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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-B-1137 1111 ORDINANCE NO. B -1137 AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing a Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment therefor and creating a special fund. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA: Section 1. That Eighth Avenue South from Lenox Avenue to Mead Avenue, Ninth Avenue South from Lenox Avenue to Logan Avenue, and Viola Avenue from Seventh Avenue South to Tenth Avenue South, in the City of Yakima, shall be improved by grad- ing, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters, and to be constructed in full accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the City Engineer and filed with the City Clerk. The property to be benefited by this improve- ment consists of the following: Beginning at a point on the south line of Lenox Avenue, midway between 9th Avenue South and 19th Avenue South; thence southerly and parallel with 9th Avenue South to a point midway between Prasch Avenue and Viola Avenue; thence westerly and parallel with viola Avenue to Tenth Avenue South; thence southerly along 10th Avenue South to a point midway between viola Avenue and Logan Avenue; thence easterly and parallel with Viola Avenue to a point . on the west line of Lot 8 Pagel' Half -Acre Tracts; thence - southerly and parallel with 9th Avenue South to Logan Avenue; thence easterly along Logan Avenue to a point 135 feet west of 8th Avenue South; thence southerly and parallel with 8th Avenue South to Mead Avenue; thence easterly along Mead avenue to a point midway between 7th Avenue South and 8th Avenue South; thence northerly along a line midway between 7th Avenue South and 8th Avenue South to a point midway between Logan Avenue and Viola Avenue; thence easterly and parallel with Viola Avenue to 7th Avenue South; thence northerly along 7th Avenue South to a point midway between Viola Avenue and Prasch Avenue; thence westerly and parallel with Viola Avenue to a point midway between 7th Avenue South and 8th Avenue South; thence northerly along a line midway between 7th Avenue South and 8th Avenue South to the south line of Lenox Avenue; thence sesterly along the south line of Lenox Avenue to the point of beginning. Section 2. There is herby created a Local Improvement District to be called Local Improvement District No. 694, which said district shall include all of the property described and set forth in Section 1 hereof. - Section 3. A11 of the cost and expense in connection with the making and construction of said improvement, including the cost and expense of engineering, inspection, advertising, publication of notices and all other expenses incident there- to, shall be levied and assessed upon all of the property embraced within said Local Improvement District in accordance with the special benefits conferred thereon, in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Washington and the Ordinances of the City of Yakima, and said City shall not be liable in any manner for any portion of said cost and expense of said improvement. Section 4. All of the aforesaid construction work shall be in accordance with the plans, profiles, specifications, maps and detailed drawings which have been prepared by the City Engineer, filed with the City Clerk and which are hereby approved and adopted. Section 5. All of the work necessary to be done in connection with the making of said improvements shall be done and made by contract upon competitive bids and the City shall have the power to reject ang, and all bids. Section 6. There is hereby created a special fund to be called "Local Improvement Fund, District N9. 694 ", into which shall be placed all sums paid on account of the aforesaid special assessments including all interest and penalties thereon and, in the event of the sale of Local Improvement Bonds by this City, all premiums and interest on said bonds issued for said improvement. Section 7. Bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4 percent per annum, on or before 12 years from date of issuance, shall be issued in payment of the cost and expense of said improvements, which bonds shall be redeemed by the collection of special assessments to be levied and assessed upon the property within said district, payable in 10 equal annual installments, with interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, interest payable annually, under the mode of "payment by bonds" as defined by the statutes of the State of Washington and the Ordinances of the City of Yakima. Section 8. This ordinance is one relating to local improvements or assessments therefor and shall become effective immediately upon its passage, approval and publication as provided by City Charter. PASSED BY THE CITY COMMISSION, signed and approved this 24th day of April, 1950. ATTEST: PEARL BENJAMIN (SEAL) • N. K. BUCK City Clerk Mayor I hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. B -1137 entitled, "AN ORDINANCE providing for the improvement of certain property by grading, ballasting, surfacing and constructing concrete curbs and gutters; establishing a Local Improvement District, providing for the method of payment there- for and creating a special fund." as passed on this 24th day of Apr , 1950, and that same has been published as required by law.