Ordinance 1381ORDINANCE NO,
AN ORDINANCE ORDERING THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PROPERTY
IN THE CITY OF EDMONDS BY CONSTRUCTING CONCRETE SIDEWALKS,
STANDARD CURBS AND GUTTERS, BY PAVING THE STREET WITH
ASPHALTIC TYPE CONCRETE, PROVIDING NECESSARY DRAINAGE AND
ANY NECESSARY GRADING OR BASE PREPARATION AND RELATED
WORK NECESSARY TO MAKE A COMPLETE IMPROVEMENT IN ACCORD-
ANCE WITH CITY STANDARDS;.CREATING AN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT
BEING LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 167; PROVIDING THE
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT OF SAID DISTRICT; PROVIDING THAT
PAYMENT FOR SAID IMPROVEMENT BE MADE BY SPECIAL ASSESS-
MENTS UPON THE PROPERTY IN SAID DISTRICT, 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 $10,00 PER ZONED FRONT FOOT
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ZONE -AND -TERMINI METHOD OF ASSESS-
MENT; AND CREATING A SPECIAL LOCAL IMPROVEMENT FUND,
DISTRICT NO. 167
WHEREAS, by Resolution of Intention No. 222 adopted on
May 21, 1968, 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 by the City Engineer, and
WHEREAS, due notice of the hearing upon said Resolution
of Intention No. 222 was given in the manner as provided by
law and such hearing was held by the City Council as aforesaid,
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 herein-
after 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, by paving the street with asphaltic
type concrete, providing necessary drainage, and any necessary
grading rading or base preparation and related work necessary to make
a complete improvement in accordance with City Standards, as
follows:
Forsythe Lane from Fifth Avenue to Sixths Avenue.
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.
Section 2. There is hereby created and established a
local improvement district, to be called "Local Improvement
District No. 167", which district is described as follows and
contains the following area:
Beginning at the N.W. corner of the S.W. 1/4 of the N.W.
1/4 of Sec. 25; T27N; R3E.W.M; thence South 197.5 feet
to the Point of Beginning; thence continue South 343.5
feet; thence East 330 feet; thence South 11 feet; thence
East 330 feet; thence North 354.5 feet; thence West to
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 $10.00 per zoned front foot.
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Section 4. The estimated cost and expense of the said
improvement is hereby declared to be $28,500.00, of which sum
the City will pay the estimated sum of $15,912.00. The cost
and expense of said improvement, including all labor and mater-
ials required to make a complete improvement, all engineering,
surveying, legal, inspection, ascertaining of ownership of the
lots of pracels of land included in the assessment district,
advertising, mailing and publication of notices, accounting,
administrative, printing, costs of acquisition, and other ex-
penses incidental thereto, shall be borne by and assessed against
the property specially benefited by such improvement included
in the local improvement district established, embracing, as
near as may be, all property specially benefited by such im-
provement; PROVIDED, in the event the total cost of said im-
provement shall exceed $10.00 per zoned front foot in accord-
ance with the zone -and -termini method of assessment, the City
of Edmonds shall pay sums sufficient to provide the difference
between the actual costs of said improvement and the said
$10.00 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,
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such warrants to be payable out of the "Local Improvement
Fund, District No. 167" hereinafter created, to bear interest
from the date thereof at a rate not to exceed 6% 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 $10.00 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
ten (10),_equal annual installments, with interest at a rate
to be hereafter fixed by ordinance not exceeding 6% per annum
under the mode of "payment by bonds". The bonds shall bear
the rate of interest at no more than 6% per annum, payable on
or before 12 years after the date of issue.
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.
Section 7. There is hereby created and established for
Local Improvement District No. 167, a special fund to be known
and designated as "Local Improvement Fund, District No. 167",
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 $10.00 per zoned front foot as pro-
vided herein, and against which fund shall be paid the bonds
and the interest thereon.
APPROVED-.
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MAYOR'
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: August66,1968
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: Xu4gsL 1' 1968
PUBLISHED: AttgtisWL,4,1968
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