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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2485 ' Y F ORDINANCE NOZ__ AN ORDINANCE FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT IN THE MATTER OF THE IMPROVEMENT OF GAMBRELL STREET FROM THE WEST LINE OF STANLEY AVENUE TO THE WEST LINE OF HEMPHILL STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT "NORTH, TEXAS, IT IS NOT PRACTICAL TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THAT PORTION OF SAID GAMBRELL STREET FROM THE WEST LINE OF STANLEY AVENUE TO THE EAST LINE OF JAMES STREET DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO. 13 AND ORDERING THAT THE IMPROVEMENT OF SAID PORTION OF GAMBRELL STREET DESIGNATED AS UNIT NO. 1 BE ABANDONED; AND THAT THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SAID IMPROVEMENTS BE AMENDED TO DELETE SAID PORTION OF GAMBRELL STREET NOT TO BE IMPROVED; FINING AND DETERMIN- ING THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS CONSENTED TO SUCH ABANDONMENT AND SUCH CHANGE IN THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR SUCH WORK AND IMPROVEMENTS; FIBUING AND DETERMINING TO PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE REMAINING PORTION OF SAID GAMBRELL STREET HERETOFORE ORDERED IMPROVED AND DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC l'70RKS TO PRE- PARE AND FILE ',TITH THE CITY COUNCIL A NEW ESTIMATE OF THE COSTS OF SUCH IMPROVEMENTS AND FOR TIM REMAINING PORTION OF SAID GAMBRELL STREET TO BE SO IMPROVED; AND DIRECTING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON ITS PASSAGE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT 'NORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas hereby finds and determines as follows, to-wit: (a) That by ordinance duly enacted on July 10, 1948, being Ordinance No. 2328, the City Council determined the necessity for, and ordered the improvement of Gambrell Street from the west line of Stanley Avenue to the West line of Hemphill Street, and did by such ordinance direct the City Engineer to prepare and file complete plans and specifications for such improvements, which plans and specifications were thereafter duly prepared and filed by said City Engineer and approved and adopted by the City Council for use in the construction of said improvements; and (b) That after advertising for bids for the con- struction of said improvements ih the manner and for the length of time as required by the law and the Charter of said city, the lowest secured bid of Brown & Root, Inc. was accepted and-contract duly awarded to said Brown & Root, Inc. for the construction of said improvements, which contract -1- is dated July 23, 1947, and approved and authorized by ordinance No. 2441, duly enacted by the City Council on August 6, 1947; and (o) That in said plans, specifications and contract that portion of Gambrell Street to be improved thereunder within the limits hereinabuve defined, was divided into three separate Sections and desig- nated as Units Nos. 1, 2 and 3, as follows, to-wit: GAMBRELL STREET, from the west line of Stanley Avenue to the east line of James Street, known and desig- nated as Unit No. 1: GAMBRELL STREET, from the east line of James Street to the west line of Heath Adams Street, known and designated as Unit No. 2: and GAMBRELL STREET, from the west line of South Adams Street to the west line of Hemphill Street, known and designated as Unit No. 3. SECTION 2. That said City Council does hereby find and determine that it is not praotical and to the best public interest to pro- ceed with the improvement of that portion of said Gambrell Street lying between the west line of Stanley Avenue and the east line of James Street designated as Unit No. 1, and hereby orders and directs that the improvement of said Gambrell Street within the limits designated as Unit No. 1 be, and the same is hereby abandoned and ordered not improved under said contract and the proceedings heretofore had In reference thereto. SECTION 3. That the plans and specifications for the improvement of Gambrell Street within the above described limits originally ordered improved, heretofore approved and adopted by the City Council and forming a part of the above described contract, be, and the same are hereby amended and changed by deletiXE such parts of said plans and specifications as provide for the improve- ment of said portion of Gambrell Street designated as Unit No. 1 herein ordered abandoned, so that hereafter said plans and speci- fications dhall include and provide only for the improvement of the remaining portions of said Gambrell Street designated as -2- Units Nos. 2 and 3, the improvements of which shall proceed and be made under the terms and provisions of said contract and plans and specifications as herein amended. SECTION 4. That the City Council hereby finds and determines that Brown & Root, Inc. , the Contractor for the construction of said improvements under the above described contract, has in writing consented and agreed to the abandonment of said portion of Gambrell Street designated as Unit No. 1, and to the amendment of said plans and specifications as hereinabove ordered and that said Contractor will proceed with the improvement of the remain- ing portions of said Gambrell Street under the terms and protd- sions of said contract and plans and specifications as herein amended. SECTION 5. That the Director of Public Works is hereby directed to prepare and file with the City Council a new estimate of the costs of such improvements for the portion of said Gambrell Street to be improved, designated as Units Nos. 2 and 3, together with the estimates of the amounts proposed to be assessed, and the per-front-foot rates thereof, against the abutting property and the real and true owners thereof, and other pertinent information, all as required under Article 1105 b, of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas as adopted by Section 17 of Article XXIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 6. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage. -3- PASSED this rd day of December A.D. 1947 by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) or more of the City Council, to-wit: Councilment- Mayor.B. E. Deen, Canncimmen R. C. Mushy. R. L. Carnrilm. I. 1. McCrary, J. R. Edwards, Blay J. Berry, Orville E. T=etill. George B. Eagle and Malvern Marks. voting "Aye" voting IIN0" Approved this 3rd day of nacember , A.D. 1947. 181 A. Mayor of 01ty oZ Fort Worth,Texas ATTEST: to/ S S. lira-some City Secretary. APPROVED AS TO FORM: 2 ^.ma L_ C-ty Attorney. -4-