HomeMy WebLinkAbout1948 Ordinance No. 013" ORDmA:-m r· A.DOPTmG AN D AI .1ENDE D PLAl'1 FOR n m ACQUISITION OF A :MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATERWORKS
SYS'l'E.4 TO BE o ·.VNEn ilD OP ERATED BY 'lHE CITY OF ENGLE WOOD, COLORADO, OF.SCRIBING 'mE PROPERTY
T O BE ACQUIREi), THE FULL P URCHASE PRICE TO BE PAID n rEREFOR, nm METHOD OF PA.Y?.fEm' AND '1HE
TOTAL OBLIGATIONS TO BE INCURRED .".
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F1rat Publi cation August 12, 1948
tinal publication September , 16, 1948.
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0 R D I N A N C E NO. 13 • S E R I E S ot 1948 ---------------
"a ORDIN.li.'1CE CALLING A SP l~CUL ELECTIOi\f TO BE HELD I N THE CI'l'Y OF ENGLE'iVOOD, COLORADO, ON 'l'HE
8th DAY OF -.c'I'OBER , 1948, AT .IH ICH THERE SHALL BE SUB: iI'rl'ED TO '!'HE TAXPAYERS OF SAID CITY
'1'1£ .. ~ QUESTION OF AU'IH ORIZING THE ERECTION OB A MUNICIPALLY OWNED WA'l'ERWORKS SYSTIU FOR SA.ID CITY,
AND AT \'lHICH ELECTION THERE SHALL BE SUBJ&I'fiED TO SUCH OF 'l'Jm QU.t.LD'IED PROPERI'Y ELF.CTORS OF
S.lID CITY AS SHAT.I. m THE YEAR NEXT PRECEEDING THE YEAR O'I ELECTION HA.VE PAID A PROPERl'Y TAX,
THE QUESTION OF ~ROVING ORDD!ANCE NO. 12 , FCE THr. AC~UISITION OF A MUNICIPALLY OWNED
\7.A.'l'Eff,YORKS SYST ~i FOR SAID CITY." • -·
·IHEREAS, on th e 9th day ot AU GUst, 1948, the City Council of the Cit y ot Englewood ,Oolo-
rado, introduced Or dinance No. 12, adopti ng a plan for aoquiring a municipalJ.i:owned waterwoka
system, describing the property to be ac quired, t he full purchase price to be paid therefor, the
method of payme nt, and the total ob lig ati ons to be incurred; and
:iHJ':REAS , s a id Ord inanc e will be finally adopted on the 13th d :1y ot September, 1948, and
will be dulJ pu b li shed; and
.,"HEHLi..S, no pu b lic utility may be acquired by the City until the Otinance adopti ng the
plan for such acqu isiti on has b e en approved by a majority or those persona voting who are quali-
fied prop e rt y electors of s ,i d City and who shall in the next year preceeding the year of eleo-
tion have paid a property t ax t here i n;
THEREFORJ.:, iC IT ORDAillliD BY 'IE E CITY cou~:c n. OF 'Il!Z CITY OF EN GIE WO OD' COLORAJJO , THAT:
SECTION I..
A special election is hereby called, to be held the 8th day of October, 1948, between
the hours of 7:00o'cloc k a.m. and 7:00 o'clock p.m. at the polling places in said City, to be
hereafter designated.
SECTION 2.
At s ~i d s pec ial elec tion there shall be submitte d to the taxpayers of said City the
question ot authorizing t he erection of a municipally owned waterworks system. suoh taxpayers s . ~
ahall vote by ballot in substantially the following form:
'1UES1' I OU SU311ITTED:
SPECIAL ELEJTION
ID!GI..Er.O OD, COLCHADO
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lllall .the City of Englewood be authorized to erect
a municipally owned waterworks system tor said City
and its inhabitants?
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EOB ER:-rcTION OF I.IUN ICIP.ALLY
OWNED WATER WORKS SYSTRI
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A.GAIBST ERECTI01'! OF MUNICIPALLY
O./NE D 1/AT ::.R\70Rl:S SYST:Fl:l
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SECTION 3.
( The elector will vote 6n the foregoing question by placing a
cross oppisite the above words which expreas his choice.)
At said special election there shall be submitted to such qualified property elector•
ot said City aa shall in the next year preceeding the year ot election have paid a property t.x
therein the question or whether or not said Ordinance No. 12 s~all be approved. such question
shall be voted on by electors possessing proper qualitications by ballot in substantially the
tollowing torm:
SECTION 4.
SPECIAL El..BCTION
ENGLE\'IOOD, COLORADO
,1948
QUESTION SUB!.:rrTED:
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Shall Englewood Ordinance No. 12 adopting
a plnn tor the acquisition of a 1111Dicipally
owne d waterworks system be approTed?
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FOR APPROVAL
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AGilNBl' APPROVAL :
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( Th e elector will vote on the foregoing question by
placing a cross oppisite the above words which express
b is choice.)
As said questions are to be submitted to a limited electorate, the City Council has
determind ae a matt er of eoonany that there shall be only on polling place in each ward in eaid
Cit1, such polling places to be hereatter chosen and to be aignated in the notice or said election.
SICTIOJf 5.
Notice or said special election shall be given by a publication in Englewood Enter-
prise, a newspap e r pu b lished and or general circulation in said City, at least 15 days betore
the date ot •a id election and 8 copy ot said notice shall be posted tor not leas than 13 days at.
the polling plac e s to be de siena ted. Such n otices shall be in substantially the following form:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
ENGLEW O<D , C OLCJU.00
OC'roBER 8, 1948.
PUB LIC NClrI CE IS HEREDY GIVEN That a special e~ction ha• been called and will be
held in t he City of Englewood, Colorado, on the 8th day or OCtober, 1948, between the houra ot
7:00 o'clock a. m. an d 7:00 o'clock p. m. , in the aeveral ward• and at the polling plaoea,
aa follows:
First \1ard
(Containing preceint•
Noa. l thru 4
Second Ward
(Containing precints
Noa. 5 thru 9 and 32
Now designated ae 5 thru
'l'hird Ward
Containing preceinta
10 &
Noa. 10 thru 14, now
deai gn ~ted as 11, 12, 14 thru 17
( Fourth Ward
containing propert y
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annexed to City under
Ordinance No. ~Series of 1948
Polling Place•
( To be deaignated )
Wilson & Wilain Realty Co.
28e8 South Broadway
City
3915
Hall
South Broadway
Englewood Trade School
3915 South Broadway
Church ot the J.atter Day
Sainte, 3085 south Penn.
At sai d ap e oial election there sh a ll be submitt ed to such yoters or said City who are
taxpayera under the law the question or whether or not the City or Englewood aball be authorized
to erect a municipally owned waterwork• system.
At said special election there shall be aubm1tted to such qualified property elector•
ot said City a.a ahall in the next year peeceeding the year ot election haTe paid a property tax
therein the question of a pproving Ordinance No. 12 ot aaid City.
Each elector shall vote upon the quea ',,ions submitted by ballot and shall indicate hi•
choic e by marking a cross (x) opposite the word1 which expre•• his choice.
All elec tors voting on either or both of said question• must be
elector poaaeasing t h e proper qualifications who has not registered, and
change d his ad dress since the last official re g istration, may register or
the office of the City Clerk at any tin e during business hours up to and
28th day ot September, 1948.
Said notice i• given by order of th~ C~ty Council thi• ---
registered, and any
any elector whoa has
change his addreas a~ th
including Tuesday, the
day or • 1948 •
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The judg es and clerks to conduct said ele ction sh a ll be duly appointed by the City Council,
and t he y s hA ll qualify and conduct s a i d e l ection in full conformity with law. Should any of eeid
judges or clerks be ab sent at t he openine of th e polls, their places shall be filled by the L
electors pre s ent at th qt time .
INTBOllJCED , r ead and ordere d published this 9th day of August, A. D. 1948.
(SE A L )
Chas. R. Allen ----------------11ayor
ATI'EST:
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FINALLY ADO P'I'.ED Al'l D &'?ROVEJ.) This 13th day of September, A. D. 1948 •
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ATTESr:
S~TE OF COLORADO
COUNT Y OF .ARAPAHOE
CITY OF EimLEWO OD
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I, E. E. And e rson, City Clerk and Recorder of
the City of Englewood, Count y of Arapahoe, State or Colorado, do hereby certity that
the above and foregoing Ordinance was introduced, and read in full, and on resolution waa
ordered published as a proposed ordinanoe for the meetiDB of .AU guat 9th, 1948, held
by t he Ci t y Council on said date and we.a published August 12, 1948, in the Englewood
Enterprise, and for more than ten days thereafter and at a subsequent meeting of the City
Council held September l3, 1948,. " ~'l ORDINANCE OAJ.J.,TNG A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD
IN 'mE Crl'Y OF ENGLE:IO OD, COLORADO, ON THE 8th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1948, AT WHICH '.mERE SHALL
BE SUBMI'rl'E O TO 'lHE TA.\P AYBR S OF S AID CITY 'llIE Q.UE:Jl'ION OF A.U'll-:ORIZDG 'lID.: ERECTION OF A
lJUN ICIPALLY ~ W.A.TERWORKS SYSTn.t FOR SAI D CITY, AND AT WP.ICH ELFDTION '!'HERE SHALL BE SUB•
I'l'I'ED TO SUCH OF THE QU ALIFI ED PROP EHTY ELECTORS OF SAID CITY AS SHALL IN 'n-:::E YEAR NEXT
PRECEE:ING '1.F.E YL AR OF ELEC Timr HAVE PAID A. PROPERTY TAX' THE QUESTI O:'r OF APPROVING ORDIIWJOE
NO. 12 , t<>R 1!IE ACCU ISITION OF A UUN I CIPALLY 01/NED Vl.A.TERWORJ<S SYSI'll1 FOR SAID CITY" •
rirst pu blication August, 12, 1948
Final Publicati on Sep t ember, 16, 1948 .
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