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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10450.v y f ~ ~t a ORDINANCE NO. ~~~`~' AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING AND PROVIDING FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF EFFIE STREET, FROM ELGIN STREET TO WILLIE STREET, AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH; APPROVING PROJECT PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS; ORDERING AND APPROVING ESTIMATE OF COSTS; LETTING CONTRACT 'I'0 JAMES W. JACKSON INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $ 52,116.15., FOR THE MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE INDEBTEDNESS THEREBY INCURRED; MAKING PROVISIONS FQR THE LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING PROPERTIES AND THE OWNERS THEREOF FOR A PART OF THE COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY 'Ib FILE A NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; DECLARING THAT THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS RELATING 'ISO SAID STREET IMPROVEMENTS ARE AND SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 1105b OF VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY 'I'0 ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE BOOKS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THIS CITY; AND P1~VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Director of Transportation and Public works for the City of Fort Worth, Texas (hereinafter referred to as the "Director"), has proposed the improvement of EFFIE STREET, FROM ELGIN STREET TO WILLIE STREET , which is hereby designated Project No. 67-040189-00, (said improvements being hereinafter referred to as the "Project"); WHEREAS, the Project shall entail the improvement of the street, avenue, alley, highway, boulevard, drive, public place, square or any portions thereof (hereinafter referred to singly and collectively as the "highway"), and shall be accomplished by filling, grading, raising, paving, repaving, repairing, constructing, reconstructing, realigning, widening, narrowing or straightening said highway, or the curbs, gutter or sidewalks and any appurtenances or incidentals thereto, including drains or culverts; WHEREAS, the City Engineer of the City of Fort Worth has prepared an estimate of the costs of the Project; V~REAS, the City of Fort Worth has advertised and received bids, in accordance with TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN., Articles 1105b and 2368a, and other applicable laws, such that a contract may be awarded for the construction of the Project; NOW, THEREFORE: J T L BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: I. There exist a public necessity for the Project, and it is hereby ordered that Plans and Specifications be prepared for the improvement of the Project and that the Project be carried out and constructed according to the Plans and Specifications, and any changes or amendments thereto. II. The estimated cost of the Project based on the estimate of the City Engineer is $ 54,721.96. The estimated cost of the Project shall be paid partly by the City of Fort Worth and partly by assessments to the property abutting the Project and the owners thereof. The assessments to the property abutting the Project and the owners thereof shall be levied in accordance with the requirements of TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN., Article 1105b (hereinafter referred to as "Article 1105b"), and the City Charter of Fort Worth, Texas, and shall not be more than all the costs of constructing, reconstructing, repairing, and realigning curbs, gutters and sidewalks and nine-tenths (9/lOths) of the cost of the remaining improvements comprising the Project. In any event, said assessments shall not exceed the special benefits to the abutting property and its owners, as enhanced by the Project. The City of Fort Worth shall pay the balance of the cost of the Project not assessed against the property abutting the Project and the owners thereof. The amounts assessed against the abutting properties and the owners thereof shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such properties and a personal liability of the owners thereof and shall be payable upon the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the Project after its completion. Said assessments shall be due and payable on or before 30 days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the Project, except that, if the abutting owner so elects, by complying with the terms hereinafter set forth, said assessments may be paid in installments. Said assessments may be paid in five (5) equal, consecutive annual installments, the first installment to be due and payable no later than thirty (30) days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the Project, and each subsequent installment to be due and payable on an annual basis on each consecutive anniversary date of the acceptance of the Project; in the alternative, said assessments may be paid in forty-nine (49) equal consecutive monthly installments, the first installment to be due and payable no later than thirty (30) days after the acceptance by the City of Fort Worth of the Project. Any owner electing to pay the assessment in installments, as provided for herein, as a condition precedent to such election, must execute a promissory note and mechanic's and materialmen's lien contract evidencing the owner's intent to pay the assessment in accordance with the terms of one of the alternatives hereinabove set forth. In any case in which the owner elects to pay the assessment in installments under either of the alternatives specified, the assessment shall bear interest from the date of acceptance of the Project at the rate of eight percent (8~) per annum. 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 the same to be immediately due and payable; this and other terms governing any default in the payment of any installment shall be set forth in the mechanic's and materialman's lien contract and shall be uniform among all owners executing the contract. ~~ Y' _ , .+ w u In addition, the City Attorney shall have the authority to authorize terms of payment different than those specified herein when the Director has previously determined that an extreme financial hardship exists. III. Bids having been requested by appropriate advertisement, as required by Articles 1105b and 2368a and the lowest bid of JAMES W. JACKSON, INC., having been found to be the lowest and best bid for the making and construction of said Project, the contract therefore is hereby awarded to JAMES W. JACKSON, INC., at and for the amount of $ 52,116.15. To provide for the payment of said contract and the indebtedness incurred thereby, there is hereby appropriated out of available funds and current revenues of the City, an amount sufficient to pay the indebtedness so incurred. Notice shall be given and a hearing shall be held prior to making or levying any assessment against any property abutting the Project or its owners, as required by Article 1105b, Section 9. The notice of the hearing required under said statute shall be published in a newspaper of the City of Fort Worth at least three (3) times, the first publication to be made at least twenty-one (21) days before the hearing date. Written notice shall be personally given to all persons or entities claiming or owning an interest in the property abutting the Project and shall be mailed at least fourteen (14) days before the hearing in the manner specified by Article 1105b, Section 9. Said hearing shall be held before the City Council of Fort Worth, Texas, on the 19th day of December, 1989, at 10:00 A.M. IV. The improvements provided for herein shall be made and constructed, notice given, hearing held and assessments made and levied and all proceedings taken and had in accordance with and under the terms of Article 1105b and the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. V. The City Secretary is directed to prepare, sign and file with the County Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, a notice of the authorization and approval of the Project and the pendency of the assessment proceedings authorized hereunder. VI. The City Secretary is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of same in the P4inute Books of the City Council and by filing the complete ordinance in the appropriate ordinance records of this city. -, r~ VII . This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. PAS AND APPROVED THIS (~ DAY OF - 19. A.PPI20VED AS 'I'0 FORM AND LEGALITY City Attorney Date ii ~ d f µ Y' EFFIE STREET ELGIN TO WILLIE PROJECT N0, 67-040189-00 NCR 1989 (c / illy, PROJECT N0. 67-040189-00, F.FFIE STREET, FROM ELGIN STREET TO NILLIE STREET, to be improved b constructing a six-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement ~+ith seven-inch high attache concrete curb on a six-inc:h thick lime stabilised subgrade, so that the finished road~ay Wil be tWeaty-six feet wide c-n a forty foot Right-of-Way. Six-inch thick concrete driveaa approaches Will be constructed Where ahoWa on the plans. ONNER b LEGAL DESCRIPTION ZONING BEGINNING AT ELGIN STREET BAST SIDE 000000126500 EVA R N~iLEY 5630 NAINNRIGHT DR B FT WORTH TX 76112 LOT C FRONTAGE RATE FRED BASSETT SQB 109.50'PAVEMENT 34.49 109.50'CURB 3.26 II!lOUNT 3776.66 356.97 4133.63 AssESSMENT 4133.63 VACANT LOT 000002950383 MARY L RING 4920 DUNBAR ST FT NORTH TX 76105 BLK 11 LOT 10 STALCOP'S 1ST ADDITION E 140.00'PAVEMENT 34.49 140 00'CORB 3.26 106.70'SF DR APPR 3.21 4828.60 456.40 342.51 5627.51 5627..51 RESIDENCE NEST SIDE j 000002950227 MARY L. PARKER MRS FRANK SMITH b 3716 AVE L P"T NORTH TX 76105 BLR 10 LOT 1 STALCITP'S 1ST ADDITION E 140.00'PAVEMENT 140.00'CQRB 34.49 3.26 4828.60 456.40 5285.00 5285.00 RESIDENCE - 1- ONNER & LEGAL DESCRIPTION ZONING ,f------------------------- ------ ~iIEST SIDE 000000126489 FT WORTH PEOPLES MISSIONARY BAPTIST CElURC3i 4901 ELGIN B FT NORTH TX 76112 LOT A FRONTAGE RATE FRED BASSETT SUB ------------------------- 239.50'PAVEMENT 239.50'CURB 34.49 3.26 AMOUNT ASSESSMENT 8260.36 780.77 9041.13 CHTJRCH 9041.13 -2- EPFIE STREET, FROM 8LGI11 TO WILLIE The Assessment Paving Policy as revised July 28, 1987 (M&C G-7160), provides that the property zoned and used as one or two family residential property in target areas will not be assessed for street reconstruction. Onder this policy, the owners of the following improved property zoned and used as one and two family residences will not be assessed. FRED BASSETT SIIBDIVISION Lot B STALCQP'S FIRST ADDITION Block 8, Lot 10 Block 9, Lot 1 -3- v R F. r +~ BFFIE STREET COST DISTRIBQTION A PROPERTY OWNER....... ........ ......... ..... $ 24,087.27 B. FORT WORTH CITY. ... .. .... ... .. .. $ 30,634.69 STREET IMPROVEMENTS .. .......$ 28,028.88 ENGR INSP/ADMIN ...................$ 2,605.81 (5$ OF BID $ 52,116.15) C TOTAL ESTIMATED PROJECT COST .. .. ... .. ..$ 54,721 96 -4- ~_ PEAS rER gut. i F .: pity of 1Fort worth, ~l'~.~c~~ Accounrl~o• z Y'~1ANSPDitTAT1ON~PUBUC .W OR . ~/~ /J MATFiR AOMINISIRAT16t~ • ~I (f,/J/ /~Wl or an.tl Coa,~~s.cal ~om.~ra,un,a~ation, DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE PAGE NUMBER ASSESSMENT PAVING OF EFFIE STREET, 3 1 of 11-21-89 C-12004 WILLIE STREET TO ELGIN STREET TO JAMS W. JA RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council: 1. Approve the following fund transfers. FROM TO AMOUNT REASON 94-009905-00 67-040189-00 $ 24,087.27 To move property Special Assessments Effie Street owners' share of Unspecified cost from Revolving Fund to Project Account. 67-040901-00 67-040189-00 $ 12,394.03 To provide funds Inner City Streets Effie Street for the City's share Unspecified of construction cost. 76-206080-35 76-206080-56 $ 15,634.85 To provide funds Eleventh Year Effie Street for street improve- CDBG Inner City ments. Streets 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with James W. Jackson, Inc., in the amount of $52,116.15 based on its low bid for the construction of Effie Street, Willie Street to Elgin Street, 3. Declare the necessity for and order the improvements to Effie Street, 4. Authorize the assessment of a portion of the cost of the improvements against the owners of the abutting property, 5. Approve the estimate of costs and amounts to be assessed as stated in the Engineer's Estimate; 6. Establish December 19, 1989, as the date of the benefit hearing, 7. Authorize the preparation of assessment rolls and notification of property owners in accordance with the provisions of Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, and 8. Adopt an ordinance reflecting the City Council's authorization and approval of Items 2 through 7 above, and other applicable requirements of Article 1105b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. «, , DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE PAGE NUMBER ASSESSMENT PAVING OF EFFIE STREET,.. Z 3 11-21-89 C-12004 WILLIE STREET TO ELGIN STREET TO ------ °' --- DISCUSSION: 1 The 1986-88 Capital Improvement Program approved in March, 1986, included funds for the improvement of Effie Street, Willie Street to Elgin Street. Effie Street is in the Stop-Six target area, and CDBG funds .will provide 30% of the construction cost. This project is located in Council District No. 5. PROJECT DESCRIPTION• STREET LIMITS WIDTH/FEET ROW WIDTH/FEET Effie Street Willie Street 26 40 to Elgin Street IMPROVEMENTS. Effie Street, from Elgin Street to Willie Street, is proposed to be improved by constructing a six-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement with seven-inch high attached concrete curb on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade, so that the finished roadway will be twenty-six feet wide on a forty foot right-of-way. Six-inch thick concrete driveway approaches will be constructed where shown on the plans. RECEIPT OF BIDS Bids for the project were received on September 21, 1989, after being advertised on August 31~ and September 7, 1989, with 30 working days allotted to complete the project. BIDDER AMOUNT James W. Jackson, Inc. $ 52,116.15 Harrod Paving Co. $ 59,015.65 Walt Williams Const., Inc. $ 65,358.75 Austin Paving Co. $ 67,933.95 Centerline Constructors, Inc. $ 71,027.20 J.L. Bertram Const. & Engr., Inc. $ 72,490.49 The low bidder is in compliance with the City's OBE Policy. ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE OF COST• Based on standard City policy and the low bid prices, the following assessment rates have been established for Effie Street. :~_ . !+ 1 ,1+ rt4 1 r '+S ~"•.fi. ti t} 6 inch thick reinforced concrete pavement $34.49/L.F. 7 inch high attached concrete curb $ 3.26/L.F. 6 inch thick concrete driveway approaches $ 3.21/S.F. ... -a DATE REFERENCE NUMBER SUBJECT AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE PAGE ASSESSMENT PAVING OF EFFIE STREET, 3 3 11-21-89 C-12004 WILLIE STREET TO ELGIN STREET TO °`-- JAMES W. JACKSON, INC. The total cost for street improvements to Effie Street is distributed as follows Property owner's share of the cost $ 24,087.27 (44%) City's share of the cost $ 30,634.69 (56%) Total Estimated Cost $ 54,721.96 FINANCING Sufficient funds are available as follows for transfers FUND PROJECT PROJECT NAME AMOUNT 94 009905-00 Special Assessments $ 24,087.27 Unspecified 67 040901-00 Inner City Streets $ 12,394.03 Unspecified 76 206080-35 11th Year CDBG $ 15,634.85 Inner City Streets Total $ 52,116.15 Upon approval and completion of Recommendation No. 1, sufficient funds will be available as follows FUND PROJECT PROJECT NAME AMOUNT 67 040189-00 Effie Street $ 36,481.30 76 206080-56 Effie Street $ 15,634.85 Total $ 52,116.15 Expenditures will be made from Index Codes 630335 and 658815 respectively. Suff icient funds are available in Street Improvements Fund 67, Project No. 095106-00, Engineering Salaries, to finance engineering inspection and administrative costs. APPROV~,~ 8Y DAI j Ci~~ i~ViJ~ti~~. N4V 2Y 1989 SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY W i l l i a m. Woo d DISPOSITION 8Y COUNCIL. ^ APPROVED PROCESSED BY ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE;i I• DEPARTMENT HEAD• G a r S a n t e r re ETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GYtY 5eese CONTACT qty o4 }•'p~ IO~~