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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3390 ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE APPROVING AND ADOPTING ESTIMATES OF THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS AND OF AMOUNTS TO BE ASSESSED FOR IMPROVEMENTS ON PORTIONS OF BOWIE STREET IN THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, FIXING TIME AND PLACE FOR HEARING TO THE OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY AND OWNERS OF RAILWAYS AND TO ALL OTHERS INTERESTED, AND DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO GIVE NOTICE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas has heretofore ordered that each of the hereinbelow des- cribed portions of Bowie Street in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, be improved by raising, grading and filling same and by con- . structing thereon a 10 inch flexible base course with a 31, inch hot mix asphaltic binder course with a 12 inch asphaltic concrete surface, together with combined curbs and gutters on proper grade and line where same are not already so constructed, together with necessary incidentals and appurtenances, all to be constructed as and where shown on the Plans and in strict accordance with the Plans and Specifications therefor, and contract therefor has been made and entered into with Texas Bitulithic Company; 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, the estimate of the amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof, and amounts to be assessed against railways for improvements in the area between and under rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches, and two feet on each side thereof, and such estimates have been examined, 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 - 1 - improvements on each portion of Bowie Street hereinafter des- cribed, with the amount or amounts per front foot proposed to be assessed for such improvements against the abutting property and the owners thereof and amount to be assessed against railways for improvements in the area between and under rails, ;- - tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches, and two feet on each side thereof, are as follows, to wit: On BOWIE STREET, from the westerly right-of-way line of the St. L. & S. F. (Frisco) Railroad, (one-half block east of the easterly line of May Street) to the easterly line of St. Louis Avenue, gown and designate as Unit No. 1: the estim- ated cost of the improvements is / 77S ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for curb and gutter is $ /9S ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $ 8"3 _____ ; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $1O.SB ; the estimated amount to be assessed against any. rai wwa.y, street railway or interurban, its roadbed, ties, rails, fixtures, rights and franchises, using, occupying or crossing any portion of said street, for improvements in the area between and under rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, is the estimated cost of the improvements in such area, which is On BOWIE STREET, from the easterly line of St, Louis Avenue to the easterly line of Jones Street, known and designate as Unit No. 2: the estimated cost of the improvements is $f 7/0.15 ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed aga nst a utting property and the owners thereof for curb and gutter is $ f_5' ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed againstabutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $ 1413 ; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is $ /4.5ill ; the estimated amount to be assessed against any railway, street railway or interurban, its roadbed, 'ties, rails, fixtures, rights and franchises, using, occupying or crossing any portion of said street, for improvements in the area between and under rails, tracks, double tracks, turnouts and switches and two feet on each side thereof, is the estimated cost of the improvements in such area, which is On BOWIE STREET, from the easterly line of Jones Street to the westerly line of the North-South Freeway, known and designated as Unit No. 3: the estimated cost of the improve- ments is the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for curb and gutter is $ /y' ; the estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof for improvements exclusive of curb and gutter is $ 8,�3 �; total estimated amount per front foot to be assessed against abutting property and the owners thereof is 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 each said portion of Bowie ID it I IiStreet and to all others owning or claiming any interest in any such property and to the owners of railways, street railways and interurbans using, occupying or crossing any portion of said street and to all others owning or claiming any interest in any such property. Such hearing shall be given and held on the 8 day of Q� t�J A. D., 1955, at /O:00 _���-- j o'clock, If �. 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 notice of the time and place of such hearing and of other matters and facts in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Act passed at the First Called Session of the Fortieth Legislature of the State of Texas, known as Chapter 106 of the Acts of said Session, now shown as Article 1105b of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, which Act has been adopted as an amendment to and made a part of the Charter of-the City of Fort Worth, Texas. Such notice shall be by advertisement inserted at least three times in a newspaper published in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, the first public- ation to be made at least ten (10) days before the date of said hearing and said notice shall comply with and be in accordance with the terms and provisions of said Act. PASSED AND APPROVED This /.2. day of October, A. D., 1955• APPROVED AS TO FORM: ! li - 3 -