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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4389 ORDINANCE iVa. ���J FT. 1�Gl�T!!, TEX. AN ORMIANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTTi''IATES ON THE COST OF IMPROVE"I'M S AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF ETIGEC11FF--'RM_ PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS, AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT UDRTH, TEXAS, FIXING TI11r2 AND PLACE FOR HEARING TO THE O10ERS OF ABUTTING PRO- PERTY AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED, DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE ON SUCH DARING, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAM IN THE MINUTE BOOK OF TIE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILING THE 0011IPIETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPROPRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THIS CITY. 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 improved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon an 6-inch hot mix asphaltic concrete surface, together with combined concrete curbs and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with storm drains and sewers and other necessary incidentals andappurtenances, all of said improvements are 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 General Construction Company; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Iforth, Tems, 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 esti- mates have been examined, TIE,REFORE, 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: EDGECLIFF ROAD: from the west line of Westcreek Drive to the east line of Wellview Drive, known and designated as Unit No. 13 the estimated cost of the improvements is $18,195.50; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for curb and gutter is $-.1,70; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $5.05; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is AS. III. A hearing be given and held by and before the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, to all owning or claiming any property abetting upon said portions of streets, avenues and public places, as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Each hearing shall be given and held on the 18th day of November, 1960, at 9:00 o'clock, KY.: in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of For Vorth, 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 andprovisions of an act passed the First Called Session of the Fortieth legislature of the State of Texas, and known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session, now being shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes. Such notice shall be by advertisement inserted at least three times in a newspaper published 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 pro- visions of said Act. The City Secretary is further directed to give personal notice of the tine 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 notices shall be given by the City Secretary mailing said notices, 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 notice to any owner or other person claiming an interest in the property to be assessed when the address of such owner or other person is unknown to the City Secretary and cannot be determined by the City Secretary after reasonable investigationg In this connection, the City Secretary shall prepare and file with these proceedings a list of the pro- perties to be assessed, the names of those persons owning 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 shall further certify the date or dates on wh511) said notice was mailed. A copy of the notice shall be attached to said certificate. The certificate of the City Secretary shall shall be conclusive evidence of the facts therein recited. Failure of the City Secre- tary to give notice of heaving by mail as herein provided for, on failure of the owners or other persons interested to receive said notice, shall in no- wise invalidate said hearing or any assessments levied porsnant, 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 sane shall have been given by newspaper advertisement as first hereinabove provided. IV. The City, Secretary is heraby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of same in the minute book of this City and by filing the complete ordinance in The Appropriate Ordinance Records of this City. -2- V. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. APPROED AS TO FORM AND IEGAT ITY P ,j City `CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXASTHE f WAS SUBJECT ��'MATTER THVTHIS TY OF FORT WORTH r t,Z.. cc ! AND WAS [` APPROVED TEXAS G11� EXCommunication to Mayor and Council Citi S3cretazy November 4, 1960 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council Re: Assessment Paving of Edgeclif City of Fort Worth Road Project No. 94 B4 10 Group II (CIP 1 41) AP 60 20 Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen: On October 24, 1960, bids were received for the construction of Assessment Paving of Edgecliff Road, in accordance with Ordinance No. 4376. The specifications provided for alternate types of pavement which are: Residential: (a) 51" Reinforced Concrete Pavement (b) 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement (c) 1i" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course, 5" Reinforced Concrete Base (d) I-i" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course, 7" Cement Stabilized Gravel Base (e) 32" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Surface Course, 8" Crusher Run Crushed Limestone Base Course The specifications called for bids on two basis: Bid No. I was to be on the assessment basis with the contractor performing the assessment pro- cedure as well as the outlined construction. Bid No. 2 was to be on the cash basis with a fiscal agent performing the assessment work, preparing rolls and accepting assessment certificates. Four bids were submitted on the basis of the contractor handling the assess mEsr,t procedure (Bid No. 1), with the combination of alternates as follows: CONTRACTOR LOW BID TYPE General Const. Co. $26,053.84 Res: 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic concrete pavement Texas Bitulithic Co. 26,572.81 Res: 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Slade Cons-r. Co. 27,567.75 Res: 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement North Const. Co. 43,047.95 Res: 5}" Reinforced Con- crete Pavement M&C PWO- 536 November 4, 1960 Page 2 The following bid was received on the basis of the contractor using the services: of a Fiscal Agent, (Bid No. 2); this bid is based on lowest combi- nation of alternates as follows: CONTRACTOR LOW BID TYPE R. W. Gibbins $36,426.17 Res: 6" Hot-Mix Asphaltic Concrete Pavement The First of Texas Corporation of San Antonio, Texas, submitted the only bid for furnishing the Fiscal Agent's ervices, as follows: City's Share of Cost Fiscal Agent's Fee 40% or more 13,0,% of Contract 30% 16.25% of Contract 20% 19,50% of Contract It is estimated that the City's share of the cost will be approximately 10 per cent of the contract cost. After evaluation of the lowest bids by each contractor, and adding the Fiscal Agent's fee, the bidding was as follows: CONTRACTOR LOW BID FISCAL AGENT'S FEE AT TOTAL 19.5% of Bid No. 2 General Const. Co, $26,053.84 Does not apply $26,053.84 (Bid No. 1) Texas Bitulithic Co. 26,572.31 Does not apply 26,572.31 (Bid No. 1) Glade Const. Co. 27,567.75 Does not apply 27,567.75 (Bid No. 2) R. W.Bibbins 30,482. 15 $5,944.02 36,426. 17 Worth Const. Co. 43,047.95 Does not apply 43,047.95 On the basis of the lowest bid submitted in the amount of $26,053.84 by General Construction Company, the City's portion of the cost will be $2,550.34 plus engineering contingencies and the property owner's cost will be $23,503,50. It is recommended that the following action be taken: 1. Award the contract for the construction to the General Construction Co. 2. Adopt the report of the director of finance, stating that sufficien funds are available. 3. Adopt an Ordinance setting November 18, 1960 as the date of the benefit hearing. iResp�tf I submitted LPC:ih L. P. Cooing a