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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11159ORDINANCE NO AN ORDINANCE CLOSING BENEFIT HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING N. HOUSTON STREET FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO 15TH STREET, AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FIXING CHARGES AND LIENS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTY THEREON, AND AGAINST THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES, RESERVING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE RIGHT TO ALLOW CREDITS REDUCING THE AMOUNTS OF THE ASSESSMENT TO THE EXTENT OF ANY CREDIT GRANTED, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FILE THIS ORDINANCE IN THE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has declared the necessity for and ordered that each of the following portions of streets, avenues and public places be improved by raising, grading, filling and constructing thereon N HOUSTON STREET from Central Avenue to 15th Street, known and designated as Project No 67-040261, to be improved by constructing a six-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement with a seven-inch high attached concrete curb over a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade so that the finished roadway will be thirty feet wide on an eighty foot width Right-of-Way Six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveway approaches and four-inch thick concrete sidewalks will be constructed where shown on the plans WHEREAS, concrete curbs and gutters on proper grade and line, storm drains, and other appurtenances shall be constructed WHEREAS, all improvements will be constructed strictly according to approved Plans and Specifications WHEREAS, estimates of the cost of the improvements to the streets, avenues, and public places were prepared, filed, approved, and adopted by the City Council WHEREAS, the proper notice of the time, place, and gurpose of the hearing was given WHEREAS, the hearing was held on the 1st day of September, 1992 at 7 00 o'clock P M in the Council Chamber of the City of Fort Worth, and at the hearing the Council permitted all interested parties a full and fair opportunity to be heard. WHEREAS, the City Council, having fully considered all the matters presented during the hearing, is of the opinion that the hearing should be closed and the assessments should be made and levied as herein ordered NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT• I The benefit hearing is hereby closed II The City Council finds from the evidence (i) that the assessments should be made and levied against the respective parcels of property abutting the streets, avenues, and public places and against the owners of such property, (ii) that the assessments and charges are correct, (iii) that the assessment and charges are substantially in proportion to the benefits conferred to the respective parcels of abutting property by the improvements in the unit in which the assessments are levied, (iv) that considering the benefits received and the burdens imposed, the assessments establish substantial justice, equality, and uniformity between the owners of the respective parcels of abutting property, (v) that each parcel of abutting property assessed is specially benefitted in the enhanced value of the improvements in a sum of money in excess of the sum for which the assessment is levied and the charge made, (vi) that the apportionment of the cost of the improvements is in accord with city ordinances, and (vii) that the proceedings of the city for the improvements are valid III There shall be, and is hereby, levied and assessed against the parcels of abutting property described in Exhibit "A" attached and dated May, 1992, and against the owners thereof, whether named or incorrectly named, the sums of money itemized opposite the description of the respective parcels of abutting property -2- IV Where more than one person, firm or corporation owns an interest in any property described in Exhibit "A", each person, firm, or corporation shall be personally liable only for his or its assessment in the proportion that his or its interest bears to the total ownership interest of the property An interest in jointly owned property may be released from the assessment lien upon payment of the proportionate amount owed V The amounts described in Exhibit "A" and assessed against the parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, together with interest at eight percent a year, reasonable attorney's fees and costs of collection, are hereby declared (i) to be and are made a lien upon the parcels of abutting property against which they are assessed, (ii) to be and are made a personal liability and charge against the owners of the parcels of abutting property, whether such owners are correctly named; (iii) to be and constitute the first enforceable lien against the parcel of abutting property on which the assessments are levied, superior to all other liens and claims, except state, county, and school district taxes and city ad valorem taxes The assessments shall be payable on or before 30 days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the project, provided, however, an abutting property owner may elect to pay the assessment in five equal, consecutive annual installments The first installment shall be paid no later than thirty days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the project Each subsequent installment shall be paid annually on each annivesary date of the acceptance of the project In the alternative, an abutting property ownez may elect to pay the assessment in 49 equal, consecutive monthly installments, the first installment to be paid no later than thirty days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the project Any owner electing to pay the assessment in installments, must execute a promissory note and mechanic's and materialman's lien contract evidencing the owner's intent to pay the assessment in accord with the terms of one of the installment alternatives If the owner elects to pay the assessment in installments under either alternative, the assessment shall bear interest from the date of acceptance of the project at the rate of eight percent per year Should any installment not be paid on its due date, the City of Fort Worth shall have the option to accelerate the entire unpaid balance of the assessment and declare it immediately payable Any terms governing any default in the payment of any installment shall be set forth in the mechanic's and materialmen's lien contract and shall be uniform among all abutting property owners executing an installment contract In addition, the City Attorney shall have the authority to authorize terms of payment different than those specified herein when the Director of Transportation and Public Works has previously determined that an extreme financial hardship exists VI Any default in the payment of any assessment shall be enforced either (i) by the sale of the parcel of abutting property by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of the city in the same manner provided for the sale of property for the nonpayment of ad valorem taxes, (ii) at the option of the city or its assigns by suit in any court, or (iii) as provided in the mechanic's and materialman's contract created by this ordinance The city shall exercise all powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of the assessments -3- VII The total amount assessed against and the owners thereof is in accord with improvements and assessments thereof and allowed and permitted by the law the respective parcels of abutting property the proceeding of the city relating to the is less than the proportion of the cost VIII Although charges have been fixed, levied, and assessed as stated, the City Council hereby reserves the right to reduce the assessments by allowing appropriate credits to certain property owners Even though the City Council reserves the right to issue credits, it shall not be required to issue credits, and will not do so if the credits are inequitable or discriminatory The principal amount of each assessment certificate issued by the city shall be determined by deducting any credit from the amount of the assessment IX To evidence the several sums assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in their enforcement and collection, the city shall issue, upon completion and acceptance of the project, assignable certificates in the amount of the respective assessment less any credits allowed The certificates shall be executed in the name of the -city by the Mayor, attested by the City Secretary, and impressed with corporate seal of the city The certificate shall be payable to the City of Fort Worth or its assigns, and shall declare the amounts, time and terms of payment, rate of interest, and the date of the completion and acceptance of the improvements abutting the parcel of property for which the certificate is issued Moreover, the certificate shall contain the name of the owner or owners, if known, and the description of the property by lot and block number, front feet, or as may otherwise identify the property Property owned in the name of an estate may be assessed in that name No error or mistake in describing any property, or in giving the name of any owner shall invalidate or impair the certificate for the assessments levied The certificate shall provide that if it is not paid promptly upon maturity, it shall be collectable, with reasonable attorney's fees and costs of collection In addition, the certificate shall provide that the amount evidenced in it shall be paid to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of the City of Fort Worth, who shall issue a receipt as evidence of payment The Assessor and Collector of Taxes shall deposit the sums he receives with the City Treasurer to be kept and held in a separate fund After any payment on a certificate is made to the city, the Assessor and Collector of Taxes, upon presentation of the certificate, shall endorse the certificate to show the payment If a certificate is assigned, the holder shall be entitled to receive from the City Treasurer the amount paid by presentation of the certificate endorsed and credited, and the endorsement and credit shall be the Treasurer's Warrant for making the payment The payments by the City Treasurer shall be receipted for the holder of the certificate in writing and by surrender when the principal, together with accrued interest and all costs of collection and reasonable attorney's fees, have been paid The certificate shall further recite that the proceedings for making the improvement were held in compliance with the law, and that all prerequisites for fixing the assessment lien against the property described in certificate and against personal liability of the owners have been completed The recitals shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recited in the certificates, and no further proof shall be required in any court -4- The certificates may have coupons attached to evidence any installment or may have coupons for (i) each of the first four installments, leaving the main certificate to serve as the fifth installment coupon, (ii) or each of the first 48 installments leaving the main certificate to serve as the 49th installment coupon The coupons may be payable to the City of Fort Worth, or its assigns The certificates may be signed with the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary The certificates shall also recite that the city shall exercise all powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of the certificate Recitals need not be in any exact form, but in substantial compliance with this ordinance X The city has power to make and levy assessments and to correct mistakes, errors, invalidities or irregularities, either in the assessments or in the certificates XI All assessments levied are a personal liability and charge against the owners of the property described in Exhibit "A", even though the owners may not be named or may be incorrectly named Failure to make improvements in front of an abutting property that is exempt from assessment will not invalidate the lien or liability for assessments made against other abutting property XII The assessments levied are for the improvements in the particular unit upon which the respective parcels of property abut, and the assessments for the improvements in any unit are not affected by the assessments or improvements in any other unit In making assessments and in holding the benefit hearing, the amounts assessed for improvements in any one unit have not been connected with the improvements or assessments for improvements in any orher unit XIII The assessments are levied under the provisions of TEX REV CIV STAT ANN art 1105b (Vernon 1964), which statute has been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth XIV The City Secretary is directed to file this Ordinance in the appropriate Records of the City XV The ordinance shall take effect and be in full force after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained -5- PASSED AND APPROVED this day of 19~ APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY Date ---------------------------- Adopted - ~~-L- -~~ -------- Effective ----------------------- -6- N HOOSTON STREET (CENTRAL AVENUE TO 15TH STREET) PROJECT NO 67-040261 EXHIBIT A MAY 1992 N. HOUSTON STREET FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO 15TH STREET PROJECT N0. 67-040261 The Assessment Paving Policy provides that property zoned and used as one- or two-family residential property in a target area will not be assessed Under this policy the owners of the following improved property zoned and used as one- or two-family residences are not assessed. NORTH FORT WORTH Block 79, Lots 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 Block 80, Lots 12,13,14,15,16,17,18, Block 100, Lots 6,9,10,11, Block 101, Lots 1,2,3,5 -1- PROJECT N0. 67-040261,N.HOUSTON STREET, FROM W CENTRAL AVENUE TO NW 15TH STR);ET, to be improved by constructing a six-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement with a seven-inch high attached concrete curb on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade, so that the finished roadway will be thirty feet wide on an eighty foot width Right-Of-Way Six-inch thick reinforced concrete driveway approaches and four-inch thick concrete sidewalks will be constructed where shown on the plans OWNER ~ LEGAL DESCRIPTION BEGINNING AT CENTRAL AVENUE --------------------------- WEST SIDE 000001906682 SAM C ETUX MARY H PANTOJA PO BOX 4392 FT WORTH TX 76164 BLK 80 LOTS 21, 22 40$ TAD OF $87,640 = $35,056 ZONING FRONTAGE RATE ------------------------- PROPERTY #1 E 110.00'PAVEMENT 110.00'CURB 223.70'SF DR APPR 360 00'SF SDWK(R) 36.16 3.14 3.75 2 68 LESS CREDIT NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED:COMMERCIAL BUSINESS (1) ---------------------------- 000001906674 SAMMY C PANTOJA PO BOX 4392 FT WORTH TX 76164 BLK 80 LOT 20 20$ TAD OF $5,000 = $1,000 ENHANCEMENT ------------------------- PROPERTY #2 C 50 00'PAVEMENT 18 44 50.00'CURB 1.87 200 00'SF SDWK(R) 2.68 LESS CREDIT NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED RESIDENTIAL VACANT ---------------------------- 000001906666 SAMMY C PANTOJA PO BOX 4392 FT WORTH TX 76164 BLK 80 LOT 19 20$ TAD OF $5,000 = $1,000 NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED RESIDENTIAL VACANT ENHANCEMENT ------------------------- PROPERTY #3 AMOUNT 3977.60 345..40 838.88 964 80 6126.68 1015 33 5111.35 4400 00 ASSESSMENT 4400.00 922 00 93 50 536 00 1551 50 268 00 1283 50 2000 00 C 50 00' PAVEMENT 18 44 922 00 50 00' CURB 1 87 93 50 126 95' SF DR APPR 3 75 476 06 248 00' SF SDWK(R) 2 68 664 64 2156 20 LESS CREDIT 332 32 1823 88 ENHANCEMENT 2000 00 1000 00 1000 00 -2- OWNER & LEGAL DESCRIPTION ZONING 14TH STREET INTERSECTS 000001910205 LUPE S MERCADO 1404 CLINTON AVE C FT WORTH TX 76106 BLK 100 LOT 8 20~ TAD OF $5,000 = $1,000 NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED:RESIDENTIAL VACANT BEGINNING AT 15TH STREET ---------------------------- EAST SIDE 000001910353 NORMAN TROY HOOVER 1412 DONNA LANE FT WORTH TX 76109 BLR 101 LOT 4 20~ TAD OF $5,000 = $1,000 NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED:RESIDENTIAL VACANT (2) 14TH STREET INTERSECTS 000001906348 HARRIS P HOOVER 406 W CENTRAL AVE FT WORTH TX ?6106 BLK 79 LOT 11 40$ TAD OF $27,557 = $11,022 NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT -------- ---- ------ ------------------------- PROPERTY #4 50 00'PAVEMENT 18 44 922 00 50.00'CURB 1.87 93.50 1015.50 ENHANCEMENT 2000 00 ------------------------- PROPERTY #5 C 50 00' PAVEMENT 18.44 922.00 34.00' CURB 1.87 63.58 150.00' SF SDWK(R) 2.68 402.00 1387.58 LESS CREDIT 201.00 1186 58 ENHANCEMENT 2000 00 -------- PROPERTY #6 ------- E 75.00' PAVEMENT 36.16 2712 00 75 00' CURB 3 14 235 50 300 00' SF SDWK(R) 2 68 804 00 3751 50 LESS CREDIT 402 00 3349 50 ENHANCEMENT 3000 00 ASSESSMENT 1000 00 1000 00 3000 00 -3- !3 OWNER & LEGAL DESCRIPTION ZONING ------------------------- ------ ---------------------------- 000005610508 JIM & BILL LANE 204 W CENTRAL AVE E FT WORTH TX 76106 BLR 79 LOT 1R 40$ TAD OF $66,961 = $26,784 NORTH FORT WORTH ADJUSTED:COMMERCIAL BUSINESS {3) FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT -------- ---- ------ ---------- ------------------------- PROPERTY #7 100.00'PAVEMENT 36 16 3616.00 100 00'CURB 3.14 314 00 169 95'5F DR APPR 3 75 637 31 4567 31 LESS CREDIT 570 79 3996.52 ENHANCEMENT 4000 00 3996.52 -4- N HOUSTON STREET FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO 15TH STREET PROJECT NO 67-040261 COST DISTRIBUTION A COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS $ 15,396 00 B. COST TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH $187,004 00 Street Improvements $168,604 00 Engr Insp /Admin S 18,400 00 (10~ of Estimate $184,000 00) C. TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST $202,400 00 CITY POLICY The Assessment Paving Policy establishes four methods of determining assessments and allows for the residential rate to be applied to vacant lots as appropriate Under this policy assessments cannot exceed (a) The computed rate (b) The enhancement to the property (c) For residential property, twenty percent (20$) of the property values as determined by the Tarrant Appraisal District (d) For commercial property located within a target area, forty percent (40$) of the property values as determined by the Tarrant Appraisal District All replacement of sidewalks is at 50$ cost to the property owner and 50~ cost to the City NOTES (1) TA265 - Traffic Approval dated November 24, 1970 45% credit given for replacement of curb and driveway approach (2) Curb inlet credit (3) TA125 - Tr.af.fi.c Approval dated March 1, 1984 60~ cr.edit given for replacement of curb anb driveway approach -5- MASTER FILE•I ACCOUN71N4 2 iRA1VSYOR7~AT10N~PU8LIC .WORK$~~ Cry of Fort ~ortl~, Texa.S N~IER AOMINISIRA'TrON 4 ~~ ~ Mayor and C;ou~-cil Cannmunicati~~n DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 09/01/92 BH-0105 20BHHOUS 1 of 1 SUBJECT BENEFIT HEARING FOR THE ASSESSMENT PAVING OF N. HOUSTON STREET FROM CENTRAL AVENUE TO 15TH STREET PROJECT N0. 67-040261 RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance that: 1 Closes the benefit hearing, and 2 Levies the assessments as proposed, and 3 Acknowledges that in each case the abutting property is specially benefitted in enhanced value in excess of the amount assessed for the improvement of N. Houston Street from Central Avenue to 15th Street. DISCUSSION: The 1986 Capital Improvement Program included funds for the improvement of N. Houston Street from Central Avenue to 15th Street. The street is located in the Near North Target Area and has never been constructed to City standards. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds will provide a portion of the construction cost One- and two-family residences are not assessed. N. Houston Street will be constructed as a standard pavement section includin g driveways and sidewalks On July 28, 1992 (M&C G-9752), the City Council established September 1, 1992, as the date of the benefit hearing. Notice was given in accord with Article 1105b, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes. An independent appraiser has provided a report that documents the enhancement to property values which results from the improvements Based on standard City policy, the City Engineer's estimate, and the advice of the independent appraiser, the division of estimated construction cost is• Property owners' share of cost $ 15,396.00 ( 8%) City's share of cost $187,004.00 ( 92%) Total cost $202,400.00 (100%) There are no unusual situations on this project that require special City Council consideration The project is in DISTRICT 2. Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by to APPROVED Mike Groomer 6140 CITY COU Originatin De artment Head NCIL g p ~~ ~ Gary Santerre 7804 from ~ ~~2 ~ opted rdmance 0 ~~ . Q F Additi l I f ti 1~J ~~`~~ or ona n orma on Cit S b Contact y ecrs ~ry of the City of Fort Worth, Tezas Gary Santerre 7804 ~~ Printed on recycled paper