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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8476 ORDINANCE NO. ~ ~ ~ ~ - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVE- MENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON A PORTION OF SYLVANIA AVENUE _ 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 SYLVANIA AVENUE From 110 feet south of Gemini Parkway to Meacham Boulevard known and designated as Project No 029-36646, aseven-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade with seven-inch high superimposed con- crete curb on two twenty-six foot traffic lanes POLARIS DRIVE From 100 feet west of Sylvania Avenue to 100' east of Sylvania Avenue known and designated as Project No 029- 36464 Unit 1A together with concrete curbs, gutters, driveways and incidentals to such improve- ments 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 improvements 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 Texas Bitulitfiic Company 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 adopted and approved II It is hereby found and determined that the cost Qf 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 Sylvania Avenue From 110 feet mouth of Gemini Parkway to Meacham Boulevard, known and designated as Project No 029-36646 and Polaris Drive From 100 feet west of Sylvania Avenue to 100 feet east of Sylvania known and designated as Project No 029-36646 Unit lA The estimated cost of improvements is $ 261,947 38 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for super- imposed concrete curb is $ 1 27 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 33 66 the est- imated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for R 0 W preparation top soil seeding extra width pavement six-inch curb concrete median and HMAC pavement is $ 39 68 the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 34 93 plus the cost incurred for R 0 W preparation top soil seeding extra width pave- ment, six-inch curb concrete median and HMAC pavement lYl 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 22nd. day of December 19 81 , at10.00 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 11O5b of Yernon'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 Mail at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing postage prepaid in 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 ta•x rolls then address to suck, 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 zblls 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 sucks estate In 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 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 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 elusive evidence of the facts therein recited >~. 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 its passage Passed and approved this_~~~day of ~ 19~ APPROVf:D AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY _ ~ ~~~ ._ , ty ttorney ~~~y ®f ' IF®~°~ ~®~°~~,, ~'~e~~~ DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Award of Contract - Paving PAGE NUMBER Improvements Sylvania Avenue and lor~_ ~* - 005 .Gemini Parkway at Mercantile Center City Council action is requested on Project Nos 029-036-646-00 (Sylvania Avenue) and 029-036-647-00 (Gemini Parkway) as described below Roadway ROW Unit Streit Limits Width-Feet Width-Feet I Sylvania Avenue 110' S of Gemini Parkway 2-26' banes 120 to Meacham Boulevard 28' Median IA Polaris Drive 100' W of Sylvania Avenue to 100' East of Sylvania Avenue 40 60 II Gemini Parkway Sylvania Avenue West to 2-26' Lanes 54 I-35 160' Median (East side (TESCO ROW) of TESCO ROW) Origin of Project On July 21 1981 (M&C C-5786) the City Council approved Community Facilities Contract No 11871 with the Mercantile Corporation of Fort Worth for the installation of community facilities to serve the Mercantile Center Coors Site Included in the contract is the assessment paving of Sylvania Avenue with provisions for the future Polaris Drive and the construction of Gemini Parkway an interior street to the development On August 18 1981 (M&C C-5834) a separate contract was awarded for the street excavation and storm drainage improvements in the above streets Improvements This contract will include the construction of major thoroughfare grade concrete pavement with concrete curb on both Sylvania Avenue and Gemini Parkway Also included are right and left turn lanes at the intersection of Sylvania Avenue and Gemini Parkway and at the intersection of Sylvania Avenue and Polaris Drive Receipt of Bids The project was advertised for bids on September 24 and October 1 1981 and the following bids were received on October 15 1981 with 90 working days allotted to complete the project Bidder Sylvania Avenue Gemini Parkway Total Texas Bitulithic Co $233 367 40 $174 918 05 $408,285 4` Austin Road Co $244 557 90 $176 606 20 $421,164 1 Metroplex Paving Co , Inc $253 699 20 $184,044 25 $437 743 4 J L Bertram Construction and Eng Inc $254 713 86 $184 986 86 $439 700 7 L H Lacy Co $278 503 70 $197 422 55 $475 926 2 Southwestern Contracting Co $294 094 00 $216 795 00 $510 889 0 ter- r" T DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Award Of Contract - Paving PAGE NUMBER Improvements, Sylvania Avenue and Gemini 2 2 11/24/81 ** C-6005 Parkwa at Mercantile Center _-_ of Project Cost and Financing Based on standard City policy and special stipulations in the community facilitie contract, properties adjacent to Sylvania Avenue and Polaris Drive will be assessed $191,673 09, which includes normal assessment for a 40' wide roadway plus the extra width cost of a double 26' wide divided roadway as requested by the developer Funds for the property owners share of construction costs will be provided for by a bond fund transfer from the "Revolving Fund Unspecified' Cost to the City for construction on Sylvania Avenue is $1 694 31 plus $28 579 98 (7%) engineering for the total contract Gemini Parkway is an interior street to the development however, is included in this contract Based on the low bid of $174,918 05, the developer's portion of the cost if $126 953 63 which has been provided for by an irrevocable letter of credit at the First National Bank of Fort Worth from which the City will draw monthly, to make payments to the contractor for the developer's portion of work completed Cost to the City for construction of Gemini Parkway is $47 964 42 Sufficient funds are available in the project account ~g~,~~i~~'s constructio '' and engineering costs CCtt C1T_Y_ CDUI~CIL Recommendations N~~ ~ ~~~t It is recommended that 1 The following bond .fund transfer be approved ~ From To a "~ zeta 094-009-901-00 094-036-646-00 $19 ~R d~tT~6r~ro"~fle funds for Revolving Fund Sylvania Avenue 110' S of the property owners' Unspecified Gemini Parkway to Meacham Boulevard share of construction ~ cost ' 2 An ordinance be adopted Y 7 S 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 Texas Biutlithic Company a Division of APAC- Texas Inc in the amount of $408 285 45 based on their low combined k~a d ,fer Una,ts I. and IS ~ E Making appropriations to cover the >_n a tedness thereby incurred for improvements of the project named above and 3 An ordinance be adopted p Y A Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed an B Setting December 22, 1981 3s the date for the benefit hearing GG plg Attachment SUBMITTED FOR TH CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD Ga Santerre CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Odell Schmidt Ext. 7805 DATE