HomeMy WebLinkAbout1414 OrdinanceCITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 1414
AN ORDINANCE ordering the improvement of
Chase Avenue from Lewis Street to Court Street
within the City of Pasco, Washington, to
arterial standards by grading, constructing
and installing storm sewers, curbs, gutters,
necessary sidewalks, asphalt treated base
course, asphalt concrete surfacing, traffic
control devices and all incidental work, all
in accordance with Resolution No. 813 of the
City Council of the City of Pasco, Washington;
establishing Local Improvement. District No.82 ;
providing the method of assessment in said
District; providing that payment for said
improvement be made by special assessments
upon the property in said District, payable
by the mode of "payment by bonds"; and provid-
ing for the issuance and sale of local
improvement district warrants redeemable in
cash and local improvement district bonds.
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 813, adopted March 17, 1970,
the City Council of the City of Pasco declared its intention to order
the improvement of Chase Avenue from Lewis Street to Court Street
within the City to arterial standards by grading, constructing and
installing storm sewers, curbs, gutters, necessary sidewalks, asphalt
treated base course, asphalt concrete surfacing, traffic control
devices and all incidental work, and fixed the 7th day of April,
1970, at 8:00 o'clock p.m. (PST) in the Council Chambers of the City
Hall in the City of Pasco, Washington, as the time and place for
hearing all matters relating to said proposed improvement and all
objections thereto and for determining the method of payment for said
improvement; and
WHEREAS, Sandra Stanley, City Engineer, has caused an
estimate to be made of the costs and expenses of the proposed improve-
ment, and has certified said estimate to the City Council, together
with all papers and information in her possession touching the proposed
improvement, a description of the boundaries of the District, a state-
ment of what portion of the cost and'expense of the improvement should
be borne by the property within the proposed district, a statement
in detail of the local improvement assessments outstanding or unpaid
against the property in the proposed district, and a statement of
the, aggregate actual valuation of the real estate, including 25% of
the actual valuation of the improvements in the proposed district,
according to the valuation last placed upon it for the purpose of
general taxation; and
WHEREAS, said estimate is accompanied by a diagram of
the proposed improvement showing thereon the lots, tracts, parcels
of land, and other property which will be specially benefited by
the proposed improvement, and the estimated amount of the cost and
expense thereof to be borne by each lot, tract, and parcel of land
or other property; and
WHEREAS, due notice of the hearing upon said Resolution
No. 813 was given in the manner provided by law and said hearing
was held by the City Council on April 7, 1970, and all written
protests filed with the City Council on or before said date were
duly considered and overruled and all persons appearing at said
hearing were heard; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it to be in the
best interests of the City that said improvement as hereinafter
described be carried out and that a local improvement district be
created in connection therewith; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN, as follows:
Section 1. It is hereby ordered that Chase Avenue from
Lew-is,Street'to Court Street with the City be improved to arterial
standards by grading, constructing and installing storm sewers,
curbs, gutters, necessary sidewalks, asphalt treated base course,
asphalt concrete surfacing, traffic control devices and all incidental
work.
All of the foregoing shall be in accordance with the plans
and specifications therefor to be prepared by Sandra Stanley, City
Engineer.
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Section 2. There is hereby created and established a
local improvement district to be called "Local Improvement District
No. 82 of the City of Pasco, Washington," the boundaries of such
local improvement district being described as follows and including
the following described lands:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of.Section 25,
Township 9 North, Range 29 East W.M., which is the
intersection of the centerlines of Court Street
and Chase Avenue; thence south along the east line
of said Section 25, also being the centerline of
Chase Avenue to the point of intersection with the
centerline of vacated Hopkins Street as plated in
O'Keefe's Third Addition to Pasco, as recorded in
Volume B, Page 37, Book of Plats of Franklin County;
thence west along the said centerline of Hopkins
Street to the point of intersection with the
northerly projection of the west line of the East
Half of Block 13 of the said O'Keefe's Third
Addition; thence south along the said west line
and its projections thereof to the point of inter-
section with the centerline of West Lewis Street;
thence southeasterly along the said centerline of
West Lewis Street to the point of intersection with
the centerline of Chase Avenue, which is the East
line of said Section 25; thence north along the
said centerline of Chase Avenue to the point of
intersection with the centerline of Bonneville
Street; thence east along the centerline of Bonne-
ville Street to the point of intersection with
southerly projection of the east line of the west
half of Block 10, Columbia Addition as recorded in
Volume B, Page 68, Book of Plats of Franklin County;
thence northerly along said east line and its pro-
jections thereof continuing through the center of
Blocks 7, 6, 3, 2, all in said Columbia Addition to
the point of intersection with -the centerline of
Sylvester Street, which is the north line of the
southwest quarter of Section 30, Township 9 North,
Range 30 East W.M.; thence east along said centerline
of Sylvester Street to the point of intersection
with the southerly projection of the east line of
the west half of Block 1, Meridian Addition, as
recorded in Volume B, Page 77, Book of Plats of
Franklin County; thence northerly along said east
line and its projections thereof, continuing through
the center of Blocks 2 and 3 of said Meridian Addi-
tion to the point of intersection with the centerline
of Margaret Street; thence east along said Margaret
Street to the point of intersection with the southerly
projection of the east line of the west half of Block
1, Carter Addition, as recorded in Volume B, Page 83,
Book of Plats of Franklin County; thence northerly
along said eastline and its projections thereof,
continuing through the center of Blocks 2, 3 and 4,
of said Carter Addition to the point of intersection
with the north line of said Carter Addition; thence
east along the said north line of Carter Addition
which is also the south line of Buck's Second Addition
to Pasco, as recorded in Volume B, Page 74, Book of
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Plats of Franklin County, to the point of inter-
section with the east line of the west half of said
Buck's Second Addition; thence northerly along said
east line to the north line of said Buck's Second
Addition, which is also the south line of Star
Addition to Pasco, as recorded in Volume C, Page 10,
Book of Plats of Franklin and continuing northerly
to the point of intersection with the north line of
said Section 30, also being the centerline of Court
Street; thence west along centerline of Court Street
to the Point of Beginning, which is also the north-
west corner of said Section 30.
Section 3. The total estimated cost and.expense of said
improvement is hereby declared to he $313,700.00. Not to exceed a
total of $32,500.00 of the cost and expense of said improvement shall
be borne byand assessed against the properties specially benefited
by such improvement included in the local improvement district herein
established embracing as near as may be all property specially benefited
by said improvement. Approximately $15,000.00 of the cost and expense
of carrying out such improvement shall be paid by Franklin County and
the balance of such and expense of carrying out such improvement shall
be paid from Urban Arterial Trust Funds anticipated to be received
from the State of Washington. Should additional funds become available
from Franklin County or Urban Arterial Trust Funds, the amount to be
assessed would be reduced.
Section 4. In accordance with the provisions of Section
7 of Chapter 258, Laws of Washington, 1969, lst Ex. Sess., the City
may use any method or combination of methods to compute assessments
which may be deemed to fairly reflect the special benefits to'the
properties being assessed.
Section 5. Local improvement district warrants shall be
issued in payment of that portion of the cost and expense of the
improvement.herein ordered to be assessed, such warrants to be pay-
able out of the "Local Improvement Fund, District No. 82 ," herein-
after created, to bear interest from the date thereof at a rate to
be hereafter fixed by ordinance and to be redeemed in cash, and/or
by local improvement district bonds, herein authorized to be issued,
said interest-bearing warrants to be hereafter referred to as "revenue
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warrants." Such bonds shall bear interest at a rate to be hereafter
fixed by ordinance, shall be payable on or before twelve (12) years
from the date of issuance, the life of the improvement ordered being
not less than twelve years, and shall be issued in exchange for and
in redemption of any and all revenue warrants:issued hereunder and
not redeemed in cash within a period of not to exceed sixty days after
the first publication by the City Treasurer of notice that the
assessment roll for Local Improvement District No. 82 is in her hands
for collection. The bonds shall be redeemed by the collection of special
assessments to be levied and assessed upon the properties within said
District, payable in ten (10) equal annual installments, with interest
at a rate to be hereafter fixed by ordinance, under the mode of "payment
by bonds," as defined by law and the ordinances of the City of Pasco.
In the case of default in the payment of any assessment when the same
shall become due, there shall be added interest at a rate to be hereafter
fixed by ordinance and a penalty of 6% which shall also be collected.
The exact form, amount, date, interest rate and denominations of said
warrants and bonds shall be hereafter fixed by ordinance of the City
Council. Said warrants and bonds shall be sold in such manner as the
City Council shall hereafter determine.
Section 6. All the work necessary to be done in connection
with the making of said improvement shall be done by and made by
contract upon competitive bids and the City shall have and reserves
the right to reject any and all bids. The call for bids for work
authorized pursuant to this ordinance shall include a statement that
payment for said work will be made in.cash warrants drawn upon the
"Local Improvement Fund, District No. 82 "
Section 7. There is hereby created and established in
the office of the City Treasurer of the City of Pasco for Local
Improvement District No. 82 a special fund to be known and designated
as "Local Improvement Fund, District No. 82 ," into which fund shall
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be deposited the proceeds from the sale of revenue warrants drawn
against said fund which may be issued and sold by the City, Urban
Arterial Trust Funds and payments received from Franklin County in
connection with the improvement and collections pertaining to assessments,
and against which fund shall be issued cash warrants to the contractor
or contractors in payment for the work to be .done by them in connection
with said improvement, and against which fund cash warrants shall be
issued in payment for all other items of expense in connection with
said improvement.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor of
the City of Pasco, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, this
7th day of April, 1970.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk /
FORM APPROVED:
City torney 4 e6z/i