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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8443~. ~. ORDINANCE N0.~4 3 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVE- MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF N(1RTN Nni i~TnN_S_T_R.E_ET 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 NORTH HOUSTON STREET From 28th Street to Long Avenue, known and de- signated as Project Np 021-2428b a two-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete surface course on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade with seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen- inch wide concrete gutter on a thirty-foot road- way Six-inch thick concrete driveway approaches will be constructed where specified ~. 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 and entered into with APA(' TEXAS ING 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 COUNCYL 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 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 NORTH. HOUSTON STREET Erom 28th Street to Long Avenue known and designated as Project No '021-2428 The estimated cost of improvements is $ 91'j_,8Q3. 1 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ .6' 49 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ -0- , 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 $ 2.97 per square foot the total es t; mated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 6.q.g plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway construction where specified .,~ IIl A hearing be given and held by and before the City Council of the City of Fort Worth Texas,, ~:o all owning or claiming any property abutting upon said portions of highways, streets avenues and public places as well as to al.l owning or claiming any interest in any such property Such hearing shall be given and held on the 17TH da.y :o,f. , Nn~iem6~r 19~ at 10.00 A.M, 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~City 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 United States Mai). at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing postage prepaid ifi envelopes addressed to all persons owning 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 rolls 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 an this connection the City Secretary shall prepare and file or cause to be prepared and filed with these proceedings a list of the properties to be assessed the names of those gersons 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 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 o.f 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 attached to such certificate The certificate of the City Secretary will be con- clusive evidence of the facts therein recited rS. IV The City Secretary is hereby directed 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 this City V This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of i is passage ~ ~~ ~_ gassed and approved thi s~ ~~day of ~~~,~` ,~.~!t- 19 ~ l APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY i ty ttorney >a„ DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Award of Contract - Reconstruc- PACE NUMBER tion of North Houston Street 10/20/81 **r._5ghi fram 28th Street to Long Avenue for 2 City Council action is requested on Project Nos 021-024-286-00 (Engineering) andl 029-024-286 (Construction) as described below Street Limits North Houston Street* 28th Street to Long Avenue *Corrected from plans which indicate Avenue Origin of Project 30 ROW Width-Feet 60 On July 16 1979 a paving petition was submitted signed by the owners of 58% of the adjacent property requesting the street be improved complete with concrete curb and gutter and driveway approaches On August 28 1979 (M&C G-4298 the Public Works Director was authorized to design and advertise the project for bids Due to th,e workload and scheduling considerations on. January 22 1980 (M&C C-4944) the firm of Yandell and Hiller, Inc , Consulting Engineers was retained to prepare plans and. specifications for the project Improvements This segment of North Hoscston Street will be improved by ~~econstructing the existing residential type pavement and constructing new concrete curb gutter and driveway approaches as indicated on the plans In accordance with th.e Council directive of October 14 1980 (M&C TE-366) critical need sidewalk will be constructed on the west side of the street where none now exists Storm drain improvements will consist of 78$ linear feet of concrete pipe and appurtenances Receipt of Bids The project was advertised for bids on September 10 and 17 1981 and the following bids were received on October 1 1981 with 60 working days allotted to complete the project Bidder Amount APAC-Texas Inc $179 5.70 52 Bob Moore & Bob Moore Inc $183 595 83 Austin Road Company $189 028 97 Joseph Chie Contractor Ine $199 777 10 Metroplex Paving Co Tnc $216 385 00 SRO Asphalt Inc $217 926 99 Roadway Width-Feet R DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Award of Contract - Rec,onstruc- PAGE NUMBER tlori of North Houston Street _2- of ~_ 10/20/81 **C-5961 from 28th Strut to Lon Avenue Project Cost and Financing During the preparation of plans and specifications tests of the existing pave- ment indicated that the pavement was constructed ~;o specifications in the past Consequently it was determined to reconstruct the. existing pavement and add concrete curb and gutter and driveway approaches which are non-existing along most of the length of the project As a result and in accordance with standard reconstruction policy adjacent properties will be assessed foa~• ~^urb and gutter and/or gutter only where none now exist as well as concrete driveway approache Cost to the adjacent property owners by assessment is $46 372 34 which wi11 be provided for by a bond fund transfer from the Revolving Fund Unspecified Cost to the City for construction i_s approximately $133 198 18 plus engineering Sufficient funds are available in the project account for the City°s engineering costs however a bond fund transfer is required from the Assessment Paving Unspecified Account for construction cost ~jPPR VE D B 1~ O ( ~ ~ ` N (~ ~~~ O"' "'~~ Recommendations " It is recommended that ~~~` ;~Q 1961 1 The following bond fund transfers be approved ~~ From To Amount Reason cs ecxetaxy of ehe - C of ~OrC T~oxth. TCx$a 094-009-901-00 094-024-286-00 $ 46 372 34 To provide funds far the property . Revolving Fund North H~suston St owners' c~..,nstruction cost 029-024-901-00 029-024-286-00 133 500 00 To provide funds for the City's Assessment North Houston St share of construction cost Paving Unspeci- 28t.h to Long tied 2 An ordinance be adopted ADOPTED ORDfNANCE ND ~ 9~~ A Declaring the necessity for and ordering, the improvements B Making provisions for levying assessments C Directing the Transportation/Public Works Department to prepare estimate of costs and :.amounts to be assessed D Awarding the contract to APAC-Texas Inc in the amount of $179 570 52 based on their low bid E Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements of the project named above and d ADOPTED ORDIPIAi~t-E r~~ 8 `~`~-~ 3 A di b d n or nance e a opte A Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed an B Setting November 17 198.1 as the date for the benefit hearing GG plg SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPO N-BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY Q APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: ar, CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT ~ DATE