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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8538~~ ~ ;}~ ~' ORDINANCE NO. ~ 5 3 8 _ AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVE- MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF WATAUGA SMITHFIELD ROAD (NORTH LANE) 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 FILING 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 WATAUGA SMITHFIELD ROAD (NORTH LANE) From Pacesetter Drive to Service Road to 135W, known and designated as Project No. 029-36623, a seven-inch thick reinforced concrete pave- ment on a six-inch thick Lime stabilized sub- grade with seven-inch high superimposed con- crete curb on a thirty-six foot traffic lane .- ~; together with concrete curbs, gutters, driveways and incidentals to such improvements 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 im- provements to be constructed as .and where shown on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor, contract therefore has been made acd entered into with 3. 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Bertram Construction & Enaineering, Inc. _______, 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 amount per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof, and such estimates have been examined, 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 adopCed and approved II It is hereby found and determined that the cost of improvements on each portion of streets, avenues, and public places hereinafter described, with the amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such improvements against abutting pro- perty and the owners thereof, are as follows, to-wit ~~ WATAUGA SMTTHFIELD ROAD From Pacesetter Drive to Service Road to I35W, known and designated as Project No 029-36623 The estimated cost of improvements is $ 634,20325 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for Superimposed concrete curb ~` is $ 1.37 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 42.39 , the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for -0- wide concrete sidewalk is $ -0- the estimated amount per square foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for six-inch thick concrete driveway is $ -Q- per square foot, the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ q,~_7ti plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway construction where specified ~•. 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 abutting upon said portions of highways, 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 2~t`h day of A,~ril 19 82 at 10 00 A ~I in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and the City Secretary is hereby directed to give or cause to be given 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 Session, now being known as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as amended by Acts 1967, 60th Legislature, Page 365, Chapter 176, Section 1, emergency effective May-12, 1967 Such notice shall be by advertisement inserted at least three (3) times in a newspaper published in the pity of Fort Worth, Texas, the first publication to be made at least twenty-one (21) days before the date of said hearing Said notice shall comply with and be in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Act as amended The City Secretary is further directed to give or cause to be given personal notice of the time and place of such hearing to all owning or claiming any property abutting on said portions of highways, streets, avenues and public places, as well as to all owning or claiming any interest in any such property Such personal notice shall be in writing and shall be given or caused to be given by the City Secretary by depositing such written notice in the ~Jnited States Mail at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing, postage prepaid, in envelopes addressed to all persons owetfng or claiming any interest in the respective properties abutting the high- ways, streets, avenues and public places or portions thereof to be improved, as the names bf such persons are shown on the current rendered tax rolls of the City of Fort Worth and at the addresses so shown, or if the name of such respective owners do not appear on such rendered tax rolls, then address to such owners as their names are shown on the current unrendered tax rolls of the City of Fort Worth at the addresses shown thereon In those cases in which an owner of property abutting a highway, street, avenue or public place or portion or portions there- of which is to be improved is listed as "unknown" on the then current City of Fort Worth tax rolls, or the name of an owner is shown on the City of Fort Worth tax mlls but no address for such owner is shown, no notice need be mailed In those cases where the owner is shown to be an estate, the mailed notice may be addressed to such estate In this connection, the City Secretary shall prepare and file ox cause to be prepared and filed with these proceedings a list of the properties 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 addresses determined as aforesaid of the respective owners and those perms sons owning or claiming any interest in said property z The City Secretary shall certify that each of the parties in said list whose address is shown on the then current rendered or. unrendered tax rolls of the City of Fort Worth was mailed a copy of the notice of hearing and shall further certify the date or dates on which said notice was mailed A copy of each notice shall be atCached to such certificate The certificate of the City Secretary will be con- clusive evidence of the facts therein recited ,~a, ;; < IV The City Secretary is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption of carne 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 and effect from and after the date of its passage Passed and approved this~~~ day of 19 S7- APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ,ty ttorney r~ _ 53~ REFERENCE NUMBER 9c~cC- City Council action is requested on Project No 029-036-623-00, described below Street Limits --~-- Roadway Width-Feet ROW Width-Feet Watauga-Smithfield Road Pacesetter Drive east to to I-35W Origin of Project 1 of 2 36' Lanes 60 On May 26, 1981 (M&C C-5705), the City Council authorized Community Facilities Agreement No 11739 with the Western Company of North America for the development of Lot 1-R-1, Block 1, Western Technological Management Center Addition Included in the agreement is the assessment paving of Watauga-Smithfield Road (a border street), consisting of the north one-half of a double 36' wide roadway of arterial grade pavement and all required drainage improvements Improvements This segment of subject roadway will be improved by construction of 7-inch con- crete pavement with 7-inch high superimposed concrete curb on a 6-inch lime stabilized sub grade Right-turn lanes will be provided at I-35W and Eddie Chiles Boulevard Storm drain facilities will consist of a concrete box culvert and 1,481 linear feet of storm drain pipe and required appurtenances Receipt of Bids The project was advertised for bids on February 11 and 18, 1982, and the following bids were received on March 4, 1982, with 100 working days allotted to complete the project The bids include 84" concrete pipe i.n the base bid and 84" corrugated galvanized metal pipe as Alternate No 1 84" Concrete 84" Corrugated Bidder Base B d Pipe* Gal Metal Pipe ,J L Bertram Constr & Eng , Inc $599,680 02 $48,091 20 $41,124.50 SRO Asphalt, Inc $636,476 10 $64,191 50 $60,580.00 Southwestern Contracting Co $636,594,10 $56,386 00 $59,648 00 Texas Bitulithic Co $636,905 70 $54,056 00 $51,260 00 Austin Road Co $640,731 74 $59,648 00 $55,920.00 L H Lacy Co $691,537 20 $54,685 10 $48,930 00 H B Zachry Co $782,073 10 $69,900.00 $47,182 50 *84" Reinforced Concrete Pipe included in Base Bid The staff recommends the contract be awarded using Alternate No 1, thereby realizing a savings of approximately $7,000 M ,~~ DATE NUMBER CE SUBJECT Award of Contract - Watauga-Smit PAGE field Road from Pacesetter Drive 2 2 ~* C-6207 of Project Cost and Financing Based on the low bid and standard City policy, the developer's assessment on this segment of Watauga-Smithfield Road is $232,803 20 In addition to and in accordance with special provisions stipulated in the community facilities .agree- ment, storm drain cost to the developer in this contract is $41,713 65, for which the developer has deposited $58,770 with the City at the time the community facilities agreement was approved Funding for the property owners construction cost (assessments) will be provided for by a bond fund transfer from the Revolving Fund Unspecified Account Cost to the City for street construction is $195,050 67 and $123,145 80 for storm drainage facilities, plus $14,489 73 (7%) for engineering. Sufficient funds are available in Project Account No 029-036-623-00 for the City construction and engineering costs Recommendations It is recommended that 1 The following bond fund transfer be approved From To Amount Reason 094-009-901-00 094-036-623-00 $232,803 20 To provide funds fo Revolving Fund Unspecified Watauga-Smithfield the property owners' Road Pacesetter Drive share of construc- east to I-35W tion cost 2 An ordinance be adopted ADOPTE© ORDINANCE N0. ~ Jr 3~ A Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements, B Making provisions for levying assessments, C Directing the Transportation and Public Works Department to prepare estimates of costs and amounts to be assessed, D Awarding the contract to J L Bertram Construction and Engineering, Inc , in the amount of $592,713 30 based on their low bid with bid Alternate No 1, E Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements on the project named above, and 3 An ordinance be adopted ADOPTED ORDINANCE Nd A Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed, and B Setting April 20, 1982, as the date for the benefit hearing APPROVED B Y ~r GG plg ~~~ eDUNC1~ MAR ~~ 182 ~ ~~~~ SUBMITTED FOR THE GER'S OFFICEABY W~y,~ ecaCGtarp o~ DISPOSITION BY CO~~ ~QF~ ~OXth~ 3 ~~RpCESSED BY : ^ APPRO~ED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: (,'ar Santerre CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Odell Schmidt EXt.7805 DATE