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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6586 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 ARCH AnAMS STREET FROM WEST SEVENTH STREET TO BAILEY AVENUE 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 FILLING 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: UNIT 1: ARCH ADAMS STREET From West Seventh Street to Bailey Avenue, known and designated as Unit 1, Project No. 104-35000-336; to be improved with seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen- inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be forty-four feet wide from West Seventh Street to West Sixth Street, forty feet wide from West Sixth Street to West Fifth Street, and thirty-six feet wide from West Fifth Street to Bailey Avenue, and by constructing four-foot wide concrete sidewalks and six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified. UNIT 2: WEST FIFTH STREET From Arch Adams to Bailey Avenue, known and designated as Unit 2, Project No. 104-35000-336, to be improved with seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high con- crete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be forty-four feet wide, and by constructing four-foot wide concrete sidewalks and six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified. UNIT 3: WEST SIXTH STREET From Barden Street to Bailey Avenue, known and designated as Unit 3, Project• No. 104-35000-336, to be improved with seven-inch thick hot-mix asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabilized subgrade, seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch Ttde concrete gutter, so that the finished roadway will be forty feet wide and by constructing four-foot wide concrete sidewalks and six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified. t ri 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 I._ GRIlHES & COMPANY. 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 partien 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: UNIT 1: ARCH ADAMS STREET From West Seventh Street to West Fifth Street, known and designated as Unit 1, Project No. 104-35000-336. The estimated cost of improvements is $ %A A22_Rq ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ 3.00 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 9.99 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for four-foot wide concrete sidewalk is $ 2.93 ; the estimated amount per square foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for six-inch thick concrete driveway is $ _80 per square foot; the total estimated amount per front foot to be as against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 15.96 plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway construction where specified. 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 6th day of December , 1971 , 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 notice 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 perms 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: City 7ttorney UNIT 1: ADAMS STREET s . z From West Fifth to Bailey, known and designated as Unit 1, Project No. 104-35000-t36. The estimated cost of improvements is $ Part of Unit 1 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ 3.00 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 8.90 ; 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 6-inch thick concrete driveway is $_.80 per square foot; the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 11.90 , plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway con- struction where specified. UNIT 2: WEST FIFTH STREET From Arch Adams to Bailey Avenue, known and designated as Unit 2, Project No. 104-35000- 336. The estimated cost of improvements is $ 28,828.53 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ 3.00 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $-k•92 ; 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 6-inch thick concrete driveway is $ .80 per square foot; the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 9.92 plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway con- struction where specified. UNIT 3: WEST SIXTH STREET From Barden Street to Bailey Avenue, known and designated as Unit 3, Project No. 104- 35000-336. The estimated cost of improvements is $ 13,134.44 the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for concrete curb and gutter is $ 3.00 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for pavement is $ 3.19 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for four-footwide concrete sidewalk is $ 2.97 ; the estimated amount per square foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for 6-inch thick concrete driveway is $ .80 per square foot; the total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ 9.16 plus the cost incurred for concrete driveway con- struction where specified. r, City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Widening PAGE • NUMiFR and Improvement of Arch Adams, West 3 1118171 C-2107 Fifth and West Sixth Streets 1of City Council action is requested on the project below. Project Description Roadway R.O.W. Unit Street, Limits Width - Feet Feet 1 Arch Adams Street West Seventh to 44 60 West Sixth Street West Sixth to 40 60 West Fifth Street West Fifth to 36 50 Hamilton Hamilton to 20 30 Bailey Avenue 2 West Fifth Street Arch Adams to 44 60 Bailey Avenue 3 West Sixth Street Barden Street to 44 60 Bailey Avenue This project was initiated by the City as a result of an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan-regarding street layout in vicinity of West Side State Bank (M&C G-1470, December 8, 1969). Arch Adams Street will be realigned and West Fifth and West Sixth Street will be widened and improved with seven- inch thick hot=mfx- asphaltic concrete pavement on a six-inch thick lime stabi- lized subgrade. All units will be complete with seven-inch high concrete curb and eighteen-inch wide concrete gutter with six-inch thick concrete driveways where specified. Four-foot wide concrete sidewalks are included adjacent to commercial property on all units. Submission of Bids The following bids have been received: Bidder Amount Bid L. Grimes &- Co. , Inc. $153,256.40 Glade, Inc. 154,896.00 Texas Bitulithic Company 159,139.75 Austin Road Company 161,517.10 DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Widening PAGE NUMBER and Improvement of Arch Adams, West 11/8/71 C-2107 Fifth and West Sixth Streets 2 °} 3 The following-bidders took plans but submitted no bid: James W. Jackson, Inc. Walt Williams Construction Co. S.R.O. Asphalt, Inc. R. W. Gibbins, Inc. Brown & Blakney, Inc. Bids Received: October 21, 1971 Working Days Allotted: 100 Error in Bidding L. Grimes and Co. , Inc. have indicated that a clerical error was made by the Company staff-regarding Item No. 9, on Unit 3, West Sixth Street from Barden to Bailey Avenue. Item No. 9 is 425 linear feet of seven-inch curb and eighteen=inch gutter. A bid was submitted for $.25 per L.F. which was intended- to be- $2.25 per L.F. The amount of $2.25 was bid on 2,750 L.F. of the same type of curb and gutter on Arch Adams and $2.25 was also bid on 1,275 L.F. of the same type of curb and gutter on West Fifth. The error amounted to $850 which, if allowed to be corrected, would make the total amount bid by L. Grimes and Company, Inc. , $154,106.40, still the lowest bid. Project Cost and Financing Paving costs`total'approximately $98,000 of which approximately $26,000 will be assessed against abutting property owners-. Drainage costs total approxi- mately $71,000 of which the West Side State Bank has deposited $21,036 for its share. ' Cost to the City-at-large will be approximately $122,000 which includes engineering, inspection and miscellaneous expenditures. Bond Fund transfers of $53,000 and $26,340.20 are needed to supplement the project accounts. Recommendations It is recommended that: 1) Correction of the error be authorized in the low bid by increas- ing the total bid by $850 making a total of $154,106.40; 2) The following bond fund transfer be approved: Amount From To Reason $26,340.20 Unspecified Arch Adams, West To provide for property 042-09724--901 Fifth, West Sixth owners' cost of Assessment 042-10435-336 Paving of Arch Adams, West Fifth Street and West Sixth Street DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Award of Contract - Widening PAGE NUMBER and Improvement of Arch Adams, West 11/8/71 C-2107 Fifth and West Sixth Streets 3 of 3 Amount From To Reason $53,000.00 Unspecified Arch Adams Street, To provide temporary funds 104-24G00-901 West Fifth Street, for City's cost of construe West Sixth Street tion, inspection engineer- 104-35000-336 ing and miscellaneous expenses. Project No. 104-35000-336 3) An"ojrdinance be adopted: a)- Declaring the necessity for ordering the improvements; b) Making the- proviaions for levying of assessments; c) Directing the Public Works Department to prepare estimates of costs and amounts to be assessed; d) Awarding the contract to L. Grimes and Company, Inc., in the amount of $154,106.40; e) Making appropriations to cover indebtedness thereby incurred for improvements of the project named above. 4) An ordinance-be adopted: a) Approving the estimates of costs and amounts proposed to be assessed; and, b) Setting December 6, 1971, as the date for the Benefit Hearing. RNL:ms Attachments:- "A" - Project Map and, Resume "B" - Engineers' Preliminary Asses,sment Rolls SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITIA Y COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY APPROVVEJD / fI OTHER (DESCRIBE) d�7/ ,CITY SZRETARY r y DATE CITY MANAGER ����-21