Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8395-- 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 FAST Ff111RTN STREET 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 EAST FOURTH STREETS From I41-35 to Riverside Drive, known and designated as Project Nos 013-23143 & 021-23143 a seven-inch reinforced concrete pavement on a forty-eight foot roadway with attached concrete curb and concrete driveway approaches where specified r 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 ,1_ ) _ RPrtram CnnStr~!~~inn R Fnainaarin~,, Tnr_ ; 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 COUNCYTa 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 East Fourth Street From IH-35 to Riverside Drive, known and designated as Project Nos 013-23143 & 021-23143 The estimated cost of improvements is $ 98.1,-959 63 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ 5.g4 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 $ 7.30 per square foot the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 5.~4 , plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway construction where specified lIl 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 8th day of __ September 19~_ at 1(~ _M 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 Seasion now being known as Article 1105b of vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as aa-ended by Acts 1967 60th Legislature Page 365 Chapter 17b Section 1 emergency effective May~l2 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 United States Mail at least fourteen (14) days before the date of the hearing postage prepaid i~1 envelopes addressed to all persons awning 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 Cfty 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 C~.ty of Fort Worth tax rolls or the name of an owner is shown on the City of Fort Worth tax 'rbflls but no address for such owner is shown, no notice need be mailed In those cases where the owner is shaven to be an estate the mailed notice may be addressed to such 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 perk 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 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 attached to such certificate The certificate of the City Secretary will be con- clusive 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~ APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY y-~i ty~~t o rn ey City of Fort Worth, 2`exas 1~ayoa° aaatl Coad.ncaZ Cor-aaa~.u~.icatzon DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT AWard df Contract - East Fourth PAGE NUMBER Street Improvements 7~-35 to Riverside 8 ll 81 ~~G~5818 Di°i~r'e 01978-81 CIP_ P. ~T-291 i of City Cca~ncil section ie requested' on Project Nos 013-023-143-00 (Engineering) a; 021-023-143-00 (Construction) as described below Roadway ROW Unit. Street Limits Width-Feet Width-Feet 4 II East Fourth East Service Road to I-35W to 48 60 to 148 Riverside `I3~rive at Bridge Origin ref Project On dune 6 1978""(M&C G-3837) the City Council approved the. 1.978-81 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) which included the upgrading of the existing roadway to presvide for four moving lanes with turn lanes where necessary The existing budge over the Trinity R3.ver is to remain The Project %s 9 miles in length This facility serves as the only connection to the Central Business District from an area located between the Airport Freeway on the north and I-30 on the south This improvement will act as a relief system to both freeways ,Improvements Improvements will include reconstructing and widening the existing roadway from 40 to 48' wide with concrete pavement and curb the length of the project and cor~c~~~ 'driveway approaches where specified Concrete sidewalk will be reconstructed a.nd/or constructed on both aides of the street Storm drain improvements will consist of 2 615 linear feet of concrete pipe and appurtenances Receipt of Bids The project was advertised for bids on dune 18 and 25 1981 and the fol~.owing bids were received on duly 16 1981 with 310 working days allatt~ed to complete the project Bidder J ~,_ Bertram Construction and Engineering L H Lacy Co APAC-Texas Inc Ed Bell Construction Co Austin Road Company Uvalde Construction Cd Project Cost and Financing Amount Inc $ 926 '377 $ 963 344 $ 986 055 $1 003,619 $1 009,597 $1,086,259 O1 40 25 85 25 90 Standard City pmlicy states that under street reconstruction or widening resi- dentially coned property and property occupied by non-profi'~ orgaa~izations, such as churches will not be assessed any portion of the cost except for non-existing curb gutter and driveway approaches Commercially ~,onad pra~perty shall be assessed f'ar non-existing curb gutter and driveway approaches plus widening, except for that portion of widening necessary solely far traffic channelization DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT ..Award of Contract - East. FourfnYi PAGE NUMBER Street Improvements T=35 to Riverside 8 11 81 ** C-5818 _Drive (1978-81 CIP, P ST-29) 2 °f 3 Property coned other than residential which contains an owner-occupied residence shall be assessed for non-existing curb, gutter and driveway approaches plus one-half the rate for street widening This segment of East Fourth Street is being widened from 40' to 48' in width The assessment policy for new street construction limits the samounts to be assessed on a 48' street to 20' of paving from the face of the curb Since the existing street is 40' wide and adjacent property owners were previously assessed for 20' of the street, the only assessments on this project will be for curb and gutter and driveway approaches where none now exist Based on the unit prices of the low bid, approximately $24,431 90 is proposed to be assessed against those properties, indicated on the assessment roll, for nonexisting curb and gutter and/or driveway approaches Funding for the property owner's st~ard~of e~ristruction cost will be provided by a bond fund transfer from the "Revolving Fund Unspecified' Cost to the City for construction is approximately $901,945 11, plus engineering Sufficient funds are available in the project accounts to provide for the City's construction and engineering costs Due to the low bid being less than the Engineer's estimate, excess funds allocat to construction cost will be returned to the Unspecified Account Additionally excess right-of-way funds allocated in the 1976-78 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) will also be returned to the Unspecified Account The excess right-of-way funds resulted from the East Fourth-East First connexion being scheduled to be constructed between Riverside Drive and Beach Street in the 1978-81.C~apital Ii~px~ovement Program Recommendations It is recommended that 1 The following bond fund tra~asfers be approved From To Amount Reason 094-009-901-00 Revolving Fund Unspecified 021-023-143-00 East Fourth Street I-35 to Riverside Dr iv e C1~3'-023-143-00 East Fourth Street I-35 to Riverside Dr 094-023-143-00 $24 431 90 To provide funds for East Fourth Street property owners' share from I-35 to Riverside of construction cost 021-023-901-00 $100,000 To transfer excess con- Major Thoroughfares s~ructian allocation to Unspecified Unspecified 013-023-901-00 $400,000 To transfer excess ROW Major Thoroughfares allocation to Unspecified Unspecified Tr DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Award of Contract -East Fourth PAGE NUMBER Street Improvements, I-35 t0 Riverside of ~ ~ 8.11 81 ** C-5818 Drive 1978-81 CIP P. ST-29 _ - 2 An ordinance be adopted ADOPTED OpD~~~An~~L ~~® u ~ ~~~~ a Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements b Making provisions for leey.ing assessments c Directing the Transportation/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 $926 377 Ol based on their low bid; e Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements of the project named above and 3 An ordnance be adopted A®®,pTED OpDE~~A~~CE NO 8-~ (~ a Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed and b Setting September 8, 1981, as the date for the benefit hearing GG plg Attachment p~RUVED BY ~~ CI a - ~~' ~OUNC~~ AUG xx ~se~i .~ sre~tar~: ~f .e ~D~ kd~'fi j~'p~~~ SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY OFFICE BY ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Gar anterre CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Odell Schmidt EXt. 785 DATE