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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8909~~ °~`. ~. ... _ ,,, ~~.- ;~, -' ~ ;. r ORDINANCE N0. p ~ D AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 7 OF ORDINANCE NO. 7323, AS AMENDED, BY ADDING TO THE TERRITORY DEFINED THEREIN CER- TAIN OTHER TERRITORY WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH; DEFIN- ING THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID ADDITIONAL TERRITORY; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 7 of Ordinance No. 7323, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended by adding to the territory defined therein certain other territory within the City of Fort Worth, said additional territory being defined as follows: Being a tract or parcel of land out of the Alexander F. Albright Survey, Abstract #1849, situated about 1-1/2 miles southwest from the City of Saginaw, Tarrant County, Texas, and more particularly a part of that certain 240.5 Acre Tract in said survey as recorded in Volume 4022, page 487, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas and this part is described as follows: BEGINNING at a Texas Electric Service Company concrete marker for the southeast corner of this Tract, said con- crete marker is a corner of that certain parcel conveyed to Texas Electric Service Company for Right-of-way ash recorded in Volume 2037, page 277, Deed Records, Tarrant County, Texas and said corner is in the west line of Dr. E. J. Beall's 260 Acre Tract; THENCE North 89° 46' 47" West along the north line of said Texas Electric Service Company Right-of-way 3355.81 feet to an."X" cut in a Texas Electric Service Company concrete marker in the east line of the Old Decatur Road; THENCE North 28° 58' 30" West along the east line of said Road 2913.46 feet to an iron pin for corner in the south right-of-way line of Longhorn Drive; THENCE South 89° 47' 35" East along the south line of said Longhorn Drive 4778.41 feet to an iron pin for corner in the west line of said Dr. Beall's Tract; THENCE South 00° 15' 11" West along the west line of Dr. Beall's Tract 2544.45 feet to the point of beginning and containing 237.528 Acres of Land, of which 0.232 Acres is in Longhorn Drive, leaving 237.296 Net Acres. SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth defining the .~ '~ '" ~~ r• boundaries of the single member districts therein, and this ordinance shall not operate to repeal or affect any of such other ordinances except insofar as the provisions thereof might be incon- sistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, in any such ordi- nance or ordinances are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconstitutional by a valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordi- nance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 4. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Wade Adkins, City Attorney Date : ~ ~ 3 0 - ~ 3 ADOPTED : (~ -~' D ~ ~~ EFFECTIVE: -2- ~;~ CITY MANAtiEii 1 ~ ?~ ~~ ~~ 7~ ~1®~~~~'jJ ~®~~ IL1L~ (li(L~l.~{/~ (L®~ ACCOUNTINQ 2 ,fn\~~~+ ~ u~.U// f~11.,/ (/(/i `~~ ..// JRANSPO aA>N-a DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Ordinance Revising Boundary Of PAGE NUMBER Single-Member City Council District No 1 8j30/83 C- 7054 7 Resultin from Annexation > or--_.__ Background It is anticipated that propositions for amendments to the City Charter and for the creation of a Transportation Authority may be submitted to the voters on November 8, 1983 In order for the City of Fort Worth to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, information on the nature, scope and potential impact of any boundary changes on the electoral process must be submitted to the U.S Department of Justice for its review. This information must include changes in population, change in characteristics of the population and the accessibility of the election process to all citizens, particularly minority citizens. The last revisions to the City's Single-Member District Plan were on January 25, 1983, at which time the City Council amended City Ordinance No. 7323 by adopting City Ordinance No 8719 These revisions added newly annexed terri- tory to Single-Member District Nos 2 and 3 Area Annexed Since the adoption of Ordinance No 8719, there has been only one change to Fort Worth's corporate boundaries This change is a result of the annexation of 237.296 acres out of the Alexander F Albright Survey, Abstract No 1849 (City Ordinance No 8$46) This area should be added to Single-Member District No. 7, to which it is contiguous At this time, the newly annexed area is currently zoned "IP" Industrial Park and contains no population and no dwellings Impact This proposed revision should have no impact on the November 8, 1983, elections as this is undeveloped, uninhabited land Since Single-Member District No. 7 does not have a predominately minority population, no significant changes in minority access to or influence on the electoral process is anticipated Recommendations It is recommended that 1) The City Council approve the above recommended revision to City Council District No 7 to reflect the recent annexation, and, 2) The attached ordinance revising Section 7 of Ordinance No. 7323, as amended, be adopted in order to make the Single-Member Dis ~~~~~ ED BY ' Boundaries coincide with the City s current Corporate Bou ! Y CO U N C!L A:~ SUBMITTED FOR TH I ~ DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL, nA /r~ p QQ ESSED BY GER'5 f ~ ' `' n ~ / rtUu 3~D I~O~ ' P ~ ~ ~ ~ AP ROVED f (1FFICE BY ttt ,'6 /Z.-t~ . ORIGINATING Wade Adkins NT HEAD ~ OTHER (DESC d )~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~Ry : DEPARTME FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 7623 T Wade Adkins Ext T City Secretary of tt ~ e E . CON AC