HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 6-55RESOLUTION NO. 6-55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL 0FTHE
CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, FIXING
TIME, DATE AND PLACE OF HEARING AS TO
THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY OF
IMPROVEMENTS CONTEMPLATED IN THE PROPOSED
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 710, AND
ORDERING NOTICE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, ·this City Council of the City. of Bakersfield
contemplates the inauguration of certain improvement work
and construction on Chester. Avenue between Brundage Lan~ and
4th Street in the City of Bakersfield, California, the same
being more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
The improvement of Chester Avenue between
Brundage Lane and 4th Street, said improve-
ments to consist of the following: the
removal of the existing pavement and sur-
facing and the repaying with 4 inches of
plant-mixed surfacing on 8 inches of imported
borrow; the removal and replacement of por-
tions of the existing· Portland cement concrete
curb, gutterm sidewalk and driveway; the
moral and replacement of existing Portland
cement concrete cross gutters and the removal
and construction of one drainage catch basin; and
.. WHEREAS, this City Council of said City contemplates that
the said improvement work and construction, if found to be of
public convenience and necessity, will be ordered and done
under andpursuant to the provisions of the"Improvement Act
of 1911", being Division VII of the Streets and Highways
Code of the State of California, and that a public improvement
district, ·to be entitled "Public Improvement District No.
710", will be created in the proceedings Under said Act to
include that particular area of said City to be benefited by
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WEEAS, it is contemplated by this City Council of
said City that.said Public Improvement District No. 710, and
the properties benefited therein, shall be assessed to pay a
portion of the' cost and expense thereof and that the City of
Bakersfield shall contribute from its Special Gas Tax Street
Improvement Fund the remaining portion of the cost and expense
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the' City of Bakersfield is a Chartered City
within the State of California, and this City Council of said
City, pursuant.to the provisions of Article XIII, Section 17 of
the Constitution of the State of California and pursuant to the
provisions of the "Special Assessment Investigation, Limitation
and Majority ProteSt Act of 1931", being DiViSion IV.of the
Streets. and Highway Code of the State of CalifOrnia, and in
particular Section 2804 of said Code, desires the holdingof a
public hearing before this City Council of said City for the
purpose of discussion and then determination by this City Council
of said City as to whether public convenience and necessity re-
quire such improvement work and construction.
NOW, TEEFOE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows, to-wit:
That on the I~ day of February,~ I955,'at the
hour of ~ o'clock ~ M., in the chambers of the City
Council in the City Hall Annex, at 1620 Truxton Avenue, in the
City of Bakersfield, California, any and all persons who may
desire to hear or partake in the discussion in regard to the de-
termination to be made by this City Council of said City as to
whether public convenience and necessity require such improvement
work and construction, may appear for said purpose.
That notice thereof shall be given as hereinafter
prescribed,'and said notice. shall set'forth the description and
i~i-6n of the 's~l~ 'Contemp~te'd' ~k 'and' const~u'c'tion, as above
delineated, and the said date, hour and place of said hearing;
said notice shall further provide that if this City Council
of said City by no less than 4/5ths vote of all members thereof
finds and determines that public convenience and necessity re-
quire'such improvement work and construction, the. debt limitation
and majority protest provisions of'the said Special Assessment
Investigation, .Limitation and Majority Protest Act of 19B1 shall
not apply.
That said notice shall also briefly explain that if a
determination is made bythisCity Council of said City,wherein
it is found that public convenience and necessity'require such
improvement work and construction, it is contemplated by this
City Council that said work and construction will be instigated
thereafter under the provisions of the said Improvement Act of
1911, and that it is further anticipated that the cost and expense
thereof shall be satisfied by assessments against the properties
benefited thereby and by contributions from the Special Gas Tax
Street Improvement Fund of said 'City.
That said notice shall set forth the estimated total
cost of said project by the City Engineer, as well as the esti-
mated portion of said total cost anticipated to be assesSed~,~~
against said property and the estimated portion of said total
cost anticipated to be contributed by said City from said Fund.
That said notice shall refer all persons interested
therein to the Office of the City Engineer for more particulars
in connection with the anticipated work and Construction of
said project.
That the City Clerk shall cause said notice to $be
published in the "Bakersfield Californian",a daily newspaper
printed, published, and of genera!circulation in the City of
Bakersfield, California, and hereby designated for that purpose
by this City Council of said City; that said notice Shall be
published twice in two consecutive issues~of said newspaper, the
first publication being not less than ten (10) days from~ the~
date of said hearing.
That the City Clerk shall Conspicuously post said
notice on or near the door of the chambers of the City Council of
said City for not less than five (5) days prior to the date of
said hearing.
That in addition to the said publishing an~ posting
of said notice, as required by Article XIII'of Section 17
of the Constitution of the State of California, this ~City Coun-.
cil directs that the City Clerk shall cause said notices to be
mailed, postage prepaid, to all persons owning' real property
which is proposed to be assessed to pay any part of the cost of
the said work and construction, whose names and addresses appear
on the last equalized assessmentsroll o'f. Kern County, California,
or as known to the City Clerk, and thS same'shall be mailed at
least ten (10) days prior to the date of hearing. That each
of said notices to be mailed. to said propert~ owners shall con-
tain an additional statement setting'forthothe estimate ·of the
City Engineer as to the cost anticipated to be assessed against
the'particular property of the addressee for said work and
construction.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
duly passed and adopted by the ~City Council of the City of
Bakersfield on the 31st day of January, 1955, by the follYowing
vote:
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.of the City Council ,of the
-City of Bakersfield, California
APPROVED this 31st day of January, 1955
MAYOH of the Cit~/~f Bakersfield,
California.