HomeMy WebLinkAbout1974-063-06/06/1974-ACCEPTING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS REGARDING THE INITIATION OF A SPECIAL I M
RESOLUTION 74-63
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS ACCEPT-
ING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS REGARDING THE INITIATION OF A SPECIAL IMPROVE-
MENT DISTRICT, STATING THE NEED FOR, THE NATURE
OF, AND THE LOCATION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO BE
MADE, DESCRIBING THE AREA TO BE ASSESSED FOR THE
SAME, AND DIRECTING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE
AND PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE NECESSARY
INFORMATION FOR THE FORMATION OF SAID DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has recommended
to the City Council that a special improvement district be
created for the purpose of installing certain public improve-
ments in the City, and
WHEREAS , the City Council has received such recommenda-
tion and desires to continue with the formation of such
special improvement district
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That the recommendation of the Director of
Public Works is hereby received and accepted
Section 2 That the improvements to be constructed are
the following the installation of sidewalks along Shields
Street from Prospect south to Swallow Drive on the west side
of the street and from Prospect south to Drake Road on the
east side of the street, and that such improvements are
needed in order to provide pedestrian access along said
street
Section 3 The location of the improvements to be made
is as follows on Shields Street from Prospect south to
w
Swallow Drive on the west side of the street and from Prospect
south to Drake Road on the ease side of the street
Section 4 The City Engineer is hereby directed to
prepare and present to the Council the following
A Preliminary plans and specifications of the improve-
ments proposed
B An estimate of the total cost of such improvements,
including the cost of constructing the same, engineering,
legal and advertising costs, interest during construction
and until assessments are made by ordinance against the
properties benefited, and other incidental costs
C A map of the district to be assessed for the cost
of the improvements
Section 5 r Said improvement district shall be known as
Sidewalk Improvement District No
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held this 6th day of June, 1964
or
ATTEST
Cit Cler
-2-
NOTICE
TO THE OWNERS OF PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED IN SIDE-
WALK IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 5 AND TO ALL INTER-
ESTED PERSONS OF THE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED,
THE NUMBER OF INSTALLMENTS , AND THE TIME IN WHICH
THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE PAYABLE, THE
RATE OF INTEREST TO BE PAID ON UNPAID AND DEFERRED
INSTALLMENTS, THE EXTENT OF THE DISTRICT TO BE
IMPROVED, THE PROBABLE COST AND THE MAXIMUM COST
TO BE ASSESSED, THE TIME WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL
WILL CONSIDER ORDERING BY ORDINANCE THE PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENTS AND HEAR COMPLAINTS AND OBJECTIONS,
AND THAT A MAP OF THE DISTRICT AND DETAILS CONCERN-
ING THE SAME ARE ON FILE AND CAN BE SEEN IN THE
CITY CLERK 'S OFFICE
Public notice is hereby given to persons interested and
to owners of property to be assessed in Sidewalk Improvement
District No 5 that the kind of improvements proposed for
said district is the installation of sidewalks on Shields
Street, and that the cost of said improvements as assessed
will be payable in ten equal annual installments and that
the rate of interest to be paid on unpaid and deferred
installments will be six percent (6%) per annum and that the
extent of the district to be improved is as follows Shields
Street from Prospect South to Drake Road on the East side
and from Prospect South to Swallow Drive on the West side,
and that the probable cost of said improvements as shown by
the total estimate of the City Engineer is $209,928 12 ,
exclusive of the cost of collection, legal, advertising,
engineering, financing, interest and other incidentals and
that to said cost will be added an amount equal to seventeen
percent (17%) of such cost to cover the expense of collection,
legal and advertising, engineering, financing, interest
during construction, and other incidentals and that assess-
ments for the cost of such improvements within the district
will be made as follows upon all of the lots and lands
abutting the portion of Shields Street to be improved in
proportion as the frontage of each lot or tract of land is
to the frontage of all lots and lands so improved, and that
the maximum cost to be assessed, exclusive of the cost of
collection, legal and advertising, engineering, financing,
interest during construction, and other incidentals , is as
follows $5 45 per front foot, and that on the 18th day of
July, 1974, at the hour of 5 30 o'clock P M , or as soon
thereafter as the matter may come on for hearing in the
Council Chambers in the City Hall, Fort Collins, Colorado,
is the date that the City Council will consider the ordering
by ordinance of the proposed improvements and hear all
complaints and objections that may be made and filed in
writing by the owners of any property to be assessed or
persons interested generally All complaints or objections
should be made in writing and filed in the office of the
City Clerk in the City Hall before said date, and
That a map of the district and estimates of cost,
-2-
schedules showing the approximate amount per front foot to
be assessed upon the several lots or parcels of land within
the district and all proceedings of the City Council in the
premises are on file and can be seen and examined in the
City Clerk' s office during business hours at any time before
said hearing
Dated at Fort Collins, Colorado, this 6th day of June,
A D 1974
City Clerk
(Note to be published once a week for two successive weeks
(three weeks) , the first publication to be at least thirty
days and no more than sixty days before the date of hearing,
and to be mailed to the last known address of each owner of
property to be assessed in the district as shown by the real
property assessment rolls of the County)
-3-