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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 5821 ORDINANCE NO. -2, AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF.THE COST OF IMPROVE- MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF SYLVAATIA AFT AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING 'TO THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE OF SUCH HEARING; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILLING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE .ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THE CITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas,has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinafter described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,be im- - proved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon the following, to-wit: 1. SXLVA.1�7IA AVs,EME From N. E. 28th Street to N. E. 36th Street, known and designated as Unit 1, Project 15o. 10L-22000-138, a 7 inch reinforced concrete on a. 6 inch lime stablized subgrzde on a 48 foot roadway, together with combined concrete curbs and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with storm sewers and drains and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances; all of said improvements to be constructed as and where shown on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor; and contract therefor has been made and entered into with TEFAS BITULITHIC GONiP9]7 ; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has caused the Public Works Director to prepare and file estimates of the cost of such improvements and estimates of the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof, and such estimates have been ex- amined. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. Such estimates be, and they are hereby adopted and approved. II. It is hereby found and determined that the cost of improvements on each portion of street,avenue and public place hereinafter described, with the amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such improvements against abutting property and the owners thereof, are as follows, to-wit: SYI,VANIA AITEIME From N. E. 29th Strut to N. E. 36th Street, known and designated as Unit 1, Project iL\o: 1011--22000-138. The estimated cost of improvements is $ 1.82,5,'�3-7' the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for combined concrete curb and gutter is $-195— ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $_9 49 the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 10 43 The estimated cost of improvements is $____; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for combined concrete curb and gutter is $ _; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $ the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is III. A hearing be given and held by and before'the City Council of the City of Fort Worth,Texas,to all own- ing or claiming any property abutting upon said portions of streets,avenues and public places,as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such hearing shall be given and held on the 6thday of 'September 19--kZat 9:30 A. -in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth,Texas, and the City.Secretary is hereby directed to give notice of the time and place of such hearing and of other matters and facts in accordance with the terms and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Ses- sion, now benig shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.Such notice shall be by advertisement at least three times in a newspaperpublished in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,the first publication to be made at least ten days before the date of said.hearing.Said notice shall comply with and be in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Act. The City Secretary is further directed to give personal notice of the time and place of such hearing to all owning or claiming any property abutting on said portions of streets,avenues and public places,as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such personal notice shall be given by the City Secretary mailing said notice postage prepaid, to the respective owners of record of the properties to be assessed, and to any person owning or claiming any interest in said properties, to the last known address of said owner or persons. It shall not be necessary for the City Secretary to mail said notices to any owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed when the addess of such owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to.be assessed is unknown to the City Secretary and cannot. be determined by the City Secretary after reasonable investigation. In this connection the City Secretary shall prepare and file with these proceedings a list of the properties to be assessed, the names of those persons own- ing or claiming any, interest in said properties to whom the notice was mailed, together with the last known address of the respective owners and those persons owning or claiming any interest in said property. The.City Secretary shall certify that each of the parties named in said list whose address was known to him, was mailed a copy of the notice of hearing and shallfurther certify the date or dates on which said notice was mailed. A copy of the notice shall be attached to such certificate. The certificate of the City Secretary will be conclusive evidence of the facts therein recited. Failure of the City Secretary to give notice of hearing by mail as herein provided for, or failure of the owners or other persons interested to receive said notice,shall in nowise invalidate said hearing or any assessments levied pursuant to said hearing, but notice of hearing shall be sufficient, valid and binding upon all owning or claiming such abutting property or any interest therein when same shall have been given by newspaper advertisement as first hereinabove provided. IV. The City Secretary is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of same in the Minute Book of the City Council and by filing the complete ordinance in the appropriate Ordinance Records of this City. V. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force nd effect from and after the date of its passage. Passed and approved this-- -_-_day of PP APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney City of Fort W ,a,. orth, Texas Mayor oN and Council Hd lV0tl�L2Il�UQ� CoiLLiY. tion "NE s/ lAORP140 DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Sylvania PAGE OW kW NUMBER Avenue Improvements (CIP A-43) 8/7/67 C-1025 i of Council action on the project described below is requested: Project Description Nature of work: Widening and paving with reinforced concrete of Sylvania Avenue, a narrow county-type road, for a distance of approximately one mile to serve existing and developing heavy industry north of 28th Street in accordance with the 1967 Capital Improvement Program (CIP A-43). The improvements will connect with new paving on 33rd Street and Long Avenue Extension. Unit Street Limits Road ay Width R.O.W. 1 Sylvania Avenue N.E. 28th to N.E. 36th 48 feet 68 feet Submission of Bids Date bids received: March 28, 1967 Bidder Amount of Bid Working Days Texas Bitulithic Co. $165,939.75 100 Austin Road Co. & Worth Const. Co. 181,892.37 100 T. L. Bertram Const. & Eng. Co. 181,938.65 100 Project Cost & Financing Based on the low bid, approximately $93,986.23 will be paid by abutting property owners. The cost to the City-at-large will be approximately $88,547.50, including engineering and miscellaneous expenses. Recommendations It is recommended: 1) That the following Bond Fund Transfer be approved: Amount From To Purpose $93,986.23 Revolving Fund Sylvania Avenue Property owners` 042-09724-901 042-10422-138 portion of construc- tion cost. 2) That an ordinance be adopted: a) Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements; b) Making provisions for levying of assessments; c) Ordering the Public Works Department to prepare estimates of cost and amounts proposed to be assess Pr .AL d) Awarding the contract to Texas Bitulithic Co. on its low bid of $165,939.75; and, ' S6UftlTARY DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Sylvania PAGE NUMBER Avenue improvements (CIP A-43) 2 2 8/7/67 C-1025 cr e) Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements to the project named above, 3) That an ordinance be adopted: a) Approving the estimates of cost and amounts proposed to be assessed; and, b) Setting September 6, 1967, as the date of the Benefit Hearing. HDM:ms The following summaries are attached: "A" - Resume of the project and summary of the Neighborhood Hearing "B" - Distribution of cost and results of Post Card Survey Li � CORD Lf CRY SUBMITTED BY: DISPOS TIO BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED.BY APPROVED ® .❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE) 1SECRETARY /CITY MANAGER D� - 1110