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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8719;~' T ORDINANCE NO . ~~~ 9 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 AND SECTION 3 OF ORDINANCE NO. 7323, AS AMENDED, BY DEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF ADDI- TIONAL AREAS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS THEREIN CONTAINED; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULA- TIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PRO= VISIONS IN COD7FLICT 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 2 of Ordinance No. 7323, as amended, be and the same is hereby further amended, and, after being so amended, the said Section 2 shall contain the following additional language at the end thereof, as follows: "Included within the corporate boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, within said above-described District No. 2, shall be an additional area, encompassed by said District, and described as follows: Being 32.11 acres of land out of a tract described below as 45.25 acres of land out of J. C. Bradford Survey, Tarrant County, Texas. Being 45.25 acres of land out of the J. C. Bradford Sur- vey, Tarrant County, Texas and described by metes and bounds as follows: "BEGINNING at an iron pin 1087.3 feet north 89 degrees 56 minutes east and 25.0 feet north from the southwest corner of the said Bradford Survey, said point also being in the west line of a private road and the north line of Watauga Road; "THENCE north 0 degrees 49 minutes east, along the west line of said private road, 703.7 feet to an iron pin for corner ; "THENCE north 5 degrees 19 minutes west, continuing along the west line of said private road, 540.4 feet to an iron pin for corner; "THENCE north 89 degrees 15 minutes east, along fence line, 1612.0 feet to an iron pin for corner; "THENCE south 0 degrees 08 minutes east, along fence line 1261.1 feet to an iron pin for corner in the north line of Watauga Road; "THENCE south 89 degrees 56 minutes west, along the north line of Watauga Road, 1573.0 feet to the point of BEGIN- NING and containing 45.25 acres of land." ~ ~ ^°L . SECTION 2. That Section 3 of Ordinance No. 7323, as amended, be and the same is further amended, and, after being so amended, the said Section 3 shall contain the following additional language at the end thereof, as follows: "Included within the corporate boundary limits of the City of Fort Worth, within said above-described District No. 3, shall be an additional area, encompassed by said District, and described as follows: "Being a 32.49 acre tract of land situated in the Rueben Burnett, Abstract No. 1922, and the Jerry Burnett Survey, Abstract Number 1923, Tarrant County, Texas, said 32.49 acre tract being a portion of that certain tract of land as described by deed to Crawford O. Edwards, deceased, and being more particularly described by metes and bounds as follows: "BEGINNING at the southeast corner of Lot 1, Block 19, Overton South Addition, an addition to the City of Fort Worth, as recorded in Plat Volume 388/143, Page 20, Tarrant County Deed Records, said point being in the westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street, a 120.0 foot wide public right-of-way, as described by plat in Plat Volume 388/62., Page 22, said. Deed Records, and also being the beginning of a non-tangent curve to the right whose radius is 2462.52 feet and whose long chord bears South 16 degrees 23 minutes 24 seconds West 867.36 feet; "THENCE along said non-tangent curve to the right and along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street, in a southwesterly direction through a central angle of 20 degrees 17 minutes 13 seconds, an arc length of 871.91 feet to the end of said curve; "THENCE South 26 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds West, con- tinuing along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street, 571.29 feet to the beginning of a curve to the right whose radius is 1000.04 feet and whose long chord bears South 29 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds West, 89.27 feet; "THENCE along said curve to the right and continuing along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen in a southwester- ly direction through a central angle of 05 degrees 06 minutes 59 seconds, an arc length of 89.30 feet to the end of said curve and the beginning of a reverse curve to the left whose radius is 1000.04 feet and whose long chord bears South 29 degrees 05 minutes 30 seconds West, 89.27 feet; "THENCE along said reverse curve to the left and continu- ing along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street, in a southwesterly direction through a central angle of 05 degrees 06 minutes 59 seconds, an arc length of 89.30 feet to the end of said curve; "THENCE South 26 degrees 32 minutes 00 seconds East, con- tinuing along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen -2- ..-~ ~. Street, 38.81 feet to the beginning of a curve to the left whose radius is 1264.80 feet anal whose long chord bears South 13 degrees 38 minutes 57 seconds West, 568.64 feet; THENCE along said curve to the left and continuing along said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street, in a southwesterly direction through a central angle of 25 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds, an arc length of 573.54 feet to the end of said curve, the intersection of said westerly right-of-way line of Hulen Street with the north right-of-way line of Oakmont Parkway, a 120.0 foot wide public right-of-way, as described by deeds in Volume 0858, Page 1021 and Volume F.i768, Page 1406, Tarrant County Deed Records; THENCE D7orth 89 degrees 58 minutes 00 seconds West, along the north right-of-way line of said Oakmont Parkway, 550.00 feet; "THENCE North 00 degrees 02 minutes 00 seconds East, leav- ing the north right-of-way line of said Oakmont Parkway, 552.66 feet; "THENCE North 23 degrees 51 minutes 06 seconds East, 1698.97 feet; "THENCE South 88 degrees 04 minutes 00 seconds East, at 31.29 feet pass a 5/8 inch iron pin found for the south- west corner of the aforementioned Lot 1, Block 19, Overton South Addition, and continuing on with same bearing in all a total distance of 601.29 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING and containing 32.49 acres of land, more or less." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative of all other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth defining the boundaries of the single member districts therein, and this ordi- nance shall not operate to repeal or affect any of such other ordi- nances except insofar as the provisions thereof might be inconsis- tent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, in which event such conflicting provisions, if any, in any such ordinance or ordinances are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. 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 -3- 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 5. 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 ADOPTED : ~ - oC S g 3 EFFECTIVE: /-~.,5"~~''~ -4- .~t~ !"iiASTER-F.ICEalI~ ~jalL ® JL ®~(L ~~~~~~ ~~i.~i~i~ CITY, MANAGER"~ ACCOUNTING•~ 1~1C~~®~° ~Z~~C c~®~c~~~~ c~®~~'ll,D~~G1i1~~GcC~G~~®~ fRANSPORTATtON PUBLIC WORKS•0 DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Ordinance Revising Boundaries of PAGE NUMBER t.Aw-~ 1/25/83 *G-5524 Single-Member City Council Districts >of 2 -' 2 and 3 Resultin from Annexations Back~x.ound.. ,l ____ -City~-Council elections are scheduled for April 2, 1983 In order for the City ,__ __- °of Fort Worth to comply with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, information on the ---~---~ ""nafure,= scope and potential impact of any boundary changes on the electoral --"~"° process must be submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This information must include changes in population, change in characteristics of the population ~u~ ~ and the accessibility of the process to all citizens, particularly minority citizens The ~last.,revisions to the City's Single Member District Plan appro~3ed by the City Loisi~cil were the. Plan adopted November 16,1982 (M&C G-5480) and corrected January 18, 1983 (M&C G-5520). Since the adoption of this plan in November there have been two changes in Fort Worth's corporate boundaries Both of these changes resulted from annexations. Each change is briefly described below along with a statement of its impact on the electoral process and a recommendation for its inclusion in the appropriate Council election. Areas Annexed 1. Ordinance No 8654 Annexation of 32.11 acres, part of the J C. Bradford Survey This area should be added to District 2, to which it is contiguous. At the time of annexation it contained no population and no dwellings. ~: 0.rdinance No. 8659 Annexation of 32.49 acres, part of the Jerry Burnett Survey.. This area should be added to District 3, to which it is contiguous At the time of its annexation it contained no population and no dwellings. Impact There should. be no impact on the City Council elections as this is undeveloped, uninhabited land. Since neither of these Council Districts has a predominately minority population, no significant changes in minority access to an influence on election results is anticipated. The relevant Sections of the Single-Member District Boundary Descriptions which require revision are attached for review and approval ~}}~ -~. M!"'~ ~~',. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Ordinance Revising Boundaries Of PAGE 1/25/83 *~"-L4 Single-Member City Council Districts 2 2 2 and 3 Resulting from Annexations -°f Recommendations It is recommended that: 1. The City Council approve the above recommended revisions to City Council Districts 2 and 3 to reflect recent annexations; and, 2 The attached proposed ordinance revising Sections 2 and 3 of Ordinance No. 7323, as amended, be adopted in order to make Single-Member District boundaries coincide with current Corporate Boundaries. WA:jc Attachment r ~ P PROVED B~ ~ C ~ CQUNC~L ,~~~- ~~ ~ ~.1,~~- ~z a ~at}t. oaf' ~4e SUBMITTED FOR THE- CITY MANAGER'S ~ ~ `~ 1 DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY ~ i . 0 ~ ' ~ ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Wade Adkins CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONALINFORR CONTACT ~®® b TLD aR~ii~a/-I^i~~ IVO.~~I O ert Brl S E xt 7()0 DATE