Ordinance 1423ORDINANCE NO,, LiZA3
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY
IN THE CITY OF EDMONDS;I WASHINGTON BY CONSTRUCTION CONCRETE
SIDEWALKSZ STANDARD CURBS AND GUTTERSz PROVIDING NECESSARY
DRAINAGE AND ANY NECESSARY GRADING OR BASE PREPARATION,
RELATED WORK AND EXPENDITURES NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE
IMPROVEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CITY STANDARDS; CREATING AN
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BEING LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT No.
174; PROVIDING THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT OF SAID DISTRICT;
SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS UPON THE PROPERTY IN SAID DISTRICTC
PAYABLE BY THE MODE OF "PAYMENT BY BONDS"; PROVIDING FOR
THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WARRANTS
AND LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BONDS; PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT
BY THE SAID CITY OF COSTS EXCEEDING $4.00 PER ZONED FRONT
FOOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONE -AND -TERMINI METHOD OF
ASSESSMENT; AND CREATING A SPECIAL LOCAL IMPROVEMENT FUND:x
DISTRICT NO. 174.
WHEREAS, by Resolution of Intention No. 224 adopted on
March 18, 1969, the City Council of the City of Edmonds declared
its intention to create a local improvement district as here-
inafter set forth and all work necessary to make a complete
improvement in accordance with the plans and specifications
prepared under the direction of the city Engineer, and
WHEREAS, due notice of the hearing upon said Resolution
of Intention No. 224 was given in the manner as provided by
law and such hearing was held by the City Council as afore-
said, and all persons appearing at said hearing were heard, and
all written protests filed with the City Council on or before
said date were duly considered and rejected by the City Council,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has now determined it to be in
the best interests of the City that said improvement as here-
inafter described be carried out and that a local improvement
district be created in connection therewith, now, therefore ,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS., WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The following property within the City of
Edmonds, Washington is hereby ordered to be improved by the
construction of concrete sidewalks, on each side of the street,
standard curbs and gutters, providing necessary drainage and
any necessary grading or base preparation, related work and
expenditures necessary to make a complete improvement in
accordance with city standards, as follows:
Casper Street from 3rd Avenue to 9th Avenue; 9th
Avenue North from Casper Street to Puget Drive; and
Puget Drive from 9th Avenue North to 12th Place.
The foregoing shall be carried out in accordance with the maps,
plans and specifications therefor prepared by Reid, Middleton
& Associates, Inc., consulting engineers to said City, copies
of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, and the
same are hereby adopted. In addition to said improvements the
said streets will be paved with asphaltic type concrete at no
cost to Local Improvement District No. 174.
Section 2. There is hereby created and established a
Local Improvement District, to be called "Local Improvement
District No. 174", which district is described as follows and
contains the following area, all situate in the City of
Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington:
Beginning at the intersection of the South margin of Casper
Street and the West margin of 9th Avenue; thence South
300 feet; thence West to the West margin of 7th Avenue;
thence South 10 feet; thence West to the East margin of
3rd Avenue; thence Northeasterly along said margin
to the North margin of Casper Street; thence North 330
feet; thence East 316 feet; thence North ten feet;
thence East to the West margin of 7th Avenue; thence
Southeasterly toa point on the East margin of 7th Avenue
at a distance of 240 feet Ncr th of the North margin of
Casper Street; thence East 130 feet; thence Southeasterly
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to a point 133 feet incest of the West margin of 8th
Avenue and 210 feet North of the North margin of
Casper Street; thence East 133 feet; thence South-
easterly to a point on the East margin of 8th Avenue
170 feet North of the North margin of Casper Street;
thence East 290 feet; thence North 69 feet; thence
East to a point 177.487 feet West of the West margin
of 9th Avenue; thence North 131.48 feet; thence West
16.76 feet; thence North 133.713 feet; thence West to
a point 300 feet West of the West margin of 9th Avenue;
thence North to the South line of Lot 9 Laurelhurst
Park as recorded in Volume 18 of plats, page 84,
records of Snohomish County, Washington; thence East
to the Southeast corner of said Lot 9; thence North
to the North line of Section 24, T27N, R3E, W.M.;
thence East to the centerline of 9th Avenue; thence
North 293.45 feet; thence East 200 feet; thence South
40 feet; thence Southeasterly to the most Westerly
corner of Lot 4 Taylor Tracts as recorded in Volume 12
of plats, page 91, records of Snohomish County, Wash-
ington; thence Southeasterly along the Southerly line
of said Lot 4 to a point 90 feet North of the North
margin of Puget Drive; thence East 335 feet; thence
Northeasterly to a point on the West margin of Olympic
Avenue 330 feet North of the North margin of Puget
Drive; thence South to a point on the West margin of
Olympic Avenue 90 feet North of the North margin of
Puget Drive; thence East to the extended West margin of
llth Place, thence south to the Southeast corner of
Lot 12 Viewland Heights as recorded in Volume 13,
page 84, records of Snohomish County, Washington;
thence West to the West margin of Olympic Avenue; thence
South to a point on the West margin of Olympic Avenue
330 feet South of the South margin of Puget Drive;
thence West to a point 300 feet East of the East
margin of 9th Avenue; thence South to the extended
South margin of Casper Street; thence West to the
Point of Beginning.
Section 3. The cost and expense of said improvement
shall be assessed upon all the property in the District in
accordance with the zone -and -termini method of assessment
provided by law, not to exceed $4.00 per zoned front foot.
Section 4. The estimated cost and expense of the said
improvement is hereby declared to be $130,000-00 of which the
City will pay the estimated sum of $88,904.80. The cost and
expense of said improvement, including all labor and materials
required to make a complete improvement, all engineering, sur-
veying, legal, inspection, ascertaining of ownership of the
lots or -,parcels of land included in the assessment district
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advertising, mailing and publication of notices, accounting,
administrative, printing, costs of acquisition, and other
expenses incidental thereto, shall be borne by and assessed
against the property specially benefited by such improvement
included in the local improvement district established, em-
bracing, as near as may be, all property specially benefited
by such improvement; PROVIDED in the event the total cost of
said improvement shall exceed $4.00 per zoned front foot in
accordance with the zone -and -termini method of assessment,
the City of Edmonds shall pay sums sufficient to provde the
difference between the actual costs of said improvement and
the said $4.00 per zoned front foot; PROVIDED,, further, that
at the time fixed for hearing objections to the confirmation
of the assessment roll, and at the times to which the hearing
may be adjourned, the City Council may correct, revise, raise,
lower, change or modify the roll or any part thereof, or set
aside the roll and order the assessment to be made de novo
and at the conclusion thereof confirm the roll by ordinance.
Section 5. Local improvement district warrants shall be
issued in payment of the portion of the cost and expense of
the improvement herein ordered to be specially assessed, such
warrants to be payable out of the "Local Improvement Fund,
District No. 174" hereinafter created, to bear interest from
the date thereof at a rate not to exceed 8% per annum and to
be redeemed in cash, and/or by local improvement district
bonds herein authorized to be issued. The costs and expenses
of the improvement up to but not to exceed $4.00 per zoned
front foot, shall be defrayed and the bonds shall be redeemed
by the collection of special assessments to be levied and
assessed upon the property within said district, payable in
10 annual installments, with interest at a rate to be here-
after fixed by ordinance not exceeding 8% per annum under
the mode of "payment by bonds The bonds shall bear the
rate of interest at no more than 8% per annum, payable on
or before 12 years after the date of issue.
Section 6. All the work necessary to be done in con-
nection 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.
Section 7. There is hereby created and established for
Local Improvement District No. 174, a special fund to be
known and designated as "Local Improvement Fund, District No.
174" into which fund shall be deposited the proceeds from
the sale of interest bearing warrants drawn against said fund
which may be issued and sold by the City, and the aggregate
of the several amounts assessed, levied and collected on the
lots and parcels of land in said local improvement district;
and against which fund shall be issued cash warrants for the
costs and expenses in connection with said improvement as the
same become due, not to exceed $4.00 per zoned front foot as
provided herein, and against which fund shall be paid the
bonds and the interest thereon.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK O
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: May 6, 1969
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: May 6, 1969
PUBLISHED: May 14, 1969
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