HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7983 ORDINANCE NO. �9�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
WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD
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:
WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD From Peckham Boulevard to 2,550 feet east, known
and designated as Project No. 021-36500-00, a
seven-inch thick reinforced concrete pavement
on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade
with seven-inch high superimposed concrete curb,
so that the finished roadway will consist of two
twenty-six foot traffic lanes with a forty-eight
foot median.
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
sewerstand 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 J. L. Bertram Const. & Eng. , 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 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:
WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD From Peckham Boulevard to 2,550 feet east, known
and designated as Project No. 021-36500-00.
The estimated cost of improvements is $ 1,017,572.59 the estimated amount
per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for superimpose,
concrete curb , is $ 2.17 ; the estimated amount per front foot to
be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 62.20 ;
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 $ 3.29 per square foot; the total
estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners
thereof is $ 64.37 plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway construction
where specified.
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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 16th day of October , 19 79 , at 9:30 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 notices 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 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. 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 as,sessed,, 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 per-
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:
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C9 NOTICE
E STATE OF TEXAS OCTIZ-79 5 7 0 4 9 7 is -- OT
COUNTY OF TARRANT
Notice is hereby given that the governing body of the City of Fort Worth,
Texas, has ordered and determined it to be necessary that the following portion
of White Settlement Road
in the Citv nf_F-nrt Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, be improved and that a portion
of the cost of such improvement is to be specially assessed as a lien upon the
property abutting thereon, said portion of street in the City of Fort Worth, Texas,
being as follows:
WHITE SETTLEMENT ROAD From Peckham Boulevard to 21550 feet east, known
and designated as Project No. 021-36500-00.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City of Fort Worth has caused this instrument to
be executed in its behalf and signed by its Mayor, this 19thday of September ,
A.D. , 19 79.
CITY OF FORTWORTH®®
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WARRANT
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, a Notary Public in and for the State
and County aforesaid, on this day personally appeared
known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he executed the same as the act and deed of the City
of Fort Worth, a municipal corporation of Tarrant County, Texas, and as the Mayor
thereof, and for the purposes and consideration therein expressed:
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 1 th day of
w tEmhe � ,-.._..-..._.,...,....--.......A.D. , 19 79
Notary Public in and for
Tarrant County, Texas
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - T'hite Settle PAGE
sn -IFF NUMBER
ment Road Paving and Drainage
SMITH 9/18/79 C-4802 Improvements 1 °f 2
JONFS City Council action is requested on Project No. 021-36500-00, as described below.
Roadway R.O.W.
Street Limits Width-Feet Width-Feet
White Settlement Road R. W. Peckham Blvd. 2-26' Lanes 120
tc east 2,550 feet 48' Median
Origin of Project
On July 17, 1979 (M&C C-4735) , the City Council approved a contract with U. S.
Development Corporation for the installation of community facilities in Westpoint
Addition, Phase II, Section I, White Settlement Road is a border street on the '
north side of the development.
Improvements
This segment of White Settlement Road is presently a county type roadway with
penetration pavement and borrow ditches. Improvements will include construction
of major thoroughfare grade concrete pavement with concrete curb and driveway
approaches where required on a double 26' wide roadway with a 48' wide median.
Left-turn lanes are provided at R. W. Peckham Boulevard, Westpoint Boulevard
and two of the five streets leading south. Storm drain improvements will include
2,287' of storm drain pipe and appurtenances.
Receipt of Bids
The project was advertised for bids on August 2 and 9, 1979, and the following;
bids were received on August 23, 1979:
Bidder Amount Working Days
J. L. Bertram Const. & Eng. , Inc. $ 959,974.14 300
Austin Paving Co. 1,068,791.10 180
Project Cost and Financing
Based on the low bid and standard policy, approximately $246,477.74 is proposed
to be assessed against abutting properties, which will be provided for by a bond
fund transfer from the Revolving Fund Unspecified. Cost to the City for street
construction, including engineering, is approximately $486,567.22 and $284,527 63
for storm drain facilities, plus $15,500 for right-of-way on the north side of
the street opposite the development and $1,500 for appraisal fees. The developer
will reimburse the City in the approximate amount of $119,870 upon completion of
the project. This amount is the difference between, residential assessment and
actual developer cost for the street. Bond fund transfers will be required from
the "Streets in New Additions Unspecified Account" in the amount of $298,000 for
additional construction and right-of-way costs and $28,430 from the "Engineering
Unspecified Account" for additional engineering and appraisal costs.
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - White tr, e-' PAGE
NUMBER ment Road Paving and Dra c of 2
9%18%79 C-4802 Improvements
Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1. The City Council approve the reallocation and allotment of Fund 21 from ' .
1980 CIP Project 036901 for $298,000 and 1979 CIP Project 095901 for $30,000;
2. The following bond fund transfers be approved:
From To Amount —Reason
094-009-901-00 094-015-500-00 $246.477.74 To provide funds for
Revolving Fund White Settlement Rd. property owners' shay
Unspecified in Westpoint of construction cost
021-036-901-00 021-036-500-00 298,000.00 To provide for City's
Street In New Addn. White Settlement Rd. construction and ROW
Unspecified (1980 in Westpoint cost
Allotment)
021-095-901-00 021-036-500-00 28,430.00 To provide funds for
Engineering Unspecified White Settlement' Rd. City's inspection,
(1979 Allotment) in Westpoint administration and
appraisal cost.
3. An ordinance be adopted:
A. Declaring the necessity for and ordering the improvements;
B. Making provisions for levying assessments;
C. Directing the Public Works Department to prepare estimates of costs
And amounts to be assessed;
D. Awarding the contract to J. L. Bertram Construction & Engineering, Inc. ,
in the amount of $959,974.14 based on their low bid;
E. Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness thereby incurred for
improvements of the project named above; and
4. An ordinance be adopted:
A. Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed; and
B. Setting October 16, 1979, as the date for the Benefit Hearing.
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Attachment
SUBMITTED FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S DISPOSITIO Y COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
OFFICE BY: APPROVED
ORIGINATING ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE)
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Keith A. Smith CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Pclarina Necessit;. - 1:'rdarl gg �d
CONTACT: Odell Schmidt, Ext. 7805 WATE /79
'Adopted Ord. •No.
Setting Oct. 169 1979 as Date for Benefit Hearing