A RESOLUTION DIRECTING AND ORDERING A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ADVISABILITY OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANNA TAPPAN WAY FROM HASKELL AVENUE WEST APPROXIMATELY 500’ TO HANSCOM ROAD INCLUDING PROPERTY ACQUISITION, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS[c1], SUBGRADE STABILIZATION, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALKS, TRAFFIC CALMING, STORM SEWER, AND OTHER NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE IMPROVEMENTS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:
That a public hearing shall be held by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, on the advisability of the following improvement:
The construction of Anna Tappan Way from Haskell Avenue west approximately 500’ to Hanscom Road. Said improvements to include property acquisition, intersection improvements, subgrade stabilization, street improvements, sidewalks, traffic calming, storm sewer, and other necessary and appropriate improvements.
Said hearing shall be held on the 28th day of June, 2005, in the City Commission meeting room, City Hall, 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas, at 6:35 p.m. or thereafter as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq.
The City Clerk shall publish the following notice of such public hearing in the official city newspaper.
Notice is hereby given that the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, will meet for the purpose of holding a public hearing as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq. in the City Commission meeting room, City Hall, 6 East 6th Street, Lawrence, Kansas on the 28th day of June, 2005, at 6:35 p.m. or thereafter as provided by K.S.A. 12-6a01 et seq., to consider the advisability of the following proposed improvement, to-wit:
(a) The general nature of the proposed improvement:
The construction of Anna Tappan Way from Haskell Avenue west approximately 500’ to Hanscom Road. Said improvements to include property acquisition, intersection improvements, subgrade stabilization, street improvements, sidewalks, traffic calming, storm sewer, and other necessary and appropriate improvements.
(b) The proposed improvement district:
Lots 1, 2, 3 and the east 34.72’ of Tract A, Block 1 and Lots 1 through 8 inclusive and the east 24.52’ of Lot 9, Block 2 of Hanscom-Tappan Addition, 2nd Plat, a replat of Tract B, Block 1, and Lot 14, Block 2, Hanscom-Tappan Addition a final plat of an adjacent tract in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 13 South, Range 20 East,
and
Beginning at a point 21 rods south of the northeast corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 6, Township 13 South, Range 20 East of the 6th P.M., thence west 20 rods; thence south 8 rods, thence east 20 rods; thence north 8 rods to place of beginning in the City of Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.
(c) The estimated or probable cost of the improvements is $350,000, plus costs of issuance and plus costs of interest on any temporary financing. Said estimated cost as herein set forth is hereby increased at the pro-rata rate of 1 percent per month from and after the adoption date of the resolution.
(d) The method of assessment:
Property in the district located on the north side of Anna Tappan Way shall be assessed 50.932% of the costs of the improvements apportioned to the improvement district, which is the ratio of the front footage of the improvement district located on the north side of Anna Tappan Way to the entire front footage of Anna Tappan Way in the district. Property located north of Anna Tappan Way shall be assessed for such costs based on the ratio of the front footage of each lot and parcel to the front footage of the improvement district located north of Anna Tappan Way.
Property in the district located on the south side of Anna Tappan Way shall be assessed 49.068% of the costs of the improvements apportioned to the improvement district, which is the ratio of the front footage of the improvement district located on the south side of Anna Tappan Way to the entire front footage of Anna Tappan Way in the district. Property located south of Anna Tappan Way shall be assessed for such costs based on the ratio of the front footage of each lot and parcel to the front footage of the improvement district located north of Anna Tappan Way.
(e) The apportionment of costs shall be:
The apportionment of costs shall be one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of the improvement shall be paid by the improvement district and zero percent (0%) of the cost of the improvement by the City-at-large.
(f) Pursuant to K.S.A. 12-692, the governing body shall have the authority to exempt property, the owner or owners or predecessors in title to which have dedicated or conveyed property necessary for the extension of the street improvement, from that portion of the benefit district special assessments for the costs of acquiring land necessary for the extension of the street improvement. It being the intent of the governing body to require properties which have not dedicated the necessary property for the improvement to bear the cost of acquiring such property.
(g) The improvement district shall provide not less than 25% of the actual engineering and construction costs for street, sidewalk, and storm sewer improvements to the City of Lawrence prior to the City incurring any monetary obligation for engineering work or construction improvements.
The hearing may be adjourned from time to time and until the Governing Body shall have made findings by resolution as to the advisability of the improvement, the nature of the improvement, the estimated cost, the boundaries of the improvement district, the method of assessment and the apportionment of cost between the improvement district and the city-at-large, all as finally determined by the governing body.
This resolution shall become effective upon its publication in the official City Newspaper.
ADOPTED by the governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, this _____day of _________________2005.
PASSED:
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Dennis Highberger, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk Date
Approved as to form and legality:
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David L. Corliss Date
Director of Legal Services
Legal description approved by:
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Charles F. Soules, P.E. Date
Director of Public Works
[c1] At Clinton Parkway and Lake Pointe Drive