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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 4178 7 z ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE CLOSING HEARING AND LEVYING ASSESSMENTS FOR PART OF THE COST OF IMPROVING A PORTION OF TILLAR STREET AND A PORTION OF VACEK STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FIXING CHARGES AND LIENS AGAINST PROPERTY ABUTTING THEREON, AND AGAINST THE OWNERS THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH ASSESSMENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES IN EVIDENCE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinafter described portions of streets in the City of Fort 'Worth, Texas, save and excepting from each said portion the areas occupied by rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by constructing thereon a 10 inch crusher run crushed limestone flexible base course with a A inch hot mix asphaltic binder course and with�a li inch hot mix asphaltic concrete surface, together with combined concrete curbs and gutters and other necessary incidentals and appurtenances; all of which said improvements are to be constructed as and where shown on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has heretofore ordered that the areas of the herein- after described portions of streets lying between and under rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, be improved by constructing and placing thereon a minimum of 6 inches of hot mix asphaltic concrete surface, with plank crossings to be constructed at all street intersections,and the Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company has agreed to construct those said improvements at its own cost and expense; and, WHEREAS, contract has been made and entered into with Texas Bitulithic Company for the making and construction of all those improvements on the hereinafter described portions of streets, save and excepting those improvements to be constructed by the Saint Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway Company; said portions of streets being as follows, to wit: TILLAR STREET: from the easterly line of Foch Street to the westerly line of Vatek Street, known and designated as Unit No. 1; VACEK STREET: from the northerly line of White Settlement Road to the southerly line of Cullen Street, known and designated as Unit No. 2; and, WHEREAS, estimates of the cost of the improvements on each such portion of Tillar Street and :;Vacek Street were pre- pared and filed and adopted and approved by the City Council of - 1 - the City, and a, time and place was fixed for a hearing to the owners of abutting property, and to all others in anywise interested, and due and proper notice of the time, place and purpose of said hearing was given and said hearing was had and held at the time and pla.ce fixed therefor, to wit, on the 28th day of August, 1959, at 9:00 o'clock, A. M., in the Council Chamber in the City Hall in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and at such hearing the following protests and objections were made, to wit: protested that protested that protested that protested that protested that protested that - 2 - and said hearing was continued to the present time in order to more fully accomplish the purposes thereof, and all desiring to be heard were given full and fair opportunity to be heard, and the City Council of the City having fully considered all proper matters, is of the opinion that the said hearing should be closed and assessments should be made and levied as herein ordered; THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION I. Said hearing be, and the same is hereby, closed and the said protests and objections, and any and all other protests and objections, whether herein enumerated or not, be and the same are hereby, overruled. SECTION II. The City Council, from the evidence, finds that the assessments herein levied should be made and levied against the respective parcels of property abutting upon the said portion of Tilla.r Street and said portion of Va.cek Street, and against the owners of such property, and that such assessments and charges are right and proper and are substantially in pro- portion to the benefits to the respective parcels of property by means of the improvements in the unit for which such assess- ments are levied, and establish substantial justice and equality and uniformity between the respective owners of the respective properties, and between all parties concerned, considering the benefits received and burdens imposed, and further finds that in each case the abutting property assessed is specially ben- efited in enhanced value to the said property by means of the said improvements in the unit upon which the particular property abuts and for which assessment is levied and charge made, in a. sum in excess of the said assessment and charge made against the same by this ordinance, and further finds that the apportion- ment of the cost of the improvements is in accordance with the law in force in this City, and the proceedings of the City_ here- tofore had with reference to said improvements, and is in all respects valid and regular. SECTION III. There shall be and is hereby levied and assessed against the parcels of property hereinbelow mentioned, and against the real and true owners thereof (whether such owners be correctly named herein or not), the sums of money below mentioned and itemized shown opposite the description of the respective parcels of property, as fa.r as such owners are known, being as follows: - 3 - SECTION IV. Where more than one person, firm or corporation owns an interest in any property above described, each said person, firm or corporation shall be personally liable only for its, his or her pro rata of the total assessment a.gainst such prop- erty in proportion as its, his or her respective interest bears to the total ownership of such property, and its, his or her respective interest in such property may be released from the assessment lien upon payment of such proportionate sum. SECTION V. The several sums above mentioned and assessed against the said parcels of property, and the owners thereof, and interest thereon at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, together with reasonable attorneys' fees and costs of collection, if incurred, are hereby declared to be and are made a lien upon the respective parcels of property against which the same are assessed, and a, personal liability and charge against the real and true owners of such property, whether such owners be correctly named herein or not, and the said liens shall be and constitute the first enforceable lien and claim against the property on which such assessments are levied, and shall be a first and paramount lien thereon, superior to all other liens and claims, except State, County, School District and City ad valorem taxes. The sums so assessed against the abutting property and the owners thereof shall be and become due and payable as follows, to wit: in five 5) equal installments, due respect- ively on or before twenty 20) days, one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years from the date of completion and acceptance of the improvements in the respective unit, and the assessments against the property abutting upon the remaining unit shall be and become due and payable in such installments after the date of the completion and acceptance of such respective unit, and shall bear interest from said date at the rate of six per cent (6%) per annum, payable annually with each installment, except as to the first installment, which shall be due and payable at the maturity thereof, so that upon the completion and acceptance of the improvements in a particular unit, assessments against the property abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall be and become due and payable in such installments, and with interest from the date of such completion and acceptance. Provided, however, that any owner shall have the right to pay the entire assessment, or any installment thereof, before maturity by payment of principal and accrued interest, and provided further that if default shall be made in the payment of any installment of principal or interest promptly as the same matures, then the entire amount of the assessment upon which such default is made, shall, at the option of said Texas Bitulithic Company, or its assigns, be and become immediately due and payable, and shall be collectible, together with reason- able attorneys' fees and costs of collection, if incurred. SECTION VI. If default shall be made in the payment of any assessment, collection thereof shall be enforced either by the sale of the property by the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of said City a,s near as possible in the manner provided for the sale of property for the non-payment of ad valorem taxes, or, at the option of Contractor, or its assigns, payment of said sums shall be enforced by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction, and said City shall exercise all of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said assessments. - 4 - SECTION VII. The City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall not in any manner be liable for payment of the sums hereby assessed against any property or the owner thereof, but the said Texas Bitulithic Company, or its assigns, shall look solely to such property and the owners thereof for the payment of such assessments, but the City of Fort Worth shall exercise all of its lawful powers to aid in the enforcement and collection of said liens and sums and personal obligations. SECTION VIII. The total amount assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property, and the owners thereof, is in accordance with the proceedings of the City relating to said improvements and assessments therefor, and is less than the proportion of the cost allowed and permitted by the law in force in the City. SECTION IX. For the purpose of evidencing the several sums assessed against the respective parcels of abutting property and the owners thereof, and the time and terms of payment, and to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, assignable certif- icates shall be issued by the City of Fort Worth, Texas, upon completion and acceptance by the City of the improvements in each unit of improvement as the work in such unit is completed and accepted, which certificates shall be executed by the Mayor in the name of the City and attested by the City Secretary, with the corporate seal of the City impressed thereon, and shall be payable to said Texas Bitulithic Company, or its assigns, and shall declare the said amounts, time and terms of payment, rate of interest, and the date of completion and accept- ance of the improvements abutting upon such property for which the certificate is issued, and shall contain the name of the owner or owners, if known, description of the property by lot and block number, or front feet thereof, or such other description a,s may otherwise identify the same; and if the said property shall be owned by an estate, then the description of same as so owned shall be sufficient, or if the name of the owner be unknown, then to so state will be sufficient, and no error or mistake in describing any property,or in giving the name of the owner, shall invalidate or in anywise impair such certif- icate, or the assessments levied. The certificates shall provide substantially that if same shall not be paid promptly upon maturity, then they shall be collectible, with reasonable attorneys ' fees and costs of collection, if incurred, and shall provide substantially that the amounts evidenced thereby may be paid to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, who shall issue his receipt therefor, which shall be evidence of such payment on any demand for the same, and the Assessor and Collector of Taxes shall deposit the sums so received by him forthwith with the City Treasurer to be kept and held by him in a. separate fund, hereby designated as TEXAS BITULITHIC COMPANY STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND, and when any payment shall be made to the Assessor and Collector of Taxes upon such certif- icate he shall, upon presentation to him of the certificate by the Contractor, or other holder thereof, endorse said payment thereon, and the Contractor, or other holder of such certificate shall be entitled to receive from the City Treasurer the amount paid upon presentation to him of such certificate so endorsed - 5 - and credited; and such endorsement and credit shall be the Treasurer's Warrant for making such payment. Such payments by the Treasurer shall be receipted for by the holder of such cert- ificate in writing and by surrender thereof when the principal, together with accrued interest and all costs of collection and reasonable attorneys' fees, if incurred, have been paid in full. Said certificates shall further recite substantially that the proceedings with reference to making the improvements have been regularly had in compliance with the law, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment lien against the property described in such certificate and the personal liability of the owner or owners thereof have been performed, and such recitals shall be prima facie evidence of all the matters recited in such certificates, and no further proof thereof shall be required in any court. Said certificates may have coupons attached thereto in evidence of each or any of the several installments thereof, or may have coupons for each of the first four installments, leaving the main certificate to serve for the fifth installment, which coupons may be payable either to Texas Bitulithic Company, or its assigns, or to the bearer, and may be signed with the fac- simile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary. Said certificates shall further recite that the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall exercise a.11 of its lawful powers, when requested so to do, to aid in the enforcement and collection thereof, and may contain recitals substantially in accordance with the above and other additional recitals pertinent or appro- priate thereto; and it shall not be necessary that the recitals be in the exact form above set forth, but the substance thereof shall be sufficient. The fact that such improvements may be omitted on any portion of Tilla.r Street and Va.cek Street adjacent to any premises exempt from the lien of such assessments, shall not in anywise invalidate, affect or impair the lien of such assessments upon other premises. SECTION X. Full power to make and levy reassessments and to correct mistakes, errors, invalidities or irregularities, either in the assessments or in the certificates issued in evidence thereof, is, in accordance with the law in force in this City, vested in the City. SECTION XI. All assessments levied are a. personal liability and charge against the rea.l and true owners of the premises des- cribed, notwithstanding such owners may not be named, or may be incorrectly named. SECTION XII. The assessments so levied are for the improvements in the particular unit upon which the property described abuts, and the assessments for the improvements in the . one unit are in nowise affected by the improvements Or assessments in the other unit, and in making assessments and in holding said hearing, the amounts assessed for improvements in one unit have been in nowise affected by any fact in anywise connected with the improvements or the assessments therefor in the other unit. - 6 - SECTION XIII. The assessments levied are made and levied under and by virtue of the terms, powers and provisions of an Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, known a.s Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session and now shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which Act ha.s been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of th6 Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED This 28th day of August, 1959. 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O J NO W V ce N of U U m ui s Z H H b, d o EOw m a El U3 O m W P.0 xFr CITY OF FORT WORTH TEXAS OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Communication to Mayor and Council No. PW9— 2 August 28, 1959 Honorable Mayor and C Members of the City Council Re: Paving on Tik ar and Vacek City of Fort Worth Sts., Project No. 94-134-2 Closing Benefit Hearing Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen; We are submitting a proposed ordinance,closing the Hearing and levying assessments and providing for the issuance of assignable certificates on portions of Tillar and Vacek Streets. A total of $ 16,000 was appropriated March 6, 1959, for the City's portion of the cost of the project. It is recommended that the ordinance closing the Benefit Hearing be adopted. Res ectf P. ully submitted, LPC:ih L..r . `Cookingham City Manager