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AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THE NECESSITY FOR AND ORDERING AND PROVIDING
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF A PORTION OF CHESTER STREET
AND PORTIONS OF SUNDRY OTHER STREETS,
AVENUES AND PUBLIC PLACES IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; LETTING CON-
TRACT TO AUSTIN ROAD COMPANY AND FOR THE
MAKING AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING ITS EXECUTION;
MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE INDEBTEDNESS THEREBY
INCURRED; MAKING PROVISIONS FOR THE LEVYING OF ASSESSMENTS AGAINST ABUTTING
PROPERTIES AND THE OWNERS THEREOF FOR A PART OF THE COST OF SUCH IMPROVE-
MENTS AND THE ISSUANCE OF ASSIGNABLE CERTIFICATES IN EVIDENCE OF SUCH
ASSESSMENTS; DIRECTING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY TOIPREPARE
ESTIMATES; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO FILE A NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF
THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE COUNTY CLERK OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS; DECLARING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE AND ALL SUBSEQUENT PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO SAID STREET
IMPROVEMENT ARE AND SHALL BE PURSUANT TO THE ACT OF THE FIRST CALLED SES-
SION OF THE FORTIETH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, CHAPTER 106; COM-
MONLY KNOWN AS ARTICLE 1105b OF VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES AS AMENDED
BY ACTS 1967, 60TH LEGISLATURE, PAGE 365, CHAPTER 176, SECTION 1, EMER-
GENCY EFFECTIVE MAY 12, 1967; AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO ENGROSS
AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION OF SAME IN THE MINUTE
BOOKS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FILING THE COMPLETE ORDINANCE IN THE APPRO-
PRIATE ORDINANCE RECORDS OF THIS CITY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Public Works Director for the City of Fort Worth, Texas, has prepared Plans
and Specifications for the improvements of the hereinafter described portions of streets,
avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and same having been ex-
amined by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and found to be in all mat-
ters and things proper, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
The hereinafter described Plans and Specifications are hereby approved and
adopted.
II.
There exists a public necessity for the improvement of the hereinafter
described portions of streets, avenues and public places in the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, to-wit:
UNIT 1: CHESTER STREET From East Lancaster Avenue to
East Avenue, known and designated
as Unit 1, Project No. 104-24000-199.
UNIT 2: EAST AVENUE From Riverside Drive to Grafton
Street, known and designated as
Unit 2, Project No. 104-24000-199.
IIIo
Each of the above described portions of streets, avenues and public
places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, shall be improved by raising,
grading, and filling same and by constructing thereon the following, to-wit,
UNIT 1; CHESTER STREET From East Lancaster Avenue to
East Avenue, known and designated
as Unit 1, Project No. 104-24000-199,
to be improved with seven-inch thick
hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
on a six-inch thick cement stabilized
subgrade, seven-inch high concrete
curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete
gutter, so that the finished roadway
will be thirty feet wide and by con-
structing six-inch thick concrete
driveways where specified.
UNIT 2: EAST AVENUE From Riverside Drive to Grafton
Street, known and designated as
Unit 2, Project No. 104-24000-199,
to be improved with seven-inch
thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete
pavement on a six-inch thick cement
stabilized subgrade, seven-inch
high concrete curb and eighteen-inch
wide concrete gutter, so that the
finished raodway will be thirty feet
wide and by constructing six-inch
thick concrete driveways where
specified.
The above, 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 improvements to be constructed
as and where shown on the Plans and Specifications therefor.
IV.
The cost of said improvements as herein defined shall be paid for as
follows, to-wit:
A. The property abutting on that portion of the street, avenue or public
place and the real and true owners thereof shall pay all of the cost of curbs and
gutters in front of their property and not exceeding nine-tenths (9/10ths) of the
estimated cost of the remainder of such improvements.
B. The City of Fort Worth shall pay all of the remainder of the cost of
said improvements after deducting the amounts herein specified to be paid by the
abutting properties and the real and true owners thereof as set out in subsection A.
The amounts payable by the abutting properties and the real and true owners
thereof shall be assessed against such properties and the real and true owners there-
of and shall constitute a first and prior lien upon such properties and a personal
liability of the real and true owners there of and shall be payable to-wit:
When the improvements- are completed and accepted by the City on a particular
unit, the sums assessed against property abutting upon such completed and accepted
units shall be and become payable in five (5) equal installments, due respectively
on or before thirty (30) days, and one (1) , two (2) , three (3), and four (4) years
from the date of such completion and acceptance and the assessments against the pro-
perty abutting upon the remaining units shall be and become due and payable in such
installments after the date of completion and acceptance of such respective unit.
The entire amount assessed against the particular parcels of property shall bear
interest from the date of such completion and acceptance of the improvements on the
unit upon which the particular property abuts at the rate of six (6%) percent per
annum, payable annually except as to interest on the first installment, which shall
be due and payable on the date said installment matures provided that any owner
shall have the right to pay any and all of such installment at any time before
maturity by paying principal with interest accrued to the date of payment and further
provided if default be made in the payment of any installment promptly as the same
matures, then at the option of the City of Fort .Worth or its assigns, the entire
amount of the assessment upon which such default is made shall be and become immedi-
ately due and payable; but it is specifically provided that no assessments shall in
any case be made against any property or any owner thereof in excess of the special
benefits to property in the enhanced value thereof by means of said improvements in
the unit upon which the particular property abuts, as ascertained at the hearing pro-
vided by the law in force in the City, nor shall any assessment be made in any case
until after notice of hearing as provided by law. Said assessments against the
respective lots and parcels of property and owners thereof shall be evidenced by
certificates of a special assessment which shall be executed in the name of. the City
of Fort Worth, PROVIDED, however, that acting through its duly authorized Director
of Public Works, the City of Fort Worth retaining the right to authorized payment
of the sums assessed against abutting property upon such completed and accepted unit
in not more than forty-eight equal regular monthly installments of not less than
$9.00 each, the first of such installments to become due and payable not more than
30 days after the completion and acceptance by the City of the particular unit,
PROVIDED FURTHER, that the City Attorney is hereby empowered to authorize payments
of said sums in lesser installments and/or over a longer period of time in cases in
which the Director of Public Works has previously determined that an extreme financial
hardship upon the property owner will otherwise result and PROVIDED FURTHER, that
such method of payment shall be authorized only in instances where the owner or owners
of property abutting upon such completed and accepted unit shall have executed and
delivered to the City of Fort Worth a lawful, valid and binding note and mechanic's
and materialman's contract upon forma supplied by the City granting a mechanic's lien
upon and conveying the said abutting property in trust to secure the payment by said
owner or owners according to the terms thereof of the sums assessed against such
property.
V.
The assessments against the respective lots and parcels of property and the
owners thereof shall be evidenced by certificates of special assessment, which
shall be executed in the name of the City by the Mayor of said City and the City
Secretary shall attest the same and impress the corporate seal of the City thereon,
and which may have attached thereto coupons in evidence of the several installments,
or in evidence of any of the installments in which the assessment is payable, which
certificates shall be issued to the City of. Fort Worth, shall recite the terms and
time of payment, the amount of the assessment, the description of the property,
and the name of the owners, as far as known, and shall contain such other recitals
as may be pertinent thereto, and shall further recite substantially that all pro-
ceedings with reference to the making of such improvements have been regularly had
in compliance with law, and that all prerequisites to the fixing of the assessment
lien against the property described in said certificates and the personal liability
of the owners thereof, have been regularly had, done and performed, and such re-
citals shall be prima facia evidence of the matters so recited, and no further proof
shall be required in any court, and the said certificates shall provide substantially
that if default be made in the payment of any installment promptly as the same
matures, then, at the option of the City of Fort Worth, or its assigns, the entire
amount of the assessment shall be and become immediately due and payable, together
with reasonable attorney's fees and costs of collection, if incurred, all of which,
as well as the principal and interest on the assessment, shall be a first and prior
lien against the property, superior to all other liens and claims except State,
County, School District, and City ad valorem taxes . No error or mistake in naming
any owner or in describing any property or in any other matter or thing, shall
invalidate any assessment or any certificate issued in evidence thereof, and the
omission of improvements on any particular unit or in front of any property exempt
by law from the lien of special assessment for street improvements shall not in-
validate any assessment levied. The certificates referred to need not contain
recitals in exactly the works above provided for, but the substance thereof shall
suffice, and they may contain other and additional recitals pertinent thereto.
VI.
Bids having been advertised for as required by Article 1105b of the re-
vised Civil Statutes of Texas, as amended, and the bid of Austin Road Company
having been found to be the lowest and
beat bid for the making and construction of said improvements, the contract there-
fore is hereby awarded to Austin Road Company
, at and for the prices stated in the Proposal
of said company and as reported and recommended by the Public Works Department, which
said report and recommendation is on file with the City, the City Manager, and the
City Secretary are hereby directed to execute the said contract in the name of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas, and to impress the corporate seal of the City thereon,
the said contract embracing, among other things, the prices for the work.
VII.
To provide for the payment of the indebtedness incurred by the City of
Fort Worth, Texas, by said contract, there is hereby appropriated out of available
funds and current revenues of the City, an amount sufficient to pay said indebtedness
so incurred.
VIII.
The improvements provided for herein shall be made and constructed, notice
given, hearing held and assessment levied and all proceedings taken and had in
accordance with and under the terms of the powers and provisions of Chapter 106 of.
the Acts of the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of
Texas, now known as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended,
which law has been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of the Charter of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and under which law these proceedings are taken
and had.
IX.
Each unit above described shall be and constitute a separate and independent
unit of improvement and the assessments herein provided for shall be made for the
improvements in each unit according to the cost of the improvements in that unit
and according to the benefits arising from the improvements in that unit.
X.
In making assessments, if the name of the owner be unknown, it shall be
sufficient to so state the fact, and if any property be owned by an estate or by
any firm or corporation, it shall be sufficient to so state, and it shall not be
necessary to give the correct name of the owner, but the real and true owners of
the property mentioned shall be liable and the assessments against the property
shall be valid.
XI.
The Director of Public Works of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, be and he
is hereby ordered and directed to file with the City Council, estimates of the cost
of such improvements in each unit, in accordance with the terms of the powers and
provisions of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas.
XII.
The City Secretary is directed to prepare, sign and file with the County
Clerk of Tarrant County, Texas, a notice in accordance with the provisions of the
Act passed at the Fifth Called Session of the Forty-first Legislature of the State
of Texas, and shown as Chapter 21 of the Acts of said Session of the Legislature,
said Act having been passed in the year 1930, and now known as Article 1220a of
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes.
XIII.
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.
XIV.
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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City Attorney
PROJECT NO. 104 - 24000 - 199
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C ITY OF PORT WORTH
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
ENGINEERING DIVISION
2 LOCATIONS ON THE EAST SIDE
PROJECT NO, 104-24000-199
A Neighborhood Hearing was conducted by the Engineering Division of the Public Works
Department at the City Hall Council Chamber on April 20, 1970, for the Assessment
Paving of 2 Locations on the East Side.
Procedures concerning owner participation in the cost, method and policies of deter-
mining assessments, street construction standards and methods of payment were explained
by Mr. Schmidt to the two persons attending.
The meeting was then opened for a question and answer period.
Unit 1, Chester Street:
Mr. Curtis A. McClure, 2023 Daisy Lane, owner of Lot 14,
Block 23, Interurban Addition asked why he was charged
more than his neighbor, Mr. Archer. Mr. Schmidt explained
to him that Mr. Archer was given owner occupied credit
because he lived on his property,
Mr. McClure also stated that he didn't think his property
would be enhanced in an amount equal to his assessment.
Mr. Kenneth Kerr, 1921 Martel, owner of Lots 4 & 5,
Block 23, 'asked about the percentage of cost that the
City would pay, He was told that on this project that
the City would pay 52.7%„ Mr. Kerr said he felt that
the bid price was rather high. He also was doubtful
about the enhancement to his property,
There were no questions on Unit 2, East Avenue,
After a short discussion the meeting was adjourned.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
19
TO THE HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the proceedings of your Honorable Body, I have prepared
estimates of the cost of street improvements as shown below:
Estimates of the total cast of improvements on a portion of CHESTER
STREET and portions of sundry other streets,
avenues and public places in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and estimated amounts per
front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof, on each
portion of street, avenue and public place are as follows, to-wit:
PROJECT NO. 104-24000-199 UNIT 1: CHESTER STREET FROM EAST LANCASTER AVENUE TO
EAST AVENUE, to be improved by constructing a seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic
concrete pavement on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high
concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway
will be thirty feet wide and by constructing six-inch thick concrete driveways
where specified.
The following assessment rates have been established:
Seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
(Industrial Zoning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.95 per L.F.
Seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
(Industrial Zoning less owner occupied credit) $4.71 per L.F.
Seven-inch curb and eighteen-inch gutter . . . . . . . . . $2.93 per L.F.
Six-inch thick concrete driveway . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .85 per Sq. Ft.
The assessments result in the following division of costs:
TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,200.05
TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,753.31
TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST . . . . . . . . . . . $18,953.36
PROJECT NO. 104-24000-199, UNIT 2: EAST AVENUE FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO GRAFTON
STREET, to be improved by constructing a seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic
concrete pavement on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch
high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished
roadway will be thirty feet wide and by constructing six-inch thick concrete
driveways where specified.
The following assessment rates have been established:
Seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
(Industr°al Zoning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6.95 per L.F.
Seven-inch curb and eighteen-inch gutter . . . . . . . . $2.93 per L.F.
Six-inch thick concrete driveway . . . . . . . . . . . . $ .85 per So. Ft.
The assessments result in the following division of costs:
TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $8,387.04
TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . $9,867. 13
TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST . . . . . . . . . . . . $181254. 17
PROJECT NO. 104-24000-199. UNIT 1, CHESTER STREET FROM EAST LANCASTER AVENUE TO EAST
AVENUEa to be improved by constructing a seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete
pavement on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb
and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutters so that the finished roadway will be thirty
feet wide and by constructing six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified.
BLOCK
OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF EAST LANCASTER AVENUE AND CHESTER STREET
EAST SIDE OF STREET INTERURBAN ADDITION 3RD FILING
Wallace S. Craig N. 48' of 23-A 48' Pavement $6.95 $333.60
207 Union Bank Blag. 7 Ind. _ $ 333.60
Wallace S. Craig 7 & 8 23-A 94.4° Pavement $6.95 $656.08
207 Union Bank Bldg. Ind. 88' Curb & Gutter 2.93 257.84
$ 913.92
R. F. Loughridge 9 thru 15 23-A 422.5° Adjusted to
P.O. Box 445 Ind. 405' Pavement $6.95 $2,814.75
76101 2121 Curb & Gutter 2.93 621.16
$3,435.91
EAST AVENUE INTERSECTS
WEST SIDE OF STREET
J. F. Tucker, Jr. 15 23 109' Pavement $6.95 $757.55
2030 Ward Parkway Ind. 56' Curb & Gutter 2.93 164.08
$ 921.63
Curtis A. McClure 14 23 125' Pavement $6.95 $868.75
2023 Daisy Lane Ind. 125' Curb& Gutter " 2.93 366.25
$1,235.00
CHESTER COURT INTERSECTS
Jim Archer 6 23 123' Pavement $4.71 $588.75
2402 Chester Ind. 321 Curb & Gutter 2.93 93.76
$ 682.51
PROJECT NO. 104-24000m199. UNIT 1 m CONTINUED.
BLOCK
OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT
WEST SIDE OF STREET INTERURBAN ADDITION 3RD FILING
K. W. Kerr 5 & 41' 23 166' Pavement $6.95 $1,153.70
1921 Martel of 4 Ind. 166' Curb & Gutter 2.93 486.38
44 Sq. Ft. Drive .85 37040
$1,677.48
TOTAL, COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS' - UNIT 1 . . . . . . . . $ 9,200.05
TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH e UNIT 1 . . . . 9,753.31
TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST UNIT 1 . . . . . . $18.953.36
PROJECT NO. 104-24000-199, UNIT 2. EAST AVENUE FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO GRAFTON STREET,
to be improved by constructing a seven-inch -thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement
on a six-inch thick cement stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and
eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be thirty
feet wide and by constructing six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified.
BLOCK
OWNER LOT ZONING FRONTAGE RATE AMOUNT ASSESSMENT
BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND EAST AVENUE.
NORTH SIDE OF STREET INTERURBAN ADDITION 3rd FILING
J. F. Tucker, Jr. 15 thru 18 23 224' Adjusted to
2030 Ward Parkway Ind. 208' Pavement $6.95 $1,445.60
158' Curb & Gutter 2.93 462.94
$1,908.54
CHESTER STREET INTERSECTS
R. F. Loughridge 15 23-A 144' Adjusted to
P.O. Box 445 Ind. 135' Pavement $6.95 $938.25
76101 135' Curb & Gutter 2.93 395.55
512, Sq. Ft. Driveway.85 435.20
$1,769.00
R. F. Loughridge 24 23-A 157' Adjusted to
P.O. Box 445 Ind. 150' Pavement $6.95 $1,042.50
76101 150' Curb & Gutter 2.93 439.50
310 Sq. Ft. Driveway.85 263.50
$1,745.50
GRAFTON STREET INTERSECTS
Texas and Pacific R.R. R.O.W. 600' Adjusted to
Room 301, T&P Bldg. 300' Pavement $6.95 $2,085.00
221 W. Lancaster 300' Curb & Gutter 2.93 879.00
4 ttne Mr. J. C. Love $2,964.00
TOTAL COST TO PROPERTY OWNERS° - UNIT 2 . . . . . . . . $ 8,387.04
TOTAL COST TO CITY OF FORT WORTH - UNIT 2 . . . . . . 9.867.13
TOTAL ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST . . . . . . . . . . $18.254.17
City of Fort Worth, Eexas
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May or and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE suBJECT: Award of Contract - Assessment PAGE
6 MUMSER 4 Paving at 2 Locations on the East Side I of _2
5%4C70
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City Council action is requested on the project described below.
Project Description
Nature of Work: Assessment Paving at 2 Locations on the East Side.
Roadway
Unit Street Limits Width R.O.W.
Chester Street From East Lancaster 30 Feet 38 Feet
Avenue to East Avenue
2 East Avenue From Riverside Drive 30 Feet 41 Feet
to Grafton Street
Petitions were submitted for paving on both units.
Submission of Bids
The following bids have been received:
Bidder Amount of Bid
Austin Road Company $33,825.03
Texas Bitulithic Company $34,585.75
Ernest Loyd $35,619.25
L. Grimes & Co. , Inc. $39,989.25
Glade, Inc. $46,154.00
Bids Received: April 9, 1970
Working Days Allotted: 30
Project Cost and Financing
Based on the low bid, approximately $17,587.09 will be assessed against the
abutting property owners. The cost to the City-at-large will be approximately
$19,620.44, including engineering expense.
Recommendations
It is recommended that:
1) The following Bond Fund Transfers be approved:
DATE ` REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Assessment PAGE
NUMBER
5/4/70 C-1724 Paving at 2 locations on the East Side _2_ or Z_
Amount From To Reason
$17,587.09 Revolving Fund 2 Locations on Property
042-09724-901 the East Side Owners'
042-10424-199 Portion of
Construction
Cost
$19,000.00 Unspecified 2 Locations on City's
104-24000-901 the East Side Portion of
104-24000-199 Construction,
Engineering
and Miscell-
aneous
Expenses
2) An Ordinance be adopted:
a) Declaring the necessity for and ordering
the improvements;
b) Making provision for levying assessments;
c) Directing the Public Works Director to
prepare estimates of costs and amounts to
be assessed:
d) Awarding the contract to Austin Road Company
in the amount of $33,825.03; and,
e) Making appropriations to cover the indebtedness
thereby incurred for improvements as described
above.
3) An Ordinance be adopted:
a) Approving the estimates of costs and amounts
to be assessed; and,
b) Setting June 1, 1970, as the date for the
Benefit Hearing.
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Attachments
"A" - Resume of Project
"B" - Location Maps and Percentage Sheets
"C" - Engineers' Preliminary Rolls
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION OUNCIL: 71 /SaECRETARY
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and Ordering Paving and Ordinance No.
CITY MANAGER
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