A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GODDARD, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-570 AND K.S.A. 14-571 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas (the “Act”), provides that cities may exercise certain home rule powers, including passing charter ordinances which exempt such cities from non-uniform enactments of the Kansas Legislature; and
WHEREAS, the City of Goddard, Kansas (the “City”) is a city, as defined in the Act, duly created and organized, under the laws of the State of Kansas; and
WHEREAS, K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571 are part of an enactment of the Kansas Legislature (K.S.A. 14-570 et seq.) relating to public improvements and the issuance of bonds for such purposes, which enactment is applicable to the City, but is not uniformly applicable to all cities within the State of Kansas; and
WHEREAS, the-governing-body of the City (the “Governing Body”) desires, by charter ordinance, to exempt the City from the provisions of K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571, and to provide substitute and additional provisions therefor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF GODDARD, KANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Exemption. The City, by virtue of the powers vested in it by the Act, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-570 and K.S.A. 14-571, and shall be governed by the following substitute and additional provisions contained herein.
SECTION 2. Master Plan for Public lmprovements. Whenever a master capital improvements plan has been filed with the Governing Body (the “Plan”), for the physical development of the City, which may include, but not be limited to, public infrastructure and park and recreation improvements, the acquisition of land necessary therefor, and the acquisition of equipment, vehicles or other personal property to be used in relation thereto, and may include and provide for assumption and payment of benefit district indebtedness heretofore created for public improvements, and which Plan may require a number of years to execute, and-such Plan is approved by the Governing Body, the City is hereby authorized to issue its general obligation bonds (the “Bonds”) in an amount sufficient to carry out such Plan and associated costs.
SECTION 3. Procedure for Issuance of Bonds. Before any Bonds are authorized or issued pursuant to this Charter Ordinance, the City shall adopt a resolution specifying the amount of such Bonds and the purpose of the issuance thereof, which resolution shall be published one time in the official City newspaper. Such resolution may contain a provision that the issuance of the Bonds be subject to a provision that if within 30 days after the date of publication of the resolution, a petition in opposition to the issuance of the Bonds, signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the City is filed with the City Clerk, the City shall not have the authority to issue the Bonds until such question is submitted to the electors of the City at a special election called for that purpose or at the next general election and approved by a majority of the electors of the City voting at such election. If such resolution is subjected to the foregoing protest provision, and no such written protest is filed, the City may proceed to issue the Bonds. Any election required by this section shall be conducted in the manner set forth in K.S.A. 10-120 by the election officer of the county in which the City is located.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any provision or section of this Charter Ordinance is deemed or ruled unconstitutional or otherwise illegal or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Charter Ordinance. In such instance, this Charter Ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained herein.
(02-02-2015)