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Home My WebLink About0375 OrdinanceC� DRDINANCE NO 375 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR PAIRING, nECON STRUT; TION AND IMPROVING THE CITY CLUSTER LICP11TS , CABLES, WIRING AND ALL CONNECTIONS THERETO .LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF WEST LEMJ S STREET, BOTH SIDES OF FOURTH AVENUE All D TA '01VIA STREET: AND ' P�:OVIDING eDR TdE PAYMENT OF SAID REPAIRS, !i CONSTRUCTION AND -IMPROVEPfM& T OF ',zAID CITY CLUSTER LIGHTS BY THE ISSU'iViCE OF GENEIkAL OBLIGATION BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ��15 ,000.00, SAID BONDS TO BE ISSUED AND PARABLE AT SUC'd TIMS AND PLACES AS TER CITY COUCIL SHALL DETERMINE , TO DRAW. INTFH T NOT TO EXCEED 6% ANNUALLY , PAYABLE SEMI -A DUALLY , AND PROVIDING YOR S.UBIAITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF TH& CITY OF PASCO, AT THE GSNE?RAI CITY ELECTION TO BE GELD ON TdE 4TH DAY OP DECEMBER 1928, SAID PROPOSED BOND ISSUE PCR THEIR APPi;OVAL OR REJECTION. WHEREAS , The City Cluster. Lights , consisting of lamp posts, c ondu i is , wiring -arid connections which :ire located on both sides of 'Vest Lewis Street, between the West line of Tacoma, .street. -and the East line of uolumbia Street; , bo'th sides of r�ou.rth Avenue between the north line of uolumbia Street to the alley between Bonneville and Yakima Streets, and the west ide of Tacoma Avenue between the north line of lest Lewis Street and the south. line of (lest @lark Street are in poor condition and very badly in need of repairs and improvements; iIiEP.EAS , By reason of said City Cluster Lights as aforesaid being in poor . c.ond iti on acid in need of repairs, it is impossible for the said City of Pasco to receive from said lights the proper protect- ion for its citizens, and the charges for maintenance and operation of the sate are excessive due to the fact that a great part of the power is 1 os t in the,:, underground o ondui tti ; ani - aERTAS i t is necessary. and of vital interest to all c iti& Sens of the City of Pasco that said City Cluster Lights. be repaired and improved; and WTLPIREAS , The City Council of the City of Pasco deem it ad- visable that said City Cluster Lights be repaired, reconstructed. and • improved; that the sarne is strictly for municipal purposes , and that the costs and expense of making the necessary repairs and i,rnprove- should be paid for by issuing general obligation bonds, NOW, ` dEREr ORE , THE CITY -CUUN ::IL OF' ME CITY. OF PASUO DO ORDAIN AS .PO11,0WS ; Section I. The plan proposed for repairing, reconstructing and improving said uity cluster Lights, including poles, L_ cables , wiring and connect ions , is as follows, to -wit; To cut the present system of City Cluster 11tiohts from eighty-four to seventy- two poles and thereby eliminating -four poles on 'Tacoma Avenue be- tween ulark and Bonneville Streets, four on Tacoma between 7dest Lewis and uolumbia Streets , and four on r'ourth Avenue south of Columbia Street. The present poles,are to be cut off just below the cross arm bracket, and extended upwords about two feet a~•:d reconstructed into • a one unit light installed and fitted with a 4,000 lumen. lamps a.nd 4. E. or G. E. globe. Each pole is to be fitted with connecting pot-, head out,out, and pole base transformer and.,re-wired complete for series circuit lighting. Lighting 'circait shall be supplied from two circuits over the entire lighted area, two circuits picking up all lights east of Third Street , and two circuits picking up all lights west of 'Third Street. All interes6tion lights are in stalled on one cable, and in- termediate lights are to be placed on the other circuit running in each direction from the --i.-j:-rent of --apply near the city hall. Lighting cable will be No. 8 B & B guage single conductor, soft drawn, tinned - copier for 2,500 volt working pressure, insulated and lead sheath i aid under the sidewalk in s o f , ttor Y _p rsr e ,-�i trl d and lewd o ea.th e,overed v�it.h steed tape, laid urilef the`. idewa'T`k-ln a sand cushion by cutting a 4" trench throu h the walk just inside the curb. rhe sidewalks are to be replaced in first class condition, and street crossings are to bemade through conduit pushed through under V.ie pavement. Section II. The esti mated costs for repairing, reconstruc- ting and inproving said Cit; Cluster Light: shall be not to exceed :;15,000.00 Section iII. If the propesition herein outlined Ehall be approved by three-fifths of the legal ballots ca:t on said cuestion isthen and in that event, general obligation bonds in. an amount not exceeding 1;15,000.00 shall be issued in denominations of not less than one hundred or -aore thG n one thousand dollars; shall be numbered from one up, consecutively; shall bear the date of their issue; shall be payable not more than twenty years from date, and shall bear in- terest not exceeding six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, with interest coupons attached, and the principal and interest shall be payable at such place as may be designated by said bonds. The bonds and each coupon shall be signed by the mayor, and attested by the clergy under the seal of the city or town, and sold to pay for making said repairs, reconstruction and improvement of said City Cluster Lights as in this Urdinance provided, and the Cite Council shall in the manner required by law proceed with the work of re- pairing and improving the said U'ity vlu- ter Lights as aforesaid, and so much of the X15 ,000.00 as nay be necessary will be used by the City Council to pay for operating the :aid i;ity lights for the year 1929. Section IV. The proposition herein outlinedhall be ub- mitted to the qualified electorc, of said city for their approval Jr rejection at the general city election to be Meld on the 4th day of December, 1928, and the vitt' clerk shall give no ti ce to the quali- fied electors of eaid vity of Vasco by publishing in the Pasco Herald a notice of said election in the manner provided b; law. Section v . The proposition to be submitted to the qualified voters of the vity of 2asco as herein outlined shall appear upon the official ballet as follows: Shall the vity of Vasco borrow �lb,000.00 and issue its negotiable bond: in ps. lent for repairing, reconstruction and im- proving the vity Cluster Lights as outlined in Ordinance lio. 37.i,,?. BONDS, YES BONDS , NO Every qu al if ie d elector desiring to vote in favor of the proposition appearing upon the ballot sliall do so by ;narking a cross in the square opposite the :;ord: , "Bonds, sea", and every qualified elector desiring to vote against the proposition appearing upon the ballot shall do 4 o by marking a cross in the :.quare opposite the words, {Bonds , ldo." Section VI. This Ordinance shall take effect five days from and after its passage and publication. Passed and Approved this lit day of ivovember, 1928. ATTEST: .: ay or Clerk). ABPR 0-1 JT) AS TO iiQ lYI • • V Ckty Attorney