1969, the City Council does hereby direct that the streets
as listed above, which the City Engineer has recommended be improved be
included in the improvement district to be formed, which improvement district
shall be known as Street Improvement District No 62
3 That the improvements to be made to said streets and alley are
substantially the same for all of the streets and alley and all of them shall
therefore be included in one improvement district provided that each street
and alley shall be considered as a unit for the purpose of assessment and
for the purpose of petition and remonstrance where applicable
4 The City Engineer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed
to make a complete survey of the proposed district for the purpose of preparing
a map, plans and specifications and estimate of the cost of said improvements
in said district and the amount to be assessed to respective lots and blocks
and properties located in said district, said district to comprise and include
the lots and blocks and lands abutting on the streets and alley as hereinabove
described and all of said lots and lands to be assessed for the improvements
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hereinabove described which said work, when completed, shall ,with all
convenient speed, be reported to the City Council for appropriate action
for the purpose of organizing said district as provided by law and providing
for the construction of the permanent improvements therein in accordance
with said plans and specifications
Passed and adopted at a regulat meeting of the City Council held
this 5th day of June, A D , 1969
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